November 6, 2009 – 2:15 pm
nbsp;http://explorationforchange.net/index.ph…
Education for Change, in collaboration with The Research Partnership, has been engaged by the British Library and the JISC to undertake a groundbreaking 3-year study on the research behaviour of the ‘Generation Y’ scholar.
The study is tracking young doctoral students’ (those born between 1982 – 1994) information-seeking behaviour, analysing their habits in online and physical research environments and assessing their usage of library and information sources on and off line.
Note: a summary report of 25pp is available already from the website
November 6, 2009 – 2:06 pm
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/services/…
TechWatch is pleased to announce the publication of its latest report, Low carbon computing: a view to 2050 and beyond. The report looks at short-term technology ‘quick fixes’ based on simple staff actions and/ or low cost investment as well as longer term solutions that either represent a more costly investment, or are based on more experimental technologies. It also presents a low carbon ICT roadmap – a first stage attempt at drawing together information about how technology is likely to develop and combining it with what is currently known about the targets associated with the Climate Change Act. Finally, the report goes on to speculate about the long-term future for HE/FE, observing that we may be entering an age when data-intensive institutions may need to become producers of electricity in order to supplement energy available from the national grid. It also recommends investigative work into the practical realities of a wholly DC- supplied data centre built near a source of renewable energy.
The report is available at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/services/…
November 6, 2009 – 2:05 pm
nbsp;http://www.infotoday.com/mls/nov09/index….
“I wanted to let you know about the new issue of Marketing Library Services newsletter. Tho it’s a print-based subscription, for every issue, we choose one article to post online, full-text, for free. This time it’s a great academic case study called “Working with Campus Marketing Classes to Improve Reference Service Visibility.”
Lynda Duke and Jean MacDonald wrote it about a project they did together for the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University. You can find it at http://www.infotoday.com/mls/nov09/index….
I hope it’s useful for you! Feel free to send comments back to me, or to the authors. Enjoy!”
~Kathy
~Kathy Dempsey
Editor of the Marketing Library Services newsletter
November 6, 2009 – 1:53 pm
nbsp;http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA…
After surviving a scenario that could have led to its closure, the Utah State University Press will merge into the Merrill-Cazier Library at Utah State University (USU). Though its output may be somewhat reduced, press staff will aim at more digital and open access publications. The transition is already in process; the new configuration becomes official in July 2010.
more….
source: LJ
November 6, 2009 – 1:50 pm
nbsp;http://www.brill.nl/openaccess
Brill’s Open Access Policy
In order to fulfill our task as a publisher to the satisfaction of our authors, editors, readers, and librarians, we have to put certain restrictions on the use of our publications in online repositories and open archives. Open access is allowed in the following cases, always with proper acknowledgement to Brill and the original publication: Read more
Brill Open
Brill also offers its journal authors the option to make their articles freely available online in Open Access upon publication. The Brill Open publishing option enables authors to comply with new funding body and institutional requirements (for example those in place from the Wellcome Trust and the NIH, and announced for several other funding bodies and universities).
November 6, 2009 – 1:21 pm
nbsp;http://ands.org.au/events/gumboots/
Defining and describing collections for the Australian Research Data Commons
This half day workshop will be held in association with VALA 2010 in Melbourne on Friday 12 February 2010.
Background: The notion of defining and describing data collections for Research Data Australia is a new and challenging one. Developing Research Data Australia is one aspect of the task of creating an Australia Research Data Commons, designed to enable data sharing and re-use of valuable research data collections.
ANDS is building Research Data Australia as a set of interlinked, user-friendly web pages to display this rich descriptive information (metadata), harvested from a range of trusted online sources and held in a federation of online registries.
This workshop is designed to introduce the concepts and practices behind defining and identifying research data collections. It will include an introduction to permanent identifiers (PIDs) and digital object identifiers (DOIs). It will also cover collection description using the RIF-CS standard, based on ISO 2146, in use in Research Data Australia.
