{"id":464,"date":"2025-09-26T16:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/?p=464"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:48:05","slug":"getting-started-with-library-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/09\/26\/getting-started-with-library-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started with Library Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a new student, you&#8217;ll be using the Library to help you with your studies. Here&#8217;s how to get a flying start and how to make the most of your first weeks at Kent!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a look at our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library\/templeman-library-tour\">guide to the Templeman Library<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Take the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2025\/course\/view.php?id=2629\">Library e-induction<\/a><\/strong> on Moodle<\/li>\n<li>Come to one of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/student.kent.ac.uk\/studies\/library\/events\">our Library events in Welcome Week and Week 1<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Want to ask us a question?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re here to help you every step of the way!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email: <strong><a href=\"mailto:helpdesk@kent.ac.uk\">helpdesk@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tel: 01227 824999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For face-to-face help, check our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/opening-hours-and-support\">support hours<\/a>and pop in to see us at the Templeman Library. We are in Nexus, Ground Floor, D Block.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For help with accessing the Library and using our services see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/templeman-library-accessibility\"><strong>Templeman Library Accessibility Guide.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Studying on Medway campus or planning on using the Drill Hall Library? Take their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/campus.medway.ac.uk\/drill-hall-library-services\/\">library orientation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKCLibraryIT\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukclibraryit\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong> at UKCLibraryIT for all the latest advice and tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a new student, you&#8217;ll be using the Library to help you with your studies. Here&#8217;s how to get a flying start and how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/2025\/09\/26\/getting-started-with-library-services\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56317,"featured_media":468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[312383,205698],"tags":[150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/student-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}