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 [...]
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 [...]
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.”
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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