http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/195209 Various publications from Cambridge Library staff. Thu, 23 May 2013 04:02:14 GMT 2013-05-23T04:02:14Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/242207 Title: ANCIL in action: progress updates on A New Curriculum for Information Literacy Authors: Coonan, Emma; Secker, Jane; Wrathall, Katy; Webster, Helen Abstract: Secker & Coonan’s 2011 research on A New Curriculum for Information Literacy (ANCIL) positions information literacy as a vital, holistic and institution-wide element in academic teaching and learning. Rather than taking a competency-based approach in which abilities and performance levels are delineated prescriptively, ANCIL is founded on a perception of information literacy as a continuum of skills, competences, behaviours and values around information, centred in an individual learner engaged in a specific task or moving towards a particular goal. ANCIL offers both micro- and macro-level approaches to reviewing the information literacy support offered in an institution. With its emphasis on active, reflective and transferable elements in learning, ANCIL lends itself well to practical course design and lesson planning. By reviewing the structure and content of individual sessions through the ANCIL lens, it is possible to enhance information literacy teaching significantly even where provision is restricted to one-shot or front-loaded training sessions. In addition, ANCIL’s holistic mapping of information literacy, together with the interprofessional and collaborative approach this entails, allows departments or whole institutions to audit where, how and when provision is offered to and encountered by the student in the course of his or her learning career. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/242207 2012-04-18T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/241998 Title: Developing a New Curriculum for Information Literacy: reflections on our Arcadia Fellowship research Authors: Coonan, Emma; Secker, Jane Description: Overview of project design, methodology and execution for a 10-week research fellowship on information literacy. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/241998 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/241606 Title: "Our learned primate and that rare treasurie": James Ussher’s use of Sir Robert Cotton’s manuscript library, c. 1603-1655 Authors: Birkwood, Katherine Abstract: The historical significance of Sir Robert Cotton's famous library of manuscripts is considered through the activities of James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, who used the library extensively in his work as Protestant theologian and historian. Cotton's library is singled out for particular praise on more than one occasion in Ussher's published works, and it is revealed that Ussher used nearly one hundred Cottonian manuscripts. This use is attested to in his notebooks and correspondence, the surviving records of loans made from the Cottonian Library, and from some of the Cottonian manuscripts themselves. Ussher's manuscript use is analysed with reference to his antiquarian interests as well as to his politico-theological aims for the furtherance of the reformed, established Church in Ireland. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/241606 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/239349 Title: Navigating the information landscape Authors: Coonan, Emma Abstract: This article explores the tension between the structures by which the library organises and presents information, and the ways in which students and researchers access, use and conceptualise knowledge. I suggest that while knowledge structures are vital to learning and research, an overemphasis on structurality is mistaken, and can lead to an inappropriately positivist approach which impedes the research mission. The article examines various metaphoric ways of negotiating meaning and navigating information structures, and of crossing the threshold of structurality Description: Preprint of column segment to be published in Serials Librarian 61(3), 2011. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/239349 2011-10-25T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238960 Title: Adapting the 23Things programme for health librarian professional education Authors: Kuhn, Isla; Morgan, Peter; Collins, Anne Abstract: In the UK, as elsewhere, continuing professional development is seen to be a necessary professional activity. However resourcing is problematic and funding varies between employing agencies. The 23Things programme has evolved to address these constraints. In particular it reduces the time for staff to be absent from core functions and makes maximum use of peer support. Within a common structure the programme delivers development to personnel at all professional levels. Activities are learner defined and relevant to their personal context. The pace of progress is learner determined. Cambridge University Medical Library (CUML) has designed its own 23Things programme. While conforming to the general model of 23Things, CUML adapted the programme in three ways. 1. to meet the specific learning needs of the library staff 2. to select topics and tasks related to the subject focus of the library 3. to include a new strand of professional development called Follow That.. Follow That... was designed to foster better understanding of each team members role in delivering core services in the library, and to improve the integration and awareness of expertise within a relatively large team This paper will describe the way in which the programme was set up, the selection of tasks and activities, and the pitfalls encountered. Also included will be an overall evaluation of the programme from the perspective of the participants and the programme designers. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238960 2011-06-30T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238558 Title: Some ethical and legal considerations in the use of Web 2.0 Authors: Morgan, Peter Abstract: This chapter explores ethical and legal issues that need to be considered by health information professionals when using Web 2.0 technologies. It reviews how the Internet and the Web have affected standards of professional behaviour, and highlights the problems that result when legal frameworks lag behind a rapidly developing technology. It discusses the need for appropriate forms of risk assessment with particular reference to issues of defamation, data protection, and intellectual property rights. A bibliography of further reading is appended. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/238558 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237027 Title: TeachMeet - librarians learning from each other Authors: Kuhn, Isla; Barker, Chris; Birkwood, Katie; Carty, Celine; Tumelty, Niamh Abstract: Teaching and training skills are a core requirement for many librarians (1)- whether the teaching is delivered to library users or to colleagues. Formal training in education, while included in some librarianship courses, is not yet available in all librarianship curriculums. Gaining teaching qualifications can be a costly and time consuming process, which might be low on the list of priorities for the employing organisation. Learning from colleagues and sharing experiences is a valuable way of improving practice (2). TeachMeet is an informal event in which like-minded practitioners share tools, techniques and tips they have tried themselves (3)Librarians at University of Cambridge have adapted TeachMeet for their own professional setting, sharing experiences and encouraging creative approaches to user education and continuing professional development. This paper will give a brief history of TeachMeet, how librarians adapted the concept, and how one TeachMeet event was evaluated by participants and organisers. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/237027 2011-04-28T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230117 Title: All you ever wanted to know about the Medical Library but were afraid to ask... Authors: Morgan, Peter Abstract: This presentation provides an overview of the Medical Library at the University of Cambridge Description: Cambridge College Librarians Forum, 22 September 2010 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230117 2010-09-21T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230116 Title: Extracting and re-using research data from chemistry e-theses: the SPECTRa-T project Authors: Morgan, Peter; Downing, Jim; Murray-Rust, Peter; Stewart, Diana; Tonge, Alan; Townsend, Joseph A; Harvey, Matt; Rzepa, Henry S Abstract: Scientific e-theses are data-rich resources, but much of the information they contain is not readily accessible. For chemistry, the SPECTRa-T project has addressed this problem by developing data-mining techniques to extract experimental data, creating RDF (Resource Description Framework) triples for exposure to sophisticated Semantic Web searches. We used OSCAR3, an Open Source chemistry text-mining tool, to parse and extract data from theses in PDF, and from theses in Office Open XML document format. Theses in PDF suffered data corruption and a loss of formatting that prevented the identification of chemical objects. Theses in .docx yielded semantically rich SciXML that enabled the additional extraction of associated data. Chemical objects were placed in a data repository, and RDF triples deposited in a triplestore. Data-mining from chemistry e-theses is both desirable and feasible; but the use of PDF, the de facto format standard for deposit in most repositories, prevents the optimal extraction of data for semantic querying. In order to facilitate this, we recommend that universities also require deposition of chemistry e-theses in an XML document format. Further work is required to clarify the complex IPR issues and ensure that they do not become an unwarranted barrier to data extraction and re-use. Sat, 31 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230116 2008-05-31T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230113 Title: Going, going, gone... but not forgotten: lessons from a journal de-selection project Authors: Morgan, Peter; Collins, Anne; Kuhn, Isla Abstract: Objectives Cambridge University Medical Library has a strategy of migration from paper-based to e-resources. In 2007 it secured funding for a new IT study area, necessitating the removal of a substantial proportion of the printed journal collection. This paper deals with the process by which journals were proposed for removal, the issues that arose, and the outcomes. Methods (1) We targeted backsets of dead titles and monitored their in-library use, comparing the results with a similar review in 2000, to construct a list of low-use titles. (2) We checked these against electronic subscriptions and the holdings of other local libraries and created two lists: 444 unique titles for relocation to a dark archive, and 118 duplicated titles for disposal. (3) We conducted an extensive consultation exercise with our user community, using a web-based survey form to record their responses. Results 7,700 users were invited to contribute to the consultation, and we received comments from fewer than 2%. Half the respondents were historians who objected in principle to our relocation plans for unique titles. After further investigation of alternative locations we modified our proposals, redirecting 77 titles to an accessible store, while the remainder were dealt with as originally proposed. Conclusions • Preparing consultative lists of journals for disposal in a multi-library university is a complex and time-consuming task • A web-based survey is an effective consultation medium • Most medical library users accept the case for removing old printed journals • Historians have different requirements requiring different solutions Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230113 2009-08-31T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230111 Title: Open Data: the elephant in the room? Authors: Morgan, Peter Abstract: The principles of the Open Access movement incorporate the need for open access to data, or Open Data. Research funding bodies are mandating the release and re-use of data, but small-scale research projects may lack the resources to implement Open Data management procedures. Libraries and institutional repositories, which have focused efforts on managing text resources rather than data, can assist in addressing this problem by collaborating with the research community. