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Goodbye and thanks
2011-08-02 16:47:00 On Sunday, Intute officially closed. We didn?t want to let this week pass by without saying a few final thanks to everyone that has been involved with the service throughout its 15 year history. So thanks. Thanks to all of the staff that created Intute, to all of the cataloguers that added content to the site, and to ...
The future of Informs and the Virtual Training Suite
2011-04-11 13:52:00 JISC funding for Informs and the Virtual Training Suite will come to an end at the end of July 2011. As part of the removal of central funding for Intute in July 2010, we conducted a full review and market research to help us investigate the possibility of introducing a subscription model for the Virtual Training ... More About: Future , The Future
Survey on the future of Informs and the Virtual Training Suite
2010-09-28 18:07:00 An online survey about the future of Informs and the Virtual Training Suite is available from: http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogi n.asp?k=128524501923 Earlier this year, we wrote about our plans for Informs and the Virtual Training Suite. Over the last few months we have been looking at options for developing a new membership business model to sustain the services after the funding ... More About: Future , Survey , The Future
Are information services fighting for survival?
2010-08-25 17:04:00 As, Intute enters its final maintenance year, I have spent a long time reflecting on the events that led us here. With public sector organisations and higher education facing the possibility of further cuts, I think that it is timely to share some of those reflections in the context of demonstrating value for money and ... More About: Information , Services , Fighting
A tribute to Intute staff
2010-07-30 11:25:00 I remember the 1st October 2004 vividly – it was the day I started work for Intute as the new Executive Director. On that first day, I was ushered into my office, presented with a shiny new laptop, introduced to the Mimas Manchester based staff, and bombarded with information. As the day ...
New Social Science research publications this week
2010-07-30 10:41:00 Here are the latest social science research publications. As listed by the LSE Library International organisations Media Education Social policy Economics More About: Science , Research , Publications , Social Science
New UK government publications this week
2010-07-30 10:38:00 Here is the list as selected by the LSE Library You can view our main listing at http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.com/20 10/07/government.html Police Service Strength England and Wales: 31 March 2010 Home Office statistics. Liberating the NHS: Report of the arms-length bodies review Department of Health Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from the 2009-10 British crime survey England and Wales Home Office statistics. Citizenship Survey: ... More About: Government , Publications , Week
Engineering, Social Justice and Peace Conference
2010-07-27 19:00:00 Engineering, Social Justice , and Peace Conference will run from 4th to 6th August in London from August 4th to 6th 2010 in collaboration with the Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre and Engineers Against Poverty. Topics to be covered include critical thinking, sustainability and the contexts of technology. This will be my final post here. As I’m ... More About: Engineering , Social Justice
Working Together ? Intute?s Partnerships
2010-07-23 09:30:00 In the fourth of our series of posts looking back at the work of Intute we wanted to focus on some of the valuable collaborative work that has taken place between the service and the wider education community, dating back well over a decade. In addition to the seven universities that formed the Intute consortium, our ...
Social science sites of the week
2010-07-22 15:33:00 European e-Justice portal The European Internet portal e-Justice, was launched this week as an electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice throughout the EU. It is intended to help citizens and practitioners in locating information about European law and law of individual member states. It includes links to the main EU primary law databases: EUR-Lex, Summaries of ... More About: Science , Social , Sites , Social Science , Week
Business resources for new students or staff
2009-09-22 16:48:00 With the university term looming, lecturers may be looking out for good online resources. Intute is constantly looking for new websites, usually free, and also updates its existing ones. Here are some suggestions to bookmark or put on your VLE, from Intute: Business and Management: For new lecturers, a must is BMAF, the H.E. Academy ... More About: Resources , Students , Staff
Reducing the spread of swine flu on aircraft
2009-09-22 15:58:00 New filter for airplanes ‘could reduce the spread of swine flu and norovirus’ (Telegraph) Air filter system ‘could end spread of bugs on flights’ (Times) AirManager cleans cabin air (The Engineer) “Inventor David Hallam, director of Quest International, explained a high-voltage coil in a dielectric arrangement generates the contained electrical field. This field destabilises compounds and materials in ... More About: Aircraft , Spread
Europa makeover
2009-09-22 11:07:00 The huge Europa website, the official site of the European Commission, has had a redesign. This enormous site, with over 6 million pages, is a must for European researchers, but has not always been well-loved for its ease of use. Some people have claimed it’s easier to search for Europa pages on Google first…. Now, there ... More About: Makeover
A brief history of whatever
2009-09-21 16:04:00 The recent ALT-C conference in Manchester included a keynote presentation from Michael Wesch, the social anthropologist from Kansas State University who is perhaps most famous for his work on YouTube and his viral videos A Vision of Students Today and Web 2.0 the Machine is Us/ing Us. The first half of the keynote looked at issues ... More About: Education , History
Recession Britain and the fiscal squeeze
2009-09-18 13:51:00 This week has seen some rather bizarre coverage of the latest turns in the global financial crisis, but what do academics have to say about where we go next? While those inside the Westminster Village got quite excited about Gordon brown using the C word – cuts – two new reports attempt to get to grips ... More About: Economics , Britain , Fiscal , Social sciences , Recession
Intute launches themed research sites for historians
2009-09-17 14:42:00 Intute has recently launched five quick guides for historians wanting to make the most of the Web for research. Each of the guides is introduced by an academic expert in their field and features links to the best websites for new researchers and those seeking primary sources. At present, there are guides to research in the ... More About: History , Research , Ireland , Sites , Humanities
New UK government publications this week
2009-09-16 15:58:00 Here is the latest update from the LSE Library in association with Intute. If you are interested in keeping up to date with social science publications online you might also like to look at the LSE research blog where you will find out other listings for social science subject areas. This week we have noted the ... More About: Government , Publications , Week , Social sciences , Government and Politics
Alright, Who Was It?
