Please to see Andy has found someone to help.
Other people interested in getting a Phd might be interested in the DProf programmes at Middlesex University (for which I am the liaison librarian). DProf means Phd by practice based research and you get credit for work already done. Or you can get a DProf by Public Works, by reflecting on your work in a 20,000 word statement. (Other qualifications like MProfs are also available.):
DProf: Our professional doctorates are aimed at high-level professionals interested in a research and development doctorate with a focus on change, impact and usefulness. It offers an opportunity to focus on personal excellence and instigate major change within an organisation, within a community of practice or on your own practice. All candidates for the DProf complete Part 1 of the programme which consists of two modules and the opportunity to apply for credits for previous learning. These are assessed at masters level before moving onto Part 2, the carrying out of a practice-based research project, which is assessed at doctoral level.
DProf or MProf by Public Works: This is a prestigious award undertaken by professionals who already have substantial and influential linked works in the public domain in the form of publications, trainings, policies, or other embodied forms of knowledge such as art works, architecture, choreography, music composition. These demonstrate your contributions to your field and to knowledge. This award is the opportunity to stand back and critique what you have achieved at a doctoral level of engagement through a 20,000 word context statement.
See http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/applications/degrees/index.aspx#prof for more information.
Cheers
Adam
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Topics of the day:
1. Phd by publication
2. Ph.D. by publication
3. UKSG Course - Licensing and Negotiation Skills for Librarians, 6 June,
London
4. ARLG London & South East: Visit to the St. Bride Institute & Printing
Library, Fleet Street, Thursday May 23rd 2013, 2-5 pm - reminder - please
book by May 8th
5. Keeping the Qur'an on Library shelves (2)
6. Web Dewey Training Course Fee Now £80!
7. Off-air recording request - Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home, Margaret
Thatcher, Inside the Ethics Committee
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 07:26:33 +0000
From: Andrew Walsh <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Phd by publication
Sorry for bombarding everyone with this question, but has anyone out there done a PhD by publication in a library related topic? Or examined one?
I'm registering to do mine this way and our requirements include having an external examiner who has previously examined one via this route - which I suspect will be rare as hens teeth in the library world!
So, I'd like to get in touch with anyone who may have been awarded, or supervised, a library related PhD by publication.
Andrew
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 08:02:44 +0000
From: Graham Walton <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Ph.D. by publication
Hi Andrew
I have Ph.D. via this route around subject of academic librarianship. I am also Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Information Science here at Loughborough. Here are details of my Ph.D. through publications:
* Ph. D. , Northumbria University ('Investigating the Impact of Multi-Layered aspects of Flexibility on Higher Education Libraries and their Institutions') , 2002
Happy to help if I can
Graham
Dr Graham Walton BSc (Hons) MA MBA PhD MCLIP Head of Planning and Resources Library Loughborough University
01509 22 2355
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From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Walsh
Sent: 02 May 2013 08:27
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Subject: Phd by publication
Sorry for bombarding everyone with this question, but has anyone out there done a PhD by publication in a library related topic? Or examined one?
I'm registering to do mine this way and our requirements include having an external examiner who has previously examined one via this route - which I suspect will be rare as hens teeth in the library world!
So, I'd like to get in touch with anyone who may have been awarded, or supervised, a library related PhD by publication.
Andrew
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 09:27:28 +0100
From: Karen Sadler <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: UKSG Course - Licensing and Negotiation Skills for Librarians, 6 June, London
** Apologies for cross-posting **
Booking is currently open on our course:
UKSG Licensing and Negotiation Skills for Librarians
Thursday 6 June 2013
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London SW1
A highly practical one-day Licensing and Negotiation Skills course to meet the needs of librarians involved in the acquisition of electronic resources.
Course summary
Electronic publishing continues to bring major changes to the ways in which information is provided, hugely impacting the role and responsibilities of information professionals.
One critical difference is the shift of emphasis from ownership to access of electronic products, particularly journals. Access is subject to terms and conditions which gave rise to the licence as a feature of most acquisition agreements. Publisher licences present libraries – and their patrons – with useful rights but also with significant restrictions and responsibilities, which means that a thorough understanding of licensing language, and its effect, has become critical for librarians.
