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Monday, February 1st, 2010
Workshops on this week
1st – 4th February 2010
Come to the following Library workshops THIS WEEK!
BOOK NOW on the Portal at http://nn.nf/4706 or text the code printed next to the workshop that you would like to attend, along with your name and student ID to: 07972 455 457
Introduction to RefWorks - text code RW0102 ( to create your references and bibliographies automatically)
Monday 1st Feb at 5pm
Library Essentials – how to use and manage your library account – text code LA0202
Tuesday 2nd Feb at 12pm
Introduction to RefWorks - text code RW0202
Tuesday 2nd Feb at 1pm
Library Essentials – how to use and manage your library account – text code LA0402
Thursday 4th at 3pm
Finding journal articles – text code JA0402
Thursday 4th at 5pm
All in IT lab UL101 (1st floor)
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Learn how to avoid plagiarism and manage your references with:
Introduction to Harvard Referencing
Introduction to RefWorks
RefWorks in 30 Minutes
To help with your research we are offering:
Finding Journal Articles
Finding Newspaper Articles
Finding Journal Articles in 30 Minutes
Using the Internet for Academic Research
For advice on planning and writing your assignments why not book a place on:
Assistive Software
Decoding Your Assignment Title
Effective Use of Grammar and Punctuation in Your Assignment
Encoding Your Essay
Visit the Library’s Workshops page for the dates and times. All students are welcome to attend; you can book your place from the Workshop page or by texting the relevant code to 07972 455457.
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
All students and staff are welcome to attend the workshops scheduled for weeks 9-12:
Judge for yourself: developing critical reading skills
Introduction to Harvard referencing
Introduction to RefWorks
Overcoming your fear of presenting
Finding journal articles
Using the internt for academic research
Effective use of grammar and punctuation in your assignment
Assistive software – how to use the Inspiration software (for mind-mapping )and TextHelp (a text-to-speech application)
Encoding your essay – advice on how to structure an essay
You can book your place from the Library’s workshop page or by texting the relevant code to 07972 455457.
Click here for a list of workshops and dates.
Tags: Brayford, GCW, Lincoln, workshops
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
We are now taking bookings for Learning Development Workshops for weeks 3 and 4.
Workshops on offer are ‘Decoding your assignment title’, ‘Assistive software’, ‘Using the Internet for academic research, ‘An introduction to RefWorks’ and ‘Finding journal articles’.
All students are welcome to attend; you can book your place from the Library’s Workshop page or by texting the relevant code to 07972 455457.
Click here for a list of workshops and dates.
We will advertise the workshops for weeks 5 and 6 in a fortnight.
Tags: Brayford Pool campus, University Library, workshops
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Library workshops are freely available to all University of Lincoln students.
The workshops programme includes sessions on library and study skills; they last for 45 minutes and they are held in the IT workshop (UL101) on the first floor of the GCW University Library.
You can download our initial programme of library know-how workshops here (more workshops will be added as the semester goes on):
And you can book a place on any of our workshops online via the University Portal, at: https://portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C13/C0/Workshops/
Or, you can book your place by texting the workshop code (printed next to the workshop details on the programme) for that you would like to attend,
along with your name and student ID, to: 07972 455 457
Tags: account, Brayford, e-books, e-journals, GCW, GCW University Library, ICT services, induction, library, Lincoln, printing & photocopying, reading lists, SMS, text booking, texting, workshops
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Owing to popular demand, Library & Learning Resources are running an additional 2 workshops at the Brayford Pool Campus, for academic staff, under the title: ‘Copyright, teaching and Blackboard – staying legal’
These sessions have been planned to capitalise on interest generated by the University’s recent copying audit, and to build on our copying help guide.
The workshops are an hour long each, and are running:
- Monday 22/6/2009 – 14:00-15:00
- Wednesday 24/6/2009 – 14:00-15:00
They are taking place in Library I.T. Workshop room UL101, first floor, GCW University Library, Brayford Pool Campus.
Further sessions are intended for the near future, at all campuses.
