eLucidate 3(6) November 2006

Sample Issue - May/June 2006 [pdf, 440kB]

Current Issue Contents

Current Issue as a PDF

Features
Focuses on UkeiG this issue - sharing the Chair's letter to new members, an informal survey of UkeiG members and updates on the ever popular factsheet series. [more]

Online
Essential updates on new online resources...[more].

Internet

Internet Librarian International Conference 2006: Institutional repositories, Web 2.0, online communities, wikis, and the “Dark Web” were among the themes, by Susan Miles, Kingston University. [more]

Intranets
A proposal for software version numbering applied to intranets, by Martin White [more]

Reference Management
New add-ons for bibliographic software, and a new free rival to Endnote, by Tracy Kent [more]

Meeting reports
Reports on the UkeiG Intranets Forum and the ASLPS meeting [more]

Current Awareness
This issue covers Education, Information Access and Retrieval, Preservation, Web Design, Wikis and Blogs. [more]

Press Releases & News
News on new mathematics titles from OUP, UnityUk and LinkUK integration, Emerald, B2B trade publishing, Ingenta and BestofBiz [more]

OpenURLs: the basics - new UKeiG factsheet

OpenURLs have been around for some time when they were invented to help address the problem of seamless access to full text and other resources. The OpenURL standard means that there is a universally understood syntax to improve access to high quality material. OpenURLs provide linkages to “target” resources (whether full text, or a Library catalogue or other service determined by the library to be appropriate and available to the user).

What they are, how they work and a guide to the terminology. Author: Robert Bley.

Factsheets are available to UKeiG members at: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/members/access/factsheets/index.html

Avoiding Information Overload
What is RSS?
Creating RSS Feeds: Getting Started with FeedSpring
What to look for in an RSS Reader

Getting the Most From Your PC
How to Block Pop-ups

Keeping Your Searching Skills Up-To-Date
Desktop Search
Top Search Tips and Tricks

Taming Your Intranet
Top Tips on Intranets

Managing Your E-Information
Top Tips on Referencing
Top Tips on Reference Management Software
Social Bookmarking *New
e-Books *New
Knowledge Management: Quick Wins

If you have forgotten your password, please email karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk with UKeiG: forgotten password as the subject line.

ICIC 2006, Nimes

Gary Horrocks and I are currently attending the International Conference for Science & Business Information organised by Infonortics. Gary will be giving a presentation on Monday 23rd entitled "Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar: What's the Difference?" and I shall be talking about RSS, Blogs and Wikis.

Karen Blakeman

Out-Googling Google

My Internet Librarian International presentation on Out-Googling Google is now available at http://www.rba.co.uk/ili/index.html. I have not written any notes to accompany the Powerpoint so you may not be able to make much sense of some (or even all) of it. Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

The presentation was UKeiG/RBA co-badged because many of the alternatives, and the three top tips, have been suggested by UKeiG members or by those attending UKeiG workshops.

If you are interested in seeing photos of the event, go to Flickr and use the tag ili2006.

Karen Blakeman

Knowledge Management: Quick Wins - new UKeiG Factsheet

Some Knowledge Management activities involve major IT projects or organisational change, however, there are a number of practical quick wins that anyone can undertake, they are simple activities that can make a positive contribution to our working lives. UkeiG members can pick up 10 top tips for quick knowledge management wins in this factsheet.

Reviewers for eLucidate

We’re looking for reviewers for the Current Awareness Column in eLucidate. If you are interested in reviewing journal articles of relevance to UKeiG members, please contact Jane Grogan for more information. The titles that we need reviewers for are:

Information Today
New Review of Information Networking
Business Information Review
Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals
Information World Review
KM Review
Inside Knowledge
Program: Electronic Library & Information Systems
EContent: Digital Content Strategies and Resources
Online Information Review
Ariadne
D-Lib
Biblio Tech Review
Review of Information Science

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Karen Blakeman, UKeiG Management Committee
mailto:karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk
t: +44 118 947 2256 f: +44 20 8020 0253 m: +44 7764 936733
88 Star Road, Caversham, Berkshire, RG4 5BE

Extended deadline for International Information Industry Awards

The deadline for nominations for the International Information Industry Awards has been extended to Friday 6 October, 5pm.

Highlight a knowledge team, information management project, vendor or individual information professional that you think has pushed boundaries, or achieved well beyond expectation by nominating them for an International Information Industry Award.

The nomination process only takes a minute online at http://www.online-information.co.uk/nominations

You can make a nomination in any of the following categories:

Project Awards

• Innovation in Knowledge Management
• Innovation in Content Management
• Best Intranet/Extranet Project
• Best Implementation of a Business Blog

Product / Vendor Awards

• Best User Experience
• FreePint Award for Best Customer Service Team
• IWR Readers Award for Technology of the Year
• Best Business Information Product
• Best STM Information Product
• Best Specialist Search Product
• Best Product for Libraries - NEW CATEGORY

Best Information / Knowledge Team Awards

• Best Team in an Academic Environment
• Best Team in a Business Environment
• Best Team in a Public Sector Environment
• Best Team in a Scientific Environment

Individual Awards

• CILIP / Online Information Personal Development Award
• IWR Information Professional of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement

The winners will be announced at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on
Wednesday 29 November during a gala evening.

For further information about the awards please visit:
http://www.online-information.co.uk/ol06/awards.html

Google revamps its RSS reader

Google has at last revamped its RSS Reader. The previous incarnation was ghastly and probably put off many an RSS newbie. The new-look web based reader is greatly improved and I would now recommend it to anyone who is new to RSS and wants to try out some feeds and see what the fuss is about. I have done a quick review on my blog at
http://www.rba.co.uk/rss/2006/09/google-rss-reader-revamped.html

UKeiG Web Stats Browser Share

We've just finished analyzing the UKeiG web stats for September, including the figures for browsers used by visitors. The total number of page requests was 37,484. Not surprisingly Explorer 6 came in at number 1 with 59.6% and Firefox was second with 26.26%. "The rest" included IE 7 and 5, Konqueror 3, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera 9 and Safari.