Rachel is interested in what non-library blogs people read. I have very few non-library blogs in my reader, as a lot of the non-library material I read are magazines or in print. Although non-library, most of these blogs relate to my job in some way.
RIN team blog: UK blog on research and scholarship models, funding and government policy.
Lifehacker: I read this one via the website, rather than the feed. Technology and lifestyle tips.
Free Exchange: The Economist’s blog. A little more quirky than the print magazine.
Presentation Zen: Wonderful tips on presenting ideas effectively.
Get Rich Slowly: Personal finance.
Hi Fiona,
Thanks for the mention! Really pleased that our relatively young blog is making its way across to Sydney. We write it for others, not ourselves, so any informal feedback about what you like to read or what you’re not so interested in would be rally valuable
I read on a previous post that you might be visiting the Business & IP Centre at the British Library when you come up to London soon. I’m glad their outreach work is successful! We’re hosted at the Library, so if you’re coming that way feel free to send an email my way and we could organise a tour for you.
Cheers!
James
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Hi James,
I like all the content on RIN, but most of all I love seeing new ideas about how researchers will collaborate, use data and technology, and measure their impact now and in the future. Scholarly communication is a topic that’s really dynamic and intersting right now. Since the UK experimented with the RAE before we got started on RQF I’m following UK trends, trying to see how research impact plays out and how librarians can help.
I’ve just got back from London but didn’t have time to visit the BL this time around, as much as I wanted to. D’oh!
I am sure that I will be back in the UK sometime in the next couple of years and would love to visit. Thanks for the offer!
Hi Fiona,
Many thanks for that, I’ll pass on that info to my colleagues. Like me, they’ll be delighted with the encouragement!
Scholarly Communications is something that started off as a minor activity for us, but we have increasingly found that it is actually central to much of our work. You might be interested to know that a project we have planned for the future is an assessment of the economics of all stages in the lifecycle of the scholarly communications process in the UK. Our ever-changing planning chart tells me that it could be published around Oct/Sep this year.
Shame you didn’t get to the BL! Next time, next time..
Cheers
James
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