Tips on revision May 21, 2013
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It’s the time of year when assessments and exams are looming large so just a few tips before you break out the highlighter pen:
- Make notes – paraphrasing or commenting on what you’ve read aids understanding and recall
- Say no to cramming – don’t stay up all night cramming, try to spread your revision out and get a good night’s sleep instead
- Take it easy with the highlighter – highlighting important bits of text can help to direct your revision but be careful it doesn’t become a substitute for actually reading, understanding and taking notes!
- Test yourself – one of the best ways to help your memory and understanding along is to test yourself periodically (it helps your brain to build connections)
More info:
Here’s the plan for Easter Opening Hours in ILS March 27, 2013
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March 25, 2013
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Final Year Students,
Independent Study Deadline looming? We’re here to help…
We’ve got more PCs than ever before in Peirson, Riverside, City Campus and the Hive.
PCs and Macs are available 24/4 in Peirson, there’s 24/7 PCs in the café at City Campus and there’s 24/7 ICT phone support should you need it.
You’ve got more storage space than ever before, but make sure you back up you work.
We’ve got subject specific library staff on hand to help, at the desk on level 3 at the Hive, or via askalibrarian@worc.ac.uk.
We’ve got vast amounts of e-resources, and they’re available 24/7.
You can request material from other libraries via Inter-library requests.
And when it’s all over, or you’d just like to see a printed draft, we’ll bind a copy of your Independent Study free of charge with our ‘buy one get one free offer’. Just pick up a leaflet that looks like this from any of the reception point or Peirson.
Student Email Upgrade March 6, 2013
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The University Student email is being upgraded to ‘Office 365 for Education’
Work’s taking place behind the scenes between 11pm Friday 8th March until 1pm Monday 11th March.
Throughout this period student email services will be unavailable. All email being sent to your student addresses will be received, but unfortunately students won’t be able to access email while it’s being moved.
The upgrade will offer increased email storage (from the current 10GB, to 25GB), as well as the new version of the Outlook web application and further enhanced features in the future.
For further information contact helpdesk@worc.ac.uk
Free Document Binding February 12, 2013
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It’s Pancake Day! And today we’re launching a flipping great offer for final year students…
Buy One, Get One Free, Independent Study Bindings
Pick up a leaflet/voucher from Peirson, Reception or the Study & Research Helpdesk for students on level 3 in The Hive.
Inside the leaflet there’s lots of information about help and advice that’s available from ILS, the voucher’s on the back. The leaflets look like the pic above and will start to be circulated today.
Essential maintenance on ICT systems. 2nd Sunday each month (10-02-13) January 22, 2013
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Need help with your assignment? Not sure you’re looking in the right places? January 14, 2013
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Then you’ll be pleased to hear that we are here to help you! Our Academic Services Team provide loads of in-depth help on using ILS’ online & print resources, as well as help with referencing.
With our brand new Study & Research desk at The Hive (beside the lifts on Level 3) you can get help with any questions about our resources, or support in starting your assignment. This desk is manned:
- Monday – Friday: 10:00 – 19:00
- Saturday: 10:00 – 17:00
Alternatively, you can contact us through askalibrarian@worc.ac.uk
And we’ve also put together some online guides that cover a range of topics to help get you started with ILS’ resources and services:
And Study Skills workshops are also invaluable when getting started with assignments; these are provided by Student Services, for full info see their webpage:
Research Collections – What’s new for 2013? December 31, 2012
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The Research Collections have a new hand at the helm. Rachel is handing the baton over to Roger Fairman. For all enquiries relating to the Research Collections please contact Roger on r.fairman@worc.ac.uk or email researchcollections@worc.ac.uk.
If you need help with WRaP Janet on j.davidson@worc.ac.uk is still your person.
And for research student enquiries, contact askalibrarian@worc.ac.uk.
As ever, go to http://worcuniresearchcolls.wordpress.com for more information.
What’s where? December 19, 2012
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ILS can be found on all University sites, and because of this it’s often hard to know where you’ll find certain things. Hopefully this list will help you out:
The Hive
- University & County Council books
- PC access, print & copy
- Social Learning space & space for laptops
- Group presentation equipment
- Bookable rooms (including studio space)
- Exhibition areas
- Children’s collection
- Teaching collection
- Worcestershire Archive and Archaeological Service
- Worcestershire Hub Customer Centre
- ICT Help & Advice
St John’s Campus (Peirson Building)
- PC access
- 24 hour access to PCs, copy & print facilities
- Social Learning space & space for laptops
- Group presentation equipment
- Media equipment loans
- Apple Macs
- ICT Help & Advice
City Campus (Charles Hastings)
- PC access
- 24 hour access to PCs, copy & print facilities
- Social Learning space & space for laptops
- Group presentation equipment
- Access to PC rooms when not being used for teaching
- Specialist Business & ICT software
- ICT Help & Advice
Riverside Learning Exchange
- PC access & print facilities
- Social Learning space & space for laptops
- Group presentation equipment
On all sites you’ll find PC access, print and copy facilities, wireless access and specialist subject software. If you have any questions, or think we’ve left something out then let us know.
Maintenance on Dawsonera 08-12-12 December 7, 2012
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The Dawsonera e-book platform will be down between 10:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. this Saturday 8th December for essential maintenance.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
