Our task today involved discussing and designing our story board for the project, we decided to design it in PowerPoint so we plan to put into motion as soon as we get clarification from our project leaders. I also worked on editing some of work we've submitted in our deliverables so far,Xoliswa noted that in most of our examples we concentrated more on technologies that were more business centred so we had to adapt them to the CSIR and the work that would be carried out in the Research Impact Area (RIA) such as Energy.
I made the following changes to the Research 2.0 part: Researchers can also benefit from online aggregation of all information in the sense that work or findings are available to them in a digital format and is therefore easy to locate and use, these tools enable mass interaction which is important for scientists as they can interact and easily exchange new data and information with their peers in the Energy RIA for example. NanoInfoline(shown below) is a great example of how Research 2.0 tools can be used to benefit an organisation, it was started by graduate students of Chemistry, Physics, Material Science and Engineering, who had a vision to bring all Nano-scientists to one platform in order to encourage discussions and understanding among the community. It is an open portal that provides all current research papers categorised and listed in the various relevant research fields within the topic of Nanoscience and Technology; it provides a more efficient way for research to keep up-to-date with the latest research literature such as journals and research papers, a link to add comments is also provided which allows users to leave comments or questions.
I also added this extra information to the 2Collab section which explains more on what the software is capable of: 2Collab is a tool developed by Elsevier and is used as a collaboration platform for science, research and medicine professionals. It allows the sharing of resources, bookmarking, and creation of groups as well as collaboration. (2 collab, 2010). It is an online bookmarking tool and also a reference manager, that allows researchers to build and manage their link libraries from any computer but also export their resource links ready for inclusion in project documents or articles. You can also use 2collab groups to create a centralised bibliography of resources for the Energy RIA members. Lastly it is a great way of sharing the combined knowledge of ones colleagues and library members in one place, the software is open source .
Well that's all for today more tomorrow...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
CSIR Day Six
Tuesday 22nd June: Today was all about attending the Knowledge Creation Workshop, we spent four hours developing skills that would enhance a positive attitude in the way we work and most importantly in the way we carry ourselves. I discovered a few things about myself that I feel will drive me to push myself further and achieve my ambition of being an Information Speacialist in Database Systems and depending on how life goes further enhancing my skills and experience and pursueing higher accomplishments in this field.
Monday, June 21, 2010
CSIRIS Day Five
Monday 21st June 2010: Monday blues were not present today as we were really excited about being back at the CSIR, the girls and I carried on with the research from Friday, grouping and finalizing all our findings. This took a while as some of the information we had was duplicated as we had used some of the same websites for research. In the end my part of the research looked like this:
Pull Technologies
Pull technology also known as client pull is a form of network communication in which an initial request for data originates from the client and a response is received from the respective delivery channel; it forms the foundation of network computing in which clients request data from centralised servers. In terms of internet services this term refers to software that is used by individuals to retrieve information for themselves through a web browser. In other words it involves passing a specific user request to transfer the data to a user’s computer. This form of technology has four frequent uses and these are loading web pages, requesting mail, internet downloads and web syndication to a newspaper, a library is also a good example of pull technology as it requires that an individual actively searches or looks for information.
Web syndication is when a group forms an association for the sake of a common interest; it gives the user an opportunity to gather updates automatically from a website and read them offline through a newsreader, this can only be done if an initial request for the updates is made by the user. In the case of loading pages this links directly with the action of a user typing in a web address or URL this is a pull technology because the user is “calling” an action. Internet downloads and email requests work in similar way.
According to Franklin, M and Zdonik, S, there are two types of pull as well as push technologies classification delivery mechanisms:
Aperiodic Pull – This is a traditional request/response mechanism that uses aperiodic pull over a unicast connection.
Periodic Pull – In some applications, such as remote sensing, a system may periodically send requests to other sites to obtain status information or to detect changed values. Most existing web or Internet-based “push” systems are actually implemented using periodic Pull between the client machines and the data source(s).
