Workshop delivered by Alison McNab & Andy Tattersall at the Northern Collaboration 2017 Conference at the University of York on 8 September 2017.
This workshop gave delegates an overview of the digital research landscape, an introduction to tools and resources to tame the landscape, the opportunity to consider the skillsets required in the context of their own workplace, and an introduction to the research technologist manifesto.
The Digital Transformation of Research SupportAndy Tattersall
Slides from a presentation I gave in collaboration with Alison McNab (University of Huddersfield) at the Northern Collaboration Conference in York on September 8th. https://northerncollaboration.org.uk/content/2017-conference-sponsored-proquest-ex-libris#overlay-context=
Abstract
This session will provide delegates with an overview of the digital research landscape, an introduction to tools and resources to tame the landscape, the opportunity to consider the skillsets required in the context of their own workplace, and an introduction to the research technologist manifesto. Please bring a mobile device (and your Eduroam password) to contribute to this interactive session.
Researchers increasingly need to understand a multitude of topics including digital copyright, impact, altmetrics, communications, social media, research data management and sharing, open access, infographics, video, animation and mobile apps. Yet all too often they have little time, support or encouragement to explore these topics and have they need to make informed judgements on the most appropriate technologies.
For decades skilled LIS professionals have provided researchers with excellent services around collection management, content curation and discovery, critical appraisal and reference management. More recently they have stepped into new areas of support and applied their knowledge around social media, metrics, scholarly communications and research data management. Given that the modern LIS professional is adept of working across platforms, good at problem solving and the use of new technologies, are they positioned to guide and work alongside researchers as research technologists?
SGCI - Science Gateways - Technology-Enhanced Research Under Consideration of...Sandra Gesing
Science gateways - also called virtual research environments or virtual labs - allow science and engineering communities to access shared data, software, computing services, instruments, and other resources specific to their disciplines and use them also in teaching environments. In the last decade mature complete science gateway frameworks have evolved such as HUBzero and Galaxy as well as Agave and Apache Airavata. Successful implementations have been adapted for several science gateways, for example, the technologies behind the science gateways CIPRES, which is used by over 20.000 users to date and serves the community in the area of large phylogenetic trees. Lessons learned from the last decade include that approaches should be technology agnostic, use standard web technologies or deliver a complete solution. Independent of the technology, the major driver for science gateways are the user communities and user engagement is key for successful science gateways. The US Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI), opened in August 2016, provides free resources, services, experts, and ideas for creating and sustaining science gateways. It offers five areas of services to the science gateway developer and user communities: the Incubator, Extended Developer Support, the Scientific Software Collaborative, Community Engagement and Exchange, and Workforce Development. The talk will give an introduction to science gateways, examples for science gateways and an overview on the services offered by the SGCI to serve user communities and developers for creating successful science gateways.
Short slides produced for the "Crowd-Sourcing Data and Citizen Science" Breakout Session at the FCERM.Net (Flooding & coastal Erosion Risk Management Network) Annual Assembly 2016: "Future-Thinking Flood Risk Management", held on 29th June 2016 in Newcastle. These slides from Nicola Osborne, who chaired this breakout, give an overview of general crowd sourcing considerations as well as sharing some specific learning from the EU FP7-funded COBWEB: Citizen Observatory Web project.
SGCI Science Gateways: Software sustainability via on-campus teams - Webinar ...Sandra Gesing
Achieve software sustainability via on-campus teams. SGCI can support you with a roadmap to use free resources on campus and/or build your own on-campus team
The Digital Transformation of Research SupportAndy Tattersall
Slides from a presentation I gave in collaboration with Alison McNab (University of Huddersfield) at the Northern Collaboration Conference in York on September 8th. https://northerncollaboration.org.uk/content/2017-conference-sponsored-proquest-ex-libris#overlay-context=
Abstract
This session will provide delegates with an overview of the digital research landscape, an introduction to tools and resources to tame the landscape, the opportunity to consider the skillsets required in the context of their own workplace, and an introduction to the research technologist manifesto. Please bring a mobile device (and your Eduroam password) to contribute to this interactive session.
Researchers increasingly need to understand a multitude of topics including digital copyright, impact, altmetrics, communications, social media, research data management and sharing, open access, infographics, video, animation and mobile apps. Yet all too often they have little time, support or encouragement to explore these topics and have they need to make informed judgements on the most appropriate technologies.
