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New LibrarySearch now available

LibrarySearch, the University of Kent’s new resource discovery tool is now available and replaces the Templeman and Tonbridge Library catalogue. Drill Hall Library is also launching LibrarySearch.

Find books and e-books, journals, articles, DVDs and other multimedia resources, theses, and many thousands of full-text e-resources and references. Discover a world of quality resources!

Try it out now via the Library landing page, or access it direct at librarysearch.kent.ac.uk

With LibrarySearch you can:

  • search the University’s print and digital collections and much more from a single search box
  • see what’s available at each campus
  • go straight to digital full text content where available
  • ­­access your library account to manage your loans

There is plenty of help both online and in the Templeman Library – just ask at one of the helpdesks. Your School’s Academic Liaison Librarian will be arranging further briefings and training.

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LibrarySearch

LibrarySearch, the University of Kent’s new resource discovery tool is now available. Find books and e-books, journals, articles, DVDs and other multimedia resources, theses, and many thousands of full-text e-resources and references.

We have worked hard to create a Medway-specific version of LibrarySearch that works alongside the service for Canterbury and Tonbridge students.

Choose Kent LibrarySearch from the Drill Hall Library homepage or go direct to librarysearchmedway.kent.ac.uk.

With LibrarySearch you can:

  • search the University’s print and digital collections and much more in a single search
  • see what’s available at each campus
  • go straight to digital full text content where available
  • ­­access your library account to manage your loans

Your Academic Support Librarian will be arranging further briefings and training. There will be KeyPoint sessions from Tuesday through to Friday.

Contact us

Nominate an inspirational academic

BritWeek is a celebration of creativity and innovation between Europe and the US. This year, for the first time, it will recognise an inspirational academic.

The BritWeek and University of Kent award for Innovation in Academia will honour an individual whose professional accomplishments have made a significant and lasting impact on the field of higher education.

The award will be given to someone who is from or who has studied in Europe, and is currently working in American Higher Education.

The award recognizes the following contributions from an individual:

  • Innovation
  • Leadership in the profession
  • Best practice in the profession
  • Contribution to the profession

Complete this form to nominate someone for the award.

The deadline for nominations is 27 February 2015.

Kent will be the first UK university to host an award at this year’s Brit Week in LA. The event will coincide with the University’s alumni celebrations in LA on 1-3 May 2015.

For more information email t.c.farrow@kent.ac.uk.

Enhancing students’ writing

New Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Writing Fellows for Kent students at Canterbury and Medway.

The Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS) in UELT is very pleased to announce the arrival of two Royal Literary Fellows: Tim Walker and Roopa Farooki at both the Canterbury and Medway campuses.

Both Royal Literary Fellows bring a diverse background in writing to their work supporting and developing students’ academic writing at university.

Insights gained through narrative, travel writing, children’s literature and journalism are applied to some of the underlying issues of academic writing such as getting started on a text, clarity, structure and developing a distinctive ‘voice’.

Allia Wilson, Manager of the Student Learning Advisory Service, commented that the provision of two RLF Writing Fellows at Kent was ‘a unique opportunity for students at both Canterbury and Medway to benefit from the rich and dynamic experience of professional writers. Both Tim and Roopa have a wealth of expertise, and a passionate commitment to promoting good writing, that will really help our students’.

You can read more about Tim Walker and Roopa Farooki on the SLAS webpages.

Tim Walker will be based in the Student Learning Advisory Service in UELT, Canterbury where he will be happy to see students on a one to one basis to help them with their academic writing.

Canterbury contact details
Email: learning@kent.ac.uk
Phone: 01227 824016

Roopa Farooki will be based in the Drill Hall Library where she will be happy to see students on a one to one basis to help them with their academic writing.

Medway contact details
Email: learningmedway@kent.ac.uk
Phone: 01634 888884

For those of you wishing to learn more about the Royal Literary Fund, please visit the Royal Literary Fund website.

You may be interested to read more about other SLAS’ new initiatives for enhancing students’ writing at Kent by visiting VALUE Grad.

Student Cycle Hire

CyclingAge will be on campus, outside the Gulbenkian, Wednesday 21 January to hire out bikes.

These are available to hire for either a term or the rest of the academic year.

£50.00 deposit and £25.00 per term to hire.

All the bikes are serviced and ready to ride, complete with lights, lock and bell. The bike will also have a security tag which is recorded to the University of Kent.

Professor Michelle Garrett presents cancer lecture

Kent Cancer Trust has invited Professor Michelle Garrett from the School of Biosciences, to give a public lecture on cancer research.

The lecture titled ‘Cancer research and treatment; past, present and future’ will take place on Wednesday 21 January at 19.00 in the Michael Berry Lecture Theatre (og46), Old Sessions House, Canterbury Christ Church University.

The lecture is open to all.

For more information email M.D.Garrett@kent.ac.uk.

 

Printing is different in the Library

How the new printing system works:

When printing from a Templeman Library student PC, your work will go into an A4 print ‘queue’ rather than to an individual printer.

You then go to any of the nine new printers to ‘release’ your printing (scan your KentOne card or log in).

Where are the printers?

  • There are two in the Social Learning Zone near the café
  • There are two in each Library PC room
  • If one looks busy, you can just go to another. You have up to 24 hours before your print job will time-out (you’re not charged if you decide not to release it)

More about PrintPlus – including how to enter our competition to win a bike!

Student meditation CD

Students from the School of Music and Fine Art are working with the University’s counselling team on a collaborative project funded by Creative Campus to produce a meditation CD.

The meditation CD will be available to Kent students to download for free.

This initiative aims to help students to develop strategies to deal with stress, such as:

  • making new friends and relationships
  • assessment deadlines
  • exam stress
  • finance issues

For more information email ljf@kent.ac.uk.

Study tips for week 13

Tip 1: Ready, steady, go – what do I start with?

It’s all about priorities. You should always know what you need to do now, what you can leave to later, and what needs doing later still. Always work with these three priorities in mind. Find out about time management and planning.

Tip2: What’s the point? Reading for a purpose.

Most books and journal articles usually try to make one point – the rest is argument and evidence. Ask yourself ‘what is the key theme?’ The same principle applies to chapters, sections, and even paragraphs: look for the point! Pick up additional reading tips from the SLAS workshop ‘Effective Reading’.