Aperiodic Push - Publish/subscribe protocols are becoming a popular way to disseminate information in a network. Users provide information that specifies the type of information they would like to receive. Publish/subscribe is an example of push technology as data flow is initiated by the data sources.
Periodic Push - Periodic push has been used for data dissemination in many systems. An example of Periodic Push using unicast is Internet mailing lists that send out “digests” on a regular schedule. Such digests allow users to follow a mailing list without being continually interrupted by individual messages. This service is available on site such as Google in the form of Google alerts
Push Technologies
Below are a few examples of services that provide push functionality and a short description of each service:
PointCast news system serves as a broadcaster of news, sport and the weather; it covers topics selected through a desktop client. It can be downloaded at www.pointcast.com
Although they do not make use of HTTP protocols, BackWeb offers push technology. It has its own set of propriety protocols that allow a non-HTTP session to be established between a client and a server. They provide a variety of communication technologies and solutions for organisations which helps in the distribution of important information and resources to clients and colleagues. The software required to make this work is available for download from www.backweb.com
BMC BladeLogic Client Automation formerly known as Marimba Server Management software allows a user to access applications on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) as it is integrated. This application is available for purchase and download at www.bmc.com users can also find tools such as datasheets, white papers and web seminars that can be utilised to enhance research and or communication throughout the CSIR or to be more specific the Research Impact Areas (RIA)
The day ended on a positive note we received feedback from Xoliswa, our work is impressive though we need to elaborate more on our findings and discuss examples and how these tools can be used in a research environment within the CSIR research impact areas. We plan on making the required changes to our work so far tomorrow.Well time is not on my side so I have to sign off now…
Pull Technologies
Pull technology also known as client pull is a form of network communication in which an initial request for data originates from the client and a response is received from the respective delivery channel; it forms the foundation of network computing in which clients request data from centralised servers. In terms of internet services this term refers to software that is used by individuals to retrieve information for themselves through a web browser. In other words it involves passing a specific user request to transfer the data to a user’s computer. This form of technology has four frequent uses and these are loading web pages, requesting mail, internet downloads and web syndication to a newspaper, a library is also a good example of pull technology as it requires that an individual actively searches or looks for information.
Web syndication is when a group forms an association for the sake of a common interest; it gives the user an opportunity to gather updates automatically from a website and read them offline through a newsreader, this can only be done if an initial request for the updates is made by the user. In the case of loading pages this links directly with the action of a user typing in a web address or URL this is a pull technology because the user is “calling” an action. Internet downloads and email requests work in similar way.
According to Franklin, M and Zdonik, S, there are two types of pull as well as push technologies classification delivery mechanisms:
Aperiodic Pull – This is a traditional request/response mechanism that uses aperiodic pull over a unicast connection.
Periodic Pull – In some applications, such as remote sensing, a system may periodically send requests to other sites to obtain status information or to detect changed values. Most existing web or Internet-based “push” systems are actually implemented using periodic Pull between the client machines and the data source(s).
Aperiodic Push - Publish/subscribe protocols are becoming a popular way to disseminate information in a network. Users provide information that specifies the type of information they would like to receive. Publish/subscribe is an example of push technology as data flow is initiated by the data sources.
