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- 1. Lesley English Faculty Librarian @LUni_lesley Welcome to the Library
- 3. • The Library is in Alexandra Square • Open 24/7 in term time • Study spaces, wi-fi and power throughout • Bookable group study spaces • Large collection of print books At the heart of campus
- 4. Study space to suit your needs Quiet • A Floor Silent • B Floor • C Floor • Reading Room • PG Study space
- 5. Studying in a group • Study together in a group study room • Flexible study space in the Learning Zone • 37 bookable group study rooms across the Library and Learning Zone • Book via Library website and iLancaster
- 6. The Library is where you are
- 7. Access from anywhere • Access to books, journals, specialist databases and more online – wherever you are • Student Portal • Website • iLancaster • Moodle All you need is your University username and password Library website: www.lancaster.ac.uk/library
- 9. • Most modules will have a Reading or Resource List • Find your Resource List on your module Moodle page • Some lists Link directly through to the Library Resource lists
- 10. The Library’s Discovery tool. Use it to find: • Print books • Ebooks • Electronic journal articles & conference papers Search by author, title, topic, keywords or journal title. OneSearch
- 11. • Created by your Faculty Librarians • Key class-marks in your subject area • Direct you to key resources for your subject • Access to specialist subject databases & different types of information Subject Guides A-Z: http://lancaster.libguides.com/ Subject guides
- 12. Demo
- 13. 1. Settings 2. Library Links 3. Lancaster University ‘Find It’ @ Lancaster 4. If there is no open access version, click Find It links to check the Library Link Google Scholar to the Library
- 14. How it works
- 15. • Check the location • Check the collection • Main collection • Pamphlets • Oversize • Leisure reading • Classmarks Finding items in the Library
- 16. Borrowing books and other items • Borrow with your University card at the self-service machines • Undergraduates: 15 books, 10 weeks • Request items that others have borrowed • Return or renew
- 17. Most eBooks allow you to: • read them online and on mobile devices • print sections within copyright law • do keyword searches • make electronic notes • export references to citation management programme Using ebooks
- 18. • Multifunction machines for printing, scanning and copying • On all floors in the Library • Top up online or at the kiosks on the ground floor • Print account: print.lancaster.ac.uk Print, scan and copy
- 20. Help you to: • find your way around • find items in the Library and on OneSearch • borrow and request Find them: • near the Library entrance • Information Point • moving around the Library Library Services Advisers
- 21. John Barbrook Faculty Librarian FST Lesley English Faculty Librarian FST Help you to: • Find and evaluate academic sources for your assignments • Reference • Research your topic for your final year project or dissertation Faculty Librarian webpage: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/library/f aculty-librarians/ Faculty Librarians
- 22. Teach and advise students on a range of study topics such as: • Academic writing • English language • Managing your studies • Critical thinking FST Learning Development: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/librar y/learning-development/fst/ Learning Developers
- 23. Fiona Rhodes f.Rhodes@Lancaster.ac.uk We give extra support to users who are disabled, dyslexic or have medical conditions which may affect their access to services and resources. This can include: • One to one support in using library resources and services • Study support rooms • Assistive technology • Request books for collection Additional support
- 24. • Tutorials and videos • YouTube channel • Subject guides Learn independently webpage: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/libr ary/learn-independently/ Learn independently
- 25. Time away from your studies
- 26. Leisure reading • Leisure reading and wellbeing collection on A floor • Genres include contemporary fiction, graphic novels, biography, crime, fantasy, horror and science-fiction • Mandarin collection Leisure reading topic guide: http://lancaster.libguides.com/leisure_reading
- 27. • Box of Broadcasts (BoB) on-demand TV and radio service allowing you to record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channel, and search the archive • Kanopy a video streaming platform offering a broad selection of documentaries, feature films & training videos Streaming media
- 28. Always improving
- 29. • Expand the Library on four floors • Due to open in January 2021 • More than 400 additional study spaces • Supported learning areas • Wellbeing area • Creative and maker spaces Library extension
- 30. What else do you want to know?
- 31. LancasterUniversityLibrary @LancasterUniLib Lancaster University Library library@lancaster.ac.uk 01524 592516 The Library, Alexandra Square Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YH Library website: www.lancaster.ac.uk/library Contact us #LoveLancaster
Editor's Notes
- Prompts: Welcome from/to the Library Introduce yourself Welcome to Lancaster In today’s session I’m going to introduce you to the Library spaces, resources and support available to you as a student at Lancaster The session will be a mix of talking and demo’ing.
- So first I’ll introduce you to our physical Library. Can you put your hand up if you have visited the Library since you arrived? Did you notice anything unusual about our Library? (We have a tree in the library, students named the tree Norman)
- Prompts: The Library is in Alexandra Square Open 24/7 in term time. Check the library website for opening hours in vacation. 1300 individual Study spaces, each with a power socket so you can charge your device, and there is WI-Fi throughout the building In the Library you can either bring in your own device, use one of the fixed PCs, or borrow a laptop from the cabinet on A floor or in the Learning Zone. Show of hands – who has their eduroam set up? Use eduroam to access wi-fi on campus Quiet and silent study Over 650,000 print books If you want to work collaboratively with each other in the Library, you can book a Group study room - 3 hours a day up to 9 hours a week There is also group space available in the Learning Zone, on the opposite side of Alexandra Square (next to the Student’s Union) They include interactive technology such as white boards or interactive screens where you can plug you laptop in Book via website, Portal or iLancaster
- Prompts: Quiet and silent study Expected behaviour? e.g. Hot and cold drinks okay hot food discouraged. If you are going to leave you desk for more than a few minutes, go and get a holding card from the information point
- Prompts: If you want to work collaboratively with each other in the library, you can book a group study room for 3 hours a day upto 9 hours a week There is also group study space in the Learning zone on the opposite side of the square (next to the SU) White boards or interactive screens where you can plug you laptop in Book via website, Portal or iLancaster
- So, the Library is more than just the building in Alexandra Square, it is also the digital library, all the ebooks and electronic journal articles and databases that you can access as a student at Lancaster.