At the same time, the concept of the ‘list price’ for digital journals has become essentially meaningless as institutions and consortia select the content they need and publishers and their representatives tailor deals to meet these requirements. When making these deals, publishers typically seek to maximise their income whilst libraries typically strive to control their costs, a dynamic which means negotiation has become a fundamental part of the acquisition process.
The digital arena presents many challenges but also considerable opportunities. The key for information professionals is to gain a good understanding of these new dynamics and develop the skills which will enable them to gain the best from every licence and each negotiation. It follows that libraries whose staff have strong licensing and negotiation skills will have considerable advantage, particularly in the current economic climate.
Why you should attend
The course has been written for serials and acquisitions librarians involved in e-resource purchasing in academic institutions. The course focuses mainly on journals and other serially published content; librarians in academic institutions who are being trained to undertake purchasing roles will also benefit from attending. Participants will gain a good understanding of the key issues surrounding publisher licensing and negotiations, together with practical skills and knowledge which they will be able to use immediately in their professional lives.
Learning objectives
At the end of the course participants will:
· understand the current key issues surrounding information
licensing and negotiations, and how these impact libraries and their patrons
· be familiar with the key clauses in publisher licences
· enhance their understanding of licensing language and its effect
· be able to compare a ‘model’ licence with a publisher licence
· understand the principles of successful negotiation in the context
of licensing online information resources
· understand the fundamental dos and don’ts of e-resource
negotiation
· have the opportunity to share and resolve licensing and
negotiation problems they have encountered in their work.
Course content
Licensing
· Introduction: what is a licence and why do we have them?
· The licence as a grant of rights: issues of access vs. ownership
· The licence as a contract: the language and effect of publisher
licences
· The devil in the detail: clause-by-clause examination of a ‘model’
licence; getting behind the legal speak; critical clauses; which clauses are likely to be negotiable and which not;
· Discussion of delegates’ experience
· Summary: top licensing tips.
Negotiation skills
* Brief background: negotiating in the digital era
* Understanding the publisher: how the size, profile and market
position of a publisher influences negotiations
* What the publisher wants; getting what you want; issues of
affordability, value for money and sustainability
* Preparing for negotiation
* Negotiation scenarios; negotiation tactics
* Evaluating a publisher proposal
* Summary: the dos and don’ts of negotiation.
Course format
The course will be lively and engaging and will include the following
elements:
* Presentations providing key information
* Sessions which encourage discussion of delegates’ experiences and
concerns
* Quiz, exercises and other group work encouraging discussion and
sharing of ideas
* Role play by course facilitators to illustrate key points
* Participants will also be given a comprehensive course pack and
handouts designed to support them in their workplace.
Programme
09.15 Registration and coffee
09.45 Course introduction
10.15 Introduction to e-resource licensing
10.45 Break
11.00 Examining e-resource licensing in detail
12.00 Preparing for negotiations
12.45 Lunch
13.30 Negotiation tactics
14.15 Evaluating a publisher proposal (includes break at 14.45)
15.45 Closing comments and wrap-up (by 16.00)
Facilitators
Sarah Durrant, Red Sage Consulting
Tracy Gardner, Tracy Gardner Marketing
Between them the course facilitators have almost forty years’ experience of working with publishers, libraries and a wide range of intermediaries in the scholarly information industry, much of this in the area of journals publishing, licensing and negotiation.
Feedback from previous Licensing and Negotiation Skills training courses:
100% of delegates on the 2012 course would recommend this course to a colleague.
“This is the best course I have been on for a long time. The presenters'
knowledge, humour and sensible approach made what can be a complicated subject less intimidating and easier to manage.”
“It was a very useful day.”
“I really thought the two speakers were great!”
“Every librarian involved in purchasing/licensing should do this course!”
“Lots of invaluable handouts. Good mix of presentation and practical. Nice informal style, felt very engaged with all content.”
Fee (includes refreshments and lunch)
UKSG members £195.00 + £39.00 VAT [20%] (total £234.00)
Non-members £245.00 + £49.00 VAT [20%] (total £294.00)
Venue
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, SW1
How to book
Please book via the UKSG website – www.uksg.org/event/licneg060613
For further information, contact me as below.
Cancellations
By Wednesday 29 May 2013 Full refund
From Thursday 30 May 2013 No refund
NB: UKSG reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being obliged to refund monies.
