Keating - Taking up the RIN challenge: supporting researchers’ use of web 2.0
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Taking up the RIN challenge: supporting researchers’ use of web 2.0Lucy Keating, Newcastle University Library
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No career incentives
Too much choice
Lack of clarity about benefits
Plagiarism and copyright
Trust and authority?
Age, seniority and subject factors
Trivia
Little usage among peers
Volatility
For social life only
Discovering the unknown
Cheap
Specific attractions for arts/humanities
Supplement, not replacement
Fast
FlexibleHigh impact
Collaboration and
engagement
Uncertainty rather than hostility...
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Concept
Simple but not
patronising
Objective, not evangelical
Not bogged down in terminology
Practical, not theoretical
Encouragement of dabbling
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Highlight free resources
Concept
Easy to update and maintain
Illustrated with real subject examples
Portable bite-sized chunks
No log-in or other
barriers
AttractiveFocus on all aspects of
research process
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Source: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaigns/res3/jischelp.aspx
Caveats!
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Continuation….
Publicity
Workshops for research staff
AHRC new media conference
Researcher development
module
Improvements
Give up????Make more materials
available
Library redesign
Evaluate
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Other subject areas?
Our library regulations 1894
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