For decades skilled LIS professionals have provided researchers with excellent services around collection management, content curation and discovery, critical appraisal and reference management. More recently they have stepped into new areas of support and applied their knowledge around social media, metrics, scholarly communications and research data management. Given that the modern LIS professional is adept of working across platforms, good at problem solving and the use of new technologies, are they positioned to guide and work alongside researchers as research technologists?
SGCI - Science Gateways - Technology-Enhanced Research Under Consideration of...Sandra Gesing
Science gateways - also called virtual research environments or virtual labs - allow science and engineering communities to access shared data, software, computing services, instruments, and other resources specific to their disciplines and use them also in teaching environments. In the last decade mature complete science gateway frameworks have evolved such as HUBzero and Galaxy as well as Agave and Apache Airavata. Successful implementations have been adapted for several science gateways, for example, the technologies behind the science gateways CIPRES, which is used by over 20.000 users to date and serves the community in the area of large phylogenetic trees. Lessons learned from the last decade include that approaches should be technology agnostic, use standard web technologies or deliver a complete solution. Independent of the technology, the major driver for science gateways are the user communities and user engagement is key for successful science gateways. The US Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI), opened in August 2016, provides free resources, services, experts, and ideas for creating and sustaining science gateways. It offers five areas of services to the science gateway developer and user communities: the Incubator, Extended Developer Support, the Scientific Software Collaborative, Community Engagement and Exchange, and Workforce Development. The talk will give an introduction to science gateways, examples for science gateways and an overview on the services offered by the SGCI to serve user communities and developers for creating successful science gateways.
Short slides produced for the "Crowd-Sourcing Data and Citizen Science" Breakout Session at the FCERM.Net (Flooding & coastal Erosion Risk Management Network) Annual Assembly 2016: "Future-Thinking Flood Risk Management", held on 29th June 2016 in Newcastle. These slides from Nicola Osborne, who chaired this breakout, give an overview of general crowd sourcing considerations as well as sharing some specific learning from the EU FP7-funded COBWEB: Citizen Observatory Web project.
SGCI Science Gateways: Software sustainability via on-campus teams - Webinar ...Sandra Gesing
Achieve software sustainability via on-campus teams. SGCI can support you with a roadmap to use free resources on campus and/or build your own on-campus team
SGCI Science Gateways: Ushering in a New Era of Sustainability Sandra Gesing
The computational landscape has never so fast evolved like in the last decade. Computational scientific methods tackle an increasing breadth and diversity of topics – analyzing data on a large scale and accessing high-performance computing infrastructures, cutting-edge hardware and instruments. Novel technologies such as next-gen sequencing or the Square Kilometre Array telescope, the world largest radio telescope, have evolved, which allow creating data in exascale dimension. While the availability of this data salvage to find answers for research questions, which would not have been feasible before, the amount of data creates new challenges, which obviously need novel computational solutions. Such novel solutions require integrative approaches for multidisciplinary teams across geographical boundaries, which improve usability of scientific methods tailored to the target user communities and aim at achieving reproducibility of science. The goal of science gateways, also called virtual research environments or virtual laboratories, are following exactly this goal to provide an easy-to-use end-to-end solution hiding the complex underlying infrastructure. They support researchers with intuitive user interfaces to focus on their research question instead of becoming acquainted with technological details.
Science gateways are often developed by research teams, who are not necessarily in the computer science domain and science projects depend on academic funding. Centralized research programmer teams, who can provide broad experience and contribute to sustainability of solutions, are rather rare at universities and there is still a lack of incentives for interested developers to stay in academia. One of the future challenges for science gateways and thus for computational scientific methods will be to increase the sustainability and getting less dependent on successful proposals. The US National Science Foundation has recognized the importance of this topic for research and has funded the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) to support not only teams in developing science gateways but also to help communities to find a way to sustain their favorite science gateway for conducting their research. This talk will go into detail for current challenges, the landscape around science gateways, the services of SGCI and approaches to reach sustainability.
Hand-out to support thinking and re-thinking about graduate attributes for the C21st, particularly how university and college courses develop individuals' capacities to thrive in a digital society.
