• Over half a million what?

    Did you know the Library Catalogue can be used to access over 17,000 E-Journals? In the last academic year (2010/2011) you downloaded over half a million articles. The favourite databases with the top downloaded usage by faculty were: Faculty of Health and Social Care  Proquest Nursing Journals  57,064 full text articles Faculty of Arts and…

  • Happy New Year to all our readers..Learning Services Newsletters now online

    Welcome back to the Learning Services blog.  If you would like to know more about what we were doing last year and plans and projects for 2012 why not have a read of our three Faculty newsletters which we published just before Christmas.  You can access them via our Learning Services home page.  We have…

  • Opening Hours University Library

    The University Library has reverted to term time opening from today Tuesday 3rd January 2012 Monday to Thursday: 8am – Midnight Friday: 8am – 9pm Saturday & Sunday: 11am – 6pm Details of opening hours for all our sites and buildings can be found on our website here Cathy Carey – Facilities Coordinator  

  • Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th December 2011 – We are open!!!

    If you’re looking for an escape from the chocolates and mince pies don’t forget the University Library is open today. 9.00am – 5pm You can access all the Library resources, computers and study spaces as well as the Welcome Desk on the Ground Floor. Our helpline is also available during these hours on 01695 584286…

  • Learning Edge Maintenance: System Unavailable Overnight – 29th & 30th December

    Advance Notice Blackboard Managed Hosting will be carrying out essential maintenance in their AMS datacenter in the run up to the New Year and would like to set expectations for two overnight maintenance windows: one on December 29th and a second on December 30th (both between midnight and 8:00 a.m.) The Learning Edge system will…

  • Learning Edge Available: System Upgrade Complete

      The Learning Edge system upgrade to Blackboard Learn Service Pack 7 has been completed ahead of schedule and the system is now available. Blackboard Managed Hosting and ICM have worked with the Edge Hill University Learning Technology Development team to support this upgrade. We have conducted thorough system testing and are happy with the…

  • Just ASK!

    The new ‘Ask’ desk on the first floor of the library has been in operation now for 3 months and we are beginning to evaluate how it is working. The concept is based on providing students with easier access to staff who can answer a wide range of questions but also to be able to…

  • University Library additional Christmas Opening 2011

    For the fourth year running, and in response to customer feedback, the University Library at Ormskirk will once again be open for two extra days during the Christmas break. If you need that extra bit of peace and quiet to work in, please do come in and access all the Library resources, computers, study spaces…

  • Fancy a good read at Christmas?

    We have just published our three Faculty newsletters and they are available for you to read via our Learning Services home page.  We have highlighted some of our key developments which have taken place during  semester 1 and also some of the enhancements we have made to our services. In the Faculty of Education newsletter…

  • Learning Edge Upgrade: System Unavailable – 19th-21st December

    Hopefully you will have already seen an advance notice about the scheduled upgrade to Learning Edge via your University email, on the Learning Edge login page, in an announcment or on the Learning Edge blog. Just in case you haven’t, here is another reminder to help you plan for the disruption. The bad news is…