learning resources magazine - summer
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Welcome to the summer edition of the Learning Resources Magazine at Dudley College. You will find general information about Learning Resources as well as specific curriculum information relevant to your area of study. You can always pop into to one of our facilities and speak to a member of staff who will happily help you locate further electronic or physical resources as you require. We hope you find the information useful for your studies.TRANSCRIPT
LEARNING RESOURCES
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Welcome to the Summer edition of Update, the interactive Learning
Resources magazine. Each section is packed full of useful tips and
resources to help you with your studies, assignments and research. Click
the images on each page to find out even more.
Farewell Mons Hill and Castle View!
Mons Hill and Castle View Libraries will be closing forever on 29th June.
The majority of the books will have a new home in Broadway Library
together with a large number of new titles. If you haven’t already done so,
check out the sale tables in all three libraries for bargain books.
Happy Reading!
General LR Information Page 3
Computing Page 4
Engineering Page 5
Foundation Studies and ESOL Page 6
Sports Studies Page 7
Hair and Beauty Page 8
Arts Page 9
6th Form Pages 10-11
Care and Early Years Page 12
Public Services Page 13
Our Quality to You Page 14-15
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3 2 Need a break from work?
Fed up with carrying heavy books?
Broadway Library has 4 Amazon Kindles you can borrow. All are pre-loaded with novels, biographies and other interesting reads. Ask in the Library today!
Borrow a Kindle!
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Coming soon! The Library has ordered the following titles which will be on the shelves
in the next few weeks. Click the images below to check when they’re
available. Please note only titles in capitals are ready to borrow now.
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New BooksNew Books
These books are all available from Broadway Library. Click the images to
see whether you can borrow them now.
Across
3. Where component parts are joined together to make products. (8) 5. Component to turn electrical power on or off. (6) 7. The decay of a material as a result of chemical reaction with its surroundings. (9)
11. Mass per unit volume of a given substance. (7) 13. Triangular tool used for the accurate drawing of certain angles. (9)
15. An industrial term describing the manufacture of metal product. (11) 16. Construction drawings are always produced
using _____ _(6) 17. A permanent mechanical means of fastening material together. (5)
18. C in LCD stands for (7) Down 1. Small stylised drawing which represents a
more complex item. (6) 2. A design which is drawn using no tools apart from the pencil or pen – no straight edge is
used at all. (8) 4. To alter a material to meet a requirement, for example drilling holes or chamfering edges. (7) 6. A process where iron is coated in zinc, making it far more resistant to corrosion. (11)
8. A2 + B2 = C2 (10) 9. Light line that joins an edge, or corner, to its corresponding dimension showing the link. (6) 10. A formal drawing technique where a horizontal line is drawn with typically 1, 2 or 3 vanishing
points upon the line. The drawing is then produced accordingly using the vanishing point/s, generating an impression of depth. (10) 12. A classification of plastic resin that cures by chemical reaction when heated and, once cured,
cannot be re-softened by heating. (9) 14. Construction plans are drawn smaller than real buildings so that they will fit on a piece of paper.(5)
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Revision Help Are you struggling to revise? Below are a few of the books from the
library that may help you with studying methods. Click the images to see if
you can borrow them now.
If you need help finding a revision book for your subject then please feel
free to ask one of the library staff.
Also remember to take regular breaks otherwise it will become hard to
concentrate on your notes. Have a look at some of the books and DVDs
available in the library for when you need to take a break.
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CV Creator Need help with designing a CV? Click here for an online CV builder. All
you need is your personal information, your work experience and your
qualifications. You can then choose a design and download it into a word
or pdf format.
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Dudley Evolve Have you seen the new Sport facilities for the next academic year? Have
a look at the New Build video here.
The multi-use sports hall has been built to official Sport England
specifications and has fantastic facilities for students, which the general
public can also hire. Accommodating 6 badminton courts, 2 five-a-side
pitches and cricket nets, the large sports hall has a dividing partition to
enable different sports to take place at the same time.
The environmentally friendly air-conditioned fitness suite is slightly
unusual as it was once a fire station and since being developed has
retained the original brick frontage and doors. Kitted out with the latest
cardiovascular, resistance, strength-endurance and balance equipment, the
fitness suite will be used by students during the week and open to the
public during the evenings and weekends.
Job Searching Looking for a job? Here are a few useful links on the Directgov website
that might help:
Where to look for jobs CV Example 1
Online Search Covering Letter Example
Writing a CV Preparing for an Interview
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Get Blogging!
Reading Blogs on the internet is a great way to check out the latest
trends and up-to-date catwalk fashions in the Hair & Beauty world and
also read great reviews on new products. Here are our favourites - click
the logos to go straight to the sites:
Fabulous YouTube tutorials, step by step guides on creating looks:
Make-up product reviews:
Marie Claire Best Beauty Blog of the Year
Winner:
Also keep up to date and follow the people in the know-how on Twitter!
@InStyle @BenefitBeauty @skincaretweets
@sephora @marieclaire @makeupbymario
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Films recently added to the Library Catalogue
Here are a few new titles now available to borrow from the library. Please
remember there is no charge to borrow a DVD but fines may be incurred
if the item is not returned on time. Click on the images below to see
whether they’re available to borrow now.
