Developing a peer to peer library support scheme

<p>The article describes a University of Nottingham scheme in which scienceand engineering students have been acting as library student ambassadors (LearningResource Leaders) to engage their peers on library issues. The project was based upon thepremise that science and engineering students make less use of their library resources thanother disciplines, and began with a project to employ library student ambassadors, fundedby a Teaching Innovation Award at Loughborough University. This inspired a joint HE STEMfunded project between Loughborough University and the University of Nottingham tofind a sustainable (non-pay) model for motivating science and engineering students to act aschange agents in the library. The project included library staff from both institutions as wellas an academic member of staff from an appropriate discipline to add valuable credence tothe project.</p>