SGCI - The Science Gateways Community Institute: Going Beyond BordersSandra Gesing
The Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI), opened in August 2016, provides free resources, services, experts, and ideas for creating and sustaining science gateways. It offers five areas of services to the science gateway developer and user communities: the Incubator, Extended Developer Support, the Scientific Software Collaborative, Community Engagement and Exchange, and Workforce Development. While all these areas are available to US-based communities, the Incubator, the Scientific Software Collaborative and the Community Engagement and Exchange serve also the international communities. We aim at reaching out and supporting beyond borders on international scale with diverse measures and our intent is to form and deepen collaborations with partner organizations and coalitions beneficial and/or related to the science gateways community. Research topics are independent of national borders and researchers spread worldwide can benefit from each other’s research results, software, data and from lessons learned — via online materials and publications or at international events. The gateway community has long benefitted from this type of exchange. This paper will present related work describing the benefits of international collaborations generally, and specifically as they relate to science gateways. We go into detail regarding SGCI’s ongoing work on international scale and its work planned in the near future.
Information Services: Breaking down Departmental SilosAlbert Simard
Describes elemental social networking concepts on a base of content management and knowledge services, focusing on interactions among government agencies.
The Paris-Saclay Center for Data ScienceBalázs Kégl
My slides from the MASTODONS (big data) workshop of the CNRS.
http://www.cnrs.fr/mi/spip.php?article631&lang=fr
On defining and managing the data science ecosystem at Université Paris-Saclay. Challenges and tools.
Presenting the following paper “Science Gateways: The Long Road to the Birth of an Institute” by Sandra Gesing, Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, Maytal Dahan, Katherine Lawrence, Michael Zentner, Marlon Pierce, Linda Hayden, Suresh Marru at HICSS50 Conference.
Presentation of the results and discussion of the implications of the pilot survey among Swiss cultural heritage institutions with regard to open data and crowdsourcing
Research in current scenario -sgd-adamf-20-apr-2018Sanjeev Deshmukh
Current research is driven by huge developments due to internet and digital disruptions. Democratization of education has opened up new vistas for doing research. It is essential to remain visible.
SGCI Science Gateways: Ushering in a New Era of Sustainability Sandra Gesing
The computational landscape has never so fast evolved like in the last decade. Computational scientific methods tackle an increasing breadth and diversity of topics – analyzing data on a large scale and accessing high-performance computing infrastructures, cutting-edge hardware and instruments. Novel technologies such as next-gen sequencing or the Square Kilometre Array telescope, the world largest radio telescope, have evolved, which allow creating data in exascale dimension. While the availability of this data salvage to find answers for research questions, which would not have been feasible before, the amount of data creates new challenges, which obviously need novel computational solutions. Such novel solutions require integrative approaches for multidisciplinary teams across geographical boundaries, which improve usability of scientific methods tailored to the target user communities and aim at achieving reproducibility of science. The goal of science gateways, also called virtual research environments or virtual laboratories, are following exactly this goal to provide an easy-to-use end-to-end solution hiding the complex underlying infrastructure. They support researchers with intuitive user interfaces to focus on their research question instead of becoming acquainted with technological details.
Science gateways are often developed by research teams, who are not necessarily in the computer science domain and science projects depend on academic funding. Centralized research programmer teams, who can provide broad experience and contribute to sustainability of solutions, are rather rare at universities and there is still a lack of incentives for interested developers to stay in academia. One of the future challenges for science gateways and thus for computational scientific methods will be to increase the sustainability and getting less dependent on successful proposals. The US National Science Foundation has recognized the importance of this topic for research and has funded the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) to support not only teams in developing science gateways but also to help communities to find a way to sustain their favorite science gateway for conducting their research. This talk will go into detail for current challenges, the landscape around science gateways, the services of SGCI and approaches to reach sustainability.
Hand-out to support thinking and re-thinking about graduate attributes for the C21st, particularly how university and college courses develop individuals' capacities to thrive in a digital society.
SGCI - The Science Gateways Community Institute: Going Beyond BordersSandra Gesing
The Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI), opened in August 2016, provides free resources, services, experts, and ideas for creating and sustaining science gateways. It offers five areas of services to the science gateway developer and user communities: the Incubator, Extended Developer Support, the Scientific Software Collaborative, Community Engagement and Exchange, and Workforce Development. While all these areas are available to US-based communities, the Incubator, the Scientific Software Collaborative and the Community Engagement and Exchange serve also the international communities. We aim at reaching out and supporting beyond borders on international scale with diverse measures and our intent is to form and deepen collaborations with partner organizations and coalitions beneficial and/or related to the science gateways community. Research topics are independent of national borders and researchers spread worldwide can benefit from each other’s research results, software, data and from lessons learned — via online materials and publications or at international events. The gateway community has long benefitted from this type of exchange. This paper will present related work describing the benefits of international collaborations generally, and specifically as they relate to science gateways. We go into detail regarding SGCI’s ongoing work on international scale and its work planned in the near future.
