Overview of content related to 'ilrt'

MyMobileBristol

editor — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Mike Jones, Simon Price, Nikki Rogers and Damian Steer describe the rationale, aims and progress of MyMobileBristol, highlighting some of the challenges and opportunities that have arisen during the project.

The MyMobileBristol Project is managed and developed by the Web Futures group at the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT), University of Bristol [1]. The project has a number of broad and ambitious aims and objectives, including collaboration with Bristol City Council on the development or adoption of standards with regard to the exchange of time- and location-sensitive data within the Bristol region, with particular emphasis on transport, the environment and sustainability.

Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:00 +0000

Keith Doyle provides a personal perspective on a conference organised by UKOLN for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services.

This was the 13th Institutional Web Management Workshop [1] to be organised by UKOLN [2] held at the University of Sheffield from 12 to 14 July 2010. The theme was 'The Web in Turbulent Times' [3]. As such, there was a healthy balance of glass-half-empty-doom-and-gloom, and glass-half-full-yes-we-can.

News and Events

editor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

JISC Digital Media Course: Introduction to Image Metadata

ILRT, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HH
Wednesday 9 December 2009
Full-day course: 10.00 - 16.30
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/courses/introduction-to-image-metadata/

Spinning a Semantic Web for Metadata: Developments in the IEMSR

editor — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Emma Tonkin and Alexey Strelnikov reflect on the experience of developing components for the Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry.

The IEMSR, a metadata schema registry, exists to support the development and use of metadata standards; in practice, what does this entail?

The SPP Alerting Portlet: Delivering Personalised Updates

editor — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:00:00 +0000

Virginia Knight describes the open-source alerting portlet which has been developed as part of the SPP Subject Portals Project (SPP) and the results of user feedback.

Book Review: Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography

editor — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Nigel Goldsmith reviews a new book on digital photography by the accomplished American landscape photographer Stephen Johnson.

Although there are some hints on the cover, it isn't until you scan the contents page that you can fully appreciate the scope of this book. Over the course of seven sections Stephen Johnson's book leads the reader on a journey: from the invention of the early electronic fax and cathode ray tube in the 1800s; through his own encounters as a pioneering digital photographer; and ending with his personal digital imaging manifesto.

Intute: The New Best of the Web

editor — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:00:00 +0000

Caroline Williams describes Intute in the context of the online information environment and outlines aspirations for the future.

Retrospective on the RDN

editor — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 23:00:00 +0000

Debra Hiom, in the first of a two-part series on the Resource Discovery Network, looks back at the development of the RDN and its activities to date.

Introduction

This article will describe the history of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) [1], charting the development of subject gateways in the UK since 1993 to the present day. To help set the history of the gateways in the wider context of the resource discovery landscape in the last decade or so, readers are encouraged to refer to Lorcan Dempsey's recent article on the development of digital libraries [2].

Planet-SOSIG

editor — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Flora Watson introduces a new podcasting service from Biz/ed and Angela Joyce reports on the latest developments in the Eurostudies section of SOSIG.

Biz/ed Introduces Podcasting Service

Biz/ed has recently launched a podcasting service, based on its popular In the News [1] feature, a regular comment on a topical issue from a business and economics viewpoint. Selected stories are being podcasted on a weekly basis, which students and educators will then be able to download and listen to at their leisure.

Planet-SOSIG

editor — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Emma Place assesses the recent SOSIG Social Science Online seminars, Jacky Clake reports on the ESRC Social Science Week and Debra Hiom updates us on the virtual seminar run by SOSIG as part of Social Science Week.

Academics Look to Improve Their Internet Research Skills

Over 130 academics, librarians and researchers attended the SOSIG "Social Science Online" seminars this year, which aimed to help staff develop their Internet research skills and look at ways of teaching these skills to students.

What Are Your Terms?

editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Pete Johnston introduces the JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry (IEMSR) Project and examines some of the challenges it is facing.

The JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry (IEMSR) Project [1] is funded by JISC through its Shared Services Programme to develop a metadata schema registry as a pilot shared service for the JISC Information Environment (JISC IE). Partners in the project are UKOLN, University of Bath and the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT), University of Bristol.

Planet-SOSIG

editor — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Paul Ayres examines how the SOSIG Subject News blog is keeping users up to date and providing reusable site content at the same time.

ESRC Launches Unique Online Research Resource for Social Sciences

A major new Web site offering unrivalled access to high-quality social and economic research is soon to be launched in the UK. Created by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), ESRC Society Today [1] will provide academics, students and researchers with a valuable free digest of social sciences research currently available, planned and in progress.

Beyond Email: Wikis, Blogs and Other Strange Beasts

editor — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Robert Bristow reports on a one-day workshop 'Beyond Email: Strategies for Collaborative Working and Learning in the 21st Century'.

Many working in Higher Education are now thoroughly familiar with the particular problems and opportunities presented by the use of the Web and email, the applications that up to now have been the 'killer' applications which made the Internet such a vital part of the communications armoury of universities. However, new applications and ways of communicating are now starting to appear which push the accepted paradigms and demand both new perceptions and levels of technical awareness.

Planet-SOSIG

editor — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Angela Joyce shares her personal impressions from the recent European Digital Libraries Conference in Bath; Emma Place introduces a new seminar series to support online information seeking in the social sciences.

A Digital Day in Bath

On a stormy wet Tuesday, I battled my way through the Bath University campus to attend the 2004 European Conference on Digital Libraries. The keynote address by Neil McLean from IMS Australia was called The Ecology of Repository Services: A Cosmic View and it lived up to its name, being a wide-ranging look at the explosion of interest in digital resources and e-learning. People are just starting to think about the lifecycle of online resources and how to manage them.

Web Focus: QA Focus Has Finished - Let's Start Embedding QA

editor — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly reviews the JISC-funded QA Focus Project and argues that developers should be using quality assurance principles.

About QA Focus

The JISC-funded QA Focus Project officially finished on 31 July 2004. The project, which started on 1 January 2002, supported JISC's digital library programmes. QA Focus developed a quality assurance (QA) framework which could be used by projects funded by JISC's Information Environment programmes to ensure that project deliverables were functional, widely accessible and interoperable.

Planet-SOSIG

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

This month Neil Jacobs introduces a new book for information professionals in the social sciences and Heta Virnes describes her experience of running virtual helpdesks for SOSIG.

Online Information Services for the Social Sciences

Fourteen members of staff from the Institute for Learning and Research Technology, at the University of Bristol, have co-authored a book, 'Online Information Service Provision in the Social Sciences', aimed mainly, though not exclusively, at information professionals. It offers an insight into knowledge retrieval today.

Planet-SOSIG: A Variety of Reports

editor — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:00:00 +0000

This month Neil Jacobs reports on updates to the Regard service, Martin Poulter introduces a new Economics Assessment Bank and Emma Place highlights the programme of training and outreach conducted by SOSIG this spring.

Getting more from Regard

Regard is the online research service of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It is an essential tool for anyone needing to know about UK social science. There have been some major recent developments on Regard.

At the Event: The EPrints UK Workshop

editor — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Phil Cross, Debra Hiom and Emma Place report on this workshop which was held at the University of Bath in February 2004.

The workshop was aimed at those interested in setting up institutional e-print servers where the outputs of their organisation (journal articles, papers, reports etc) could be published, stored and searched via a central institutional server. The event was fully booked which perhaps indicates that universities, colleges, academics and librarians are increasingly recognising the value of the e-print publishing model.

What's in SOSIG for Further Education?

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:02:16 +0000

Emma Place gives an insight into the pitfalls that await new users of the Internet in their search for relevant and quality materials and explains how SOSIG has catered for the needs of both FE students and practitioners.

