To ensure parity of experience for all students all essential readings should be available digitally as far as possible.

This helps ensure that learning resources are made as accessible as possible and that students who are studying remotely will be able to meet the learning outcomes of the module and not be unfairly disadvantaged if they have no access to physical library resources.

For essential items which are only available in print and where a suitable digital alternative can't be found then these should be clearly labelled as required for student purchase. (This is most likely to be a textbook that is used on a weekly basis or primary texts for subjects such as English and Modern Languages.)

Consideration should be given to ensuring that items for student purchase are kept to a minimum, the cost for students is not prohibitive and the item is readily available (for students to purchase digitally or in print). This is particularly important if the text relates to student assessment.

Any additional readings which schools wish to list but are not available digitally can be included on a list. It must be clear to students that not being able to access this material will not disadvantage their performance in the module.

Loan periods: Students will be able to borrow books on 3-day or 4 week loan (higher demand books will be placed on 3-day loan by the Library).