Information Services: Breaking down Departmental SilosAlbert Simard
Describes elemental social networking concepts on a base of content management and knowledge services, focusing on interactions among government agencies.
The Paris-Saclay Center for Data ScienceBalázs Kégl
My slides from the MASTODONS (big data) workshop of the CNRS.
http://www.cnrs.fr/mi/spip.php?article631&lang=fr
On defining and managing the data science ecosystem at Université Paris-Saclay. Challenges and tools.
Presenting the following paper “Science Gateways: The Long Road to the Birth of an Institute” by Sandra Gesing, Nancy Wilkins-Diehr, Maytal Dahan, Katherine Lawrence, Michael Zentner, Marlon Pierce, Linda Hayden, Suresh Marru at HICSS50 Conference.
Presentation of the results and discussion of the implications of the pilot survey among Swiss cultural heritage institutions with regard to open data and crowdsourcing
Research in current scenario -sgd-adamf-20-apr-2018Sanjeev Deshmukh
Current research is driven by huge developments due to internet and digital disruptions. Democratization of education has opened up new vistas for doing research. It is essential to remain visible.
The search for early signs of important changes and themes in education, technology and society occupy a number of people scattered over the globe every year when producing the NMC Horizon Report (http://www.nmc.org). A scan of the horizon reveals signals and can provide foresight to support current challenges in research, innovation, policy and practice. Some of the challenges are more or less well-understood but where solutions remain elusive; others are wicked challenges - complex to even define. David will discuss techniques, outcomes and tactical insight in the field of near future work.
Charlie Inskip - The key issues affecting the enhancement of digital scholars...sconul
SCONUL Conference 20-21 June 2013, Dublin
SCONUL Fringe Session - The key issues affecting the enhancement of digital scholarship skills of information professionals, with Dr Charlie Inskip, SCONUL/RIDLS Project Officer, Digital Scholarship and Information Literacy
Slides for start-up meeting of the HEA projects funded under 'Digital Literacy in the Disciplines' programme, largely reporting on findings from the Jisc Developing Digital Literacies programme.
A Manifesto for the Digital Shift in Research LibrariesTorsten Reimer
A report from the Digital Shift working group for RLUK (Research Libraries UK) on the challenges libraries face with regards to the digital shift and how to overcome them. Presented at a virtual RLUK seminar on 18th May 2020.
Current issues and approaches in developing digital literacyjisc-elearning
Slides for webinar 12 Feb 2013. This webinar discussed what digital literacies are and why it is important for universities and colleges to develop the digital literacies of their students and staff. We will look at some of the issues to consider when planning an institutional approach to developing digital literacies, and projects from Jisc’s Developing Digital Literacies programme will highlight some of the approaches that they have found effective in their own contexts.
Laurents Sesink's presentation on a Reference Architecture for
Research Data held for the 'Landelijk Coördinatiepunt esearch Data management', February 2017.
Library Technology Conference 2019 . #LTC2019
Introduction to the organization, pedagogy, instructional design and similar consideration when starting eXtended Reality: VR, AR, MR on campus library
The research library: scalable efficiency and scalable learninglisld
As research libraries are being reconfigured in a network environment, two important trends are emerging. The first is to accelerate the sharing of infrastructure, either through collaborative services or with third party providers. The second is to engage more deeply with the research and learning processes of their campuses. As research and learning processes themselves change, the research library has to respond and this makes being responsive and open to learning very important.
Presentation given at Cilip ARLG/MmIT day conference on "Research(er) Workflows in the Real World" on 9 Dec 2019 at the British Library Conference Centre. Conference summary at: https://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2020/01/20/researcher-workflows-in-the-real-world-a-guest-review-from-our-bursary-winner/
Getting on board with REF requirements: games for early career researchersAlison McNab
A growing number of card and board games have been developed to enable early career researchers (ECRs) to engage with key concepts or elements of the research lifecycle. These games vary in complexity, the time needed to play them, and the required preparation time. However, most are free or low-cost and thus valuable for academic libraries seeking to engage with early career researchers, either to introduce or reinforce understanding of a topic, often as part of a training session.
