Tag Archives: research
More than just a number (Part 2): Making Administrative Memoranda discoverable
Back in January I wrote a post about the work that we have been doing to improve the discoverability of items within our Official Publications collection. That post demonstrated how we used digitisation techniques to unlock the content of some … Continue reading
Ambiguities that need to be considered: primary and secondary sources
At my “Information and Literature” searching class last night, we looked at the mind maps (outlining concepts and keywords) which the MPhil/PhD students had worked on as part of their pre-search homework. These were created so that the students could … Continue reading
BBC archives for teaching and research
The British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) is currently working with Jisc and the BBC to establish which programmes and other items (e.g. documentation, photographs and sheet music) from the BBC archives would be of greatest value for the … Continue reading
Alternatives to Google Reader
From 1st July 2013, Google Reader will no longer be available. If you have been using Google Reader to save your RSS feeds (to keep current with research), you can export the feeds to other readers. This post suggests a … Continue reading
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Tagged current, digital literacies, digital literacy, Google Reader, research, researcher, RSS, updated
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Demo of Mendeley at the IOE
The following message has been circulated, but in case you’ve missed it, here it is again: John Jardin and Simon Litt from Swets, who represent Mendeley Institutional in the UK, will come and give us a demo of this software … Continue reading
Twitter for researchers (updated)
This Friday, on the ‘Information and Literature Searching’ course, we will be discussing ways in which the micro-blogging site Twitter can help PhD students keep abreast of research in their area. It is for this reason that the blog post … Continue reading
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Tagged Doctoral, PhD, research, research support, researcher development, social media, social networking, Twitter, Twitter lists, Web 2.0
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You are welcome at the Wellcome
The Wellcome Library, part of Wellcome Collection on Euston Road, provides “…insight and information to anyone seeking to understand medicine and its role in society, past and present”. One of the world’s major sources for the study of the history … Continue reading
Doctoral Students: Open Days at the British Library
The British Library regularly opens its doors to PhD students and we recommend you go to one of the Doctoral Open Days advertised below if you are unfamiliar with the BL’s collections. The Open Days are arranged so that you … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, collections, Doctoral, open days, PhD, research, researcher
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As data is the lifeblood of research …
Last week, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for the UK announced that it would invest £17 million over five years in creating a new national digital repository for social and economic data. This UK Data Service will be … Continue reading
British Library’s Social Welfare Portal launched
I was very pleased to be invited to the soft launch of the British Library’s new Social Welfare Portal. Apart from being a very nice occasion, it was great to see a demo of the portal. It’s taken a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, digital preservation, eResources, portal, research, social welfare
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