Staff profile

Responsibilities

Simon is responsible for the work of the Education, Learning and Engagement Team within the Library. This includes responsibility for the team of Faculty LIbrarians who work with faculties and departments to ensure the Library provides services which match the research and teaching needs of the university.

Simon is also responsible for the Learning and Engagement Team who provide visits, workshops and talks to school groups of all ages, giving them the opportunity to explore Durham University’s museums, attractions and collections

 

Book review

• Speight, S. (2009). M-Libraries: Libraries on the move to provide virtual access
• Speight, S. (1998). Nick Holmes and Delia Venables. 'Researching the Legal Web: a guide to legal resources on the internet'

Chapter in book

• Speight, S. (2016). The Durham Difference: supporting research at Durham University. In J. Atkinson (Ed.), Quality and the Academic Library: reviewing, assessing and enhancing service provision (157-166). Chandos
• Speight, S. (1997). Major journals in sociology. In C. Ballard, J. Gubbay, & C. Middleton (Eds.), Blackwell's Student Companion to Sociology, (331-333). Blackwell

Conference Paper

• Speight, S., & Taylorson, B. (2014). Reading lists: building a process that works at Durham University Library.
• Speight, S. (2013). Open access publishing: a stock-take and critical debate [speaker as part of an expert panel discussion].
• Perkins, H., & Speight, S. (2008). Blah, blah, blogs: the use of blogs to support reference management software.
• Perkins, H., & Speight, S. (2008). Blah, blah blogs: the use of blogs to support reference management software.
• Speight, S. (2008). Who wants to be a Librarian?: The use of voting technology in inductions.
• Speight, S. (2007). Who wants to be a Librarian?: the use of voting technology in inductions.

Journal Article

• Speight, S., & Taylorson, B. (2013). Review, revise, re-implement - the reading list process at Durham University. SCONUL focus, 41-45
• Speight, S., & Taylorson, B. (2012). Does your library need 'More Books'?. SCONUL focus, 33-36
• Perkins, H., & Speight, S. (2008). Ref it, Blog it! Using blogs to support reference management software. ALISS quarterly, 3(2), 34-37
• Speight, S., & Perkins, H. (2007). "What tangled webs...": redesigning the University of Warwick Library website. SCONUL Focus, 41(Summer/Autumn), 50-53
• Speight, S. (2001). Finding information from the National Assembly for Wales. Legal Information Management, 1(1), 46-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/s147266960000027x
• Speight, S. (1997). WWW - What is it good for?. Assistant librarian, 90(1), 7-9
• Speight, S. (1996). Evaluating CD-ROM products
• Loughridge, B., Oates, J., & Speight, S. (1996). Career development: follow-up studies of Sheffield MA graduates 1985/6 to 1992/3. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 28(2), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1177/096100069602800205