Earlier this month, Marie and I attended CILIP’s UC & R (East Midlands division) event entitled ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ (what can we do to help students avoid plagiarism) held in the luminously coloured library at the University of Derby. I found it useful because one of the presentations (Colin Neville, University of Bradford) recommended that HEIs [...]
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2 early starts in the name of journalism and copyright
I’ve been in London for a couple of days, obsessively seeking out free wifi so that I can test out the new L&LR netbook PC, which is one of these. Observations on the device: 9″ screen fine; mini-keyboard fine and actually easier to use in a confined space (e.g. the 17:03 from King’s Cross to [...]
Freedom and open source in the library
Penny Bailey’s article in this fortnight’s CILIP magazine (Is open source really free? Gazette, 3rd October; p.7) is a good overview of the costs, risks and opportunities involved in moving to OS LMS tools, but it misses one important point: The “free” in “free software” does not just mean “free of charge”, it means “free [...]
The Buzz #10
W elcome to issue ten of the Library and Learning Resources newsletter “The Buzz”. Many thanks to all the contributors and keep your ideas rolling in! Read on…
The Buzz #7
W elcome to issue seven of the Learning Resources newsletter “The Buzz”. Many thanks to all the contributors and keep your ideas rolling in! Read on…