Karen Sadler
Administrator
UKSG
Tel. +44 (0)1865 310834
Fax. +44(0)1865 310834
www.uksg.org <http://www.uksg.org/>
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Company Number: 4145775 Registered Charity Number: 1093946
Registered office: Bowman & Hillier Building,
The Old Brewery, Priory Lane, Burford, Oxon OX18 4SG
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 09:06:31 +0000
From: "Lawson, Sarah" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: ARLG London & South East: Visit to the St. Bride Institute & Printing Library, Fleet Street, Thursday May 23rd 2013, 2-5 pm - reminder - please book by May 8th
Apologies for cross-posting
Visit to the St. Bride Institute & Printing Library, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EE Thursday May 23rd 2013, from 2-5 pm.
The Library was founded in 1895 as a resource & training school for the printing trade, & now has the largest collections on all related subjects in the UK, including 50,000 books, 3,500 periodicals, catalogues, & directories, 200 special collections, & a museum of printing artefacts dating from the 17-20th centuries.
The admission fee for group visits by librarians is £10 each, reduced from the usual £20, since they are a private charity, without receiving any state funding support. The visit includes a detailed introduction to the library, archives, special collections, & printing artefacts, followed by a guided tour & discussion session at the end, with the whole visit lasting around 3 hours.
Since the Institute charges a fixed fee of £250 for group visits, we would need to receive at least 25 bookings before the May 8th deadline date, in order to proceed with our visit. The £10 fee can be paid in cash at their entrance door on arrival.
Public transport details on how to reach their address are listed on this website: www.stbride.org/visit/howtogettothelibrary<http://www.stbride.org/visit/howtogettothelibrary>
Their events organizer needs 2 weeks advance notice for group visits, hence would any one interested in attending please contact:
David Lass, Hon. Secretary, ARLG-LASE Committee, before the May 8th deadline date: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 13:47:48 +0000
From: David Kerry <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Keeping the Qur'an on Library shelves
Dear Chloe,
A similar issue was raised on the ABTAPL mailing list a few years ago (that issue was a reader who wanted all Qur'ans placed on the top shelf). It is worth remembering that the issues only arise for the Qur'an in the Arabic text, not in translations.
The discussion also included mention of another religion, whose scriptures were supposed to be placed on a table that people could walk around.
I seem to remember that the general conclusion was that the library could not cater for all these ideas, while remaining confession-neutral in its organisation. Also apart from being space-inefficient, such special arrangements would disrupt the organisation of the library making the scriptures concerned harder to find (whether be adherents of the religion or by others who wished to consult them).
But surely a reader who had such a conscientious approach to their scriptures would have their own private copy anyway, which they could use without the need to impose their approach on other readers?
David Kerry
Librarian
Union Theological College, Belfast
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From: Chloe Barnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 May 2013 11:56
Subject: Keeping the Qur'an on Library shelves
Dear All,
We have had a request from one of our Muslim users to remove our copies of the Qur'an from the Library shelves and place them in either the Muslim Reading Room or University Mosque. This is because of the need to carry out specific duties before being in physical contact with the Qur'an.
This issue hasn't been raised with us before and we would like to see what others do in this instance before we respond?
Any feedback gratefully received.
Best Wishes,
Chloe
Chloe Barnes
Collection Development Librarian (Job-share with Sian Cox) Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday University of Sussex Library Falmer Brighton
BN1 9QL
01273 872930
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 15:20:20 +0100
From: Jane Daniels <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Web Dewey Training Course Fee Now £80!
To make this course accessible to as many colleagues as possible we have reduced the course fee to £80.
To book your place please email:
Jane Daniels
Information Advisor- Cataloguing
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification Using Web Dewey
Trainer: Keith Trickey
Date: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Venue: Room T2.22B Llandaff Library, Llandaff Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Western Avenue, Cardiff. CF5 2YB
Cost: £80
This course is designed for:
• Information workers who are required to use Web Dewey and need to know how.
• Information managers who wish to classify information and have no experience of classification schemes.
Benefits of attending
Having completed the workshop participants should be able to carry out simple classification with Dewey, recognise built numbers and be able to build notation to describe subjects appropriately.
By the end of the event participants will:
• Be familiar with the strengths of Dewey
• Have practically reviewed the basic aspects of Dewey
• Be able to carry out classification using Web Dewey
Programme
9.30 Introduction to the day
9.45 Mr Dewey and his wonderful invention
What happened at Amherst College in the later part of the nineteenth century that would have such a major impact on library organisation?
