SCONUL Focus - Number 40 Spring 2007

ISSN 1745-5790 (online)
ISSN 1745-5782 (print)

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1 Contents
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3 Life begins at 40
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4 Future librarians: how today’s young professionals see tomorrow’s profession
Antony Brewerton
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9 Challenging times: some thoughts on the professional identity of the academic librarian
Mary Antonesa
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12 A week in the life
Jenny Delasalle
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14 Podcasting: if Terry Wogan can do it, so can we …
Claire Molloy , Elaine Shallcross
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18 Virtual reality: launching a podcast for the Oxford Brookes’ business library
Ruth Dryden
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20 Podcasts and podcasting – JISC Legal’s latest publication explains the law relevant to the new technology
Elaine Blaxter
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21 Podcasting – putting the library back at the centre of learning
Heather Worlledge-Andrew
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26 UCD Library – getting out there!
Ros Pan
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30 The blended librarian’s approach to supporting staff with e-learning
Angie Donoghue
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32 Vive la république! The Oxford–Google digitisation project
Michael Popham
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34 Against all the odds: implementing the VTLS system at the National Library of Wales
Kathryn Hughes
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37 Secure Access to On-line Resources
Rachel Freeman
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38 Protecting the UK’s research collection: the UK Research Reserve project
Nicola Wright
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40 The Research Information Network: a very promising start
James Brown
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43 The changing research environment: implications for library space
Sheila Cannell
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46 Investing in a new way of learning
Lisa Barwick , Toni Kelly
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48 A big change = a big publicity campaign: introducing access control to the university library at Lincoln
Oonagh Monaghan, Philip Cross, Lys Ann Reiners
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51 Promoting London’s academic libraries: the London Higher Factsheet
Dr Mary Davies, Dr Angela Conyers
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53 Advertising and information services – a partnership success story
Terresa Gaffney , Jonathan Jones
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57 Introduction to a snapshot overview of library induction methods
Compiled by Martin Wolf
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62 i-Spy: an information skills framework for the University of Hertfordshire
Jane Bilson, Monica Rivers-Latham, Helen Singer
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67 Driving our helpdesks with Dashboard
Cathy Murr
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69 How many books should we be loaning to our academic staff, researchers and students???
Steve Lee
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72 What do publisher usage statistics tell us? The Analysing Publisher Deal project from Evidence Base
Dr Angela Conyers
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77 Developing integrated information services in the bio- and environmental sciences
Roger Mills
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82 Old libraries, new job, new challenges: provision for disabled students in Oxford University Library Services (OULS)
Ruth Harris
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84 Redefining services to distance learners: what’s in a name?
Karen Tyers
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89 A vital lifeline – UK Libraries Plus 1999–2006
J. Adam Edwards
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94 Update from the SCONUL Chair
Anne Bell
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96 News from SCONUL’s recent e-bulletins
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100 SCONUL Access
John Hall
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101 VAMP gets WIKI’d
J. Stephen Town
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104 CURL/SCONUL Digest of Scholarly Communication News
Fredrick J. Friend
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111 News from member libraries
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124 Advice for authors
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