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Data in Institutional Repositories
An interesting read, this post about the Open Repository conference in Edinburg. there is much talk of including raw data in IRs: Just about everyone was discussing RDM, or Research Data Management. It has become clear that institutional repositories must not only manage scholarly publications, but the data that was created through observation and experimentation […] Lire la suite
Google’s Search Education
“Pssst… you may want to check out Google’s Free classes called Power Searcher…” said my colleague’s email. Although I know, use and teach many of Google’s advanced features, I could not resist to test-drive their online learning platform and initiative. In a quick take, the site is streamlined and the tone is consensual, unscripted yet […] Lire la suite
Creating a Copyright Team
this article from the Library Journal provides interesting insight into creating a copyright team. Lire la suite
UNESCO releases Paris Open Education Resources (OER) Declaration
UNESCO releases Paris Open Education Resources (OER) Declaration: OERs are teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain or released with an open license that allows for free use, adaptation, and distribution. UNESCO has long been a champion of OERs and continues to promote them through its Education, and Communication and Information […] Lire la suite
Comics in the classroom
An interesting read : this post on a Chronicle of Higher Education blog about comics in the classroom : Last week many of us here at ProfHacker traveled out to George Mason University for THATCamp CHNM. I proposed a session on comics, and lots of great resources came out of the conversation as well as ideas about […] Lire la suite
Reading notes: Information Diet by Clay Johnson
I just finished reading Clay Johnson’s book called The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption. The author provides for a light and interesting read, somewhere between a personal account, a self-help book and a deeper analysis of information consumption. I highly recommend it to anyone working on information literacy. My favorite quote comes at […] Lire la suite
And now, for something… British 2 (university branding)
From The Guardian’s Higher Education blog, comes this post called Branding in higher education – just how feasible is distinctiveness? by Eliza Anyangwe. At last week’s CASE Europe conference on distinctiveness in higher education, co-hosted by the Distinct Project, it quickly became clear that universities are in a bit of a pickle: they have to […] Lire la suite
And now, for something… British 1 (open access)
The Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings (aka the Finch group) of the Research Information Network just released a report recommending that open access to scholarly publishings was the best method to increase access : The internet has brought much better access to research results for members of the academic community. But the […] Lire la suite
National Academies Committee on the Future of the Research University releases report
I recently blogged about Jim Duderstadt’s opening plenary talk at the Spring 2012 Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) – well it seems that the report he mentions is now available on the National Academies Committee on the Future of the Research University website. Lire la suite
University Presses eBook publishing survey
As I mention on Culturelibre.ca (my other blog), Jennifer Howard writes on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s «Wired Campus» blog about the very interesting report dealing with ebook publishing strategies by University presses in the USA. Lire la suite