LJMU Events and Appointments

Come along to learn a bit more about Open Access Publishing and the various deals and options that LJMU are a part of, to help you publish more widely and more openly.

Participants will learn about:

• Different OA options (green, gold, etc.)
• Open Access deals that LJMU are a part of
• Open Library of the Humanities
• What things you need to think about if you publish OA and want to take advantage of our deals

Plenty of times for questions, too!

Open to anyone that publishes, plans to publish or just wants to know more about Open Access Publishing.

Enrol on our Library Researcher Engagement Canvas page to access slides, recording and notes.

This session will be led by the ‘Clues in the Cues’ Project Team - Professor Amos Fatokun, Dr Bukola Fatokun and Dr Yomi Benson. This initiative, funded by the DI Fund 2023-2024, aimed to document and contextualise non-Western socio-cultural norms and values and create awareness of their influence on how students from such backgrounds learn, relate and seek support, in order to better support such students and enhance their student experience

To empower participants to be able to address the challenge, this interactive workshop will use a combination of short talks, role plays, animation videos, quizzes, and questions and answers to achieve the following:

• Increase awareness of cultural diversity.
• Help identify and correctly interpret socio-cultural clues.
• Enhance interpersonal communication.
• Promote cultural competence in academic and social contexts.
• Address and reduce cultural bias.

By the end of the workshop, participants should:

• Be able to identify the impact of cultural backgrounds on learning and the student experience
• Feel more confident interacting with and supporting students and other individuals within the university who are from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Be able to identify and adapt to cultural clues in classroom or social interactions.
• Be able to appreciate some of the university’s initiatives to improve socio-cultural awareness in a holistic, collaborative, and evidence-based manner.
• Be able to better contribute to a university environment that values and respects cultural diversity.

This set of objectives helps align the workshop with the broader goal of building an inclusive and culturally aware university community.

Discover: Getting the most out of library resources 

Are you searching on Google and getting overwhelmed with the amount of information you are getting back?  How do you know what you are finding is the right type and quality for your assignment?  

Discover, the library search tool, is the simple way to search for relevant books, e-books, journal articles, databases and more.  

This session will show you how to access a range of resources and make the best use of the features of Discover, including advanced search, saving searches and items and creating search alerts.

So, if you are not sure how or where to start, or if you want to learn how to get better search results then this is the session for you.  

There will be opportunities to ask questions throughout the session.

This class will take place in Teams and a link will be sent out to attendees on the day of the event.  

Drop by and ask our Maths & Stats tutors for advice on topics in mathematics, statistics, or data analysis — quantitative or qualitative — including use of software, e.g. Excel, R, SPSS, NVivo, Matlab, Python,... Just remember to bring your maths, statistics, or data analysis query with you, as well as any relevant course materials or data.

You may also like to enrol on the Maths & Statistics Canvas NCSKI02 module to find resources and recordings of classes.

Ask a Librarian Drop-in

Do you need help finding information? Or how and when to reference? Or anything else?

This is your chance to ask us any questions you’ve got about finding and using information for your assignments, including where to look for good quality information, and when and how to reference correctly.  

Our drop-ins are an opportunity for you to meet with one of our librarians and ask us anything about using the libraries and our subject resources.  

There is no need to book.  Just come along to Aldham Robarts Library, Lower Ground Floor, Seminar Room 3 or Avril Robarts Library, 1st Floor, Training Room 2. 

Ask a Librarian Drop-in

Do you need help finding information? Or how and when to reference? Or anything else?

This is your chance to ask us any questions you’ve got about finding and using information for your assignments, including where to look for good quality information, and when and how to reference correctly.  

Our drop-ins are an opportunity for you to meet with one of our librarians and ask us anything about using the libraries and our subject resources.  

There is no need to book.  Just come along to Aldham Robarts Library, Lower Ground Floor, Seminar Room 3 or Avril Robarts Library, 1st Floor, Training Room 2. 

Drop by and ask our Maths & Stats tutors for advice on topics in mathematics, statistics, or data analysis — quantitative or qualitative — including use of software, e.g. Excel, R, SPSS, NVivo, Matlab, Python,... Just remember to bring your maths, statistics, or data analysis query with you, as well as any relevant course materials or data.

You may also like to enrol on the Maths & Statistics Canvas NCSKI02 module to find resources and recordings of classes.