The document provides information about Lancaster University Library for students. It summarizes the library's services and resources including its hours, study spaces, print and electronic collections, research support from librarians and learning developers, and additional services for leisure and well-being. It also announces an upcoming expansion of the library that will provide more study spaces and new facilities.
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
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. 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. • Check the location
• Check the collection
• Main collection
• Pamphlets
• Oversize
• Leisure reading
• Classmarks
Finding items in the Library
15. 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
16. • 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
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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
25. 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
26. • 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. • 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
29. Ebook markers
• To promote ‘invisible’ ebook
collection on the Library
shelves
• Ebooks on Maths reading lists
• Tap your mobile device on the
case to open the book in
OneSearch
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
Find your resource list on your module Moodle page
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
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
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
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 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.
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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
During this term we will be adding place markers to the shelves in the Maths section of the library so when you are browsing the shelves you can see which books are available digitally, and by tapping your phone on the case, you will open the ebook in OneSearch
Time for questions
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