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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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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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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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Technology report: Web-archiving
Web archiving technology enables the capture, preservation and reproduction of valuable content from the live web in an archival setting, so that it can be independently managed and preserved for future generations. This report introduces and discusses the key issues faced by organizations engaged in web archiving initiatives, whether they...Pennock, Maureen
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European Documentation Centres: Challenges for the EDCs’ work in the 21st century
This e-catalogue on 'The challenges for the EDCs’ work in the 21st century' has been produced to confront three important challenges which EDCs are facing in their daily work. The EDC Pan-European Working Group 2012-13 has discussed these challenges and would like to share its findings with the rest of...Directorate-General for Communication (European Commission)
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Text and Data Mining in EThOS
EThOS (https://ethos.bl.uk) is the UK's national thesis service listing over 500,000 doctoral theses and providing immediate access to over 300,000 digital theses. In 2014 a new copyright exception for non-commercial text and data mining (TDM) came into force permitting certain acts of copying that would otherwise constitute copyright infringement, in...McNeice, Kiera
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UK Web Archive Statistics September 2017 Quarterly Report
This document replaces our monthly “Web Archiving Statistics” report. Following a review of the monthly report, and in consultation with stakeholders, the new document aims to convey a clearer, more narrative account of our web archiving statistics, reflecting key figures such as growth in our curated titles and usage of...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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UK Web Archive Statistics December 2017 Quarterly Report
This document replaces our monthly “Web Archiving Statistics” report and is the second report in this new format. Following a review of the monthly report, and in consultation with stakeholders, the new document aims to convey a clearer, more narrative account of our web archiving statistics, reflecting key figures such...Lelkes-Rarugal, Carlos
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Academic Books and their Future. A Report to the AHRC and the British Library
The aim in this report is to provide an account of perspectives from three key stakeholder groups—publishers, libraries, and intermediaries in the supply chain for academic books—and to highlight some key issues that arise from those different perspectives. A central set of perspectives is of course missing here, that of...Jubb, Michael