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Copyright Literacy in the UK: a survey of librarians and other cultural heritage sector professionals
Get PDFBased on a survey of UK library and information professionals and those who work in the cultural heritage sector, carried out in December 2014, this research sought to examine the levels of copyright ‘literacy’. The survey aimed to obtain responses from all sectors, however most responses were received from academic libraries. The research examined their knowledge of national and international copyright issues as well as copyright policies at an institutional level. The survey also explored the need for copyright education for new and existing professionals and suggested topics for inclusion in training activities. The findings suggest that levels of knowledge amongst UK professionals are higher than those in other countries who participated in the first phase of the project. UK institutions are also more likely to have a copyright policy and an individual with responsibility for copyright. The results should be of interest to library managers, library educators and those with responsibility for staff training
Using law and licences to supply accessible books to visually impaired students at the University of Chester
Get PDFProvision of accessible copies of textbooks to visually impaired students has an important role to play in supporting them in their studies, including at university. Recent legislative and copyright licence developments have allowed libraries to supply textbooks to their students in a form best suited to their needs. Whilst these developments are welcome, actually obtaining accessible textbook for visually impaired university students is neither simple nor straightforward and is often a laborious and time consuming process. The University of Chester has provided accessible books to visually impaired students since 2011 and established an Alternative Formats Team in 2012 to manage this service. This article describes the processes, usage and challenges of this service, as well as providing a brief description of the RNIB resource Load2Learn
Assessing the impact of evidence summaries in library and information practice
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This study developed, validated and administered an instrument to investigate the impact of research evidence summaries published in the journal, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice.
Methods
Using the critical incident technique, this mixed methods study began by developing and testing a survey questionnaire, disseminating it to readers of the journal and conducting follow-up interviews with a subsample.
Findings
A total of 86 practitioners responded to the survey and 13 took part in interviews. Evidence summaries led to impact at four levels: librarian knowledge, librarian practice, workplace practice, and library users. The instrument was revised as a result of the findings.
Conclusion
This study provides unique insight into whether evidence summaries are an effective means of bridging the research-practice gap for the library community and its scholarly communication channels. The validated impact assessment instrument may also be adapted for other means of disseminating research in library and information practice
E-LIB : an evaluation - a report on a talk by John Kelleher of the Tavistock lnstitute Evaluation Development and Review Unit
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Call for papers – Library and Information Research Special Issue on copyright and intellectual property
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No full textGORMAN, G. E. and CLAYTON, P. (1997) QUALITY RESEARCH FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL: A PRACTICAL
HANDBOOK. London: LA Publishing.
KIRBY, J., LIDDIARD, L. and MOORE, K. (1998) EMPOWERING THE INFORMATION USER: NEW WAYS INTO USER EDUCATION.
London: LA Publishing.
COOTE, H. and BATCHELOR, B. (1997) HOW TO MARKET YOUR LIBRARY SERVICE EFFECTIVELY. 2nd ed. London: Aslib.
MASTERTON, A. (1997) GETTING RESULTS WITH TIME MANAGEMENT. London: LA Publishing.
CRONIN, B. (1995) THE SCHOLAR\u27S COURTESY: THE ROLE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS. London: Taylor Graham.
DAVIES, C. and RAMSDEN, A. (eds.) (1997) ELECTRONIC LIBRARY AND VISUAL INFORMATION RESEARCH. ELVIRA 4: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH UK/INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC LIBRARY AND VISUAL INFORMATION RESEARCH... MILTON KEYNES, 6-8 MAY, 1997. London: ASLIB.
GOODLAD, S. (1995) THE QUEST FOR QUALITY: SIXTEEN FORMS OF HERESY IN HIGHER EDUCATION. Buckingham: The Society for Research into Higher Education and Open
University Press
Beyond the lens to the new disability exceptions: additional needs and authorised bodies
No full textThe changes to the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 have been the most significant changes to copyright disability exceptions for twelve years. The legislative changes bring long-awaited updates to this area of copyright law, but practical encumbrances such as reporting, TPM restrictions, and cross-border exchange of files threaten to undermine the positives. This article examines the changes and their practical applications, comparing what the law allowed previously to what it now permits, and how this intersects with licensing schemes such as the CLA Licence. It looks at the responsibilities of rightsholders and of ‘authorised bodies’ who can adapt works for users with disabilities. Finally, this article will summarise current international legislative issues such as the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty
ALLISON, Dee Ann. The patron driven library: A practical guide for managing collections and services in the digital age. Cambridge: Chandos Publishing. 2013.
Get PDFUsing an electronic journal availability study to measure access to electronic journals by academics and researchers in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Zimbabwe
Get PDFThis article examines the use of an electronic journal availability study as a means of measuring access to subscribed journal collections that are needed by faculty members for their teaching and research. As in other disciplines, academics in agriculture are dependent on articles in electronic journals to obtain recent information and to build upon their own research. Empirical evidence is needed to select specific databases, to justify subscriptions, and to meet the research needs of academics. This article presents findings from an electronic journal availability study, which was used to determine the extent to which electronic journal collections met teaching and research needs at the University of Zimbabwe. The study took place between September 2013 and February 2014. A core journal titles list, simulating faculty’s research needs, was retrieved from a library’s electronic journals databases to establish the electronic journals availability rate: a measurement of the availability of the journals from the library’s electronic collections. This study showed an 85.5% availability rate across local collections, with the following results for the donated journal schemes: 63% in Access to Global Research in Africa (AGORA); 47% in Access to Research for Development (ARDI); 51% in Health Internet Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), and 53.5% in Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE). This electronic journal availability study demonstrates that librarians need continuously to evaluate their collections and to assess whether these meet the needs of their users
