• Collaboration for Success

    On Monday 28th March a new work-based MA Education Programme, from the Faculty of Education, was approved (with some conditions) at Institutional validation and notably received a commendation for the “teamwork and the holistic approach to the intelligent use of technology”. This is welcome recognition of the invaluable collaborations between Faculties and Learning Services which…

  • 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…

  • Emerging Technologies

    On the 29th March the Learning Technology Development Team are offering their second staff information exchange session in this series: Coming of Age: Professionalising the Blog Do you have an image and message you need to get out to a wider audience? Are you a blogger or thinking about starting a professional blog that focuses…

  • 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…

  • Emerging Technologies

    This week sees delivery of the first in a series of sessions on Emerging Technologies from the Learning Technology Development Team: QR Codes: Bridging paper and web? Have you seen code blocks similar to this appearing in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards, or on just about any object about which people might need information? Have…

  • Student Union interview – ‘late night library’

    We have had lots of interest and enquiries from customers about phase 2 of ‘late night library’.  The Student Union invited me for a short interview to explain the reasons behind the pilot and talk about our range of support for students….you can listen to the interview via this podcast! We hope we can work more with…

  • Late Night Library – The Return!

    After very positive feedback from the pilot scheme of extended opening we ran before Christmas, don’t forget  from next Monday, 7th March, and for 6 weeks, the University Library at Ormskirk will once again be closing at Midnight, Monday to Thursday. After 9pm you will be able to access PCs, books and resources, printing facilities,…

  • 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…

  • Filming in the University Library

    We are aware that at this busy time of year for projects, students may want to use the University Library for filming purposes.  If you think from your story boarding you want to come in and film, please note we have the following guidelines in place for you to follow. You must seek permission, in…

  • Finding a computer on campus….

    You have told us that not being able to get on a computer when you need to is very frustrating.  We are working hard to make sure that our customers know about the range of open access PCs as well as bookable rooms and access to lap tops….   1. In the University library Ground Floor:…