The Internet holds great potential for supporting education at FE level, but it can be fraught with difficulty. Lecturers often have very little time to spend surfing the 'Net to find useful resources for course materials and teaching, or to help their students develop Internet skills. Students can lack the skills, confidence or ability to use the Internet effectively for their study, especially given that the Internet is not exclusively about education, containing many materials that are completely inappropriate for coursework or study.

Planet SOSIG

editor — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Anne Dimond and Angela Joyce send further news from the planet of social sciences.

Social Science Online - National Seminars on Internet Information

It is becoming increasingly hard to keep up with the ever-changing world of online information resources, and yet these resources have a vital role to play in higher and further education teaching and research. The JISC Resource Guide for Social Sciences and SOSIG, in collaboration with LTSNs (Learning and Teaching Support Network), are providing a series of one-day events for all those involved in teaching and researching in Higher and Further Education in the social sciences.

ECDL-2003 Conference Notes

editor — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Lesly Huxley shares her notes on the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries.

ECDL2003 was the seventh in the annual series of European Digital Library conferences, this year hosted in Trondheim, Norway. The unusual move from September to August does not carry through to next year's conference at the University of Bath, UK, which returns to the 'normal' September slot (12-16 September).

Planet SOSIG

editor — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Debra Hiom highlights some new events, publications and services in the social sciences and Andy Hargrave introduces recent developments for FE in the Bized Service.

Developments in Economics and Business Education Conference (DEBE)

The DEBE conference, held jointly by Economics LTSN and Bized, will take place on September 15-16 2003 in Edinburgh. The conference will comprise a mix of papers, workshops and poster sessions around the themes of

The 7th Institutional Web Management Workshop

editor — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Catherine Ewart gives us her view of IWMW 2003, University of Kent, June 2003.

This year's event [1], subtitled "Supporting our Users", was held during a spell of gloriously sunny weather at the University of Kent's campus at Canterbury, which has stunning views of the city and the cathedral.

Planet SOSIG: Regarding Collaboration, Conferences and Courses

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Alejandro Fernandez introduces a new collaborative initiative between the RDN and LTSN, Emma Place reports from the BPS Annual Conference and Neil Jacobs presents a new course for social researchers in Government.

SOSIG and LTSN Collaboration Project

On March 11th, representatives from the social science-related LTSN Subject Centres sat down with SOSIG staff to kick off a collaboration project that has the grand goal of maximising the use of Internet resource descriptions and information created for the UK social science community by sharing cataloguing responsibilities and tasks.

Planet SOSIG: Social Science Case Studies

editor — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Dave Boyd provides an update on SOSIG’s involvement in the new RDN FE case studies project, and on developments within the Geography and Environmental Sciences subject sections.

The RDN has recently launched a set of case studies aimed at supporting the use of the Internet for further education. The project was led by staff at Biz/ed based at The Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT). It started in February 2002 and was completed in October this year.

Climbing the Scholarly Publishing Mountain With SHERPA

editor — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 23:00:00 +0000

John MacColl and Stephen Pinfield explore the SHERPA project, which is concentrating on making e-prints available online.

JISC announced its FAIR Programme (Focus on Access to Institutional Resources) in January of this year. The central objective of the Programme is to test ways of releasing institutionally-produced content onto the web. FAIR describes its scope as:

Planet SOSIG: A Spring-clean for SOSIG: A Systematic Approach to Collection Management

editor — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Lesly Huxley, Emma Place, David Boyd, and Phil Cross report on a spring-cleaning exercise for SOSIG using a systematic approach to collection management.

The SOSIG collection

The core of the SOSIG service, the Internet Catalogue, now holds over 21,000 structured metadata records describing Internet resources relevant to social science teaching, learning and research. Established in 1994, SOSIG is one of the longest-running subject gateways in Europe. Our section editors have been seeking out, evaluating and describing social science Internet resources, developing the collection so that it now covers 17 top-level subject headings with over 1000 sub-sections.

Editorial Introduction to Issue 32: The Grid -The Web Twenty Years On?