Periodic Push - Periodic push has been used for data dissemination in many systems. An example of Periodic Push using unicast is Internet mailing lists that send out “digests” on a regular schedule. Such digests allow users to follow a mailing list without being continually interrupted by individual messages. This service is available on site such as Google in the form of Google alerts
Push Technologies
Below are a few examples of services that provide push functionality and a short description of each service:
PointCast news system serves as a broadcaster of news, sport and the weather; it covers topics selected through a desktop client. It can be downloaded at www.pointcast.com
Although they do not make use of HTTP protocols, BackWeb offers push technology. It has its own set of propriety protocols that allow a non-HTTP session to be established between a client and a server. They provide a variety of communication technologies and solutions for organisations which helps in the distribution of important information and resources to clients and colleagues. The software required to make this work is available for download from www.backweb.com
BMC BladeLogic Client Automation formerly known as Marimba Server Management software allows a user to access applications on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) as it is integrated. This application is available for purchase and download at www.bmc.com users can also find tools such as datasheets, white papers and web seminars that can be utilised to enhance research and or communication throughout the CSIR or to be more specific the Research Impact Areas (RIA)
The day ended on a positive note we received feedback from Xoliswa, our work is impressive though we need to elaborate more on our findings and discuss examples and how these tools can be used in a research environment within the CSIR research impact areas. We plan on making the required changes to our work so far tomorrow.Well time is not on my side so I have to sign off now…
Friday, June 18, 2010
CSIR Day Four
Friday 18th June 2010: Today has been really good, as well as getting quite a lot of work done the group relationship is also growing strong, everyone is interacting well with each other and each day we learn a bit more about our individual lives outside INL 370 and this project something we suprisingly havent had a chance to do in the duration of our degree,just goes to show how busy life can get here at Tuks. We were alot more energetic today in terms finding work and evalauting it to reach a concensus in what we would include in the report.
The next deliverable is: Provide and analyse examples where these technologies(previously discussed) have been implemented by research communities in virtual knowledge spaces
Tasks:
The next deliverable is: Provide and analyse examples where these technologies(previously discussed) have been implemented by research communities in virtual knowledge spaces
Tasks:
- Analyse virtual spaces, their purpose and see which tools and technologies they implement
- Investigate Push technologies such as RSS Feeds
Phyllis,Sbonokuhle, Mathilda and I work on investigating push technologies, we decided to als evaluate pull technologies so that we could have a broad view on each aspect of technology. My part was to find examples of each form of technology. Below are my findings so far...
Pull technology also known as client pull is a form of network communication in which an initial request for data originates from the client and a response is received from a server; it forms the foundation of network computing in which clients request data from centralised servers. In terms of internet services this term refers to software that is used by individuals to retrieve information for themselves through a web browser. In other words it involves passing a specific user request to transfer the data to a user’s computer. This form of technology has four frequent uses and these are loading web pages, requesting mail, internet downloads and web syndication (group that forms an association for the sake of a common interest) to a newspaper.
According to Franklin, M and Zdonik, S, there are two types of pull as well as push technologies classification delivery mechanisms:
Aperiodic Pull – This is a traditional request/response mechanism that uses aperiodic pull over a unicast connection.
Periodic Pull – In some applications, such as remote sensing, a system may periodically send requests to other sites to obtain status information or to detect changed values. If the information is returned over a I-to-N link. Then as with request/response, other clients can snoop to obtain data items as they go by. Most existing web or Internet-based “push” systems are actually implemented using periodic Pull between the client machines and the data source(s).
Aperiodic Push - Publish/subscribe protocols are becoming a popular way to disseminate information in a network. In this system users provide information indicating the types of information they wish to receive. Publish/subscribe is push-based as data flow is initiated by the data sources.
Aperiodic Pull – This is a traditional request/response mechanism that uses aperiodic pull over a unicast connection.
Periodic Pull – In some applications, such as remote sensing, a system may periodically send requests to other sites to obtain status information or to detect changed values. If the information is returned over a I-to-N link. Then as with request/response, other clients can snoop to obtain data items as they go by. Most existing web or Internet-based “push” systems are actually implemented using periodic Pull between the client machines and the data source(s).
Aperiodic Push - Publish/subscribe protocols are becoming a popular way to disseminate information in a network. In this system users provide information indicating the types of information they wish to receive. Publish/subscribe is push-based as data flow is initiated by the data sources.
Periodic Push - Periodic push has been used for data dissemination in many systems. An example of Periodic Push using unicast is Internet mailing lists that send out “digests” on a regular schedule. Such digests allow users to follow a mailing list without being continually interrupted by individual messages. This service is available on site such as Google in the form of google alerts
This is a brief summary of what i have so far and I will be updating this information as soon as i finish evaluating my sources.looking forward to the weekend its been a long week,but atleast now I have a feel of what research work involves.
