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The library has lots of different teams that work together, we're all positioned to help you as best we can! This is just a quick overview of some of our teams, we are all very friendly and helpful, so do not be afraid about contacting the team if you have a question, we're happy to help you!

We also have a guide if you are new to using a library, you haven't used one for a long time, or you want to know more about the teams and watch videos about what they do and how you can access them.

Service Development

The Service Development team can help you with general library questions, we can help you access your library account, help you to find, borrow and renew books, and much more. If you are in the Learning Hub you can speak to one of our friendly and supportive staff members, look out for our yellow lanyard (the yellow ribbons we wear with our staff ID). We also have a help desk, on the second floor of the Learning Hub, near to the bookshelves. We're a bit like the glue between the other teams, and can help identify which team can help you best, so if you are ever in doubt just give us a shout!

Academic Librarians

The Academic Librarians can help you find relevant resources for your studies, and help you to consider which resources are most useful in your assignments and research. They can help you with e-resources and journals. You can arrange a one-to-one tutorial in-person or online for the following:

  • using NELSON to get the best resources for you
  • finding resources for your course, subject or assignment
  • helping you to reference other's work correctly
  • using RefWorks to manage your referencing.

The librarians also provide:

You can email the Academic Librarians at librarians@northampton.ac.uk

Learning Development

The Learning Development team will help with your academic skills, from writing essays to studying and time management. A Learning Development tutor can meet you for a tutorial to discuss a wide range of topics, and they provide content for the Skills Hub, a really useful website filled with guides that will be really useful during your studies. The team provide one-to-one in-person or online tutorials for:

  • academic writing skills, including writing your dissertation, assignments, reports or just discuss academic writing skills
  • study skills, including notetaking, timekeeping, exams and revision, and presentations
  • maths and stats, including analysis and SPSS
  • there are also Study Skills sessions where you can learn new academic skills with other students

You can email the team at learningdevelopment@northampton.ac.uk

Language Development Centre

A dedicated space for International Students to access support and guidance to help develop Academic and General English Language skills. We offer tutorials one-to-one in-person and online for:

  • understanding assignment briefs
  • essay, report and reflective writing
  • referencing and avoiding plagiarism
  • grammar and vocabulary
  • Literature Reviews
  • reading strategies
  • presentations
  • there is also English Language Teacher Training Development.

You can email LDC@northampton.ac.uk

Inter-Library Loans

If we don't have a particular book as part of our collection (as a physical book or an online e-resource) then you can send a request to the Inter-Library Loans team. They'll reach out to other libraries to see if they can find a copy, and then they will request it to be sent to us for you to borrow. This is really helpful if you are after a specific book but it is not part of our collection.

Learning Technology

The Learning Technology team are the team that oversee NILE, along with several other University systems. They work with your tutors to help set up your NILE site and make sure you can always access the site and that it's laid out clearly. The Learning technology team also support Pebblepad. They're really knowledgeable and really friendly!

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