The Library offers a range of workshops and training sessions for students and staff.
The Ask & Learn Workshops for students are delivered by your Academic Librarian team and are open to all GCU students at all levels of study.
The Library also provides training for GCU staff in using the institution resource list system, Leganto; the University’s research information system and research repository, Pure and ResearchOnline; GCU's educational resource repository, edShare, and copyright and licensing considerations.
You can find out more about each workshop and training session that the library delivers by clicking on the panels below. By opening the panels you'll also find out dates, times and locations of upcoming workshops and sessions.
Ask & Learn Workshops for students
Dissertation drop-in clinic (1 hour)
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The clinic runs from Wednesday 13 March to Friday 5 April.
Note: there is no clinic on Friday 29 March due to the Bank Holiday.
On campus: Wednesday 10am and Thursday 3pm, Library Seminar Room, Level 1 .
Online : Friday 1pm. You can attend the clinic using this Blackboard Collaborate link .
Come along to our dissertation and honours project drop-in to get help with literature searching and reference management for your dissertation, honours project or proposal.
Feel free to drop in anytime within the hour. Groups are encouraged where common questions or themes exist. If you can't make these times please make an appointment . No need to book – just come along.
Referencing drop-in clinic (1 hour)
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This clinic runs from Monday 11 March to Monday 8 April.
Note: there is no clinic on Monday 1 April due to the Bank Holiday.
On campus : Monday 10.30am, Library Seminar Room, Level 1 .
Have you received feedback that you need to work on your referencing? Then this session is for you!
Feel free to drop in any time within the hour with your referencing questions. You’ll receive 10 minutes with an Academic Librarian where we can look at a maximum of three references and offer advice on ways to improve.
Please note that this is not a proofreading service and we can’t look through a full reference list.referencing and plagiarism guide .
RefWorks clinic (1 hour)
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This clinic runs from Monday 29 January to Wednesday 17 April.
Note: there is no clinic on Monday 1 April due to the Bank Holiday.
On campus : Monday 10am, Library Seminar Room, Level 1 .
Online : Wednesday 1.15pm. You can attend the clinic using this Blackboard Collaborate link .
If you are a beginner user of RefWorks or a confident user that wants to use advanced features, come along to this workshop, and we will help you make the most of this great tool to manage your references. You can find further information about RefWorks from our RefWorks webpage .
We will cover:
Importing and creating all kinds of references Finding and using the correct style for you Embedding PDFs and editing references Working with Word 365 Any question you have! You can find our more about RefWorks, including how to set up an account, by using our RefWorks guide .
No need to book – just come along.
Library training for GCU staff
An introduction to Resource Lists
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This workshop aims to introduce members of staff to Resource Lists at GCU , the university reading list system. Resource Lists at GCU allows academic staff to create structured, annotated lists that contain a wide variety of different resource types. Staff can easily collaborate with academic colleagues and library staff to create, update and maintain lists. It is also fully integrated with GCULearn to provide a seamless student experience.
The workshop will give staff an introduction to the library service, demonstrate the system and it's functionality, as well as a chance to create or update their own resource lists with support from library staff.
The introduction to Resource Lists workshop is suitable for all staff who have an interest in creating digital resource lists for use within teaching and learning, or within GCU support services.
If you would like to attend this training session please contact resourcelists@gcu.ac.uk
Pure refresher training
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This short session is aimed at academic staff who may have received training in using the University’s research information system and research repository, Pure and ResearchOnline . The session would also be suitable for academic staff who have not previously attended a Pure training session. The session will include:
an introduction to Pure and ResearchOnline an overview of open access how to create your Pure profile using Pure to record your publications Open access policies (including the REF policy) If you would like to attend this training session please contact libraryresearch@gcu.ac.uk .
An introduction to copyright and licensing in teaching
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This workshop aims to provide some basic information relating to copyright and licensing in teaching, and highlight where members of staff can find help in relation to copyright queries. The session will:
provide a description of copyright identify UK copyright exceptions and discuss the education exception highlight educational licenses consider copyright and licensing in relation to open and closed spaces in teaching offer some worked examples of copyright queries introduce the GCU UK Copyright Advisor The introductory copyright and licensing in teaching workshop is suitable for academic and support staff who deliver teaching, and would like to learn more about copyright and licensing and how to ensure their teaching materials are copyright compliant.
If you would like to attend this training session please contact libraryresearch@gcu.ac.uk .
An introduction to edShare@GCU and Open Educational Resources
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This workshop aims to introduce members of staff to the University's educational resource repository, edShare@GCU . Participants will discover what edShare can be used for and to utilise some of the basic functions of the repository, such as:
uploading resources applying a Creative Commons license and what this means imputing metadata about a resource creating new versions of a resource The session will also serve as an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OERs) by describing what OERs are, how you can create them, where you can find them and the benefits of incorporating them into your teaching and educational practices.
This workshop is suitable for academic and support staff who deliver teaching or are tasked with developing educational resources, and would like to learn more about the University’s educational resource repository and open education practices.
If you would like to attend this training session please contact edShare@gcu.ac.uk
