This photo shows South Birmingham College librarian Jan Hillier with myself. Thanks Jan for hosting an interesting visit, the coffee and the map!!
South Birmingham library staff Jan Hillier and Steve Spence.
My latest visit was to South Birmingham College library (website http://gateways.sbc.ac.uk/gateways/index.php?menu=2&submenu=1)
This college library is similar to ours in size and faces similar challenges to us in terms of noise v quiet, computers v social learning, external access to electronic databases, attracting trade apprentices etc. One interesting point I discovered was that disabling a student's computer account had a remarkable affect on the return of overdue books. The client population is much more multicultural than ours and resources for English as a second language are important.
Although now organisationally separated the library and the Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle) seem to have a good level of integration.
Look forward to hearing more about South Birmingham College Library's integration with the Virtual Learning Environment. What methods are they using Michael? Integrating tailored online resources (e.g. relevant Subject Guides)? Online information services (e.g.ask a librarian)?
ReplyDeleteYou're doing a great job reporting on what you are seeing and learning at the places you're visiting. Thanks Mick
Mick, I will talk to craig to see if we can put inplace a similar procedure here where we disable computer accounts for long overdue library materials.
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed with the Welcome Sign they made for you Mick, you really are a VIP.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Bryan re disabling of student's computer accounts, except I think it should be expanded to include teachers. There are a couple of teachers in Business Studies with very long overdues! This will shake them up big time.
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