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EHU loves Reading – share our passion and win an eReader
“To read is to be entertained, challenged, reminded, enthralled or changed”.
Carol Ann Duffy, Poet LaureateLearning Services invites all staff and students to share their love of reading with us. Just let us know in 140 characters why books are close to your heart and have the opportunity to win an eReader.
You can send us your thoughts by Thursday 13 December using either:
- Twitter EHULearnService #EHUreading. Use our #tag #EHUreading with your details and we will pick up your entries from Twitter everyday
- Facebook EHULearnService
- One of our colourful postcards that you will find around the University sites. Drop the completed cards in any of our libraries (Ormskirk, Aintree, Woodlands or Manchester- Armstrong House).
Over the coming weeks, staff from Learning Services will be sharing their book choices and love of reading on our Facebook page so you will be able to find out about some of the things we like to read!. Elliott the President of our Student Union is starting us off with why he listens to audio books…
The prize for the first entry drawn at random after the closing date (noon 13th December 2012) is an eReader, the runner up will receive a £20 book token. We will let the winners know on the 13th, just before the end of term, so you might be getting an early Christmas present!
So if you agree with J.K.Rowling…
“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book”
…then tell us about it!
Learning Services
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Winter Newsletter
Wow can you believe it’s almost the end of November and the end of Semester 1 is only 3 and a bit weeks away! Learning Services has had a busy few months with developments in all things technology – new webiste, new Edge Hill App and an app for a mobile freindly version of our library catalogue..these are just a few of the things which have been happening.
You can find out more in our Winter Newsletter. Articles include an update on all the new features on our website, new developments with Apps and information from our librarians about developments in our faculty support.
You can keep up-to-date with all things Learning Services via the news on our library website homepage. You can access all the stories as they happen and access our latest newsletter on our news page or there is the Learning Services blog or you could like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. There are lots of ways to keep in touch.
Rachel Bury – Academic Liaison Manager – Quality, Marketing and Communication
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How do you use your reading list?
We have recently conducted a survey into reading lists as part of a larger project which is looking at how reading lists are used within the University and how we can put them at the centre of learning.
We have been looking at this solely from a Learning Services perspective and we sent out a student questionnaire via email in early October. We were lucky enough to receive nearly 600 replies so thank you for your help.
Your replies have been very interesting and we now want to invite you to come to a session – where we want to ask you a few more questions about reading lists, the student experience and how you use reading lists or don’t to support you in your studies.
We will offer tea and coffee and sweet treats if you come along.
We will be in Group Room 4 in the University Library – from between 10 – 12 on Tuesday 20th November – tell your friends and bring them along if you can.
It’s your chance to tell us all that is either good or bad about the current way reading lists are managed – so we can get opinions that will directly influence our current service. We are looking very closely at how this service is provided,and your opinions and feedback around ways to improve it, so that it suits your needs are key.
