From i.m.johnson at rgu.ac.uk Tue Mar 3 05:21:29 2015 From: i.m.johnson at rgu.ac.uk (IAN JOHNSON (0616285)) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:21:29 +0000 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Contents of Libri Volume 65, Issue 1 Message-ID: A new issue of 'Libri' is now available online from De Gruyter Online. Please click on the following link to view the new contents: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/libr.2015.65.issue-1/issue-files/libr.2015.65.issue-1.xml ________________________________________ The Relationship of Learning Culture, Learning Method, and Organizational Performance in the University and College Libraries in Taiwan Yu, Ti / Chen, Chao-chen Page 1 ________________________________________ Engaging Children in Reading for Pleasure: A Better Beginnings Project Linking Libraries with Primary Schools Leit?o, Natalie / Barratt-Pugh, Caroline / Anderson, Karen / Barblett, Lennie / Haig, Yvonne Page 15 ________________________________________ Variables Related to School Media Center LGBT Collections Oltmann, Shannon M. Page 25 ________________________________________ Exploring Libraries' Efforts in Inclusion and Outreach Activities Using Social Media Abdullah, Noorhidawati / Chu, Samuel / Rajagopal, Sandhya / Tung, Abigail / Kwong-Man, Yeung Page 34 ________________________________________ Scholarly Communication in a Digital Environment: Populating the Institutional Repository of the University of Botswana Oladokun, Olugbade Page 48 ________________________________________ Access and Use of Digital Resources: A Survey of Their Value for Faculty in Three Ghanaian Universities Dadzie, Perpetua / van der Walt, Thomas Page 57 ________________________________________ Safety Information-Seeking Behaviour of Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners in Selected Locations in Nigeria Nwagwu, Williams E. / Igwe, Ebelechukwu G. 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Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Robert Gordon University. Thank you. From imma.subirats at gmail.com Mon Mar 16 05:12:20 2015 From: imma.subirats at gmail.com (Imma Subirats) Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:12:20 +0100 Subject: [Sigiii-l] OR2015 NEWS: Registration Opens, Speakers from Mozilla and Google Announced Message-ID: - OR2015 NEWS: Registration Opens; Speakers from Mozilla and Google Announced - We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, to be held on June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. Full registration details and a link to the registration form may be found at: http://www.or2015.net/registration OR2015 is co-hosted by Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, and Virginia Tech Libraries. -- OR2015 Registration and Fees -- An early registration fee of $450 USD will be available until May 8. After May 8, the registration fee will increase to $500 USD. This registration fee covers participation in general conference sessions, workshops, and interest group sessions, as well as the conference dinner on Wednesday, June 10 and poster reception on Tuesday, June 9. For a draft outline of the conference schedule, please see: http://www.or2015.net/program/schedule-at-a-glance Participants may register online at: http://www.or2015.net/registration. If you have any questions about registering for OR2015, please contact the Conference Registrar at iuconfs at indiana.edu. Any other questions about the conference may be directed to the conference organizing committee by using the form at: http://www.or2015.net/contact-us -- Hotel Reservations -- The OR2015 conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis hotel, conveniently located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. Special room rates at the Hyatt starting at $159 USD per night have been negotiated for conference attendees and will be available for booking through May 16. More information on hotel reservations and travel is available at: http://www.or2015.net/conference-hotel-and-travel -- Keynote and Featured Speakers -- Reflecting the significant milestone of the 10th Open Repositories conference and this year's theme of "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Open Repositories at the Crossroads," we are pleased to announce the conference's two plenary speakers: Kaitlin Thaney will be giving the opening keynote talk on the morning of Tuesday, June 9. Kaitlin is director of the Mozilla Science Lab, an open science initiative of the Mozilla Foundation focused on innovation, best practice and skills training for research. Prior to Mozilla, she served as the Manager of External Partnerships at Digital Science, a technology company that works to make research more efficient through better use of technology. Kaitlin also advises the UK government on infrastructure for data intensive science and business, serves as a Director for DataKind UK, and is the founding co-chair for the Strata Conference series in London on big data. Prior to Mozilla and Digitial Science, Kaitlin managed the science program at Creative Commons, worked with MIT and Microsoft, and wrote for the Boston Globe. You can learn more about the Science Lab at http://mozillascience.org and follow Kaitlin online at @kaythaney. Anurag Acharya will be the featured speaker at the plenary session on the morning of Wednesday, June 10, presenting on "Indexing repositories: pitfalls and best practices." Anurag is a Distinguished Engineer at Google and creator of Google Scholar, and he previously led the indexing group at Google. He has a Bachelors in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon. Prior to joining Google, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park and an assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. We look forward to seeing you at OR2015! Jon Dunn, Julie Speer, and Sarah Shreeves OR2015 Conference Organizing Committee Holly Mercer, William Nixon, and Imma Subirats OR2015 Program Co-Chairs From michel.menou at orange.fr Mon Mar 23 05:13:21 2015 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:13:21 +0100 Subject: [Sigiii-l] Fwd: [ciresearchers] FW: ICT4D Masters Scholarships at Manchester In-Reply-To: <03f801d060d4$b766df50$26349df0$@gmail.com> References: <03f801d060d4$b766df50$26349df0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <550FD931.4030603@orange.fr> -------- Forwarded Message -------- *From:*Richard Heeks [mailto:richard.heeks at manchester.ac.uk] *Sent:* 17 March 2015 15:40 *To:* Richard Heeks *Subject:* ICT4D Masters Scholarships at Manchester If you know someone interested in studying ICT4D at MSc level, could you please let them know about this? The University of Manchester's one-year MSc ICTs for Development degree aims to create "ICT4D champions" who combine technical competencies in information systems and project management with an understanding of development context and practice. The 2015 Development Leadership Scholarships - worth ?16,000 - are available for developing country applicants to the MSc ICT4D programme. Applicants should apply for the MSc by April and for the scholarship by end May. Application and eligibility details can be found at: http://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/fees/postgraduate-taught-funding/idpm/ Potential applicants are welcome to contact me with questions. An overseas fieldwork trip is included in the programme (details at: https://twitter.com/hashtag/DIG2015_SA). With thanks Richard Heeks Director Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: