The Lydiate Estate: The Hall, the Chapel and the Inn

Come along and discover the history of the local Lydiate estate. Recently awarded a Heritage Lottery grant, the Friends of Lydiate Abbey will be surveying the site of the Abbey, south of Ormskirk, this summer. This exhibition brings together plans, photographs and maps of the Lydiate estate including:

• The Scotch Piper- known as ‘the oldest inn in Lancashire’
• Photographs and information on the families of the Lydiate Hall
• A pictorial history of Lydiate village
• The case for Shakespeare in Lancashire- even in Lydiate?

You can also find out about how to get involved with Friends of Lydiate Abbey to help preserve our heritage.

The exhibition can be found on the ground floor of the Library from 12th June 2017 onwards.

Learning Services are always looking for innovative ways to increase engagement in staff development activities. We have a large and diverse team of staff and we are keen to ensure we provide opportunities for everyone to get involved and learn something new.

This year, we celebrated national Learning at Work Week within our department. 198 places were booked on 20 different events over the week, and 65 members of staff engaged in our online course DigiQuest in the six weeks leading up to Learning at Work Week itself.

Throughout Learning at Work week, we ran a fantastic and varied programme of events around the theme of ‘Curious and Creative‘. These included a session on Makerspaces in libraries, where staff explored technologies Raspberry Pi and Google Cardboard, a session on how to create a GIF from scratch and a session on using the more advanced features of Instagram. Staff also took part in a digital scavenger hunt using the app Actionbound, learnt how to use their phones to create a stop motion animation and discovered accessibility features on Apple devices.

 Six weeks prior to the official Learning at Work Week, we released our online course DigiQuest to Learning Services staff. The aim of this online course was to increase Learning Services’ staff confidence  and skills in using a variety of digital tools for both personal and professional use. Staff took part in a variety of digital tasks over the six weeks and those who completed the course were placed in a draw to win a prize!

The week ended with a collective break, where staff came together for a cup of tea and a biscuit, celebrated the prize winners of DigiQuest and joined in with our game to guess the merged faces of different library staff!

If so, Learning Services would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best in your future accomplishments, be that further study or starting out on your chosen career path.

We would also like to remind you that all library stock needs to be returned to us by 5pm on Thursday 15^th June*

*exceptions apply to Faculty of Education students out on placement!

Did you know that you can still access library resources after graduation?

Apply for an Alumni membership of the University Library after graduation to access our learning spaces, selected electronic resources and to borrow library stock from any of our sites.

If you have any books of your own taking up space on your bedroom floor don’t forget we are collecting for another #PassTheBook textbook giveaway in October 2017! Drop in any unwanted books at Ormskirk, Aintree or Manchester and we will ensure they go to a good home come the new term!

If you have any queries please contact us via Ask Us.

Congratulations to you all and enjoy your graduation! 🎓

Learning Services

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All Edge Hill students have access to Lynda.com, a library full of useful and easy to follow video tutorials!

We have made a revision playlist which includes videos on skills such as note-taking, improving your memory, managing your time and overcoming procrastination! Take a look – www.tinyurl.com/lyndarevision

There are also tutorials on using various software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop and SPSS. Explore your creative side with tutorials on photography, animation, video production and game design or boost your skills in delivering a presentation, proofreading or communication.

Lynda is partnered with LinkedIn, so certificates for any tutorials you complete can be published on your LinkedIn account to boost your employability!

Explore what is on offer yourself by going to Lynda.com, choosing to Sign in with your organisation, entering edgehill.ac.uk into the URL box and then entering your usual student username and password. You can also download the Lynda app free from the app store for easy access on your device.

Don’t forget, you can also find plenty of revision tips and guides on your ‘My Library’ tab in Learning Edge. As well as free water and healthy snacks at the Ask Desk 11-3 weekdays between 24th April and 12th May! For more information see our revision and study central blog.

Heather Johnston,
Staff Digital Capability Development Coordinator

Easter is finally upon us and the overindulgence can officially begin this weekend (or from today, we won’t judge 😉) but rest assure we will be offering lots of opportunities for you to overindulge in the library too!

This year 24/7 will only eggsit for a week so you will have uninterrupted access to the University Library until 9pm on Wednesday 12^th April…and 24/7 will return from 8am on Wednesday 19^th April.

