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Award-winning Student Assistants!
Have you noticed our award-winning Student Assistants, resplendent in their red sweatshirts answering enquiries in the library?
At the Employability Awards Evening organised by the Careers Centre on Tuesday 23 April, the Student Assistant team who work in the University Library, Ormskirk won the Student On-Campus Employee Team Award.
This award celebrates students or teams of students who work within their university or college including those working in students’ unions or other departments on campus.
In presenting their awards, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Steve Igoe commended them for their professional and committed attitude and their relaxed, informal style which is communicated to the enquirer.
He also mentioned the unforeseen advantage to employing students in this way is that the organisation has also benefited from their valuable insights into how our services and resources are organised and perceived.
The Student Assistants are based at the ‘Ask’ desk on the first floor of the University Library, Ormskirk. They deal with a range of with basic enquiries including finding books and journals, demonstrating eResources, referencing, navigating Learning Services web pages, using reprographics equipment and ICT issues.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.
Michael Stores
Academic Liaison and Skills Librarian
For more information please contact [email protected]
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Woodlands Library drop-in Tuesday 30th April
Drop in and see us at the Woodlands Library Open Day on Tuesday 30th April between 12 and 2:30pm.
You can meet representatives from Learning Services, Student Services and the Students’ Union. Advice will be available on student finance, off campus support and how to access University IT via your phone, tablet or laptop.
You can also find out how to access our electronic and print resources using Discover More and how to make the most of your studies by accessing our online subject and academic skills guides.
Don’t forget to enter our competition while you’re here. The lucky winner will receive a USB wristband.
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Technology Roadshow to appear at FoHSC enrollment day
Tuesday 30th April sees the return of the Technology Roadshow!
After the success of the last event held in the University Library, we are to bring the road show to the Faculty of Health and Social Care to tie in with the Faculty enrollment and induction day for the newest cohorts, but all current students and staff are welcome to come and ask any burning questions you may have about your devices, gadgets or gizmos.
We would be delighted to talk to you about technology; let us demystify some of the things you’ve heard about but don’t know how to use, and let us help you get started using technologies maybe you haven’t heard of yet!
Some of you have said you would like to know how to do such things as:
- sync my emails?
- easily log into Learning Edge?
- get the course notifications I want?
- download journal articles and eBooks?
- save shortcuts to the library and my subject pages?
- watch videos or listen to podcasts?
- find online journals and articles?
- build a reference using the Discover More ‘cite’ tool?
- find useful apps?
- connect to wi-fi on campus?
- find a PC to use?
- forward my Edge Hill emails to a personal account?
Tell us what you want to know about Learning Edge, Campus Pack, Mobile Learn, the PC Availability Finder, Library Anywhere, Ebrary, Collaborate and anything else you want to know about technology to support your learning.
Come along to the Faculty of Health and Social Care; we will be located in the foyer between 11am and 2pm.
If you’re not on campus on the day to speak to us in person, we have got that covered too! You can contact us during the event (and beyond) via our social media channels: Facebook and Twitter. We’ll be using #EHUmobileclinic so if you have something to say or a question to ask about using technologies for your studies please get in touch.
We look forward to seeing you!
Carol Chatten
Learning Technology Development Officer
