Personally I feel there is an issue of privacy raised here,
as well as the quality of the learning experience.
Every student does not have a perfect relationship with their
tutor.
In any case the student learns to evaluate sources by
examining them. If the tutor is put in the position of pre-
empting what the students _should read, the students may not
learn to discriminate for themselves.
The time to reveal to your peers and tutors what you have
been reading, is when you present the work, with the
bibliography.
Some students may want to discus their reading with a tutor,
but it shouldn't be a pre-condition of access to resources.
IMO
Adrian Smith, Leeds
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"Here at the University of Sussex library, we are reviewing
our current policy of asking undergraduates to have their
requests countersigned by their tutor. I would be interested
in hearing from other libraries regarding use of the
Interlibrary Loan services by Undergraduates in terms of
tutor signatures or restrictions on the number of items
requested."
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> Annette Moore
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