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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.

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: 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: 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.

Planet SOSIG

editor — Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:00:00 +0000

Emma Place and Dave Boyd describe a new feature on SOSIG called 'Experts Choice', and report on upcoming events.

SOSIG Expert’s Choice

Which Web sites do leading social scientists find invaluable in their research? Find out by visiting the new Expert's Choice section on SOSIG.

Experts from a range of disciplines and sectors were asked to recommend their favourite Web site and describe how they found the site useful. Over 30 experts are currently featured, with more being added all the time. SOSIG aims to highlight experts that students are likely to have heard of in their courses, with a view to inspiring a new generation of social scientists to use the Web.

Planet SOSIG: What's New in Politics?

editor — Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:00:00 +0000

Emma Place announces new training materials for the Web, Heather Dawson looks at at Web coverage of the recently run UK General Election and Chris Mitchell provides an update of activities from the Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre.

Virtual Training Suite Launched

SOSIG is pleased to announce the launch of 9 more free Web-tutorials teaching Internet skills for different social science subjects - ideal for students, lecturers and researchers who want to learn how to get the best from the Web. This brings the total to 16 - with one tutorial for each of the main subjects covered by the gateway (ranging from Anthropology to Women's Studies). The tutorials give a guided tour of the Web for the subject, with expert "tour guides" from university libraries and national social science organisations.

Planet SOSIG: Keeping Social Scientists Connected

editor — Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0000

Debra Hiom and Emma Place discuss work to keep social scientists connected.

Grapevine is the 'people oriented' side of SOSIG, offering the social science community a place to look at and publicise information about events, career development opportunities and professional colleagues. Grapevine began life in 1998 as an ESRC funded pilot project and was brought under the auspices of SOSIG in February 2000 with the launch of the new interface and associated services of the gateway.

You can use Grapevine to find: