SCONUL and Research Information Network (RIN) have announced they are
co-funding a year-long research project into delivery of Information
Literacy and Digital Scholarship. The project aims to deliver a small
number of key outputs contributing to a wider investigation into the
support available to students, staff and researchers to enhance digital
literacy and will actively seek input from the community in nominating
examples of good practice.

There are two strands to the project. One is co-ordinated by Research
Information Network (RIN) on behalf of Research Information and Digital
Literacies Coalition (RIDLs), the other by SCONUL under the JISC Developing
Digital Literacies (DDL) programme. The RIN strand focuses on the
identification and promotion of good practice in information handling and
data management training and development across the HE and research
sectors. The scope will relate specifically to HE researchers from
postgraduate students to senior researchers (including supervisors). The
SCONUL strand aims to identify, harvest, and use materials to progress the
development of digital professional expertise.

It is anticipated that the SCONUL strand will identify gaps in provision
and efforts will be made to make proposals on how these might best be
filled. These proposals will be targeted towards SCONUL members and other
information professional stakeholders in an effort to guide them in
developing and maintaining services and resources which enable digital
scholarship.

The project is led by Stephane Goldstein of RIN and Alison Mackenzie of
SCONUL, and project officer is consultant Charlie Inskip. Project updates
and detail can be found at Twitter (@RILADS) and http://rilads.wordpress.com.
Charlie will be actively gathering examples of good practice over the next
few months with a view to disseminating results in the New Year.

For more information and to give recommendations of good practice examples,
contact:

Dr Charlie Inskip

Gmail: [log in to unmask]

Twitter: @RILADS / Blog: http://rilads.wordpress.com



RIN: Research Information Network: http://www.researchinfonet.org/

RIDLs: Research Information and Digital Literacies Coalition
http://www.researchinfonet.org/infolit/ridls/

SCONUL: Society of College, National and University Libraries
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/

JISC Design Studio – Developing Digital Literacies:
http://jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com/w/page/46421608/Developing%20digital%20literacies