I stand corrected! My apologies to colleagues not in the FE and HE
sectors for my unintelligible message.
INFORMS is an Information Skills Project funded by the JISC (Joint
Information Systems Committee - a body which promotes and supports the
use of information technology in Higher and Further Education).
The RDN (Resource Discovery Network) is a national gateway to online
teaching and learning resources. It includes the Virtual Training Suite
of tutorials on information skills.
www.rdn.ac.uk
MIMAS stands for Manchester Information and Associated Services, a data
centre for FE and HE.
Sue
-----Original Message-----
From: Information literacy and information skills teaching discussion
list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wild, Sharon
Sent: 24 January 2006 10:16
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [Maybe spam] Future of INFORMS project - update
Hello Sue and all on the List
Can I send out one small plea?
As someone fairly new to your list (only 2ish years in the Library
world), and a follower of the Campaign for Plain English, could I please
ask that if people must talk in acronyms and synonyms, could you please
put full titles in as well to explain what you are talking about? I'm
sure this will benefit others as well as myself.
An example from a student recently ' What does DOH stand for?'
(Department of Health)
Thanks
Sharon
Sharon Wild BA (Hons)
Knowledge Services Librarian
Mersey Care NHS Trust
Ashworth Hospital Library
Indigo
Parkbourn
Maghull
Liverpool
L31 1HW
Tel: 0151 471 2431
-----Original Message-----
From: Information literacy and information skills teaching discussion
list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Susan White
CLS
Sent: 23 January 2006 13:41
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Maybe spam] Future of INFORMS project - update
Dear Colleagues
This is to provide an update for users of the INFORMS software. Many
people have been expressing concern at what will happen to INFORMS when
the project funding runs out, and at long last we have some news to
report.
Under the terms of the project, Huddersfield will host the database
until July 2006.
The view of the INFORMS steering group was that after July 2006 INFORMS
should be adopted as a national resource. I am very pleased to say
that the Resource Discovery Network has recently agreed in principle to
take on INFORMS. The RDN through MIMAS has the technical infrastructure
to support the INFORMS service, as well as national expertise in
information skills through its Virtual Training Suite. It also spans
both FE and HE.
Discussions are now underway with the JISC on funding for a one year
integration project (which will include things like developing a quality
kite marked standard, improving the software, setting up a help desk
service).
I would be most grateful if you would pass this email on to colleagues
in your service who are working with INFORMS.
Thank you.
Sue White
Head of Library Services
Computing and Library Services
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
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