- You can access the digital library from wherever you are – whether in student accommodation, on the bus, in a café or when you go home for vacation. As a student at Lancaster you have access to over 400,000 ebooks, 47,000 ejournals and over 250 specialist databases, Look out for the Library on the student portal, the University website, iLancaster, and on Moodle. If you forget your password you can reset it via ISS.
- In this next part of the talk I’ll share some of the ways of getting the most out of Library resources, whether through an online reading list, using OneSearch to read around a topic, and to find subject specific information through your subject guide.
- We’ll start with resource lists. Most modules will have a reading or resource list Some lists link directly through to books, ebooks and articles in the Library
- As I’ve mentioned, you can search OneSearch to see what is available in print and digitally. If you are studying a new topic, you could look for a book to find out more about the topic, or when you are writing an essay, you can find online journal articles written by specialists in your field to support your arguments. DEMO: Login Title/ author search – books and more Topic search – books and more Topic search – articles and more
- Focused information, content and Library resources for students and researchers Include specialist databases – subject databases or those where you can find different types of information e.g. newspapers Get everyone to go to subject guide for their subject(s) DEMO – see sheet
- Show of hands how many people use Google scholar? You can also access many Library resources if you link your Scholar account to Lancaster University onesearch – I’ll quickly show you how – QR code takes you to a short video. Remember, not all publishers allow Google to access their content.
- OK, so we’ve looked at the Library space and some of the library resources, let’s look at how everything works. If you are ever unsure when you are in the Library, just ask one of the Library staff who are on A floor.
- So, we looked at how to find a book on OneSearch, but how do you then find the book on the shelves. Lets go back to our search. On OneSearch look for – the location and classmark. Make a note of the classmark, its made up of capital letter,s, numbers, full-stops and lower case letters. The system is called Bliss and its not found in many libraries.
- Prompts Borrow with your University card at the self-service machines Undergraduates: 15 books, 10 weeks Request items that others have borrowed Return or renew Fines on recalled books
- Prompts Most eBooks allow you to: read them online and on mobile devices print sections within copyright law do keyword searches make electronic notes export references to citation management programme
- Prompts Multifunction machines for printing, scanning and copying On all floors in the Library Top up online or at the kiosks on the ground floor Print account: print.lancaster.ac.uk Single sided £p per side A4 Colour£0.13 A4 Mono£0.05 A3 Colour£0.19 A3 Mono£0.13 Double sided (Duplex) £p per side A4 Mono £0.04 A4 Colour£0.11 A3 Mono£0.11 A3 Colour£0.16
- I’ve mentioned throughout the talk that there are Library staff to help you use the Library at Lancaster. There are other Library teams who can offer more in-depth support too, and I’ll tell you about them all over the next few slides.
- Help you to: find your way around find items in the Library and on OneSearch borrow and request Find them: near the Library entrance Information Point (open from 8 – midnight in term time – check the website for vacation opening hours. moving around the Library
- You may see them in: Departmental workshops Library and Information Skills programme You can book an appointment or email them You can find out more on the Faculty Librarian page
- Prompts Teach and advise students on a range of study topics such as: Academic writing English language Academic reading Mathematics and statistics Managing your studies Critical thinking Exam preparation The learning developer for FASS is Joanne Wood, you can find out more on the Learning Development website.
- The Library is committed to providing extra support to users who are disabled, dyslexic or have medical conditions which may affect their access to services and resources. If you need any help and assistance when using the Library, please see the Library staff at the Information Point Fiona Rhodes has special responsibility for providing one-to-one help and training for disabled and dyslexic users in the Library. She can provide a personal tour of the Library and discuss potential problems and the most appropriate solution for you.
- The Library’s Learn independently webpages include self-study material including Tutorials and videos YouTube channel Topic guides They will help develop your academic, information and referencing skills. DEMO OF WEBSITE
- I want to share some of the resources you can access through the Library to take a break from your studies and to help you relax.
- First of all, on A floor we have our leisure reading and wellbeing collection. You can see what books are available through the Leisure reading topic guide. There’s also a developing Mandarin collection, which is made up purely of donations
- You can use our streaming media services, BoB and Kanopy to watch films, TV series and documentaries and you don’t need a TV licence to watch them. Through BoB you can record programmes too. DEMO IF TIME
- Finally, I want to share some information about the library extension project which is currently underway, and will improve the Library space while you are studying at Lancaster
- It will also include: Creative and maker spaces, Supported learning areas where you can meet your learning developer and faculty librarians Exhibition space A wellbeing space
- Time for questions
- Take a photo of this slide so you have all the key contact details. You can follow us on social media – why not share a photo of yourself by Normal the tree using the Love Lancaster hashtag