LR Digest April 2009
Click arrows to link to article Do You Write Publicity Materials? e-books for FE – Contract Awarded and Licence Ready Soon Towards the Implementation of Library 2.0 1,000 Classical Sound Recordings Now Online 20,000 photos from 150 years of polar exploration available JISC Launches e-book on Using e-Business Roadmap on Work Across Access Management Federations Case Studies on Implementing UK Federation Computing Tips
Do You Write Publicity Materials?
Do you prepare publicity materials or information/learning resources for your organisation? Come along to a free KIC workshop based on Plain English principles. It aims to raise awareness of making written information as clear and accessible as possible to a wide range of people including those with Essential Skillsneeds.
The workshops will be held in EGSA’s Belfast office from 4-6pm on: Tuesday 21st April Wednesday 13th May Wednesday 24th June To register Email: [email protected] and put ‘KIC’ in the subject line or see www.connect2learn.org.uk/Content.aspx?nSectionId=809&nSubSectionId=821&nContentId=2004.
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e-books for FE – Contract Awarded and Licence Ready Soon
Following an extensive marking and consultation process, the e-books will be hosted via the Ebrary platform www.ebrary.com and be available free of charge to FE institutions for 5 years from May 2009. The complete list of e-book titles based on the community consultation will be circulated shortly. The c.3000 e-books within the Core Collection should never be 'out of stock' as they will be available under unlimited, simultaneous user access.
In May, institutions will be asked to complete and sign the e-books for FE sub-licence and an acceptance of sub-licence form. In the acceptance of sub-licence form you will be required to complete your contact details and provide your access requirements e.g. Open Athens, Shibboleth.
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Towards the Implementation of Library 2.0 A new briefing paper has just been published by JISC, which informs dialogue around the current and future role of the library in a rapidly changing technological landscape. The Modelling the Library Domain briefing paper resulted from JISC’s TILE project (Towards the Implementation of Library 2.0 and the eFramework); a programme of work with two key aims. Firstly, TILE investigated how libraries have incorporated web 2.0 applications and services into what they already do. Secondly, it sought to develop a draft conceptual framework (Library Domain Model) based on services it has specified for the international e-Framework. The project also makes recommendations on how the library community could the make the best use of web 2.0 approaches.
For more details go to - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/03/tile.aspx
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1,000 Classical Sound Recordings Now Online
The British Library's Archival Sound Recordings project now has 1,000 classical music recordings online. The recordings include previously unheard concertos and sinfoniettas from composers such as Bach, as well as orchestral suites and concerti by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms. The recordings are available to visitors to the British Library reading rooms and can also be accessed by the public at home. However, music can only be streamed rather than downloaded.
For more, see - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/03/sound.aspx
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20,000 photos from 150 years of polar exploration available
Over 20,000 images capturing over 150 years of polar exploration have been made accessible online by the Scott Polar Research Institute, thanks to a digitisation programme funded by JISC.
As part of the preservation programme, negatives, daguerreotypes and lantern slides, which form part of a rich but fragile archive held by the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, will be made available to scientists, researchers, scholars and members of the public.
Anyone interested in the 19th century exploration of the Arctic and the Antarctic expeditions of Captain Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton and their modern counterparts such as Sir Ranulph Fiennes can simply visit the site at - http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/freezeframe/. Further information also at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/03/freezeframe.aspx
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JISC Launches e-book on Using e-Business
JISC has just launched its first e-book. ‘The e-Revolution and Post-Compulsory Education: Using e-business models to deliver quality education’ offers senior managers in further (FE) and higher education (HE) best-practice guidance for applying e-business approaches to their institutions.
Particularly in the current economic climate, ICT - especially web technology - is a powerful tool that enables institutions to manage their business in a more innovative, cohesive and strategic way. Applied effectively, in support of clear business processes, it can confer competitive advantage, as well as provide enriched opportunities for collaboration. From supporting teaching and research to managing strategic partnerships as part of business and community engagement, e-business is bringing new opportunities in efficiency and service improvement.
More information is at: http://digitisation.jiscinvolve.org/2009/01/27/
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TERENA have recently published a roadmap for the work of REFEDS - a group of representatives from international federations working together to improve interoperability between federations. The roadmap is the result of several years of work and discussions and is a good indication of the current maturity of the federations participating in this venture. The Roadmap covers a variety of areas of importance to federated access including schemas, levels of assurance, policy, security and data pro- tection. For more information and to view the roadmap visit the TERENA website at http://www.terena.org/activities/refeds
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Case Studies on Implementing UK Federation
The UK Access Management Team and JANET have published a number of case studies to assist institutions to learn from one another’s experiences in implementing Federated Access Management. To see if there is a solution to suit your college’s situation – go to: http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/CaseStudies and if you have advice to offer, contact Rachel Freeman at [email protected].
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Computing Tips
Going Green in Computing
The new SusteIT (Sustainable IT in Tertiary Education) initiative reviews the environmental and social impacts of IT in further and higher education, and identifies and disseminates examples of good practice within it. You can access information and tools for measuring your computers’ consumption of power at: http://www.susteit.org.uk/files/category.php?catID=4
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