This workshop will introduce delegates to a range of physical games related to research and publishing, review these in relation to the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF), and consider the potential of these games (and others yet to be devised) in supporting researchers in their own library setting.
Slides from a workshop given at the ARLG Spring Conference 2019 at the University of Teeside, Darlington campus on 3 June 2019. An accompanying Wakelet witrh links to research & publishing games is available: http://bit.ly/ResearchGames
Amplifying your event with social mediaAlison McNab
A lightning talk given at the ILI 2018 conference at London Olympia on 16-17 October 2018. The talk gave advice on being a designated live tweeter or event amplifier.
See also:
- Wakelet links on Amplifying events with social media http://bit.ly/AmplifyEventLinks
- brief overview of talk https://www.infotoday.eu/Articles/Editorial/Featured-Articles/Amplifying-an-event-using-social-media-126906.aspx
Current awareness and trend-watching for information professionals Alison McNab
A presentation given at the CILIP MmIT meeting "Future Proofing the Library" on Tuesday 9 January 2017. Includes the results of a poll of delegates using Mentimeter. Twitter hashtag for event: #mmitagm
Reference management : trends and tricks Alison McNab
Presentation given at Internet Librarian 2017 in London on 18 October 2017.
An overview and update on recent developments in reference management software (RMS). Includes the results of an audience poll on the which reference management software tools they use.
Digital Scholarship: building an online scholarly presenceAlison McNab
A workshop from the MmIT 2016 conference "Digital Citizenship - What is the library's role?" held in Sheffield from 12-13 September 2016.
Changes in scholarly publishing have created a requirement for authors to leverage multiple digital tools in order to build their profile, identity, scholarship and impact within and beyond their institutions. This workshop provided an opportunity for delegates to discuss and reflect on tools which can be used to build an online scholarly presence.
Presentation given at the University of Huddersfield on 22 June 2016 as part of the Consortium Librarians' Day, attended by FE librarians supporting HE in FE.
Discusses the opportunities presented by open academic content for study, learning & teaching, and software use. Also suggests some useful "open" resources for CPD.
Supporting authors - the library's role in research supportAlison McNab
Lightning talk from the UKSG Forum 2015 (18 November 2015) http://www.uksg.org/event/forum2015 .
As part of a panel on "Supporting authors from an HEI perspective" Alison McNab and Laurian Williamson considered the challenges and opportunities for a library service to support research impact at a research-intensive university.
Informal professional development through social media participation and netw...Alison McNab
Slides accompanying a workshop given on Monday 14th September, 2015 as part of the MmIT National Conference 2015
MMIT Conference 2015 - “With power comes great responsibility – how librarians can harness the power of social media for the benefit of users” https://mmitblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/mmit-conference-2015-bookings-close-4th-september-dont-miss-out-discount-for-group-members/
Presentation from Symposium on Mobile Technologies in Library Services (22 Nov 2012, Dublin), organised by the Acquisitions Group of Ireland (AGI) and the LIR HEAnet User Group for Libraries.
Informal learning in the library workplace: the role of unconferencesAlison McNab
At De Montfort University, library staff have the opportunity to regular in-house Mashed Library unconferences, which provide information about in-house projects, feedback on external events, and the opportunity to explore new tools and technologies. A #MashDMU blog supports this. [Presentation given at Internet Librarian International on 31 October 2012]
Mobilising e-resources for academics and studentsAlison McNab
Presentation from International M-Libraries Conference, 24-26 September 2012 (http://www.m-libraries.org/). Developed by Ruth Jenkins (Loughborough University) and
Alison McNab (De Montfort University), and delivered by Ginny Franlin (Loughborough University).
Barriers and challenges to accessing subscription e-content on mobile devicesAlison McNab
Lightning Talk at Mobile technologies in libraries: information sharing event 8 May 2012
Preliminary results from a breakout session on "mobilising your e-content for maximum impact" led by Ruth Jenkins and Alison McNab at UKSG 2012 http://lanyrd.com/2012/uksg12/
Around 170 publishers, librarians and others brain-stormed, over the course of two sessions, on the different barriers and challenges that limit the potential of mobile interfaces and apps to provide access to subscription e-content on-the go.
