title: Students should befriend their library staff.
abstract: The article 'How to write a perfect essay' (students, 7 December) advises readers to 'make the library your friend'. However, it is not the library that students or researchers need to befriend, it is the library staff.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Killington
authors.affiliation: RCN Wales.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perrett