Monthly Archives: August 2011

Lecture capture – Teaching and Learning Conference Report

Posted on August 11, 2011 by newtbham

  At UoB’s recent Teaching and Learning and Teaching conference, I attended a session entitled ‘Analysing students’ use of lecture recordings’ by Dr Karl Nightingale. The speaker began by positioning himself as someone who was initially quite skeptical of using … Continue reading →

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Having a riot with Twitter and Facebook

Posted on August 9, 2011 by newtbham

Last night, due to a broken TV aerial I had an evening of no 24 hour news, but very late I decided to check Facebook. I was very shocked to find news stories of riots that were taking place only … Continue reading →

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New book – FACILITATING ACCESS TO THE WEB OF DATA

Posted on August 8, 2011 by newtbham

Facet Publishing has just released a new title:   Facilitating Access to the Web of Data A guide for librarians David Stuart Price: £44.95 Price (to CILIP members): £35.96 ISBN: 978-1-85604-745-6   I’ve just asked for a copy to be … Continue reading →

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Web 2.0 tools for researchers

Posted on August 5, 2011 by newtbham

I just came across this very interesting presentation by Miggie Pickton, which was presented at the ALISS Conference last month.  It provides some very useful links to various Web 2.0 tools, and easily explains which tools are useful for each stage of … Continue reading →

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New Library buildings and technology

Posted on August 2, 2011 by newtbham

Weaving New Futures ARLIS Annual Conference University of Leeds 13th – 15th July 2011 Living Libraries: settings for access and sharing Catherine Greene, Senior Associate, RCA Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design Libraries find themselves needing to adapt dramatically in order … Continue reading →

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