Taking up the RIN challenge: supporting researchers’ use of web 2.0Lucy Keating, Newcastle University Library

Context

Context

Context

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No career incentives

Too much choice

Lack of clarity about benefits

Plagiarism and copyright

Trust and authority?

Age, seniority and subject factors

Trivia

Little usage among peers

Volatility

For social life only

Discovering the unknown

Cheap

Specific attractions for arts/humanities

Supplement, not replacement

Fast

FlexibleHigh impact

Collaboration and

engagement

Uncertainty rather than hostility...

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Concept

Simple but not

patronising

Objective, not evangelical

Not bogged down in terminology

Practical, not theoretical

Encouragement of dabbling

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Highlight free resources

Concept

Easy to update and maintain

Illustrated with real subject examples

Portable bite-sized chunks

No log-in or other

barriers

AttractiveFocus on all aspects of

research process

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Caveats!

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Continuation….

Publicity

Workshops for research staff

AHRC new media conference

Researcher development

module

Improvements

Give up????Make more materials

available

Library redesign

Evaluate

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Other subject areas?

Our library regulations 1894

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restrictions

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