>
>*******************Announcement**********************
>INSPIRAL FINAL REPORT COMPLETED AND ONLINE NOW
>*****************************************************
>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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