Inputting Support: The Library Reading List Team currently has capacity to support with inputting. If you are interested in getting your reading list onto Talis Aspire, please get in touch!
The Library Rolled over all published 25/26 reading lists on Wednesday May 6th, 2026, to create the new drafts for the 26/27 cycle. The Reading List Team will be in touch shortly to provide you with the links to your new lists and next steps. Because the 25/26 lists will remain active until Autumn 2026, moving forward, please ensure that you are editing the correct version of the list as any updates made to your 25/26 lists will now not be reflected on the 26/27 versions.
If you use Microsoft Edge as your preferred browser, a new bookmarking extension is now live and can be downloaded Please update your extension as soon as possible for the best bookmarking experience.
Information and guidance for academic staff
To facilitate resilience of our teaching and support for students, all reading lists should be submitted online using the Talis Aspire system, and all essential and recommended readings should be available electronically 鈥� either as e-books, e-journal articles or copyright-cleared chapter/article scans (where possible).
The Talis Aspire Reading List system enables you to create dynamic reading lists for your students, providing them with direct links to all their required reading materials. Using Talis Aspire for your reading lists will improve the visibility of lists for students and provide a consistent approach across modules. Your published lists will also be checked by the Library, allowing them to provide access to the materials and resources your students need.
2025/26: Action Required
The deadline for submitting Term 3 & Summer reading lists was April 7th, 2026, but the Library is still accepting lists! Please submit your list as soon as possible by publishing it.
2026/27: Action Required
The deadline for submitting Term 1 reading lists for the 26/27 cycle is July 31st, 2026. Please submit your list by this date by publishing it.
The page should display all reading lists which have been assigned to you in Talis Aspire.
Please check any unpublished lists you may have for 26/27, make any changes, and publish them by the recommended deadline or as soon as possible.
Publishing ensures your list is visible to students and will alert the Library of your changes.
You can make further edits at any time, even after the list is initially published.
Every time you publish new changes to the list, these changes become visible to students and the Library is alerted so that they can take any required action.
Please note: The Library will still check lists received after the recommended deadlines for each term, but due to the workload involved they may not be able to ensure that all new or additional resources will be available in time for the start of teaching.
Please contact if any of the following apply:
your module reading list is not showing in your My Lists page
a list assigned to you is not running in the current cycle, or is no longer needed
you are no longer the lead for a module reading list
On January 12th 2026, a new bookmarking workflow was rolled out to all Talis users. This is the process by which users create new bookmarks (from the Library Catalogue or the web) to populate their reading lists. The Reading List Team has been testing this for several months and have found the new workflow to be very user friendly and a huge improvement on the previous method.
This new workflow will overwrite the old one, meaning existing users do not need to reinstall, update or install a new .
After pressing the bookmarking extension button, users are now shown a preview of what the bookmark will look like:
Users can then Save in My Bookmarks or Edit resource (via the usual edit metadata view), if needed.
The edit metadata view has also had a refurb with the option to use the Lookup feature now in a banner along the very top and with all the different fields users can add to the metadata appearing as buttons on the right-hand side of the screen.
The different categories of fields within the metadata now appear grouped together nicely (for example 鈥淐ontributors鈥�, 鈥淚dentifiers鈥�, in the image below):
Now when users press Save to My Bookmarks, they are then shown a confirmation that the bookmark has successfully been created, as well as the option to add the bookmark to one of their saved lists on the right side of the screen.
Once a list has been selected onto which to add the bookmark, users are shown the usual options regarding reading importance and positioning on the list.
As before, once the bookmark is saved, users still have the option of adding it to their lists manually in the desired location at a later time.
If you鈥檇 like to know more, Talis has written a useful . If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Library Reading List Team.
Assist with the setup of your Reading Lists on Aspire
Check for availability of e-books and most recent editions of key readings
Digitise book chapters or journal articles as required
This video explains how to download and install the Talis Aspire bookmarking extension on your browser of choice. The bookmarking extension makes creating bookmarks for your reading lists easy with just a few clicks!
This video explains how you can create bookmarks for resources not in stock in the Library. The easiest way to request that the Library acquire new material to support your teaching is to bookmark them to your reading list!
This video offers advice on how and when to publish your reading list, how to edit it at any time, as well as best practices to maintain it moving forward.
Are there any other Reading List topics that you would like to see covered in the Quick Start videos? Let us know at
Contact us at to arrange 1:1 or group/departmental training - either in person in the Library, in your office/department, or via Microsoft Teams call. Alternately, your Research & Academic Support Librarian can also offer further help and advice.
For more information on how the Library can help you with your reading lists, please click here.
A large proportion of peer universities have already adopted Talis for all reading lists and just over 60% of module leaders here at Warwick already use it. We also know that many students prefer using Talis Aspire to support their learning experience.
Benefits for academic staff
One port of call to notify the Library and request reading list items, including scanned material
Simple to create, manage and edit your lists
Flexibility in your list structure
Allows you to link to any type of resource
Share your list easily with students
Reading list dashboard allows you to track engagement with your list
Integrates with Moodle or your module website
Linking resources via Talis means usage stats which inform retention/cancellations are accurately captured
Benefits for your students
Provides them with direct links to reading material
Clear guidance on reading expectations and importance
Ability to add their own notes and prioritise reading