This is a brief summary of what i have so far and I will be updating this information as soon as i finish evaluating my sources.looking forward to the weekend its been a long week,but atleast now I have a feel of what research work involves.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
CSIR Day Three
Thursday 17th June 2010: After the disappointing game last night it’s no doubt most of us where in bad spirits today, 3 of our group members including myself weren’t feeling too well so that also had an impact on the amount of work we did also we didn’t have Phyllis here to cheer us up with her chirpy voice (Get well soon love :-). I started off the day by finishing up on the Research 2.0 examples and these were my findings:
Research 2.0 is rapidly gaining in popularity globally, particularly so in the US and Europe. Columinate offers the following Research 2.0 methodologies:
MROC Brochure: A visually illustrated PDF brochure explaining the method and its uses.MROC Whitepaper: A White paper exploring the technical aspects of the method and platform.Quantitative and Qualitative
· Advertising research
· Brand studies
· Campaign Evaluation
· Communication effectiveness
· Concept/Product testing
· Copy-testing
· Customer Satisfaction Research
· Employee satisfaction/organizational culture research
· Marketing effectiveness
· Music testing
· Price and price range determination
· Other: Bespoke/Custom research solutions tailored to your need
The following are a few other examples of social software that can be used by researchers:
Blogs, Wiki’s and Social Networks
Web-based office tools such as Google Docs
Virtual worlds, second life
Research 2.0 is rapidly gaining in popularity globally, particularly so in the US and Europe. Columinate offers the following Research 2.0 methodologies:
MROC Brochure: A visually illustrated PDF brochure explaining the method and its uses.MROC Whitepaper: A White paper exploring the technical aspects of the method and platform.Quantitative and Qualitative
· Advertising research
· Brand studies
· Campaign Evaluation
· Communication effectiveness
· Concept/Product testing
· Copy-testing
· Customer Satisfaction Research
· Employee satisfaction/organizational culture research
· Marketing effectiveness
· Music testing
· Price and price range determination
· Other: Bespoke/Custom research solutions tailored to your need
The following are a few other examples of social software that can be used by researchers:
Blogs, Wiki’s and Social Networks
Web-based office tools such as Google Docs
Virtual worlds, second life
My next task was to evaluate the concept of social media and the effect it has on research. Below is an overview of the information I found.
Definition of Social Media
Social media is a form of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional media (television, newspapers), which deliver content but don't allow readers/viewers/listeners to participate in the creation or development of the content. In our context it can be described as a category of sites that are based on user participation and user-generated content. They include social networking sites like LinkedIn or Facebook, social bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, social news sites like Digg and other sites that are focused on user interaction.
Purpose of Social Media
Social media can be seen as a tool that facilitates the process of sharing ideas, cooperating as well as collaborating with ones peers to create art, thinking and commerce, connecting with people in the same profession or with similar interests. Individuals can find information, inspiration, like-minded people, communities and collaborators faster than ever before which there makes a positive impact on how effectively research or work in general is carried out.
In essence in order to accomplish a cohesive working environment it is important for researchers and clients across each discipline or Research Impact Area to get together and co-design how they would ideally accomplish their goals and objectives. Overtime tools have been put in place to ensure that organizations have access to social media tools on Web 2.0 platforms such as LinkedIn, Meettheboss and scispace.net , if used effectively these tools can increase productivity as well as competitive advantage.
An example of social media is Really Simple Syndication (RSS), this is tool that allows people to subscribe to a blog or website. It notifies a ‘newsreader’ or your personal homepage or directly to an individuals desktop that there is new content available on a specified topic and sends the text and images. The user can then read these in their newsreader without having to visit the website itself. This service makes it significantly easy for researchers and clients to build or become part of online communities that have common work ethic or interests as this will provide valuable information that may lead to break through in research and good customer service.