127 Hours
Battle: Los Angeles
Black Swan
The King’s Speech
Pirates of the Caribbean
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
True Grit
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Summer Blockbusters! Coming soon to a cinema near you...click the pictures for more details:
Brave
The Amazing Spiderman
The Dark Knight Rises
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Don’t forget!
All textbooks are due for return on 15th June.
If you have exams after that and need the books
for longer, please come and speak to a member
of library staff to avoid fines.
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Need revision ideas? These websites cover most
AS and A Level subjects. Click on the links below
for revision tips, notes and techniques.
The library has several books with handy hints for
exams and revision. Here’s a selection of what’s
available. Click the images to check whether you
can borrow them now:
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Need to study over the Summer? Access the Nursery World website for
news about childcare and Early Years education. Click the covers below
to go straight to the site.
Click “blog” at the top of the page to access blogs written by the
Nursery World team.
www.nurseryworld.co.uk
Spotlight on Teaching Assistants
We have several titles for students on Teaching Assistant
courses. Click the books below to see whether they are available for you
to borrow.
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Interested in joining the Armed Forces?
Check out these websites below. Click the logos to go straight
to the sites:
Jobs in the RAF are far more diverse than
you’d find in a civilian organisation. Everyone
knows we have pilots, of course, but there
are more than 50 other careers. To fill those positions, we recruit from the widest range of people we can. We’re interested in people from all
sorts of backgrounds.
This website will allow you to
explore all the opportunities
available in the Army. If you still
have questions, contact our online
office or visit us on Facebook.
Variety is very much central to a life in the Royal Navy. As well as unique
opportunities for travel, adventure, training and
teamwork, a career with the Royal Navy offers many
practical
benefits too.
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Service Level Agreements—How did we do?
We always try hard to give you the best service possible within Learning
Resources. This is why we have our Service Level Agreement to ensure
they we stay on the ball at all times, giving you a consistently good service.
Once a year we measure our performance to check that we are keeping
our promise. Below are the results of this years audit:
RBL Centres
1. Student can access a machine within 10 minutes of arriving.
96.6% of students accessed a machine within 30 seconds of arriving.
0.8% of students accessed a machine within 1 minute of arriving.
0.4% of students accessed a machine within 13minute of arriving.
2.2% of students left the centres before a machine became available.
2. Faulty machines are fixed within 24hrs or reported to IT Services.
3 faults occurred with machines during the audit, all three of which were
fixed with 5 minutes of the report.
E-Learning
1. Monitoring via Survey (Results on next page)
2. Requests for support or staff development in any area relating to E-
Learning are responded to within 5 working days.
During the audit period, all received requests were dealt with on the same
day and in many instances, within the hour.
3. Monitoring—Performance Management Reviews
Performance Management Reviews for e-Learning staff are up to date.
The Library has a good selection of books, materials and resources.
The Library has helped me progress on my course.
Overall, how would you rate the service you receive from the Library?
The RBL Centre has a good selection of hardware, software and resources.
The RBL Centre has made a positive impact on my learning at the college.
Overall, how would you rate the service you receive from the RBL Centre?
I find Blackboard easy to use.
There is a good range of materials available on Blackboard for my course.
Overall, how would you rate Blackboard?
I find ProPortal easy to use.
Access to ProPortal has made a positive impact on my learning at the college.
Overall, how would you rate ProPortal?
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Libraries
1. Ensure e-mail reminders are sent 3 days before the books are due for
return.
All 9 reminders sent out on day of audit and on time.
2. Ensure overdue notices are sent out on time (14 & 28 days after due
date)
All 48 sent out on time.
3. Ensure reservations are communicated to users no later than the next
working day.
All reservation were communicated on the same day as the item became
available.
Student Survey Results—How did we do?
We recently conducted a student survey to gauge if we are providing a
good services to our customers. The headline results can be seen below:
Thanks to all 247 students who completed the survey. This gives us some
really good information on areas to improve and these will feed into our
development plan for the next academic year.
The Library has a good selection of books, materials and resources.
The Library has helped me progress on my course.
Overall, how would you rate the service you receive from the Library?
The RBL Centre has a good selection of hardware, software and resources.
The RBL Centre has made a positive impact on my learning at the college.
Overall, how would you rate the service you receive from the RBL Centre?
I find Blackboard easy to use.
There is a good range of materials available on Blackboard for my course.
Overall, how would you rate Blackboard?
I find ProPortal easy to use.
Access to ProPortal has made a positive impact on my learning at the college.
Overall, how would you rate ProPortal?
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The Teams
If you have any suggestions for inclusion in the next edition of
Update please contact the relevant team on 01384 363353 or
363374.
Business and Computing Dena and Liz
Access and HE Dena and Liz
Construction Chris and Lee
Foundation Studies and ESOL Suzy and Jon
Sports Studies Suzy and Jon
Hair and Beauty Sarah and Tracey
Arts Sarah and Tracey
6th Form Amy and Suresh
Travel and Tourism Amy and Suresh
Care and Early Years Sue and Janet Public Services Sue and Janet
Editor Beth
Key Contacts:
Learning Resources Co-ordinator:
Richard Gibbons
01384 363374
Library Co-ordinator:
Dena Lewis
01384 363349