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June 2008

June 06, 2008

Software announcement

June 06, 2008

I can finally announce that intraLibrary from Intrallect has been selected as the software platform for LeedsMet Repository. Originally designed as a Learning Object repository, intraLibrary is the platform behind JORUM and will need some repurposing to also serve as an Open Access research archive. During our rigorous selection process and after careful liaison with Intrallect, however, ...

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June 11, 2008

Technology and learning day

June 11, 2008

Appealing to peoples’ acquisitive natures, Dawn and I offered a small incentive to encourage people to complete our questionnaire at the TEL day on 3rd June. We ended up with 20 respondents and, from my perspective, some interesting preliminary data; reassuring in that it suggests there is already a good awareness about the yet to be ...

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June 30, 2008

MSc Dissertation: questionnaire

June 30, 2008

As part of her MSc Information Studies course, Leeds Met student Beth Hall is undertaking a dissertation investigating disciplinary differences in opinion of and use of open access repositories by research-active academic staff and postgraduate students. Beth’s work will also provide useful information for the development of the Leeds Met repository and we would be very grateful if ...

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