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Publication date: 1 August 1998

Toby Bainton

Reviews the functions and work of SCONUL and how these have changed in the light of the creation of new universities in 1992. While acknowledging the importance of teaching…

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Reviews the functions and work of SCONUL and how these have changed in the light of the creation of new universities in 1992. While acknowledging the importance of teaching universities within the new overall UK higher education sector, concentrates on SCONUL’s work with and for research libraries: the trainee scheme, statistics gathering and scholarly communication are discussed. In particular, SCONUL’s lobbying function with respect to UK and EU copyright is highlighted.

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Library Review, vol. 47 no. 5/6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 1 February 2002

Tom French

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Library Hi Tech News, vol. 19 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0741-9058

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Publication date: 1 March 2003

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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 31 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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Publication date: 1 January 2006

Margaret Haines and Gary Horrocks

The Information Services and Systems Department at King's College London addresses information literacy in a variety of ways. This paper will review all these approaches and…

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The Information Services and Systems Department at King's College London addresses information literacy in a variety of ways. This paper will review all these approaches and discuss future plans. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive paper describing a three part model of good practice for promoting health information literacy: through training delivered as part of the taught undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum; through the iGrad programme aimed at research students; and through work with the Personnel department, developing staff knowledge and information competencies via TrainIT, a suite of IT and information retrieval courses.

Findings

That the model described is robust but faces future challenges: for example, the challenge of sheer growth in student numbers and widening participation initiatives, the need to re‐model the curriculum to involve more online learning and to centre around clinical scenarios, the challenge of optimising the relationship between the National Health Service (NHS) and higher education (HE) sectors.

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In particular, the models of assessment used and analysis of future challenges present potential for further research analysis.

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This paper offers many practice‐based examples of how to enhance levels of health information literacy.

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The well developed methods of promoting information literacy outlined in this paper are worthy of note by practitioners both within and beyond the health information field.

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Library Review, vol. 55 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 1 October 1999

Blazej Feret and Marzena Marcinek

Identifies the most important trends in changes that are occurring in academic libraries and their impact on the role of the academic library as a whole, with focus on the skills…

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Identifies the most important trends in changes that are occurring in academic libraries and their impact on the role of the academic library as a whole, with focus on the skills and characteristics of a new‐century librarian. To achieve this goal a Delphi study was conducted between December 1998 and April 1999 involving 23 key library experts from ten countries. The study was entitled: “What will be the role of an academic library and skills of an academic librarian in the year 2005?”

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Librarian Career Development, vol. 7 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0968-0810

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Publication date: 18 November 2024

Miranda Forsyth

This paper aims to synthesise the literature addressing opportunities for intervention and peacemaking in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It shows that peacebuilding in…

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This paper aims to synthesise the literature addressing opportunities for intervention and peacemaking in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It shows that peacebuilding in PNG is actively practised in a variety of different forms and by a range of actors. It relies heavily on local champions and coalitions working together with “bits of the state” in inventive but, ultimately, highly vulnerable ways. It argues that the way forward is to better understand how the multiple resources in and beyond the state can be networked more effectively to engineer peace at many different levels, from the clan to the nation state.

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The paper is based on a thorough review of the scholarly and grey literature concerning peacebuilding and conflict resolution in PNG over the past 30 years.

Findings

The key insight is that peacemaking and non-violence interventions in PNG need to be understood as requiring three different categories of treatment: quick, short interventions; ongoing, slow peacebuilding; and development of community wellness to preventatively stave off violence through increased community cohesion.

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The paper is the basis of original research.

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Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, vol. 17 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1759-6599

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