10.00 Introduction to Web Dewey
A brief overview followed by an exploration of the major structural components of Web Dewey
10.30 Basic navigation: the Index and the Schedules and the Manual (P)
Finding your way securely round the classification scheme and locating simple subjects
11.00 Coffee
11.15 Tackling the Tables: Standard subdivisions (P)
First stage in number building, taking a schedule number and increasing its precision by specifying further details
12.15 Review of the morning
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Tackling the tables: Place and time (P)
Geography, history and adding geographical detail to a schedule number
3.00 Tea
3.15 Building numbers within the schedule (P)
You can add one section of the schedule to another – if you are told you can and if you know how to!
4.00 Plenary session: Open session for further questions
4.30 Close
P – Practical exercises included
Workshop leader Keith Trickey
Keith is lead trainer with Sherrington Sanders and was a part time lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University. He has been involved in information work for over thirty years and he has been designing and delivering professional training for over twenty years.
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 15:23:00 +0100
From: Shomi Haq <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Keeping the Qur'an on Library shelves
Hi,
We supply foreign-language stock to most UK libraries and have supplied many Quran's over the years. From memory, the shelving issue has been raised once in the last 10 years or so and if I remember correctly, the library did honour the request and place the Quran on the top shelf. Public libraries tend to handle such requests as one-offs rather than introduce a policy (which would be difficult).
Most (if not all) Muslims have their own personal copy of the Quran at home, and would rather read their own copy (before or after prayer, whilst clean). Translations of the Quran are more common on the library shelves - and readers of translations are less likely to be concerned about the shelf location (and more about the quality/source of the translation).
Hope that helps.
Shomi.
www.booksasia.co.uk
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From: David Kerry
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: Keeping the Qur'an on Library shelves
Dear Chloe,
A similar issue was raised on the ABTAPL mailing list a few years ago (that issue was a reader who wanted all Qur'ans placed on the top shelf). It is worth remembering that the issues only arise for the Qur'an in the Arabic text, not in translations.
The discussion also included mention of another religion, whose scriptures were supposed to be placed on a table that people could walk around.
I seem to remember that the general conclusion was that the library could not cater for all these ideas, while remaining confession-neutral in its organisation. Also apart from being space-inefficient, such special arrangements would disrupt the organisation of the library making the scriptures concerned harder to find (whether be adherents of the religion or by others who wished to consult them).
But surely a reader who had such a conscientious approach to their scriptures would have their own private copy anyway, which they could use without the need to impose their approach on other readers?
David Kerry
Librarian
Union Theological College, Belfast
-----Original Message-----
From: Chloe Barnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 May 2013 11:56
Subject: Keeping the Qur'an on Library shelves
Dear All,
We have had a request from one of our Muslim users to remove our copies of the Qur'an from the Library shelves and place them in either the Muslim Reading Room or University Mosque. This is because of the need to carry out specific duties before being in physical contact with the Qur'an.
This issue hasn't been raised with us before and we would like to see what others do in this instance before we respond?
Any feedback gratefully received.
Best Wishes,
Chloe
Chloe Barnes
Collection Development Librarian (Job-share with Sian Cox) Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday University of Sussex Library Falmer Brighton
BN1 9QL
01273 872930
________________________________
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this e-mail in any way. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly notify the sender and delete it from your system. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Union Theological College, unless specifically stated. The sender does not guarantee the integrity of this e-mail or any attached files. [msg10323]
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Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 16:07:58 +0100
From: Rich Deakin <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Off-air recording request - Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home, Margaret Thatcher, Inside the Ethics Committee
Has anyone got the following programmes? If so would they be able to send me copies in return for blank DVD-R?
Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home, broadcast Wed. 3rd April 2013 on BBC 4
Margaret Thatcher: Death of a Revolutionary, broadcast Sat 13th April 2013 on Channel 4
Inside the Ethics Committee Programme 1 – Treatment decisions for people who can’t give informed consent. Who decides and how?, broadcast Wed 29th August 2007 on Radio 4
Thanks
Rich Deakin
Library Information Technologist
FCH Library
University of Gloucestershire
Swindon Road
Cheltenham
GL50 4 AZ
tel. 01242 (71)4665
email: [log in to unmask]
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