Nick Sheppard :: Blog :: Archives

August 2008

August 01, 2008

Interpretive Phenomonological Analysis as a methodology for PERSoNA?

August 01, 2008

Or IPA to its friends… I’ve just been listening to Linda Creanor’s Keynote from the recent Emerge online conference (23-25 June 2008). Linda was talking about the JISC funded LEX project and I think that the methodology (IPA) that she describes might be just what I am looking for to generate that elusive user input for PERSoNA. As its ...

From: Nick Sheppard - Read more

August 18, 2008

Holiday reading

August 18, 2008

A fortnight’s leave away from the repositorysphere I found takes some adjustment and though I didn’t go anywhere near cyberspace for 8 whole days I did need something to wean me off as the rain lashed against the Cornish countryside. Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything is an insightful read, much of which is relevant to repositories, ...

From: Nick Sheppard - Read more

August 20, 2008

Getting there, slowly but surely

August 20, 2008

The Repository is really starting to take shape; the search interface has now been installed on a development server (as discussed previously, we are using the IRISS SRU client) and is returning very satisfying results on my test content. Now we can start adding the extra functionality (browse, advanced search) - well Mike T can at ...

From: Nick Sheppard - Read more

August 27, 2008

Repository Developments.

August 27, 2008

In the last 6 weeks or so the open source IRISS SRU interface for the Intralibrary Repository has been made available. We have been able to create a modified version of this interface that connects to the LeedsMet Repository, searches for a given term, and extracts and displays matching entries. So far so good. The next ...

From: Nick Sheppard - Read more

August 28, 2008

Staff Development Festival

August 28, 2008

Leeds Met is a University of Festivals, we are often told, and the next fortnight will be the Staff Development Festival which will provide a unique opportunity to promote The Repository. And I’m going Scuba diving, albeit in a swimming pool. All the repository pieces are now in place and I intend to demo the search interface and the ...

From: Nick Sheppard - Read more

August 29, 2008

Staff Development Festival

August 29, 2008

Well, I’ve set my stall. Almost. A couple of Innovation North tablecloths, posters, leaflets and my brand new recoil stand. Adjacent to the University Research Office for synergy. It’s missing something though, je ne sais qua…it needs someone with a bit more artistic flair than I… One activity that I intend to carry out during the Festival is ad ...

From: Nick Sheppard - Read more