{"id":60050,"date":"2025-04-15T14:20:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/?p=60050"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:20:53","slug":"shape-our-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/shape-our-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your say at &#8216;Shape Our Library&#8217; &#8211; 28 April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Library is always looking at ways to improve the student experience, so we\u2019re holding an informal feedback stand on Monday 28 April, 11am &#8211; 3pm in the Touchdown Cafe, Laud building. Stop by for a few minutes, meet some of the team and tell us what you think of the library. Good or bad! We want\u00a0<em>you\u00a0<\/em>to help\u00a0<em>us\u00a0<\/em>improve! We\u2019ve called this event Shape Our Library and we would love to hear your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter what you would like to talk about \u2013 whether it\u2019s about the resources, borrowing, support, the space or the facilities \u2013 we want to get your opinions on it all. You may have one issue that if resolved could make all the difference to you and others, or it might just be a number of smaller things that could make the library easier for you to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not sure your feedback will make a difference?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been a range of improvements in the library that have taken place thanks to your feedback. Let&#8217;s take a look at a couple of the most recent ones&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sensory room<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In February a sensory room opened in Augustine House. The sensory room is a space for students to reset between studying or social sessions. The space has been designed with neurodiverse people in mind with adjustable lighting, comfortable seating and a range of ways to control your sensory experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Sensory Room in Augustine House\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0NuDiGsKYJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/sensory-room-now-open-in-augustine-house\/\" title=\"sensory room\"><strong>Find out more on the library blog<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LibrarySearch improvements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month we announced that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ulms.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk\/client\/en_GB\/CCCU\/?dt=list\"><strong>LibrarySearch<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0had received a major new update, introducing a range of features that will give you greater opportunity to explore our print and digital collections, discover complimentary resources to support your studies and enrich your overall discovery experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/librarysearch-is-getting-new-discovery-tools\/\" title=\"librarysearch\"><strong>Read more on the library blog<\/strong><\/a> or watch the video below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Introducing new LibrarySearch discovery tools\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLHf_eWhlqE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Your feedback really matters and drives real change. So, take this chance to have your say; your feedback is really important to us. If you would like to take part but cannot make it on the day, why not leave us a comment on our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2rIgA90iq02MIW5kS6FPE5xbW3sInx1Licw7WPNyJqRUNEZRUEE0VUNKQ1kyVE5HOUpGQURDSTdZMiQlQCN0PWcu\" title=\"\"><strong>feedback form<\/strong><\/a> or get in touch via our social media channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are always looking at ways to improve, so we\u2019re holding an informal feedback session on Monday 28 April, Touchdown Cafe, Laud Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3045,"featured_media":72962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[18,810],"class_list":["post-60050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feedback","category-blog","tag-canterbury","tag-feedback"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Steve Peters","featuredImage":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/638\/2025\/03\/Shape-our-library2.png","postExcerpt":"We are always looking at ways to improve, so we\u2019re holding an informal feedback session on Monday 28 April, Touchdown Cafe, Laud Building.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3045"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60050"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72974,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60050\/revisions\/72974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}