LRC CPD Day Showcase

The LRC had a very successful CDP Day showcase with 61 staff visiting us. There was a wide range of activities on offer including:

·         CIS Guildford QR Code game

·         Dewey order game and word games

·         Demonstration of Keynote reports

·         Have a go at using Action & Flip Cameras

·         Try out an e-book reader or the interactive books on the iPad

·         Find out about the LRC pages on Moodle and use Heritage Online

·         Tweet and find out about the new LRC Blog

There was also a Best Practice Vodcast in which Guildford College Tutors explained how to get the most out of the LRC. If you missed it you can watch it again here: http://youtu.be/aDorLREuUic

If you would like to find out anymore about how the LRC can support you or your students please get in touch or pop in and see us! You can also follow us on twitter http://www.twitter.com/GCLRCs

Guildford College LRC

library@guildford.ac.uk

01483 448611

Merrist Wood LRC

mwlibrary@guildford.ac.uk

01483 884022

Farnham College LRC

FCLRC@guildford.ac.uk

01252 740547

Reviewing resources on Heritage

A relatively new feature on our online catalogue, Heritage, is the ability to rate and review resources that you have enjoyed or think may benefit other library users. This could be a good film that you have seen, a great fiction book or a really useful textbook for students to use on their course. It is really simple to use and is very similar to the feature on Amazon where customers rate and review certain items, here is how you do it:

·         First you need to head to our online catalogue at www.guildford.ac.uk/heritage

·         You then need to log in on the right hand side using your reader code and pin number. Your reader code is your student number or, for staff, your network log in e.g. asmith, a library pin can be requested from the LRC if you don’t have one.

·         Now that you are logged in you can search for a resource that you want to review. Once you have found the item you want to review just click on the ‘create a review’ button.

·         You can now rate your resource out of 5 stars and write a small description about what you thought of the resource.

·         Once you have submitted a review other library users can see what you have written about the item as it will appear on the catalogue record

This is a really useful tool and allows users to see which books are really good and will also warn people of any books or films that are worth a miss! It is also a really good tool for tutors to recommend texts to students and pin point any useful chapters.

Top E-Books in March

Here are the top 10 e-books for March based on pages viewed.

Business are at the top once again but Equine, Counselling, IT, and Tourism are in there too. 

Pages   Title

3143    BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
700      Book 1: BTEC National Business
510      Organisational Behaviour
480      Horse and Stable Management
466      Travel & Tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
361      BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2
298      Business and Administration NVQ Level 2
265      Beyond Blame
262      Teaching Today
245      Counselling, Psychotherapy and the Law

Easter Opening Hours

The LRCs will be open at the following times over Easter.

Guildford College

Monday 2 - Wednesday 4 April         9.30 - 4.30
Thursday 5 April                                9.30 - 4.30 (closed for lunch 12.30 - 1.30)
Friday 6 April                                    CLOSED

Monday 9 April                                 CLOSED
Tuesday 10 - Friday 13 April             9.30 - 4.30


Merrist Wood

Monday 2 - Tuesday 3 April             9.30 - 4.30 (closed for lunch 12.30 - 1.30)
Wednesday 4 April                           9.30 - 1.00

We regret that due to staff shortages we will then not reopen until Monday 16 April.


Farnham College

Due to essential work being carried out the LRC will be closed over Easter and reopen on Monday 16 April.

Celebrating World Book Week 2012

All the LRCs took part in celebrating a very successful World Book Week 2012 which created a real buzz for reading. Here is a round-up of the activities along with our competition winners:

Guildford College LRC

• 156 students and staff wrote on the book wall. The most popular current read was The Help by Kathryn Sockett. If you fancy reading it too it is available from the LRCs!
• 80 students and staff swapped books in the LRC.
• 31 World Book Week Quiz entries. 1^st prize, £20 Amazon voucher, went to Louise Hill and 2^nd prize, a signed copy of Bali Rai’s Killing Honour, went to Graham Burton.
•  27 fiction books were borrowed over the week.

Farnham College LRC

• 55 quiz entries for the world book day event. 1st prize Sahshi Rai £20 Amazon Voucher and 2nd prize Scott Hartley a mug and chocolates
• 3 Functional Skills classes and 2 GCSE English classes, aprox 70 students, visited the LRC to look at the display and enter the quiz.
• 19 fiction books were borrowed over the week.

Merrist Wood College LRC

• 10 comments on the book wall.
• 23 entries to the bookmark competion. 1st prize, a £20 Amazon Voucher, went to Gemma Elstob, 2nd prize, a Teddy, went to Ben Coles, and 3rd prize, a box of chocolates, went to Mary Lattimore
•  The winning entry was a beautiful caterpillar with the slogan 'Just munching through' (see photo)
• 5 fiction books were borrowed over the week.

E-Resources: what are they and where do I find them?

Did you know that the LRCs provide you with access to hundreds of books and journals online?

Available to all staff and students the resources include general sources such as Britannica, subject databases which provide access to journal articles such as intered or SportDiscus, as well as ebooks which cover all subjects at all levels.

Most allow direct access if you are at college but some will require you to have a special password - more on this later...

Where can I find these resources?

To find this wealth of information log onto Moodle and look under

Key Courses - Learning Resource Centre - E-Resources

Online Databases and Journals

Scroll down the page to find the appropriate subject heading to get links to the most relevant databases and journals.

Looking for a particular journal title?  You could try searching the A-Z of Online Journals which allows you to see if it is included in any of the databases available across all subjects.

Ebooks

Information about, and links to, all the ebooks are included in the library catalogue called Heritage. Look for the link on this blog and on the E-Resources page on Moodle.

The best way to find ebooks on the catalogue is to choose Advanced Search and then use the drop-down menu under Media type to select E-book.  Then type in your search term and click Search.

Can I use the databases and ebooks at home?

You can access most of our e-resources from home as long as you have signed up for an Athens username and password at college.  Simply follow the instructions on the helpsheet available from any LRC.

When you click on a link to a database or ebook you will be asked to enter your Athens details before the resource can be used.

Need more help?

If you have any questions about any of the resources or you would like some tips on how to search them don't forget that the LRC staff are on hand to help.

Top E-Books in February

Here are the top 10 e-books for February based on pages viewed.

Business are at the top once again but Counselling, IT, and Tourism are in there too.  Well done to our BTEC students as 6 out of the top 10 are your textbooks.

If your area isn't listed this time maybe you'll rise up the rankings for March.

Pages   Title

3914    BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
750      Book 1: BTEC National Business
554      Counseling for Anxiety Problems
440      The business environment
419      BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2
273      Travel & Tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
269      BTEC National Travel and Tourism Book 2
266      Service Operations Management
150      BTEC Level 2 First in IT
143      Organisational Behaviour