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*******************Announcement**********************
INSPIRAL FINAL REPORT COMPLETED AND ONLINE NOW
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The JISC-funded INSPIRAL (INveStigating Portals for Information
Resources And Learning) study is now finished. The INSPIRAL Final Report
is now available on the INSPIRAL web site at:
http://inspiral.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/documents/documents.html
It includes a full analysis of INSPIRAL's study of the non-technical
organisational and end-user isses involved in linking digital libraries
and VLEs, with:
* A full list of INSPIRAL's 69 official stakeholders, with contact
details
* A summary of the stakeholder groups and their characteristics relating
to the remit of INSPIRAL
* A summary of the INSPIRAL Literature Review and the full INSPIRAL
Bibliography
* A summary of the six INSPIRAL case studies and the elements of best
practice exemplified in them
* An analysis of the critical / key issues uncovered during INSPIRAL
* An outline and analysis of learner needs and priorities around linking
VLEs and digital libraries
* A brief outline comparing the UK and US with regard to INSPIRAL's
remit
* An overview of VLE and MLE systems in use currently in the UK, with an
appendix listing all VLE, MLE and digital library systems and software
mentioned in the project, with notes on their applicability to VLE /
digital library linkage
* The full list of recommendations to the JISC re priority areas for
strategic funding and future study.
The INSPIRAL web site will remain online, with all INSPIRAL documents
available, but will not be maintained.
This INSPIRAL JISCmail list will remain operative:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/inspiral.html.
Please use it to continue to discuss issues arising from the Final
Report, and anything
else you wish to raise or discuss with your colleagues throughout the UK
relating to VLE / digital library linkage. New members are welcome to
join.
Kind regards,
--
Ms. Sarah Currier
Research Fellow
INSPIRAL Project
Centre for Digital Library Research
Andersonian Library, University of Strathclyde
101 St. James Road, Glasgow G4 0NS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)141 548 4586; Fax: +44 (0)141 548 2102
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://inspiral.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/
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