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/230111 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/226115 Title: Librarians Use of Web 2.0 in UK Medical Schools: Outcomes of A National Survey Authors: Pachecho, Jenny; Kuhn, Isla; Grant, Vicky Abstract: Using the results of an Email survey, this paper reviews the use of Web 2.0 technologies by librarians working in UK Medical Schools. Web 2.0 has been hailed as an innovation for facilitation of two way communication on the net, and it is, therefore, timely to measure how effectively librarians are capturing this opportunity for increased student engagement. The social nature of Web 2.0 can be particularly appropriate for undergraduate medical students who fit their studies around the unsocial hours and geographical isolation of clinical placements. This paper will investigate library use of blogs, Facebook, and Twitter. Consideration will also be given as to whether they facilitate a more collabroative library service or if they leave undergraduate medical students swamped with yet more information to manage. Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/226115 2010-03-31T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/225968 Title: 23 Things, with a twist: a Cambridge cocktail of staff CPD Authors: Kuhn, Isla Description: University Health & Medical Librarians Group's Annual Conference Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/225968 2010-06-30T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/224943 Title: Evaluating your training: a pragmatic approach the East of England experience Authors: Hockley, Pauline; Kuhn, Isla; Lepley, Deborah Abstract: The East of England Health Information Skills Trainers (EEHIST) is a subgroup of the East of England Confederations of Library and Knowledge Service Alliance (ECLaKSA). EEHIST was formed to encourage collaborative working and share best practice, knowledge and expertise in the area of health information skills training. There are 31 NHS and joint NHS/HE Libraries in the region, providing a wide variety of services and delivering information skills training. The training offered in the East of England cover searching techniques, practical searching of Healthcare Literature Databases, finding high quality healthcare information on the Internet, Cochrane Library, and Critical Appraisal skills. Training is delivered according to users’ needs and the practicalities of individual libraries. EEHIST members have discussed whether the training they provide is effective, and have been asked to provide evidence of effectiveness and impact. Following an initial evaluation project, EEHIST have developed pre-assessment and post-assessment training questionnaires in an attempt to measure whether trainees retain learning, if they make use of resources and techniques taught after training, and whether they feel the training has had an impact on their work. The pre-assessment is given to all trainees to complete prior to undertaking training, and the post-assessment completed six weeks later. Both have been used across the East of England for over a year. Results of the first year will be analysed with particular attention to whether trainees feel the training received has impacted on their work and ultimately patient care. It is our contention that real learning of Information literacy skills happens on a long-term basis and is reinforced through practice. EEHIST hope to demonstrate that trainees in the East of England retain sufficient understanding/knowledge/learning/skills to build on for their future needs; and that the training has made a difference to trainees’ understanding and behaviour in the short term. Description: LILAC http://www.lilacconference.com is organised by CILIP’s Information Literacy Group which is a sub-group of the Community Services Group. The LILAC committee is made up of a team of information professionals from all aspects of library and information work who are dedicated to improving information literacy. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/224943 2010-03-29T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/224153 Title: You can lead a horse to water... Are clinical students getting the message about the library and information skills support that is available? Authors: Kuhn, Isla; Edwards-Waller, E Abstract: Cambridge University Library is the recipient of a grant from the Arcadia Trust to investigate issues and challenges in delivering academic library services in the digital era. One project under this auspice has been IRIS: Induction, Research and Information Skills, which attempted to map the information skills and needs of students at Cambridge University. The results of this study will be used to provide information in planning future services and facilities for students. Students were invited to complete an online survey asking about which online information resources they use most frequently, from whom they hear about new resources, and where they go for help with information-seeking. Librarians across the tripartite Cambridge system, in 60 college, department, and University libraries, were also surveyed with regard to what training, induction, and support they offered and to whom. This article will focus on the responses of 115 medical students who participated in the survey, accounting for 6.5% of the total survey responses. While acknowledging that student respondents were self-selecting, the results raise questions about how well the librarians’ message is getting across and how librarians can better serve students in the digital age. