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03/02
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Building the skills to build the evidence-base

The second workshop in the LIS Coalition’s DREaM project (Developing Research Excellence and Methods) was held at the British Library on 30th January 2012. It is part of a series of three on research methodologies delivered by leading researchers and academics and attended by around 30 research-active library and information service (LIS) professionals.

The day started with a thought-provoking session on “User involvement in research: making sense of a radical new development (action research)” Read more

Aspire Squared offers on-site training
06/10
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Aspire Squared offers on-site training

Aspire Squared consultants and associates include experienced trainers with experience of the skills, information management and social research sectors.  We are pleased to offer the following training and development events which can be offered as on-site workshops:

Information management

  • Introduction to metadata
  • Metadata and digital repositories
  • Developing a thesaurus
  • Developing a file plan for records management

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Keyhole image about protecting privacy
08/08
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Use of Social Networks in the Workplace

There is some scepticism about the effectiveness of the Data Protection Act for regulating access to personal data on social networks.  I recently conducted two short surveys (April and May 2011) as part of my research at City University London.  The surveys set out to identify the main issues that concerned users of social networks and the views of data protection and information governance professionals about the use of social network services in the work place.

For the full 8-page report see Social_Networks_Haynes_ 2011. Read more