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Keeping Up To Date – a workshop for staff and research students
Want to find out how social media can help you find out about developments in your field? Would you like to automatically receive information about new articles and books published on your research area? Then come along to one of the ‘Keeping up to Date’ workshops.
The workshop introduces you to the tools and techniques to help you stay informed of developments in your areas of research and academic interest. The session looks at automatic information alerts, e.g. from the British Library or electronic journal collections, and the use of social media to facilitate conversation and collaboration. Media such as blogs, RSS feeds, Twitter, academia.edu and virtual research environments will be explored.
This session is for all researchers and educators who want to learn more about the role technology can play in improving information delivery and understand how social media facilitates conversation and collaboration.
The sessions are being held on:
30th January 2012 10.00am – 12.00 noon
16th March 2012 10,00am – 12.00 noonTo book:
Staff: book through the Staff Development Wiki
Students: Contact Yvonne Smith on 01695 584300 or email smithy@edgehill,ac,ukFor more information contact Yvonne Smith x4300.
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New Material for all our Libraries
All the material in our University libraries has been suggested and recommended by the academic staff in liaison with staff from our Academic Services and Information Resources teams and –a very successful collaborative effort!
Since the start of the academic year, 2011/2012 up to today, we can report that, we have placed, 4681 orders with our suppliers. We have received and added to stock within the service 7,814 new items.
We now have an additional:
7303 Print books
370 E-books
124 DVD’s
17 Educational Kits
Who were they for?
Faculty of Health: 1388 additional items
Faculty of Education: 3272 additional items
Faculty of Arts and Science: 2643 additional items
Cross Faculty 511 additional items
We are ordering and receiving stock all the time and there are a further 1,395 orders already with the suppliers which will realise a further 3012 items expected to come in any day soon, ready for Semester 2 modules.
The remaining book fund will have orders placed over the next few months as further reading lists are submitted by the academic staff.
We encourage all our students to let us know if there are reading lists which they can’t find in the library catalogue or items not in stock which have been recommended by tutors. Students can contact us at [email protected]
Colette HughesInformation Resources Manager
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Steps to Success: Referencing and citations – 26th January 12 – 1pm
Would you like some help with referencing and citations?
This session will help you to understand:
Why referencing is important.
How to use Harvard Referencing.
Common referencing problems.Referencing is the acknowledgement of all the sources you have cited in your assignments, whether you have quoted directly or paraphrased.
Many students find referencing confusing so this is an opportunity to get a better understanding of this important skill.
Remember, you can pick up marks for well laid out work with high quality referencing.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions and to raise specific issues.
You can book a place at:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/org/1820072947?s=4818699Please get in touch to learn more about the Steps to Success programme:
In person: 1st Floor Ask Desk, University Library, Ormskirk
Email:[email protected]
