Research / Learning

Research / Learning

Workflow is the new content 1: looking at research support and engagement

The phrase 'workflow is the new content' captures an important insight. In the digital environment we often create, use and share content through workflow applications.

Lorcan Feb 21, 2022 10 min read

Institutions

University Futures are shaping Library Futures

Libraries are not ends in themselves, but serve the interests of the organizations of which they are a part. As university emphasis varies around research, education and career poles, we can expect to see libraries evolve to support those emphases more strongly.

Lorcan Oct 18, 2018 8 min read

Collections

The inside-out library redux

I have given a couple of presentations about the inside out library recently. Some links are below. Here is some

Lorcan May 5, 2013 1 min read

Research / Learning

The university's curatorial role

I made a note in these pages a couple of years ago about the University of Edinburgh’s mission statement.

Lorcan Feb 18, 2011 3 min read

Books

Using Wikipedia

We still don’t appear to know what to make of Wikipedia. Consider these two cases. First, Edward Glaeser includes

Lorcan Feb 13, 2011 2 min read

Institutions

The library network and the scholarly record

The library community is a highly interconnected one. Networks are motivated both by library mission and effective management of resources.

Lorcan Feb 13, 2011 3 min read

Institutions

Managing down collections ...

I was interested to read this from Karen Schneider a while ago: “Centralized mass storage for legacy print materials (paper-based

Lorcan Jan 21, 2011 3 min read

Institutions

Evolving research life ...

I was interviewed for the British Library’s Growing Knowledge: the evolution of research [https://www.growingknowledge.bl.uk/Default.

Lorcan Oct 17, 2010 1 min read

Research / Learning

The infrastructure is getting thicker ..

Andy Powell has a nice post [https://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2010/10/what-current-trends-tell-us-about-the-future-of-federated-access-management-in-education.html] on general trends in educational

Lorcan Oct 17, 2010 2 min read

Research / Learning