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Librarian Corner: Evaluating online resources
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Monday, 3 June 2013. What is the resource, who owns it and who is it aimed at? What is its content and coverage? How easy and intuitive is it to use? Would it enhance and compliment our existing collections? HELM stands for Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics. It has been developed by a consortium of five English universities and aims to. Enhance the mathematical education of engineering undergraduates by the provision of a range of flexible learning resources". The site was last updated in 2005. We ...
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Librarian Corner: March 2012
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Monday, 19 March 2012. What do we want? When do we want it? Following distribution of the comments and feedback from the focus group we are now identifying action points we can put into effect and combining our ideas on a wiki. With my role focusing on resources my action points emphasise this area. What do we want? More textbooks for our course". Several factors need to be taken into consideration: how many students are on the course? What do we want? More e-books for our course". What do we want? More ...
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Librarian Corner: April 2012
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Thursday, 5 April 2012. Over the four days that I'm in work over Easter I have two main projects on the go. One is designing the College's Moodle page promoting the Olympics and the other is to design a Xerte on basic invigilator training for the Exams department. I'm also collaborating with a colleague to design our new staff-facing page on the College's intranet. It has made me think how much of my role involves designing. I design:. The LRC's pages in Moodle. But it did get me thinking . ! Personal Kn...
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Librarian Corner: #uklibchat 6th June 2013 - Collection Management
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Friday, 7 June 2013. Uklibchat 6th June 2013 - Collection Management. Last night I took part in my first #uklibchat on Twitter. The theme was collection management. My job role is Information Advisor (Resources and Content) in an FE/HE College so I thought it could be useful. There will be an official summary written up by @uklibchat but, since this was my first, I thought I'd write my own reflections too. How do you manage weeding of physical stock? How much do you involve tutors? 7 In what ways will Op...
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Librarian Corner: Weeding Project
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Thursday, 5 December 2013. Orla Kierly garden spade &. Fork from amantidirect.co.uk). I used Heritage to identify print titles which hadn't been borrowed along with titles with edition numbers and, in conjunction with the College prospectus, titles which supported old exam boards. Within the three subject areas the following criteria were then applied when looking at each item:. Age and relevance to subject - is the information now out of date/have there been new developments? I reviewed each item select...
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Librarian Corner: November 2012
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Friday, 23 November 2012. There has been very little time to be involved in anything 'extra-curricular' since the beginning of term. It has zoomed by and I'm only now just able to start checking Twitter and the blogs I follow again. To get me back into the swing of writing for my blog I thought I'd start with an overview of what's kept me occupied for the last couple of months! Delivering introductory inductions to groups of new students. Training new member of the Front of House team. I hope as the term...
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Librarian Corner: February 2012
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012. The Body of Professional Knowledge. I recently completed a CILIP consultation survey on the value of a Body of Professional Knowledge (BPK). The consultation is one stage of CILIP's Future Skills project. A project which will. Review CILIP's qualifications and ensure every member gets the recognition they deserve from their employers and society for a unique suite of highly valuable, relevant and endurable skills.". What does the current BPK mean to you? I'm afraid I ticked.
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Librarian Corner: June 2013
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Friday, 21 June 2013. It's all about . Motivation" - JISC RSC London's e-Factor 2013. The day also offered plenty of opportunity for networking. Therefore, I do recommend planning in advance what you want to see so that you get the most out of the day. Last year I presented by own showcase ( click here for my blog post of the experience. This meant I wasn't really playing attention to the showcases before mine! The following showcase really interested me. West Thames College spoke about how they have...
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Librarian Corner: August 2012
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Monday, 20 August 2012. It's almost the start of the new academic year which, to me, like New Year, is a time for new or fresh starts. I also got married last month so another cause for feeling like the start of something new. I now work in a College and so the start of a new academic year now means new stationery (still! And a renewed enthusiasm and motivation to make the most of each task and interaction. I have even given my blog and Twitter page a fresher look with a new background design! Thinking a...
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