What are students told about the Library?
OU students receive information about Library Services through a number of different channels including introductory emails when they start their course, a broad section in the student Welcome booklet and information on StudentHome. This introductory information tells them about Library Services but in particular about the online library and how it can help them with their studies. We also take the opportunity to tell students about the easy routes in to the Library website and the huge range of resources and about the Library Guide. There are also details on how to get help from the Library Helpdesk team seven days a week. Some OU courses have integrated OU Library resources into the course materials. These resources include links to databases, quality-assessed internet sites, links to articles and information literacy activities. Students are provided with information on the use of these resources in their course materials and usually access the resources via a course website.