Who should come: This workshop is designed for all of those who work in research institutions and who have responsibility for defining and describing collections for harvesting into Research Data Australia. The workshop will be limited to 40 people.
Registration: Registrations will be available shortly at http://ands.org.au/events/gumboots/
November 6, 2009 – 1:19 pm
nbsp;http://www.aprior.org/
Publisher: vzw Mark and The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) of the University College Ghent
A Prior Magazine is a series of publications on contemporary art.
A Prior is a monographic and visionary journal, assembling and commissioning critical text and artists’ work. For each issue the work of three artists is chosen as a starting point for in-depth analysis and artists’ projects. After the monographic and artistic contributions, the last section of A Prior Magazine, VISIONS, consists of a series of textual as well as visual columns comments on contemporary developments and discussions in the fields of art and visual culture.
Content in English.
Editor-in-Chief:
Els Roelandt
A Prior Magazine
p.a. KASK
Campus Bijloke
J. Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Ghent
Belgium
Email: els at aprior.org
Content freely accessible online.
November 5, 2009 – 10:12 am
nbsp;http://ro.uow.edu.au/ajpl/
Publisher: University of Wollongong
The Australasian Journal of Peer Learning aims to develop a forum wherein high quality research, practices or innovations in peer learning programs, such as Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) and Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) schemes can be shared.
The Australasian Journal of Peer Learning promotes peer learning as a valuable and versatile teaching and learning strategy with a focus on the higher education environment. The Journal seeks to publish scholarly research that investigates innovations in peer learning including the implementation of programs in varied organisational and cultural contexts and evaluations of such programs that provide an evidential basis for the peer learning activities.
ISSN 1835-856X
Manuscript submission via online system.
Editor:
Phillip Dawson
Lecturer in Education Studies
Office of the PVC (Rural & Regional)
Deakin University
Australasian Journal of Peer Learning is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet.
November 5, 2009 – 10:11 am
nbsp;http://www.britac.ac.uk/institutes/iraq/…
Publisher: British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI)
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) was established as the British School of Archaeology in Iraq on 14 January 1932 to promote, support and undertake research in Iraq and neighbouring countries. At the Annual General Meeting on 12 December
2007 its members approved a change in name to the British Institute for the Study of Iraq to reflect the widening remit of its work.
The Institute’s aim is to advance research and public education relating to Iraq and neighbouring countries in anthropology, archaeology, geography, history, languages and related disciplines within the arts, humanities and social sciences from the earliest times until the present.
British Institute for the Study of Iraq Newsletter publishes reports on research projects and conferences as well as outreach efforts with different communities to promote an interest in Iraq and neighbouring countries via schools, museums, universities and the academic community in the broadest sense.
British Institute for the Study of Iraq
10 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AH
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7969 5274
Fax: +44 (0)20 7969 5401
Email: bisi at britac.ac.uk
Content freely accessible in PDF format.
November 5, 2009 – 10:10 am
nbsp;http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-types/pro-copy…
The UK Government has long recognised the importance of creativity and knowledge to the UK. It lies behind our investment in research, education and skills and our support for creative industries. Much of this value relies on our ability to access and share information as never before through the Internet.
We are, however, at a crossroads in our relationship with our new digital world.
Digital technology means access to information on a vast scale. It has changed the way people publish and consume works. It allows anyone and everyone to make and distribute quick, cheap and totally accurate copies. Consumers have reached out to grab the potential of this new technology. The copyright debate, once in the hands of the professionals of the creative industries, is now a debate for everyone. Businesses and governments have seen the challenges but have been slow to respond.
Although creative industries and governments are trying to catch up with the digital world, there is more to be done. We must push harder. Policy makers need to get ahead of the game. They need to recognise the need to work with an awareness of what consumers are doing and want to do. And they need to recognise that no single national government has control of the agenda.
We must now work within the international and European framework to ensure copyright keeps up with technology and consumer behaviour. We have to make it simpler, and make it address the concerns of all those who have an interest in the copyright system: business, consumers, creators and copyright owners.
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