In between we will be open as follows…

So why not join us this Easter to take advantage of a quieter campus and all we have to offer at the library…

• Networked PCs, loanable laptops and free eduroam Wi-Fi
• Access to over 256,000 items including books, journals and audio-visual resources
• Printing and photocopying
• Bookable individual and group study rooms
• A range of study zones – group work, quiet work and silent study
• Access to help and support *during desk hours
• 24/7 access to PCs in the LINC – available 365 days a year!

And if you cannot bear to part with your home comforts just yet, you can always visit us virtually…

• Access over 170,000 eBooks, 67,000 eJournals and a host of specialist subject resources 24/7 via our Library Catalogue and Learning Services webpages
• Contact Learning Services via our 24/7 Live Chat
• Search our knowledge base Ask Us for the answer to many FAQs including using Turnitin, Harvard Referencing and much more…
• Find support for academic writing, assignment planning, critical thinking and much more via our UniSkills offer
• Or give us a call on 01695 650800 during our desk opening hours

Happy Easter from Learning Services! 🐰

We are once again entering a demanding period on campus with lots of deadlines, dissertations and revision taking place within the University Library!

From Monday 13^th March we will be re-launching our anti-noise campaign to promote a study focused atmosphere across the library and we need YOU to consider your fellow students studying around you!

To help you find the appropriate space for the kind of studying you want to do we have simplified the different areas into a handy guide…

For Silent Study

• Use the Silent Study Room on the 2^nd floor of the Library

For Quiet Study

• Use the 1^st and 2^nd floor of the Library, including bookable Individual Study Rooms*

For Group Study

• Use the Ground floor of the Library, including bookable Library Group Rooms*

For Social Space

• Use the 1^st floor of the HUB

*How to book an Individual Study Room or Group Study Room

• Option 1: Log in to GO and select “Room Booking” under the Learning Resources option in the Student Services box.
• Option 2: Log in to GO and choose Learning Edge – the option to book the rooms is then on the left hand side under your faculty pages.
• Option 3: If already logged in to GO go direct to the room booking page.
• Rooms can be booked up to 2 weeks in advance.

Staff will continue to monitor noise levels across all of our learning spaces but if you do experience any inappropriate behaviour from other students, please report this immediately to a member of library staff.

You can report any problems to library staff in a number of ways…

• ANY TIME: Visit a member of staff at the Welcome Desk (Ground Floor)
• DESK HOURS: Text us your location – 0161 375 16 08
• DESK HOURS: Tweet us @EHULearnServices
• DESK HOURS: Post on our Facebook Page – Edge Hill University, Learning Services
• DESK HOURS: Or if you would prefer to report discretely send a direct message to us on Twitter @EHULearnServices  or Facebook Edge Hill University, Learning Services

Please note DESK HOURS are Monday to Friday 8am-9pm + Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm. Outside these hours please report direct to the Welcome Desk on the ground floor.

Awards Season is upon us, the time of year when the subtle dramas and indie fare slowly but surely supplant the big budget explosions in the cinema listings. Where everyone has a different answer for Film of the Year. The once hotly tipped front runner has been snubbed by the academy. And the film everyone loved suddenly gets too popular and goes on to suffer the inevitable backlash.

We’ve had the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, every conceivable critics’ circle and guild, the newspaper editorials on what will and will not win, the surprises, the flops and the upsets, culminating in the Oscars on Sunday 26^th February.

What better time to re-watch the winners of yesteryear, finally get around to seeing that critical hit you missed, or give that one film another go to see what all the fuss was about.

The nominees for your viewing pleasure can be found on our Box of Broadcasts           And the Award Goes to… playlist.

From Argo to All Quiet on the Western Front, from 12 Years a Slave to Gone with the Wind and everything in between.

After the music has played…

Box of Broadcast (BoB) doesn’t come and go like an award contender’s marketing campaign, it is an on-demand TV and radio service available all the year round, with a vast array of content and material to cite and aide you in your learning and teaching.

Students and staff can view material, create playlists and edit clips from over 65 free-to-air channels including BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, ITV, Channel 4, Film4 and many others, together with an archive of over 2 million broadcasts ranging from last night to the last century.

To view the playlist, simply follow this link to Box of Broadcasts. When prompted to sign in, select Edge Hill University as your home institution and log in using your Edge Hill username and password.

Available across all desktop, android and iOS devices you can watch live, request or record programmes. It has an easy to search format that provides detailed citation data to help you with academic referencing.

In the best supporting material category, check out our online guide or watch a video tutorial.

Enjoy the show!

Learning Services