• Using our new look library catalogue

    Visit our new look library catalogue and you will notice a few changes so we thought you might like a mini guided tour of the new features. Accessing the library catalogue… You can access the library catalogue direct https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/edgehill/ Or via Learning Edge using My Library Account Summary Renewing your loans… We have introduced a…

  • Blackboard 9.1 upgrade – Summer 2015

    The 2015 Blackboard upgrade will commence from 7:30 pm, 12th July (Sunday) to 7:30 am, 13th July (Monday). Blackboard will be unavailable during this period. This upgrade will provide the annual updates to back-end functionality and security and ensure an even better stability of the system and its components. Blackboard will be available from 13th…

  • Hello to the new library catalogue

    We launched our catalogue on Monday 1st June after a period of almost 12 months planning and testing. The new catalogue is just part of a suite of changes you will see over the coming months but if you have any questions or you can’t find what you need in the catalogue or our tool…

  • So, how user friendly are we? Learning Services UX experiences..

    With a major UK conference last month, the subject of UX in libraries is very much on the agenda.  UX or usability can take a variety of forms and many of us have been engaging with the ideas, techniques and concepts of UX for the past couple of years. Helen Jamieson and I attended a…

  • Follow Friday Twitter Competition #FF @EHULearnService

    In celebration of @EHULearnService reaching 1000 followers on Twitter we thought it would be nice to hear WHY you follow us? We would like you to invite your friends and followers to follow @EHULearnService using the #FF and tell them in 140 characters (or less!) why they should follow Edge Hill University Library and you…

  • Some highlights from term 2!

    It seems like only yesterday that we were saying hello to our brand new students, and welcoming back our 2nd/3rd years and postgraduates!  So it’s hard to believe that we are already at the start of the third and, for many, the final term of 15/16…. We are in a thoughtful and reflective mood again this…

  • Revision Central – Using Resources

    Revising for exams can be a very stressful time. There are a number of things that can help, like a structured timetable, with plenty of breaks built in. However, once you have identified your timescales and developed a map of how you are breaking down your revision, one of the first things you will need…

  • Revision support – the ‘Did you know?’ guide from Learning Services

    You’re trying to stay on top of your revision and manage to keep a work-life balance.  We know it’s tough and that’s why we’re here to support you. Did you know that: You can find plenty of tips and guides on revision central – a one stop site available from your Learning Edge page. We…

  • 10 out of 10 for Learning Services!

    Not only are we celebrating our 10th year of Customer Service Excellence in Learning Services but following our assessment in January 2015, we now have a fantastic 10 compliance pluses which are given to services who go that ‘extra mile’ for customers! In this our 10th year as award holders, we were delighted that our work was recognised with another…

  • We’ll be the judge of that!

    Over the past few weeks 2 of our staff have been helping to judge the 2015 entries for the BBC Radio 2 500 words competition. Helen Jamieson our Customer Services Manager, and Rita McWilliam who manages our library at the Woodlands Centre have volunteered as judges for the past 3 years. This year both Helen…