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student INDUCTION

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5 things

they need toknow

The Learning Centre

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24/7/365

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to work

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go beyond

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drop-insImage credit: Marilyn Johnson HarperCollinsMilan BozicRoss MacDonald

so, you've just walked in ...you want to know...

"....what do I do?!"

"...where do I go?"

THIS WAY!THIS WAY!

helpdesk

key messages

a starting point

24/7/365

study areas

• a starting point• overview of Library and its services• help students can get and expect• academic, IT and building support

(eg copiers, binding machines)

What is induction?

• introducing students to the basics, eg orientation• key messages: 24/7, what staff do• study areas• opportunity to make good first

impression

What is induction?

EXITEXITinformation overload

rules - do's & don'ts

jargon

• list of rules or "don'ts"• overload of information / chance

to dump everything on students• a time to go into specifics, eg

'how to change your password'

What it isn't

• daunting experience, jargon• misinformation: just about

borrowing and books (and fines)• 'like reading a leaflet' - ie

impersonal, cold

What it isn't