More details:
Title of event: Copyright, teaching and Blackboard – staying legal
Aims of event: To improve your understanding of what you can and cannot do when delivering information resources to students as part of your teaching materials in a Blackboard site.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the event you will understand what it is possible to copy within Blackboard, and how you can apply it to your teaching. Including:
- UK copyright law as it relates to teaching and the use of Blackboard
- What can be digitised under the CLA comprehensive licence
- The digital copying of newspaper articles under licence
- Copyright and the World Wide Web including the use of images from web pages
- Linking to third-party resources from Blackboard
- Where to go for further help and support
Who should attend?: Academic staff who use Blackboard, and who would like to know more about copyright licences
Pre-requisite knowledge: Knowledge of Blackboard
Minimum Number: 1
Maximum Number: 19
Trainer: Paul Stainthorp and Philippa Dyson
Venue: UL101, first floor, GCW University Library
Campus: Brayford Pool
Tags: academic staff, Blackboard, Brayford Pool, Brayford Pool campus, copyright, copyright law, GCW, GCW University Library, lecturers, Paul Stainthorp, Philippa Dyson, United Kingdom, workshops
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
F.A.O. academic staff at the University of Lincoln
In response to demand, the Library are running x3 lunchtime workshops at Brayford Pool Campus, toward the end of next week, open to all staff of the University, entitled ‘Copyright, teaching and Blackboard – staying legal‘. These sessions have been planned to capitalise on interest generated by the University’s recent copying audit, and to build on our copying help guide.
The workshops are an hour long each, and are running:
- Thursday 23/4/2009 – 13:00-14:00
- Friday 24/4/2009 – 12:00-13:00
- Friday 24/4/2009 – 13:30-14:30
They are taking place in Library I.T. Workshop room UL101, first floor, GCW University Library, Brayford Pool Campus.
Further sessions are intended for the near future, at all campuses.
More details:
Title of event: Copyright, teaching and Blackboard – staying legal
Aims of event: To improve your understanding of what you can and cannot do when delivering information resources to students as part of your teaching materials in a Blackboard site.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of the event you will understand what it is possible to copy within Blackboard, and how you can apply it to your teaching. Including:
- UK copyright law as it relates to teaching and the use of Blackboard
- What can be digitised under the CLA comprehensive licence
- The digital copying of newspaper articles under licence
- Copyright and the World Wide Web including the use of images from web pages
- Linking to third-party resources from Blackboard
- Where to go for further help and support
Who should attend?: Academic staff who use Blackboard, and who would like to know more about copyright licences
Pre-requisite knowledge: Knowledge of Blackboard
Minimum Number: 1
Maximum Number: 19
Trainer: Paul Stainthorp and Philippa Dyson
Venue: UL101, first floor, GCW University Library
Campus: Brayford Pool
Tags: academic staff, Blackboard, Brayford, Brayford Pool, Brayford Pool campus, copyright, copyright law, F.A.O., GCW, GCW University Library, lecturers, legal, Paul Stainthorp, Philippa Dyson, teachers, teaching, UL101, United Kingdom, University of Lincoln, workshops
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
You’ll soon be able to pick up a copy of our April newsletter in the University Library or your campus LRC, but here’s a sneak online preview… download it from the University Portal or read on-screen.
In this semester’s issue:
- Student Advisers: your new PALs
- All 7 UK research councils now mandate Open Access
- Reconfigured learning at Riseholme
- My name is ERL – Paul Stainthorp talks about his new role
- Free online training from Microsoft
- Academic staff event in June
- LibraryThing; What’s on your bookshelf?
- Supporting learning at Holbeach
- Summer loan changes
- News blog
- LearningDevelopment@Lincoln: supporting student success
- Theses online
Library and Learning Resources’ newsletter for students and staff of the University of Lincoln, published each semester. The aim of the newsletter is to share news and information about the services and facilities of the University Library and LRCs.
Tags: blogs, e-resources, EThOS, events, Holbeach, LibraryThing, loans, Microsoft, newsletter, online training, open access, PALs, Paul Stainthorp, research, Riseholme, student advisers, summer vacation, theses, United Kingdom, University Library, University of Lincoln, workshops
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
The Exam preparation workshop will cover how to revise effectively and advise you on strategies you can adopt before, during and after an exam to ensure that you perform at your best.
The Exam preparation workshops are taking place on the following days and times in UL101:
Thursday 2 April 17:00 – 17:50
NEW DATE Tuesday 21 April 17:00 – 17:50
NEW DATE Wednesday 22 April 12:00 – 12:50
NEW DATE Tuesday 28 April 12:00 – 12:50
NEW DATE Thursday 30 April 17:00 – 17:50
Booking
It is important that you book a place as numbers are limited. You can book a place by visiting the workshops page on the Portal: https://portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C13/C0/Workshops/default.aspx or by visiting the 3rd floor subject support desk where a member of staff will place the booking for you.
Tags: additional dates, exam revision, GCW, workshops
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
The University Library runs a series of library and study skills workshops aimed at University of Lincoln students. Library and Study Skills workshops: Semester B.
Are there any workshops currently not on offer that you would be interested in attending? If there are, please leave details in a comment.
Thank you
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