Facilities include:

an online catalogue for searching the book and DVD collections of the 5 libraries and placing reservations online

an area with PCs and Macs for internet, MS Office, and Ado-be Creative Suite access

self-service photo- copying and printing

DVD viewing area

The University Library at UCA Epsom is a spacious and comfortable environment with up to date resources to support learning and research. Our stock reflects the range of courses offered on campus. You can also access and borrow the stock of the other University campus libraries at Canterbury, Maidstone, Rochester and Farnham.

Our resources include:

an extensive collection of subject specific and general books for loan and reference

a wide range of print and online periodicals, magazines and newspapers

eStream, our system for digitally recording television and radio broadcasts for viewing on or off-campus 24/7 www.estream.ucreative.ac.uk

off-air TV recordings on DVD (in the process of being transferred to eStream), and commercially-produced DVDs for loan

Ebrary, giving you access to over 40,000 e-book titles accessible on and off-campus

C O N T A C T I N G U S

Librarians: General email: librariansepsom@ucreative.ac.uk

Diane McCourt (Media & Culture) dmccourt@ucreative.ac.uk www.ucreative.ac.uk/diane

Richard Swales (Fashion & Management) rswales@ucreative.ac.uk Nathan Scrimshaw (FE) nscrimshaw@ucreative.ac.uk www.ucreative.ac.uk/nathan

Study advisor: www.ucreative.ac.uk/studyadvice

Laura Christie (Study Advisor) 01372 202466 lchristie@ucreative.ac.uk

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Q U I C K C O N T A C T Main Library desk: Tel: 01372 202461 or ext. 2461

e-mail: libraryepsm @ucreative.ac.uk

Library Manager: Christina Lewis

e-mail: clewis3 @ucreative.ac.uk Tel: 01372 202458 (ext. 2458)

A library account is set up when you start your job - there is no need to register. Your staff ID card is also your Library card: please bring it with you whenever you use the Library. You can borrow 30 items at any one time. One-week loan books are loaned to staff for 2 weeks, three-week loan books for 4 weeks, and DVDs and videos for 7 days.

We follow up these initial sessions by focusing on more detailed areas such as research techniques and information sources. We have found that the most successful sessions are those linked to studio-based projects, cultural / contextual studies assignments and dissertation research. Online information sources are important research tools and we offer hands-on sessions to assist students to develop effective search strategies and a critical approach to information retrieved.

As well as being responsible for course liaison and collection development, Librarians also plan and deliver information skills workshops, and provide specialist one-to-one research advice to students and staff.

Library Research Skills

You can arrange information skills sessions to suit your course timetable or to complement a current project. We offer introductory sessions to students at the beginning of their course. This usually includes a short presentation on library services followed by a tour.

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and currency: we can advise on the availability of new editions or e-versions. We offer a digitization service, so that pdfs of eligible materials can be created and made accessible to all via myUCA, and it is also possible to link directly to specific programmes or films on eStream (see previous page). Direct links to your course reading list material can also be created on the Library catalogue.

We routinely scan alerting services, publishers' websites, and book reviews in newspapers and specialist journals in order to identify new resources for addition to our stock. Our aim is to develop, maintain and make accessible collections of learning materials in a wide range of formats that enhance the student experience. We will order print, electronic and DVD stock on your recommendation.

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Course Liaison A qualified Librarian is assigned to each course, and we seek to promote and maintain effective iaison between teaching staff and the library by attending course team meetings and, where appropriate, project/essay briefings. We provide quality services that complement learning and teaching across the University.

Library Services Supporting Teaching

UCA’s reading list policies, which can be found under ‘Services for academic staff’ on the Library web-site, ensure we purchase sufficient copies of your essential and recom-mended reading list titles to meet student expectations. Supply us with your reading lists in plenty of time and we will check them for accuracy

Browsing the latest journals

You are welcome to come and talk to us (or phone or e-mail)

at any time to discuss sessions for your students.

Study Advice Service

Study Advisors deliver lectures and workshops to enable the development of a critical and reflective approach and support effective research, academic writing and referencing, note- taking, idea development, under-standing and avoiding plagiarism, and time management skills. We also offer one to one tutorials to students to help them to get the most out of their course and reach their full potential.

Locating Research Information

We subscribe to online resources which enable you to search for articles in the journals, magazines and news-papers held across UCA and beyond. If you need access to some-thing we don’t have in stock we can usually source it for you via our Document Supply ser-vice (see below).

The following resources, and many more, are available online at www.ucreative.ac.uk/eresources

Academic OneFile

ArtBibliographies Modern

Art Full Text

British Humanities Index

Design & Applied Arts Index

Educational Research Complete / ERIC

Film Indexes Online

InfoTrac Newspapers

JSTOR

MPDClick (aka ‘Mudpie’) – fashion trend forecasting

Proquest Dissertations and Theses

PYMCA - Youth Culture

RIBA Library Catalogue

WGSN – fashion collections and trend forecasting (on campus only)

We also subscribe to Zetoc (an alerting service), Oxford Art Online and Oxford Reference.

material held in libraries in the UK and around the world. World wide searches may, of course, take time so it’s worth placing requests for materials well in advance of any research deadlines.

You can use our Document Supply service to source books and articles that are not held by UCA libraries. This quick and efficient service is operated by the British Library and other external partners, and allows us to request

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You can access our library catalogue, online resources, and recommended websites via our library webpage: www.ucreative.ac.uk/library or via the Library tab in myUCA. From our home page you can follow links to the catalogues of the world’s major research libraries.

Online resources can be accessed off-campus, using your Athens username and password. Ask at the library desk or e-mail us for your log-in details.: librariansepsom@ucreative.ac.uk

Sessional Staff Your line manager will need to contact Computer Services to give you access to the college network when on campus.

For desktop library access go to www.ucreative.ac.uk/library or go to the Library tab in myUCA, where you’ll find a library catalogue search box. Here you can search the print, e-book and DVD stock of all five UCA campus libraries by keyword, title, or author.

To make Document Supply requests, or suggestions for purchase click on ‘login to request material’, enter your ID number and PIN, then select ‘I need material’. There you can make a stock recommendation or place Document Supply requests for books and articles that are not held by UCA Libraries.

You can reserve items that are on loan or held at other campus libraries

To do this simply conduct your search while logged-in. Looking at the item details for the title you wish to reserve, click on ‘place hold’ on the right of the screen.

You can specify the campus Library at which you’d like to collect your reservation. We’ll email you to let you know when its ready, and we’ll keep it for you for ten days.

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You can access your personal record details by logging in to the catalogue using your UCA ID card number and your PIN

Click on Log in at the top of the screen, and select from these options:

Personal information – where you can view your contact details, and change your PIN at any time should you wish to.

My account – to see your current checkouts , with an option for renewing, details of any holds you have placed, and a list of any outstanding fines

NB: certain items cannot be renewed:

Items which currently have fines

Items with current reservations

Items which have already been renewed four times

Your PIN: Your Athens login details:

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