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Researchers of Tomorrow: the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students
In 2009, the British Library and JISC commissioned the three-year Researchers of Tomorrow study, focusing on the information-seeking and research behaviour of doctoral students in ‘Generation Y’, born between 1982 and 1994 and not ‘digital natives’. Over 17,000 doctoral students from more than 70 higher education institutions participated in the...Education for Change
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Research report
D-OC5.4 Final Report | OC5
This report summarises the main efforts and activities of the work on interoperability and technical integration as carried out in the scope of work package OC5. It details the particular approaches taken, challenges faced, and outcomes achieved with regard to the integration of individual IMPACT tools and applications. It can...Neudecker, Clemens ; Schlarb, Sven ; Neumann, Dennis ; Dogan, Mustafa
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Policy report
Academic Libraries of the Future: Scenarios for 2050 (Final Report)
The academic libraries of the future project (LotF) has developed three scenarios which describe possible futures for teaching, academic and research libraries in the UK at some point beyond 2020, particularly in the context of the changing academic and technological landscape. The scenarios will help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and...Curtis, Geoff ; Davies, Claire ; Hammond, Max ; Hawtin, Rob ; Ringland, Gill …
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Research report
Information handling in collaborative research: an exploration of five case studies
Between October 2010 and June 2011, TNS-BMRB conducted a study on behalf of the Research Information Network (RIN) and the British Library (BL), exploring the challenges to information handling in collaborative research and providing recommendations for potential interventions to help to enhance effectiveness.Jordan, Elizabeth ; Hunter, Andrew ; Seale, Becky ; Thomas, Andrew ; Levitt, Ruth …
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Research report
A Geology of the British Library
Eric Robinson, consultant to Sir Colin Wilson, the architect of the British Library, and a former University College London lecturer and urban geologist produced a free BL booklet several years ago entitled 'A Geology of the British Library' in which he drew our attention to the beautiful geological and paleontological...Robinson, Eric
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Research report
D-OC5.3 Evaluation Report | OC5
A core piece of work in IMPACT lies in the development of novel software techniques for a number of tasks connected to Optical Character Recognition (OCR), such as image enhancement, segmentation and postprocessing, as well as in the improvement of existing OCR engines and experimental prototypes. The variety of platforms...Neudecker, Clemens ; Dogan, Mustafa ; Schlarb, Sven
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Research report
Patterns of information use and exchange: case studies of researchers in the life sciences
Scientific advances, the availability of powerful new information and communications technologies, and new policies governing research funding have brought major changes for life science researchers. Together these developments have significantly altered both their needs and their practices in acquiring, generating and using information resources. In this context, our key aim...Research Information Network ; British Library ; Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation ; Digital Curation Centre
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Technical report
Report of Survey of Councillors – Undertaken for The Department of State for Local Government and Lands, Government of The Gambia
This rapid-response-survey was conducted to characterise the current cohort of councillors in The Gambia. The current cohort represents the second cohort of councillors whose office term began in January 2008. The first cohort served their four year term during 2004-2008. No profile is available for the first cohort of councillors....Alam, Munawwar ; Nickson, Andrew ; Déri, Andrea
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Research report
The Present Past of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Archaeology in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 1967
As in many contested regions, the past is always present in the Middle East conflict. Here, however, the past has far greater weight than any other region, and archaeologists are those that give the distant past a palpable, physical expression. In this sense, archaeology and politics have always been intertwined....Greenberg, Raphael ; Keinan, Adi
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Research report
Image Capture: IMPACT Best Practice Guide
One of the most important stages in any digitisation project is to design and implement a consistent approach to capturing digital images. How an institution does this will to a large extent depend on what kind of material it wants to digitise, the aim for which it digitises, available funds...IMPACT Project ; Fitzgerald, Neil ; Mühlberger, Günter ; Anderson, Niall