Your Learning Resource Centre

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Your Learning Resource Centre
What can WE offer YOU?
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The aims of this induction are

• To give you information on
• How to contact us
• When you can visit us
• What you can borrow
• Services and facilities available
• How to find resources

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Induction Film
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What are our opening hours?

• Libraries and Computer Drop-In areas across 3
  centres
• Booth Lane and Lower Mounts
• 8.45am 9.00pm (Monday - Thursday)
• 8.45am 4.00pm (Friday)
• 9.30am 1.30pm (Saturday)
• Daventry
• 8.45am 8.00pm (Monday Wednesday)
• 8.45am 5.00pm (Thursday)
• 8.45am 4.00pm (Friday)
• Outside of Term Time Monday - Friday 10.00am
  4.00pm
• You are welcome to use all 3 centres and their
  facilities

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Why should you come to the LRC?

• ResourcesTextbooks, DVDs, newspapers,
  magazines, television DVD player, Smartboards
• Online resources (e-books databases)
  accessible from home or College
• 160 networked computers 23 laptops with
  internet access
• A variety of study areas to suit your needs
• Services including photocopiers, binding,
  laminating and stationery for sale
• Learning Facilitators and Librarians who are
  here to help you with your studies
• You are welcome to use LRC facilities FREE of
  charge

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What can you borrow?

• You can borrow up to 4 items at a time which
  can include books, videos and DVDs. In addition,
  you can also borrow 2 back issues of magazines.
  
• Our loan periods are 3 week and 1 week. Some
  items are reference only
• You will need your College ID card to borrow
  resources and use computers

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What happens if you forget to bring your books
back?

• DONT PANIC!
• You can renew items twice either by
• Coming to the Library Issue Desk
• E-mail
• Telephone
• unless your items are overdue or reserved by
  somebody else
• Overdue items
• We will send out reminder letters when your
  items become overdue
• Fines are 5p per day per item
• You will be charged the full replacement cost
  for any items lost or damaged
• Invoiced items NO access to College computer
  account

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What if you cant find the books you want?

• Check with LRC staff
• We can reserve items which are out on loan
• We can transfer items from other centres to
  ensure they are
• at the nearest centre for you to collect

Use our online catalogue to check availability.
Accessible from our website or the Library
catalogue search computer.
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You really need peace and quiet to work

• The Library at Booth Lane has a silent study
  room where you can study or use a laptop without
  being disturbed

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What if you want to work in a group?

• There are 2 rooms at Booth Lane
• One with computers (Drop-in no need to book)
• One without computers (Library you will need to
  hand your ID card in at the Library Desk)

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We thank you for

• keeping your music down low on your personal
  stereo
• turning your phone off or to silent and taking
  your call outside
• keeping noise levels down and showing
  consideration to others
• keeping the LRC clean and tidy by clearing up
  your rubbish and using the recycling bins
  provided for paper, cans and plastic bottles
• not eating in the LRC, you may have bottled
  drinks with sports caps

Respecting each other
Help to keep your LRC environmentally friendly
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Can you use computers in the LRC?

• YES, no booking is required, just pop in any
  time
• You will need to scan your current College ID
  card at the Drop-in desk
• We also have laptops for loan to use within the
  LRC
• You may bring your own laptops in but you cannot
  plug into our mains sockets

Printing

• All computers are connected to printers
• You have 1000 FREE print credits per year
• Colour printing is available from the Print Room
  from 15p a copy
• Scanners and MACs

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Who can you ask for help?

• Anyone all LRC staff are here to support you
• Some have additional IT skills
• Learning Facilitators can help you with
  research, essay writing and IT
• If you would like some careers advice you can
  drop into Learner Support anytime

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Can you access resources from outside College?
Yes, our website is accessible 24/7
from http//library.northamptoncollege.ac.uk