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From Collection Development to Content Development: Organization and Staffing...Charleston Conference
The document discusses changes to the organization and staffing of content development at the University of Kansas Libraries in response to strategic initiatives at KU. Specifically:
- The libraries moved from a subject bibliographer model to content development specialists to be more flexible and responsive to changing research needs. However, some areas still require deep subject expertise.
- Common responsibilities for content development specialists include monitoring collections, making acquisition decisions, maintaining awareness of research and curricula, and providing instruction and consultation.
- An environmental scan was conducted to understand changing research habits and informational needs in order to shift the focus from collections to users and content.
- Areas like world history, visual arts, English literature, and performing arts
The document outlines the leadership and activities of a student association. It lists the director, principal, and student association incharge. It mentions departments like CSE, EEE, and ECE. It also lists upcoming events organized by the student association, including a national level technical symposium with paper, poster, and project presentations and a technical quiz. It also notes prior events like sports day, inauguration, NSS, tree plantation, and blood donation.
This document outlines a "road trip" to convert an existing Indigenous Australian Cultures subject into an open educational resource consisting of 4 microcourses covering key topics. It will involve a team including a head of school, content specialist, OERu advisor, media technologist, and learning design manager working around existing commitments to source open resources, modify assessments, and get technical and approval support to develop the microcourses and ensure quality assurance.
This document summarizes the history of open access advocacy at the University of Nottingham. It discusses how the university established its first institutional repository in 2006 and began a central open access fund. It then outlines the advocacy efforts over time, including meetings with faculty research committees from 2010-2014, which led to new open access policies. Currently, open access support is provided by the library and research services. Challenges remain in fully understanding open access across faculties and upskilling the support team. Next steps include launching a new communications plan and website, and increasing direct outreach to academics.
This document discusses measuring the impact of informal science learning. It notes that informal science programs aim to achieve goals like inspiration, engagement, encouraging students to study science, and developing a world-leading scientific workforce, but that the effect varies for each person. It also discusses the challenges in measuring impact given that different programs have slightly different aims. Examples are provided of potential impacts, like increasing students' interest in and confidence with science. The importance of informal science in developing skills, confidence, and passion for learning science is discussed.
This document is a newsletter from the Rotary Club of South Bunbury announcing their upcoming meetings and events. The next meeting on February 15th will be their International Night which will be a joint meeting with the Bunbury Multicultural Club and Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault. It will be held at the Bunbury Power Boat Club and feature meals from 3 different countries for $50 per person. Members are encouraged to dress in costumes from other cultures. The newsletter also lists the meeting schedule and duties for South Bunbury and Bunbury clubs and includes a report on their RYLA participant.
This document discusses crisis management for events and provides guidance on crisis planning. It notes that the organization plans up to 30 events per year with 100-150 attendees on average. It defines a crisis as a difficult decision that must be made. Effective crisis planning can help avoid and react to problems through contingency planning and learning from other organizations. A crisis plan should outline operational response procedures and communication strategies. The key stages of crisis management include pre-crisis planning to minimize risk, managing the actual crisis by appointing a coordinator and response team, and post-crisis evaluation and communication. Effective communication during and after a crisis is also emphasized.
From Collection Development to Content Development: Organization and Staffing...Charleston Conference
The document discusses changes to the organization and staffing of content development at the University of Kansas Libraries in response to strategic initiatives at KU. Specifically:
- The libraries moved from a subject bibliographer model to content development specialists to be more flexible and responsive to changing research needs. However, some areas still require deep subject expertise.
- Common responsibilities for content development specialists include monitoring collections, making acquisition decisions, maintaining awareness of research and curricula, and providing instruction and consultation.
- An environmental scan was conducted to understand changing research habits and informational needs in order to shift the focus from collections to users and content.
- Areas like world history, visual arts, English literature, and performing arts
The document outlines the leadership and activities of a student association. It lists the director, principal, and student association incharge. It mentions departments like CSE, EEE, and ECE. It also lists upcoming events organized by the student association, including a national level technical symposium with paper, poster, and project presentations and a technical quiz. It also notes prior events like sports day, inauguration, NSS, tree plantation, and blood donation.
This document outlines a "road trip" to convert an existing Indigenous Australian Cultures subject into an open educational resource consisting of 4 microcourses covering key topics. It will involve a team including a head of school, content specialist, OERu advisor, media technologist, and learning design manager working around existing commitments to source open resources, modify assessments, and get technical and approval support to develop the microcourses and ensure quality assurance.