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/224153 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/198268 Title: Making a virtue out of virtual communities: working electronically with an advisory panel of library users Authors: Collins, Anne; Kuhn, Isla; Morgan, Peter Abstract: All libraries need an effective process of governance to guide the planning, development and improvement of resources and services. Library committees must be able to relate both to the high-level strategic policies and vision of their parent organizations and to the day-to-day needs and problems of their users. Combining these requirements in a single library committee can lead to difficulties for three reasons: it may be hard finding members who are equally well qualified to give advice on both strategic and day-to-day questions; the most useful committee members are often also the busiest and therefore those most likely to miss meetings; and in a multi-disciplinary library, a committee that is truly representative by including members drawn from all the various user groups will be far too large to function efficiently. Cambridge University Medical Library, which serves three distinct but inter-related main communities - university, hospital, and government research laboratories - has encountered all these problems. In response it has adopted a different approach, creating a separate policy advisory group for its major stakeholder organizations, and addressing the day-to-day service issues by forming a User Advisory Panel that relies almost exclusively on electronic communication. The Panel has been designed to allow the library's management to hold regular informal two-way discussions with a virtual group drawn from a broad cross-section of users, seeking their views on a wide variety of issues, both urgent and longer-term. In mid-2007 invitations were distributed widely to users and non-users within all three main communities, inviting volunteers to serve on the Panel. Respondents were asked to provide basic information about themselves, and to identify any special interests or concerns. They were told that they would not be expected to attend any meetings; that they were under no obligation to respond to every query sent by the library to the Panel if they were too busy or had no interest in the subject under discussion; and that they would not be expected to act as formal representatives of a particular group of users. This paper describes the process of forming the Panel, analyzing the initial and continuing response from users and reporting on the successes and problems encountered during this period. It also offers general conclusions on the likely benefits and drawbacks to other libraries considering such an approach. Sat, 31 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/198268 2008-05-31T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/195216 Title: Facilitating the Deposit of Experimental Chemistry Data in Institutional Repositories: Project SPECTRa Authors: Morgan, Peter Abstract: Institutional Open Access repositories are becoming established as an important part of the university library and information services infrastructure. While early efforts to populate them with content have concentrated on the deposit of peer-reviewed research papers, there is a growing awareness of their potential as repositories of data and other non-text materials, and consequently a need to develop strategies and procedures that can realise this potential. Chemistry as a discipline has been slower than the physical and biomedical sciences to adopt and exploit Open Access concepts in the handling of experimental data and research publications. Chemical information is essential to many sciences outside chemistry, and the reporting of the synthesis and properties of new chemical compounds is central to this. But most of the essential experimental data associated with peer-reviewed publications from chemistry departments are never communicated to the scientific community. These data are all available in high-quality electronic form in the laboratories but there is no effective method for archiving them or making them openly accessible. The SPECTRa (Submission, Preservation, and Exposure of Chemistry Teaching and Research Data) project addressed this problem. It was a JISC-funded 18-month collaboration, ending in March 2007, between the university libraries and chemistry departments of the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London, in co-operation with the eBank-UK project. Its main objective was to develop a set of customized software tools that would enable chemists routinely to deposit experimental data in Open Access repositories, employing the DSpace repository platform used by the two libraries. The work was informed by surveys of research chemists in the two universities, exploring their use of information technology and assessing their interest in using repositories and Open Access principles for data management. This paper presents the project's outcomes and discusses the implications for the development of library-managed institutional repositories. Thu, 31 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/195216 2007-05-31T23:00:00Z http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/195215 Title: Alive and kicking: a progress report on Open Access, institutional repositories, and health information Authors: Morgan, Peter Abstract: The Open Access movement has promoted two parallel strands of information dissemination - OA publishing, and self-archiving in OA repositories. But while the original focus was peer-reviewed scientific research papers, repositories have extended their role well beyond the original OA concept, generating a lively debate about the role of the OA movement. This paper reviews recent developments internationally, examining different OA strategies, and looking in particular at activities within the field of health information. Description: An updated version of a talk given at the CILIP HLG Annual Conference, Eastbourne, 11 July 2006. Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk:80/handle/1810/195215 2007-07-31T23:00:00Z