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Analytics has become quite a buzzword over the past couple of years. Awareness has been promoted by general talk of 'big data' as well as by increasing emphasis in the sector on the student experience and success factors (linked to 'Learning Analytics') and on resource optimisation driven by ...
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The state of the discourse on the end of books...﻿
Are we there yet? I mean the sesquicentenary of the premature announcement of the death of the book and such of its hangers as authors, readers and libraries.  I suppose I should be satisfied to ha...
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The Winter 2013 edition of Jisc Inform is now out! See the latest articles, guidance and thought from Jisc.

In this edition:
- top tech tools to help your dyslexic learners
- the launch of the groundbreaking Janet6 network
- tips on how to enhance lectures through technology 

...and much more. #edtech   #elearning  

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform38/﻿
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Janet and Google Education Event Invitation
We would like to announce an exciting new partnership which has just been agreed between Google and Janet, part of the Jisc group. 

Janet has negotiated on behalf of all their members a Google Apps for Education contract to meet UK legal requirements. All Janet members in the UK are now eligible to sign up to Google Apps for Education using this agreed contract. This agreement ensures consistency for all UK universities and colleges using Google Apps for Education, and the peace of mind that Google’s processes and contract have been thoroughly reviewed and approved by Janet. 

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to the launch event of this new partnership. This would provide an opportunity for universities and colleges to learn more. 

The event will take place:
October 8th from 10.30 am until 2pm
Google’s Central St Gilles Offices: 1-13 St Giles High St, London WC2H 8AG

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1mxCZ-GeSfvec5u9e130RDYrA49f20vWfWMZF6F4vHKM/viewform

Official announcement from Janet from Google Apps Edu Europe list (can't find anywhere else): 
 
Janet Cloud Services provides an aggregation point for the creation of 
sector agreements for cloud related services to education, creating an environment in which our customers feel safe adopting cloud products and services, and maintaining Janet’s position as impartial trusted 
advisor/supply route for such services. 
 
We are delighted to announce that we have now completed negotiations with Google on behalf of our customers to deliver the Google Apps for Education Agreement. This agreement meets UK legal requirements, and most of the negotiated amendments focus on security and storage of our customers’ data.
 
The agreement ensures consistency for all UK Higher and Further education, and peace of mind that Google’s processes and terms and conditions have been thoroughly reviewed and approved by Janet.
 
How can I request the new agreement?
 
Please contact cloud@ja.net if you would like to learn more or would like to gain access to the Janet amended documentation.
 
Our university has used Google Apps for Education for years. Can we sign up to this new agreement?
 
If you would like to sign up to the Janet amended agreement, please contact cloud@ja.net. The Janet amended terms and conditions will take precedence over previous agreements.
 
Our university has used Google Apps for Education for years. Do we have to sign up for this new agreement?
 
No, you are not obliged to sign up to this new agreement. Your current agreement will be effective until its end date.

#googleappsforeducation  ﻿
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"I believe the digital medium is a powerful addition to the ways in which our students can interact with one another in an educational context."

Daphne Koller responds to Stanley Fish.﻿
In a guest column, an educator takes up the debate over higher education online.
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Let me start by introducing myself – my name is Benjamin Perry and I am the Creative Design Coordinator at Mimas. My role on this project is alongside Leigh Morris as the User Experience (UX) Team who are responsible for designing the website itself. As part of this team it's crucial that I not ...
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The National Monograph Strategy recently held its third workshop to begin sketching out some of the ideas that had been generated in past workshops. 

We now have 8 ideas that have a little more flesh on the bone, and begin to form part of a national approach to creating, managing, preserving and digitising monographs. 

bit.ly/1kj8BoG

#monographsUK  ﻿
Ideas for a shared, national approach to the creation, management, preservation and digitisation of scholarly monographs.
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A short presentation I gave at the Internet Librarian International conference #ili2013  on MOOCs and the role of libraries. 
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 Vocabularies for Open Access - Public consultation on what metadata we need to have about Open Access. #v4oa   #oa   #openaccess  

http://v4oa.net/2013/10/02/v4oa-public-consultation-paper-released/﻿
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Building a user lifecycle - mapping the important ‘actions’ that occur when a user interacts with a monograph, such as being aware of a title, searching, finding, using and so on.

#monographsUK  

http://bit.ly/1arBATT﻿
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Undertaking a pre-mortem for the Library Analytics project.﻿
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"...it may be that one of the greatest benefits of adopting open source is that it mirrors the very philosophy and values of the library"

The Benefits of Open Source for Libraries﻿
What are the main benefits to the library of adopting open source? There are some well known benefits that open source could bring to libraries, these include: • Lower costs: Open source offers a lower total cost of ownership than traditional library systems. There are none of the traditional ...
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I am a Programme Manager in Digital Infrastructure for JISC, working on a range of Digital library Projects including mobile, usability and shared services. 
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    Information Studies (MA), 2006 - 2008
  • University of Sussex
    Philosophy (MA), 2000 - 2001
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8 Ideas for a National Approach to Monographs - National Monograph Strategy
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Ideas for a shared, national approach to the creation, management, preservation and digitisation of scholarly monographs.

Unique Identifiers Which Don’t Identify Anyone! | Library Analytics and ...
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This is great for us to get started with, and there's a lot we can do statistically with this data. However, different partners are keeping

Academics will need both the physical and virtual library for years to come
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Research no longer starts with a visit to the library building, say Rachel Bruce and Mike Mertens, but it still plays a crucial role

Buy Electronic learning toys at - Your Online Shop for Toys.
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Quality Rules | The Harvard Library Innovation Laboratory
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Here is a letter from our very own Paul Deschner, to the Harvard Library community (and - now - beyond). It was so well received here that w

Digital Humanities and the Future of Libraries | The New York Public Lib...
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Multitouch and the quest to make ereaders more flexible than paper - O'R...
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The next TOC Sneak Peek webcast will feature Craig Tashman, founder and CEO of LiquidText, a multitouch software solution for digital margin

3D printing's forthcoming legal morass (Wired UK)
www.wired.co.uk

This has all the makings of an epic and surreal legal battle. You thought Hollywood and record labels were powerful lobbyists, crushing Naps

LJ Talks to David Weinberger About the Living Web
lj.libraryjournal.com

David Weinberger, currently a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School and co-director of the Harvard Lib

Putting the User at the Heart of Education : Digital Infrastructure Team
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Putting the User at the Heart of Education. This is an update on a recent Usability workshop held by Ben Showers and Torsten Reimer as part
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