This document summarizes the history of open access advocacy at the University of Nottingham. It discusses how the university established its first institutional repository in 2006 and began a central open access fund. It then outlines the advocacy efforts over time, including meetings with faculty research committees from 2010-2014, which led to new open access policies. Currently, open access support is provided by the library and research services. Challenges remain in fully understanding open access across faculties and upskilling the support team. Next steps include launching a new communications plan and website, and increasing direct outreach to academics.
This document discusses measuring the impact of informal science learning. It notes that informal science programs aim to achieve goals like inspiration, engagement, encouraging students to study science, and developing a world-leading scientific workforce, but that the effect varies for each person. It also discusses the challenges in measuring impact given that different programs have slightly different aims. Examples are provided of potential impacts, like increasing students' interest in and confidence with science. The importance of informal science in developing skills, confidence, and passion for learning science is discussed.
This document is a newsletter from the Rotary Club of South Bunbury announcing their upcoming meetings and events. The next meeting on February 15th will be their International Night which will be a joint meeting with the Bunbury Multicultural Club and Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault. It will be held at the Bunbury Power Boat Club and feature meals from 3 different countries for $50 per person. Members are encouraged to dress in costumes from other cultures. The newsletter also lists the meeting schedule and duties for South Bunbury and Bunbury clubs and includes a report on their RYLA participant.
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The Science Museum London aims to reach 1 million people annually through informal learning experiences. It provides various outreach programs - including school shows, workshops, and storytelling - to deliver high-impact, high-quality educational content to a wide range of clients in an engaging and memorable way. Evaluation of these outreach efforts focuses on the number of bookings, commercial success, and positive feedback received about inspiring audiences and conveying scientific information in an entertaining manner.
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Dr. Sandra Collins, Director of the National Library of Ireland, discusses difficult questions librarians face regarding their role and how libraries should contribute to the changing world, including whether their focus should be on preservation or access, and asserts that librarians are trained information specialists who can achieve wonderful outcomes through collaboration and should have confidence in their opinions and voice.
A Comprehensive Retention Strategy for International Students
NAFSA Region I Conference - Tacoma, WA - November 7, 2012
Outline
-Complicate Your Perspective
-Activity: Maps of the World
-Domestic Student Retention Theory
-Barriers for International Students
-Best Practices
-Crossing the Bridges
-Discussion
The University of Surrey Library transformed its traditional student orientation activities by developing an "Escape Room" game in 2017 to introduce students to library services in a fun and engaging way, which received positive feedback; this led to additional innovative events like a Welcome Fair to further reduce student anxiety around library resources and build community.
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This document provides an overview of Responsive Innovative Collaborative, including its mission as a national model for innovation and student success. It discusses the college's service area of 11 school districts and over 1 million people across 1,400 square miles. The document outlines the college's growth and expansion plans, including new buildings and centers. It highlights programs and partnerships like the Academy for Lifelong Learning, Harris County Library services, and the Center for the Arts.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) program provides a standardized worldwide education that offers students a lifelong practical learning experience through an international curriculum. It encourages inquiry-based learning and helps students develop skills like thinking, research, communication, and self-management. IB learners strive to be inquirers, knowledgeable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk-takers, balanced, and reflective. Librarians support IB programs by facilitating reading, inquiry, multiliteracies, approaches to learning, and developing the learner profile attributes.
This document provides information about Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLEs). It discusses the rationale for using SOLEs, which is to develop inquiry-based and student-centered learning. Examples of SOLE questions are provided that address various curriculum areas. Guidelines for implementing SOLE sessions in the classroom are also outlined, including having students work in groups to research an open-ended question using online resources and then share their findings.
Why oracy is more important than literacy and numeracy put togetherJames Mannion
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This document provides information for a session on school libraries. It discusses the role of the library in building a reading culture, practical strategies to support stakeholders, and accessing resources. It emphasizes that the library leader is an enabling adult who can create readers by providing access to materials, knowing students' interests, actively promoting books, and making time for discussion. The greatest impact comes from being a reading role model and reading aloud to students. Evidence of the library's impact is needed to advocate for its importance in supporting student learning.
Newcastle Educators aims to bring together educators across disciplines to share best practices and enhance teaching and scholarship. It holds regular informal meetings to discuss topics like the role of evidence in defining teaching excellence, differing perspectives of educators, students and institutions, and Newcastle's approach. While definitions of excellence vary, key aspects identified include pedagogic competence, research-informed teaching, and positive student relationships. The group discusses how to best recognize and support excellence through resources, incentives and reliable assessment.