2009-09-16 11:15:00 Why do people blush? The involuntarily rushing of blood to the face – such a damnably prominent place for it – has puzzled thinkers all the way back to Plato. Darwin thought that blushing served as a warning to others that the blusher was not to be trusted. Scientific American reports on this research by Dutch ...
New nanotechnology centre
2009-09-14 18:46:00 Quietest room in the world opens its doors (Telegraph) ?Quietest? building in the world opens today (University of Bristol) Quietest building opens (New Civil Engineer) The Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information includes specialised laboratories where vibration and acoustic noise levels are among the lowest ever achieved, despite being located in the centre of Bristol. see also: Nanoscience & nanotechnology ... More About: Nanotechnology , Engineering
Economically, my dear Watson
2009-09-14 16:13:00 What has Sherlock Holmes got to do with teaching economics? Possibly, quite a lot. It?s one of the many thought provoking insights that I got from attending the DEE09 conference last week ? Daniel Blackshields of University College Cork presented a paper on how he uses the Sherlock Holmes Investigative Model (SHIM) to teach students to ... More About: Economics , Watson
And the award for best?
2008-06-05 16:20:00 “Mother! Look! I’ve got it! Look, Mother, look! The last Golden Ticket! It’s mine! I found some money in the street and I bought two bars of chocolate and the second one had the Golden Ticket and there were crowds of people all around me wanting to see it and the shopkeeper rescued me and ... More About: Award
Survey on use of online and print resources for philosophy and religious st
2008-06-04 18:13:00 Are you: A UK further or higher education student? Studying philosophy, theology, or religious studies? If so, Intute: Arts and Humanities needs your help! If you’re doing an AS/A level (or a Higher, or another similar qualification) or a degree in one or more of these subjects, we’d really appreciate it if you’d take a few minutes to fill ... More About: Philosophy , Resources , Survey , Print , Online
Reith Lectures 2008 - Chinese vistas
2008-06-04 17:18:00 The Beijing Olympics are looming and one frequently hears that the 21st century will be the Chinese century, so it is not surprising that the 2008 BBC Reith Lectures by the eminent historian Professor Jonathan Spence are on the theme ‘Chinese vistas’. The first lecture, ‘Confucian Ways’, was broadcast on 3 June and can be ... More About: Event
Observatori
2008-06-03 17:08:00 We?re all off to Valencia. Famous place ? known for its oranges. But there is more to it than that. When I say ?all?, it?s only a few of us really. But all are welcome. It?s Observatori 2008! Observatori is an arts festival, and there are artists, concerts, and workshops. This is an opportunity for me to ... More About: Event
Photographybook Now
2008-05-31 19:03:00 Vendors of print-on-demand books Blurb have launched the website for their Photographybook Now: International Salon & Symposium. This will be in London on 10th October 2008… “…a half-day program of panels and presentations exploring the modern photography book movement. You’ll hear working photographers talk about their books, hear industry practitioners discuss how to curate and design ... More About: Event
Tiger Far East Film Festival
2008-05-28 14:38:00 The Tiger Far East Film Festival opens in London and Brighton on 29 May, showing some of the latest movies from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Thailand. East Asian cinema has become popular and influential in the West over the last couple of decades, and many excellent online resources, ranging ... More About: Event , Film Festival
Workshop - German-speaking refugees of 1930s
2008-05-26 13:28:00 The British Academy, London is hosting a workshop entitled “Reconstituting a Traumatized Community: the German -speaking refugees of the 1930s and their Legacy to Britain” on Tuesday 24th June. Convened by Professor Edward Timms and the Centre for German-Jewish Studies, University of Sussex, the workshop hopes to re-assess the legacy of the refugees who fled to ... More About: Event , Workshop , Refugees , Speaking
How do women write space?
2008-05-23 14:08:00 “In the second half of the 20th century space has become a reference point of cultural debates. Feminist critics have been particularly receptive to the new findings in this field, and set out to explore the specificity of the relationship between gendered subjects and the spaces they inhabit”. A one day conference on 7th March 2009 ... More About: Literature , Women , Event , Space , Classics
Survey of digital audio recorders
2008-05-22 06:50:00 Many researchers and academics will want to purchase a good small digital audio recorder, for a variety of purposes. Departments may also be considering buying one, so they can podcast public talks and symposiums. So the new B&H audio recorder guide may help in choosing one of the confusing range of sixteen makes and models. Bear ... More About: Audio , Survey , Digital Audio , Digital , Recorders
Conference: Disease, Disability & Medicine in Early Medieval Europe AD 400-
More articles from this author:2008-05-21 11:58:00 Intute has launched a new events calendar that should reduce posts about events in this blog. However, some major or interdisciplinary conferences might still be worth mentioning here. One of these is entitled Disease , Disability & Medicine in Early Medieval Europe AD 400-1200 and will be held in Oxford on 5-6 July 2008. A call ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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