Positive Impact
· Has the ability to bring the brand name (CSIR) to the customer and prospective customers, creating an environment suitable for business interaction
· Users of this service can easily share and update information relating to the project and or projects at hand, both within and outside the organization
· Increases transparency in government and organizations, as users are able to interact and analyze decisions made as well as progress of projects without having to personally visit the respective offices
Negative Impact
· Although social media serves as a vital form of connecting users and creating a good knowledge sharing it has its disadvantages. Bad news travels fast through this tool and may cause irreversible damage to the organizations reputation. Filters should be put in place to avoid the posting of comments from angry or disgruntled members of staff that may cause doubt in the minds of customers.
· The creation or implementation of a selected form of social media tool may give rise to a need for intensive labour, as people will be required to design, implement and maintain the selected application. In some case training may also be required which will take up a significant amount on time from staff.
· In connection with the previous point and other factors you might find that researchers may have problems with delivering content consistently, which in turn will cause a reliability issue especially in cases where queries are submitted by other researchers or a client.
In order to have successful use of social media the CSIR needs to ensure that the following measures are put in place and enforced in each research impact area.
· Information available for researchers or clients should be organised so that its easy to retrieve, use and understand
· Content should be relevant to the specific topic being researched in the respective Research Impact Area
· Be able to create relation tools
· Provide opportunities for users to make queries and get timely, relevant and reliable response
· Stay abreast of new developments to better enhance their service and also to maintain their customer base
At the end of the day we had covered most of the tasks involved in deliverable two, hopefully by the end of tonight everyone would have finalised their parts and uploaded it to the wiki space.
Definition of Social Media
Social media is a form of online media that expedites conversation as opposed to traditional media (television, newspapers), which deliver content but don't allow readers/viewers/listeners to participate in the creation or development of the content. In our context it can be described as a category of sites that are based on user participation and user-generated content. They include social networking sites like LinkedIn or Facebook, social bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, social news sites like Digg and other sites that are focused on user interaction.
Purpose of Social Media
Social media can be seen as a tool that facilitates the process of sharing ideas, cooperating as well as collaborating with ones peers to create art, thinking and commerce, connecting with people in the same profession or with similar interests. Individuals can find information, inspiration, like-minded people, communities and collaborators faster than ever before which there makes a positive impact on how effectively research or work in general is carried out.
In essence in order to accomplish a cohesive working environment it is important for researchers and clients across each discipline or Research Impact Area to get together and co-design how they would ideally accomplish their goals and objectives. Overtime tools have been put in place to ensure that organizations have access to social media tools on Web 2.0 platforms such as LinkedIn, Meettheboss and scispace.net , if used effectively these tools can increase productivity as well as competitive advantage.
An example of social media is Really Simple Syndication (RSS), this is tool that allows people to subscribe to a blog or website. It notifies a ‘newsreader’ or your personal homepage or directly to an individuals desktop that there is new content available on a specified topic and sends the text and images. The user can then read these in their newsreader without having to visit the website itself. This service makes it significantly easy for researchers and clients to build or become part of online communities that have common work ethic or interests as this will provide valuable information that may lead to break through in research and good customer service.
Positive Impact
· Has the ability to bring the brand name (CSIR) to the customer and prospective customers, creating an environment suitable for business interaction
· Users of this service can easily share and update information relating to the project and or projects at hand, both within and outside the organization
· Increases transparency in government and organizations, as users are able to interact and analyze decisions made as well as progress of projects without having to personally visit the respective offices
Negative Impact
· Although social media serves as a vital form of connecting users and creating a good knowledge sharing it has its disadvantages. Bad news travels fast through this tool and may cause irreversible damage to the organizations reputation. Filters should be put in place to avoid the posting of comments from angry or disgruntled members of staff that may cause doubt in the minds of customers.
· The creation or implementation of a selected form of social media tool may give rise to a need for intensive labour, as people will be required to design, implement and maintain the selected application. In some case training may also be required which will take up a significant amount on time from staff.
