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What’s the word? Digital Workplace Technologies Feedback
We believe that listening to staff feedback is vital! It helps us to shape our sessions, develop new and exciting initiatives and respond to your needs and interests. The Digital Workplace Technologies offer has now been active for over 6 months. During this time we have worked hard to develop a comprehensive and responsive offer,…
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Hello to Scopus!
We’ve been evaluating our academic literature databases over the Summer and learned there has been a steady drop in the use Web of Science, a multidisciplinary citations database. To see whether an alternative may work better, we ran a trial of Scopus during July. With over 23,500 serial titles and 75 million items, Scopus has…
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Staff Development Fortnight
Following our very successful June Academic Staff Development Fortnight, Library and Learning Services will be offering sessions again between the 2nd and 12th of September 2019. Staff Development Fortnight is designed to update your skills and knowledge of the support we offer – from Research Support to Student Engagement, and everything in between. Sessions include:…
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Summer Assessments
Summer is flying by already and we’re counting down the days to the start of the new term. Many of us have been enjoying the summer sun, but spare a thought for your fellow students who have upcoming assessments! Assessments will be taking place at our Ormskirk and Manchester St James’ campus, and we’ll have…
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Upcoming Digital Workplace Technologies Sessions
Are you looking to boost your digital skills? If so, then there are a range of Digital Workplace Technologies sessions taking place throughout August and September. These sessions aim to boost staff’s digital capabilities, developing staff into digitally proficient learners and thinkers. Take a look below at the upcoming sessions, including a brief summary of…
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Tips From a Third Year
Hi, my name is Dylan and I’m a Student Advisor for Learning Services. I work alongside the team to support students in utilising the library’s resources and aiding with academic support such as referencing. As I have just graduated I thought I would pass on some advice to other students, irrespective of their year of…
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Scopus trial
Throughout July we have a trial to Scopus, the World’s largest curated abstract and citation database. Scopus is excellent for literature reviews or seeing what has been published in your area as it can locate high quality journal articles, books chapters and more for any subject. It has advanced tools to visualise your search results,…
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Case Study: Microsoft Sway
What is Microsoft Sway? Sway is part of the Microsoft Office 365 package and can be used to create presentations, newsletters, portfolios and many more. A story-telling app that allows you to combine text and media, Sway is a powerful and versatile product that can be used in many different ways. The below case study,…
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Achieve a digital badge
As part of the Digital Workplace Technologies offer, staff have the opportunity to achieve a digital badge for each pathway that they complete. These pathways have been specifically designed to allow staff to enhance their knowledge in that area in more depth. Alongside face-to-face sessions, there will also be online guides, videos and links to useful LinkedIn Learning courses that will allow…
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Academic Staff Development Fortnight
Library & Learning Services are hosting an Academic Staff Development Fortnight in Catalyst from 17th to 28th June. Come and join us to learn more about the support we can offer and update your skills! The schedule for the fortnight can be found here and the full timetable is available below. All sessions can be…
