Visit to John Moores University Liverpool

Photo of the Avril Robarts LRC at John Moores University Liverpool (Library web site: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/)

Photo of the social learning zone at the Avril Robarts LRC -- a place where students can socialise and work in groups on academic pursuits. This photo was supplied by the university. It was full of students while I was there -- very popular.



This photo shows Sarah Pumfrey (Systems librarian), myself and Sue Hodges (Technical Services Manager) at the Technical Services Unit of JMU.



Many thanks for the warm welcome and informative presentations by Stephe, Pam, Sheila, Sarah and Sue (and for the lunch at the British Conservation Centre)



Liverpool John Moores University is a modern university in Liverpool, England. It is named after John Moores and was previously called Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts and later Liverpool Polytechnic before gaining university status in 1992. On 14 April 2007, Dr Brian May CBE was inducted into the university as the fourth Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. He replaced outgoing Chancellor Cherie Booth QC, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Honorary fellows in attendance at the ceremony included Sir Patrick Moore and Pete Postlethwaite. There are currently three Learning Resource Centres (LRCs) based at the three campus sites operated by LJMU. The two largest and more modern LRC facilities are the Avril Robarts LRC which is based on the City campus and used mainly (but not exclusively) by students studying on the city campus and The Aldham Robarts LRC (which is based on the Mount Pleasant campus). There are more than 68,500 books in the LRCs' collections, with 1,630 work spaces available for students. In addition to this there are over 16,000 e-books and 5,000 e-journals available. Each LRC operates a booking system to ensure that patrons can always get a slot on a PC. Other PCs are available on a first come first served basis. There is Wireless Network Access at each site to allow the use of personal laptops.


The library uses an Rss feed http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/LEA_Docs/LISNewsFeed.xml for the latest news.





Opening hours are available via a calendar - http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lea/83095.htm


The library system is Aleph (provided by Ex Libris)





The Library service is integrated with the Blackboard virtual learning environment. There is a learning support section, with links to the library catalogue, and a link to the library services news.


Needless to say the visit was extremely interesting and provided me with many valuable ideas.