Is this a good postgrad project to push under the nose of any competent Information Literacy postgrads we may happen to know? 
 
Kim
 
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From: learning development in higher education network on behalf of Pauline Ridley
Sent: Fri 01/05/2009 09:48
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Classifying Professional Information



My solution is to keep everything in electronic format wherever possible
- not only am I tidier online, but if all else fails the search function
will usually get it in seconds - if only the real world was like that!


-----Original Message-----
From: learning development in higher education network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Julia Braham
Sent: 01 May 2009 08:07
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Classifying Professional Information

You're right Becka I am struggling to articulate to the list what I'm
thinking about, probably because I referred to CLCI (school based
systems) not AGCAS. AGCAS have a system whereby HE Careers Services can
'classify the sources of information which services, particularly those
looking to set up a single searchable database of all their resources,
need to classify. This version includes suggestions on how the system
might be used in flexible ways to take account of particular local
circumstances or preferences'. 
http://www.agcas.org.uk/agcas_resources/45-Non-Occupational-Classificati
on
It seems important to me that any service with more than one or two
advisers (ok not many of us!) are able to get information out of
individual's filing cabinets and offices and into a central reference
system.
But that's where I started to wonder how do other services disseminate
and then file information. Has anyone already started to create a system
which could become a standard LDCI (Learning Development Classification
Index?) No Rebecca, I wasn't a Librarian in a previous life, but I'm
obsessive about where people file things (not that my desk suggests
this!) and we cannot agree what is the best hierarchy to suit our
electronic or paper based filing needs. Pretty coloured boxes are fine,
but what order do they go in? Where would someone find a copy of the
LearnHigher Research report or the university's Strategic Plan or
Chinese student's experiences of learning in British universities etc?
Has anyone already created their own system to classify all this
information - which could include reports, leaflets, books, or handouts?

Its my annual May time thought, which is always still just a thought in
September ........... Like Pauline says - an ideal project for an
information science student placement!


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From: Pauline Ridley [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Pauline Ridley [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 30 April 2009 20:11
To: Julia Braham
Cc: LDHEN
Subject: Re: Classifying Professional Information

Really interesting question ( I tend to carry unfilable stuff around
in my bag for weeks) I can't help thinking a librarian would have the
answer - Dewey decimal numbers anyone?

Pauline

On 30 Apr 2009, at 19:39, Julia Braham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> What does your service do with the plethora of professional
> information we all
> have to deal with? How is all your service information filed?
> I came into Learning Development from the Careers Service where the
> information base was classified by a system called CLCI - I think
> that stood
> for a Careers Library Classification Index. I remember seed trays
> where all
> reports and leaflets and workshop material from training days or
> conferences
> would be filed - taking it off individuals' desks and out of persona
> l filing
> cabinets.
> In this system
> Equal Opportunities might have been         3
> Students with Learning Difficulties            3:1
>                   Autism                             3:1:1
> etc etc.
> Here at Leeds we all still have filing cabinets (yes even now in our
> virtual
> world), where we all probably have our own folders on HEFCE / TQEF /
> E-
> Learning / Professional Development.
> I have fond memories of the CLCI system and wondered if anyone or any
> service has set up a similar classification system for Learning
> Development?
> I'm sure many out there will think that a paper based filing systems
>  is
> completely archaic, but I guess it would easily translate into an
> electronic
> one - but it still doesn't answer the question, what do you do with
> that ring
> binder folder you brought back from the DIVERSE conference?
> I don't know why I'm asking this question, as I can only see a
> massive summer
> project coming up - but then, perhaps someone has already done it
> and would
> be happy to share it.
> OK - that's why I'm asking the question.
> Julia
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