· In connection with the previous point and other factors you might find that researchers may have problems with delivering content consistently, which in turn will cause a reliability issue especially in cases where queries are submitted by other researchers or a client.
In order to have successful use of social media the CSIR needs to ensure that the following measures are put in place and enforced in each research impact area.
· Information available for researchers or clients should be organised so that its easy to retrieve, use and understand
· Content should be relevant to the specific topic being researched in the respective Research Impact Area
· Be able to create relation tools
· Provide opportunities for users to make queries and get timely, relevant and reliable response
· Stay abreast of new developments to better enhance their service and also to maintain their customer base
At the end of the day we had covered most of the tasks involved in deliverable two, hopefully by the end of tonight everyone would have finalised their parts and uploaded it to the wiki space.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
CSIRIS Day Two
Tuesday 15th June 2010: Today was our first day back at Tuks(UP), we had a slow start to the day which I feel was attributed to the low morale of the group as we feel kind of left out from the others. Eventually though we got back into the groove of things and in my opinion we had a rather productive day in terms of the work done and getting comfortable with eachother. Due to the set back yesterday we spent most of the morning finalising the first deliverable and by lunch time we had concluded and proceeded to compile it and then upload to the Wiki Space.
The second deliverable is to investigate Web 2.0/social media tools and technologies and indicate what the purpose of each technology is and when it should be used (e.g. when is it better to use a blog rather than twitter, or the use of a wiki vs. a blog)
Tasks are as follows:
Define the concepts of Web 2.0, Social Media, Research 2.0 and Library 2.0
Investigate the purpose of Web 2.0
List the tools and technologies
Investigate the purpose and usage of these tools and technologies
Mathilda and I had to work together to define Research 2.0 and identify its history and what it entails in general, for a while I struggled to find relevant information about it as I kept finding information regarding Web 2.0 tools, this was frustrating especially since I made use of Google scholar,Science Direct and Emerald websites. So far I have retrieved the following information regarding Research 2.0: It was introduced in 2006 in order to reflect a shift away from the "old" command and control paradigm of market research towards a more collaborative approach between the brand, the researcher and most importantly the customer. The main objective of research 2.0 is to avoid the assumption that the people carrying out the research (researcher or organisation) know everything, instead it creates an opportunity for a two way discussion between the researcher and the client or customer being researched.
Research 2.0 is now developing into a term for a new perspective of research that uses the best of the zeitgeist to equip companies with more opportunities to make better business decisions. This includes making use of approaches such as blog research, social network studies, create-your-own research methodologies where consumers are invited to have their say beyond the bounds of regular surveys in online- discussion boards and advisory groups. The defining feature of these methods is that they utilise Web 2.0 platforms and the logic of collaboration to meet the client’s research needs.
This topic is really interesting and I intend to carry out more research to try and find actual tools or applications that can be used by the CSIR to further enhance the experience of employers when they use the RIA virtual spaces.
As tomorrow is a public holiday I'll be working through the data I found online and compiling it for further discussion when we get back to campus on Thursday. All in all today was a productive day, towards the end we had a group discussion and it was nice to see everyone putting in ideas on how to improve the way we research and also what more we could do to ensure that our project is successful. At this point I feel very enthusiastic about the project and am getting along well with my team members, the project leaders are also very approachable and are willing to help us whenever possible which is an bonus.Looking forward to continuing on Thursday!
