Three librarian webinars in December

...and one in early January. Below is this year's final set of interesting cpd webinars. Topics covered include collection management, reader services, web design and cataloguing. Weeding: The Good, the Bad, and the Musty Wednesday, 11th December,  4pm – 5pm GMT (Provided by Nicolet Federated Library System) Weeding is not a dirty word. Change...

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Information literacy, graduate attributes and employability

As an academic librarian, I think one of the key reports in recent times is Project Information Literacy's How College Graduates Solve Information Problems Once They Join the Workplace. A large proportion of our IL instruction often focuses on 'library' resources such as subscription databases and journals, and aims at achieving learning outcomes that...

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Germany’s green road: a 2012 census overview of German open access repositories

Back in 2012, Paul Vierkant and his team of three at the Information Management Department at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science conducted the most thorough snapshot survey of German open access repositories to date. For practical purposes, Vierkant et al. developed their own definition as to what a digital open access repository...

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Four librarian webinars in November

Below is a bunch of interesting and free webinars that take place this month. The topics cover MS PowerPoint 2010, Website re-design challenges, services for vision impaired patrons and where to find essential graphic novels for the adult reader. Getting the Most out of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Wednesday, 13th November,  6pm – 7.30pm Dublin This...

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Research, Evaluation and Audit by M.J. Grant, B. Sen & H. Spring (eds.) (Review)

Sometimes it surprises me just how many books on research design and methods have been written without the practitioner in mind. Whilst I understand that the majority of texts may be principally aimed at the academic sector, research and evaluation are also fundamental skills in most workplace contexts. LIS is one such case, and indeed a sector that...

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Getting Started in Digital Preservation - dpc Workshop, Dublin 1st Nov. - Review

Today I attended a one-day introductory workshop delivered by the Digital Preservation Coalition, which covered the nuts and bolts of digital preservation. It became quite clear from the outset that attendees' ideas, needs and priorities on this tricky topic differed. These ranged from arguing the business case to secure funding for the preservation...

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