HASTAC Commons | Peter Barr | Activity https://hastac.hcommons.org/members/pbarr/activity/ Activity feed for Peter Barr. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:15:34 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 204b0af668e11fdffabb4c2fb46c3b6b Peter Barr's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1785299/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:29:44 +0000 0 562c3661f0c503ccf1510f090d9811d9 Peter Barr deposited Writing the University of Sheffield Comprehensive Content Strategy - supporting information https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1750103/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:24:00 +0000 The drafting of a new policy represents a new beginning and an opportunity for an organisation to reset, but any public policy must be intellectually sound, intelligible to non-specialists, and actionable for those working with them. We will discuss this idea in the context of writing the Comprehensive Content Strategy for the University of…[Read more]

]]> 0 09e92ad63ff6a7a9287dbbb028351c97 Peter Barr deposited BEYOND SAINTS, SPIES AND SALESPEOPLE: NEW ANALOGIES FOR LIBRARY LIAISON PROGRAMMES in the group Library & Information Science https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1623372/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:25:22 +0000 Academic libraries in the UK are placing an increased emphasis on engagement and partnership building with academics. Attempts to articulate what is meant by this engagement rely on analogies from the commercial world, notably from sales- driven environments. This language can prove counteractive to true faculty engagement. It retains a focus on a…[Read more]

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]]> 0 01c68c9f4c8b88a8ea978041b1dae22d Peter Barr deposited Life in an outsourced library service https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1606044/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:18:13 +0000 Reflection on the challenges facing outsourced and contractor-run libraries

]]> 0 1e6f6857229e2d84821541c47bdd0e78 Peter Barr wrote a new post, Links Links Links, on the site Gothic Training Retreat http://sheffieldgoths.hcommons.org/?p=33 Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:11:21 +0000 National Fairground & Circus Archive (Follow them on Twitter @Fairarchives)

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]]> 1f98d1fe4b354efdb683f62c075f6ced Peter Barr deposited Inward Liaison: the role of the Faculty Engagement Team in effective internal library communication https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590445/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:01:32 +0000 This presentation discusses the evolving role of the Faculty Engagement Team at the University of Sheffield. We will talk about how the established relationship management skills of subject liaison librarians, necessary to work with departments, can be turned inward for the benefit of the library. We will outline a recently completed project to…[Read more]

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