Shiny New Term!!!

Hello and welcome to the shiny new academic year.  We hope you have all had an exciting and restful summer and you are back raring to go and ready to learn.

So to start the term off - here's what we have changed over the summer months.

First and foremost - we've changed the chairs! 

Gone are those tired red chairs.......

And say hello to the shiny new chairs......

And we've thrown in a sofa in the Fiction Corner too.....

We've purchased loads of new books, with some departments having a complete overhaul of their collection - for instance the Law section is now fully changed with a wealth of new current and up to date books.

We've also subscribed to some new e-resources -  particularly we now have access to the Philip Allan Review Magazines Online Archive which can be accessed from both home and College.  You can access this resource via the E-Resources list (under the LRC tab on Moodle).  If you need help with this just ask a member of LRC staff.

The LRC is back to normal opening hours as from Monday - and please remember the LRC is not a social area and is a place to study and revise quietly.  We discovered from our Student Survey last year that 60% of students were fed up with all the noise and disruption in the LRC, so be aware that we will be clamping down on this from the start to ensure we can maintain a quiet environment for you all.

So all that is left to say is good luck for the start of term and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

Holiday Opening

Another academic year has come to an end, but don't despair if you still want to study over the summer - the LRC will be open most days during the holidays from 09.30 - 15.30 every day.  There will however be particular days when the LRC is closed - so it is best to ring in the morning of the day you plan to visit just to make sure.

Half Term Opening Hours

LRC SPRING BANK

HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS

26 May to 30 May 2014

 LRC CLOSED   

Monday 26 to Tuesday 27 May

 

 

LRC OPEN   

Wednesday 28 to Friday 30th May

9.30am to 3.30pm

Open for individual study, revision and the use of computers and resources.

Don't Forget to Return Your Books!!!

We hope you have found all the LRC resources of use this year - but as the academic year is coming to a close, please rememger that ALL books and resources (including those borrowed from the LRC and from subject departments) MUST be returned by no later than the 27^th June 2014.

 

Image courtesy of Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

But why wait until the last minute – once you have finished with them, return them!!!

All resources (including those borrowed from subject departments) should be returned directly to the LRC.

 

Many thanks for your cooperation with this and the LRC team would like to wish you all good luck with your exams.

LRC Survey

As the end of term is on the horizon, we are looking to find out about your experiences this academic year of the Learning Resource Centre.

We would really appreciate it if you could spare 5 minutes to complete a short survey about the Learning Resource Centre to help us make improvements to the resources and services provided.

The survey can be found under the MyPod tab on Moodle, entitled LRC Survey – see image below (you will need to log into Moodle first to access this). 

Many thanks in advance for helping us with this.

Back Up Your Work

It's that time of year again when you need to start thinking about backing up all your student work that is currently stored on your Z:Drive/Subject Drives.

 

"Image courtesy of Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net"

 

You should back up your work to a USB memory device (which can be purchased from the LRC) or ideally onto OneDrive (within your email account). We recommend saving work to your OneDrive account as it is far more reliable that any external memory devices and is accessible wherever you have an internet connection.  

All files stored on your Z;Drive/Subject Drive (i.e., Student Language Collaboration; A2 Computing: Art: Student Council, etc.....) will be deleted by the end of July 2014!

 

So don't delay - back up your work today!!

 

 

LRC Closed on Monday

We know it's only been 5 minutes since the last holiday, but just to remind you all that Monday 5th May is a Bank Holiday and therefore the LRC will be closed all day.

Please remember to get any resources you need for the long weekend before we close today at 3pm.