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Charles Oppenheim: Visiting Professor in Library and Learning Services

Professor Charles Oppenheim

Professor Charles Oppenheim

In possibly the UK’s first arrangement of its kind, Library and Learning Services is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Charles Oppenheim as Visiting Professor to the department.

Professor Oppenheim has had a distinguished professional and academic career and is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of Intellectual Property Rights and scholarly publishing.  We are looking forward to benefiting from his expertise in a number of ways.  In addition to delivering an annual lecture or workshop on his areas of specialism, Professor Oppenheim will provide academic leadership and mentoring to LLS staff engaged in research activity and will play an active role in the research life of the department.

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Weekly help desk service for researchers from LLS

The dates for this term’s ‘help desk’ slots are now up on the university website.

These slots provide you with the opportunity to drop in with your questions for the LLS Research Support team (Miggie and Nick).  We’d love to chat with you about:

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Sunshine and showers – LearnTech summer showcase

Message from Rob Howe, Head of Learning Technology, LLS:

What is changing in NILE on July 21st?
What is SaGE?
How do I use a voting handset to encourage in class participation?
How can I use a SMARTboard more effectively?
Why are iPADs and mobile devices so popular?
What training is available to support my technology development?

If you have questions similar to those above or just want to come to see how the Learning Technology team are able to support you then please come along to the LearnTech Summer Showcase – Sunshine and Showers.

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Research informing practice in LLS

Last Wednesday, and hot on the heels of our Research Summer School, practitioner researchers from Library and Learning Services (LLS) were more than willing to present their ongoing research activity to colleagues.  The result was a busy afternoon with ten LLS staff each speaking for ten minutes on their latest project.

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Learning to be a practitioner researcher

Event report: LLS Research Summer School 2013

In keeping with its mission to fly the flag for practitioner research, Library and Learning Services (LLS) has this week presented its second biennial Research Summer School.

Designed to provide practitioners with the motivation, knowledge and tools to conduct effective research projects, the two day event was aimed at staff in libraries and learning services who were new to research or wanted to brush up on their research skills. Through a mix of talks, practical activities and networking opportunities, the event was a great opportunity for delegates to kick start their own research projects and share their research challenges with others in similar positions.

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