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Written by Paul Rudd Information Specialist at the Fire Service College in Moreton-in-Marsh (Capita)

DeepDyve Review

As I am often searching for research articles I keep coming across DeepDyve and it appears to be a really interesting and useful service. So what exactly is DeepDyve? It is advertised as the largest online rental service for scientific, technical and medical research. Why would you want to use the service You want to use a service like this…

Business Magazines and Journals

To keep up to date with the latest business news you need to know what publications to read. This is a list of with links to the online versions of many of the major business magazines and journals together with links to business news websites.  Major titles Inc  BusinessWeek Harvard Business Review Entrepreneur Fast Company Forbes Fortune The Economist Business…

Upgrading your Library Management System

Library and information services often come to a point where they will look to either change their Library Management System or if its possible upgrade their existing system. We all know that changing systems will incur costs with the biggest being the implementation of the new system and also the costs involved in migrating data from the old system to…

Choosing eBook Providers: Top Tips

I was recently involved with choosing and configuring an eBook provider at the library where I work and as anyone who knows about eBook services knows its a fairly complicated business. So these are my tips on choosing an eBook provider that is right for you. Trial as many services as possible and get your key staff involved in the…

Creating Good Surveys: Top Tips

Creating good surveys is a lot easier with services such as Survey Monkey but if you are like me and you might have to create a varied range of types of surveys it still poses a challenge. But by following some key principles reading this post should make it a lot easier for you. All the surveys I create are…

Library and Learning Management System Integration

I have recently been managing a project to prepare to integrate the Library service with a new Learning Management System and this post contains useful information for anyone else that might be involved with this type of project. Scope of the Project The scale of this type of project depends on how advanced you service is and if you have…

Finding Business Information: Useful Services

Information professionals and librarians involved in finding information on businesses on a regular basis probably use a variety of services but if this is something you do not normally do then finding business information might seem like a daunting and difficult task. This post will provide you with some key useful information to make it a lot easier. One of…

University of Bath Library Scanning Service

  The visit included a meeting with the following: Tom Brumfit (Information Librarian: Delivery) Claire Tylee (Bibliographic Services Librarian) Steve Alston (Serials & E-Resources Librarian) Reasons for visit To find out more about the library’s integration with the Learning Management System(LMS/VLE), and in particular to discover more about the following key areas: The procedure and issues involved in scanning documents…

Learning Technologies 2014: Exhibition Visit

Purpose in attending event Discover first hand information on the companies involved in learning The technologies currently being used by companies to provide training and course content Understand how companies strategically extend their market share globally in the area of online training Gain a greater understanding on the types and range of customers that need training solutions Understand aspects involved…