Mashing it up at lunchtime: informal learning in the library workplaceAlison McNab
Five minute presentation given at the MmIT National Conference Reduced Budgets? Increased Impact!
Increasing LIS impact with new technologies" http://lanyrd.com/2012/mmit2012/
(University of Sheffield, 17th April 2012)
A presentation from Internet Librarian International 2011 , which discusses the significant promotional and support issues for academic libraries in the diverse landscape of reference management software, with particular reference to web and mobile applications. [session C102 - On the Move: Library Services on Mobile Devices] #ILI2011
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
2. @AlisonMcNab
Academic Librarian
University of Huddersfield
@Andy_Tattersall
Information Specialist
University of Sheffield
Disruptors
Agents of change
Technology
experts
Horizon scanners
Communicators
Champions
Teachers
Trainers
Academics
3. Outline
•Researchers in a digital landscape
• The digital transformation of the research lifecycle
• The digital transformation of research support
•Meeting the challenge:
•The research technologist manifesto
•Key competencies
•Resources
7. Research has changed forever
Open Access
Impact Agenda/REF
Big Data
Evolving manuscripts
Altmetrics
Open pre/post publication review
ORCiD
Transparent Journals
Cloud reference management
Mobile research apps
Institutional publishing
Overlay journals
Data citation
Scholarly communications
Research data management
Public engagement/Storytelling
Working with the media
Sci-Hub
Predatory Publishing/Conferences
Open Data
11. Jisc digital capability framework
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/building-digital-capability
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6610/1/JFL0066F_DIGICAP_MOD_ORG_FRAME.PDF
How well is the organisation supporting
digital scholarship and innovation?
Issues to consider:
» Research environment
» Support for digital copyright and IPR
» Support for open and public
scholarship
» Influence of digital scholarship on
research impact
» Subject specialist requirements
» Researcher development
» Support for digital enterprise and
innovation
» Centres of digital excellence
13. Where today’s library and information professional may
support the new research life cycle
● Preparation
● Discovery
● Analysis
● Writing
● Publication
● Outreach
● Assessment
Framework based on 101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication
https://figshare.com/articles/101_Innovations_in_Scholarly_Communication_the_Changing_Research_Workflow/1286826
Across entire workflow
15. Meeting the challenge
• What skills are needed?
• Where can these be obtained?
• Recent discussions around academic library skill sets and
future roles (see Further Resources)
• Where should we be located? (Does it matter?)
16. The research technologist manifesto
For decades skilled LIS professionals have provided researchers with excellent services around collection management,
content curation and discovery, critical appraisal and reference management. More recently they have stepped into new
areas of support and applied their wealth of knowledge around social media, altmetrics, scholarly communications and
research data management. All of this requires a good working knowledge of research practices and technologies.
Importantly it also requires knowledge of research office culture - something which can be difficult if based at arm’s
length in a centralised department.
Researchers increasingly need to understand a multitude of topics including digital copyright, impact, altmetrics,
communications, social media, research data management and sharing, open access, infographics, video, animation
and mobile apps. Yet all too often they have little time, support or encouragement to explore these topics within their
own departments. With what limited time they do have they need to make informed judgements on the growing
number of technologies and tools to employ. As we have seen with the development of learning technologists to guide
teachers through the myriad of new technologies, is it not time that a new role was created - that of the research
technologist or digital academic specialist?
Given that the modern research LIS professional is adept of working across platforms, good at problem solving and the
use of new technologies that they are well equipped to fill such a role. Many already have the skillsets for such a role that
includes superb networking, horizon scanning, teaching and training skills as well as the ability to solve a diverse set of
evolving problems. Whilst embedded into faculties and departments, all of this can then be supported by the central LIS
specialist roles around journal, research data, open access, scholarly communications to ensure a better connection
between researcher and the 21st Century research cycle.