Troy Stretton Students for Sustainability - The Sustainable ClassroomTroy Stretton
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This study examined the differences in experiences between first-year students living in a traditional residence hall compared to a residential learning community (RLC) called The Wing. The researchers hypothesized that RLC students would have more knowledge of and access to academic and social resources. Through focus groups, they found that while both groups were aware of academic support services, RLC students knew directly where to go for help. RLC students also felt more connected to their floor community, while traditional hall students felt most connected to the larger university during athletic events away from campus.
Shpt school of library science promotion pptSarika Sawant
This presentation is to make aware of Library Science course of SHPT School of Library Science, SNDT Women's University. It describes the history, developments and scope.
This document discusses library support for international students. It provides key statistics on international students in UK higher education, noting an increase in enrollment. It identifies challenges international students may face like culture shock, language barriers, and different academic expectations. The document recommends libraries provide a friendly welcome, clear guidance, and help international students feel part of the student body rather than "special." It shares the University of Warwick Library's initiatives to support international students through working groups, surveys, and staff training.
The document discusses the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM) response to educational reform in Ontario. It provides background information on Toronto's population demographics and cultural attractions. It then outlines the goals of Ontario's educational reforms, including increasing early learning programs, literacy and numeracy rates, and high school graduation rates. The ROM has historically responded by revising programs to align with curriculum changes and increasing teacher professional development opportunities. Currently, the ROM is focusing on developing student-centered programs to support the reforms, incorporating digital technology, and strengthening partnerships with educational stakeholders.
This document provides an overview of the Responsive Innovative Collaborative college and its Cy-Fair campus. It discusses the campus growth and expansion plans, partnerships with local organizations, and programs for lifelong learning and community engagement like the Academy for Lifelong Learning and Harris County Public Library initiatives. Floor plans and maps of the campus are also included.
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Data Visualisation and Information Design are increasingly employed in print, broadcast and web media to convey complex ideas or bring simple ones to life. The tools for maps, infographics and visualisations are becoming cheaper and easier to use, and the range of approaches is diversifying. At the same time, data of all kinds is becoming more accessible, whether on research funding (through the Gateways to Research platform), Open Government Data, or the results of individual research projects – as Open Access initiatives to make sharing scientific data a key element of journal publications. We will cover basic ideas and examples of visualisation for newcomers, how visualisation exists as part of wider engagement goals and include a more critical discussion about what visualisation needs to do in order to be a meaningful mechanism for engagement and participation.
Speakers: Andrew Steele (Cancer Research UK), Artemis Skarlatidou (UCL), Damien George, (University of Cambridge), Martin Austwick (UCL)
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SCC2013 - Young (science) apprentice - Anthony Richards
1. Opening doors at the
Science Museum
Anthony Richards, Science Museum Learning
2. Background
• Learning Operations at Science
Museum
• 3 millions visitors, most visited place for
schoolchildren
• 400 staff, varied and diverse in some
areas
• Explainer team within Learning
• Interactions, performance, visitor
interactive galleries
• Desire to broaden access, use
management skills better represent
audience
3. Process
• Apprenticeship in Cultural Venue
Operations
• Partnership with V and A, Kensington
and Chelsea College
• One year, level 2 NVQ
• Work as a Learning apprentice along
side our Explainers, preparing and
making ready venue
• 120 applicants
• 15 interviews
• 5 taken
4. What happened ?
• Who did we choose?
• How many survived?
• How did we manage
them?
5. What did we learn ?
• Fitting into the workplace
• Being treated like other staff
• Understanding their background
and difficulties
• Providing structure and ‘family’
6. Some of issues
• Pregnancies
• Prison
• Violence
• Language
• Conflict
• AWOL
• Reliability
• Emotional control
• Family pressures
• Gangs
• Threats
• Fraud
7. Successes
• Hosted facilitation sessions
• Three qualifications
• Transition into job
• Confidence and maturity
• Understanding from our side
• Image of the museum for them
8. Next time
• Balance in the team
• Support for them outside work
• Transition at beginning
• Mentor and coach
• Better collaboration with partners
9. Memories
• Their interest in science and
museums
• Removing of the headphones
• Honesty and gratitude
• Energy and vitality
10. Memories
• Their interest in science and
museums
• Removing of the headphones
• Honesty and gratitude
• Energy and vitality