• Did you know… We’re keeping up with Emerging Technology

    We’ve been using technology in teaching for years, some of it for so long that we don’t even think of it as technology any more. Keeping up to date with delivery techniques helps ensure a good experience for our students. Here in the Learning Technology Development team we look for up and coming ideas that…

  • Ask a librarian!

    Always wanted to know how to access the resources for your specific subject? Want some advice and guidance from a librarian in how to get the best out of the resources that the Library has to offer? If so then we can help you!  Subject librarians are available and ‘on call’  now to answer any of your subject enquiries.  We…

  • Late Night Library……What are your thoughts?

    What do you think of Late Night Library? Good Idea……? We know lots of you are making use of it but we’d really like some feedback. If you’ve got time please fill in one of the postcards dotted about in the Library and post it in one of the boxes on the Help Desks or e-mail…

  • Holy grail found by librarians?…

    Four weeks into the trial of two discovery services, EBSCO and Summon,  which offer a single box to search our databases, e-books, full-text journals and the library catalogue, and opinion is divided on which of the two will best meet our needs.  The tools provide the best of both worlds: the ease of a google-type search facility combined with results from academic resources…

  • Ask a librarian!!

    Always wanted to know how to access the resources for your specific subject? Want some advice and guidance from a librarian in how to get the best out of the resources that the Library has to offer? If so then we can help you!  Subject librarians are available and ‘on call’  now to answer any of your subject enquiries.  We…

  • Help and support via our new on-line videos

    We are aware we have got lots of new CPD students who have started modules this term, many of you who may be working off campus or via distance learning.  To support our students who may not be able to get on campus or contact us during our opening hours, we have produced a number…

  • Students, time is running out! Have your say with the EHU students e-learning survey…

    We’re now in the last week of our third annual EHU students e-Learning Survey and would like to encourage any student who hasn’t already completed it to do so before it’s too late!  692 students have already responded (thank you!) and last year we had a total of 775 respondents so we would love it…

  • Inter Library Loans

    The British Library is currently undertaking a massive stock move and they have informed us that titles may be subject to delays of over 8 weeks. Please consider this when you are placing any Inter Library Loan requests for either books or journals. For more information on Inter Library Loans please visit our website

  • Exam Revision and Inspiration® mind mapping software

    Exam Revision and Inspiration® mind mapping software Inspiration® software can be used as a tool for developing  memorable exam revision techniques and is fun to use.  The  software is accessible to all Edge Hill students from the desktop and is very easy to use.  Users create a picture of their ideas and concepts in the form of a…

  • New material for all our Libraries – it is all about resources!

    All the material in our University libraries has been suggested and recommended by the academic staff in liaison with staff from our Information Resources and Academic services teams – a very successful collaborative effort! From the start of the 2010/2011 academic year up to today, we can report that 7,868 new items have been added to…