19. Where LIS Professionals can help
• Scholarly communications (infographics, social media, video
creation)
• Research data management (RDM plan, hosting, sharing)
• Analysis (altmetrics, traditional metrics, capturing impact)
• Forming an online identity (digital literacy, information
management, social media)
• Horizon scanning (working with champions and interested
parties to explore new technologies and ideas)
20. Prescribing a Digital Technology
• You need to understand why you are taking it
• You need to understand the benefits
• You need to understand the side-effects
• You need to understand that the benefits may take time
• You may need two courses
• You may need a different intervention
• Do not feel pressured to use it - as it won’t work
22. Issues around supporting research technologies
• Duplication of platforms
• Issues relating to third party software - support, data
security
• Hybrid platforms (Mendeley and Figshare both host
data, Research Professional and Mendeley both
promote funding sources)
• Limited time for personal research and development
• Technologies can come and go
• Users have different needs/levels of technical
competencies
23. Taming the research treadmill
Image CC BY 2.0 normanack http://bit.ly/2vFh0UP
27. Books
• Bastow, S., Tinkler, J., & Dunleavey, P. (2014). The impact of the social sciences: how
academics and their research make a difference. London: Sage.
• Carrigan, M. (2016) Social media for academics. London: Sage.
• Mollett, A. et al (2017) Communicating your research with social media: a practical guide to
using blogs, podcasts, data visualisations and video. London: Sage
• Hall, M., Harrow, M., & Estelle, L. (Eds.) (2015). Digital futures: expert briefings on digital
technologies for education and research London: Chandos Publishing
• Lupton, D., Mewburn, I., & Thomson, P. (Eds.) (2018). The Digital Academic: critical
perspectives on digital technologies in higher education. London: Routledge.
• Lyons, R. E., & Rayner, S. J. (2015;2016;). The academic book of the future. Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9781137595775 (OA)
• Tattersall, A. (2016). Altmetrics: a practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics.
London: Facet Publishing.
• Veletsianos, G. (2016). Social media in academia: networked scholars. Abingdon: Routledge.
• Weller, M. (2011). The digital scholar: how technology is transforming scholarly practice.
London: Bloomsbury Academic. dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781849666275 (OA)
28. Meeting the challenge: readings
• Ekstrøm, J., Elbaek, M., Erdmann, C., & Grigorov, I. (2016). The research librarian of the future: data
scientist and co-investigator [Blog post]. Retrieved from
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/12/14/the-research-librarian-of-the-future-
data-scientist-and-co-investigator/
• Kingsley, D. (2016), Changing roles and changing needs for academic librarians [Blog post].
Retrieved from https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1189
• Kingsley, D. (2017). Shifting sands – changing academic library skill sets (UKSG Conference 2017
Breakout). [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/UKSG/uksg-
conference-2017-breakout-shifting-sands-changing-academic-library-skill-sets-danny-kingsley
• Tattersall, A. (2017), Following the success of the learning technologist, is it time for a research
equivalent? [Blog post]. Retrieved from
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2017/03/27/following-the-success-of-the-learning-
technologist-is-it-time-for-a-research-equivalent/
29. Aspects of research support
• Research Data Management
• RDMRose http://rdmrose.group.shef.ac.uk/?page_id=1061
• MANTRA http://mantra.edina.ac.uk/
• Audiovisual research data https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/audiovisual-research-data
• Scholarly Communications
• Unlocking Research blog https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/
• Planning scholarly communication training in the UK https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=1517
• Handbook for Open Access good practice http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6565/1/JISC_OAGP_OUTPUTS_HANDBOOK_FINAL.PDF
• Metrics
• The Bibliomagician blog (see Resource Hub) https://thebibliomagician.wordpress.com/
• Research Impact Metrics Quick Guide (Elsevier) https://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/librarian-quick-reference-cards-research-impact-
metrics
• Impact and visibility
• Living Bibliography for The Impact of the Social Sciences: How academics and their work make a difference. Retrieved from
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/living-bibliography-impact-of-social-sciences-research-book/
Rapple, C. (2016) Broadening the visibility of your research: ideas from a workshop at the 2016 ARMA conference. Retrieved from
https://blog.growkudos.com/2016/06/14/broadening-the-visibility-of-your-research/
• Digital communication
• Social media https://www.timeshighereducation.com/a-z-social-media
• jobs.ac.uk. (2017). The Digital Academic Resources and information to help you enhance your research. Retrieved from
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/media/pdf/careers/resources/the-digital-academic.pdf
• Images and infographics:
•12 common types of infographics https://infogram.com/blog/12-types-of-infographics/
•Information is Beautiful (sample visualizations) http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/