The second deliverable is to investigate Web 2.0/social media tools and technologies and indicate what the purpose of each technology is and when it should be used (e.g. when is it better to use a blog rather than twitter, or the use of a wiki vs. a blog)
Tasks are as follows:
Define the concepts of Web 2.0, Social Media, Research 2.0 and Library 2.0
Investigate the purpose of Web 2.0
List the tools and technologies
Investigate the purpose and usage of these tools and technologies
Mathilda and I had to work together to define Research 2.0 and identify its history and what it entails in general, for a while I struggled to find relevant information about it as I kept finding information regarding Web 2.0 tools, this was frustrating especially since I made use of Google scholar,Science Direct and Emerald websites. So far I have retrieved the following information regarding Research 2.0: It was introduced in 2006 in order to reflect a shift away from the "old" command and control paradigm of market research towards a more collaborative approach between the brand, the researcher and most importantly the customer. The main objective of research 2.0 is to avoid the assumption that the people carrying out the research (researcher or organisation) know everything, instead it creates an opportunity for a two way discussion between the researcher and the client or customer being researched.
Research 2.0 is now developing into a term for a new perspective of research that uses the best of the zeitgeist to equip companies with more opportunities to make better business decisions. This includes making use of approaches such as blog research, social network studies, create-your-own research methodologies where consumers are invited to have their say beyond the bounds of regular surveys in online- discussion boards and advisory groups. The defining feature of these methods is that they utilise Web 2.0 platforms and the logic of collaboration to meet the client’s research needs.
This topic is really interesting and I intend to carry out more research to try and find actual tools or applications that can be used by the CSIR to further enhance the experience of employers when they use the RIA virtual spaces.
As tomorrow is a public holiday I'll be working through the data I found online and compiling it for further discussion when we get back to campus on Thursday. All in all today was a productive day, towards the end we had a group discussion and it was nice to see everyone putting in ideas on how to improve the way we research and also what more we could do to ensure that our project is successful. At this point I feel very enthusiastic about the project and am getting along well with my team members, the project leaders are also very approachable and are willing to help us whenever possible which is an bonus.Looking forward to continuing on Thursday!
Monday, June 14, 2010
CSIRIS Day One
On Monday 14th June 2010,we officially started our Internship at CSIR in the CSIRIS department.The project I'll be working on is Embedded Librarianship (P5),from the onset it promises to be an exciting project especially because now I can see that being a librarian isn't that bad a job after all.
We had our initial training on Friday 11th June, where we received our project plan,Maritz and I worked together, we had to read a few articles on Embedded Librarianship and deduce from them a meaning and what it involved these where my findings.
The concept of embedding implies a more comprehensive integration of one group with another to the extent that the group seeking to integrate is experiencing and observing as nearly as possible, the daily life of the primary group, it requires more direct and purposeful interaction.
It is imperative that a librarian has written and oral skills, as they will need to acquire information by conducting independent research in a conventional library setting and through the use of rapidly developing electronic technologies. They need to evaluate the reliability, accuracy and logical soundness of the information and make effective use of the information gathered.
A variety of partnerships and opportunities for dialogue can result in mutual respect and trust which in the end will bring about more productive usage of valuable literacy resources and expertise by the core user group.
In essence embedded librarians play a major leadership role, informs and improves the mission of the organisation for excellency in teaching and research. Core values of diversity and the value of interdisciplinary departments are reinforced and often championed by librarians. The recognition of the the power of embedding, integrating and collaborating leads to amazing innovations in the organisation that would not exist without the influence and leadership role of librarians.
The summary above will be further enhanced in the work we do later today, we had a problem with accessing the wireless Internet service at CSIRIS which set us back in the extra work we could have done through further research online. Sadly we had to move back to campus(UP),while it allows us a chance to do our work better my group members and I feel somewhat deprived of the full learning experience at CSIRIS,however we are determined to carry on working hard throughout the course of the project.
We had our initial training on Friday 11th June, where we received our project plan,Maritz and I worked together, we had to read a few articles on Embedded Librarianship and deduce from them a meaning and what it involved these where my findings.
The concept of embedding implies a more comprehensive integration of one group with another to the extent that the group seeking to integrate is experiencing and observing as nearly as possible, the daily life of the primary group, it requires more direct and purposeful interaction.
It is imperative that a librarian has written and oral skills, as they will need to acquire information by conducting independent research in a conventional library setting and through the use of rapidly developing electronic technologies. They need to evaluate the reliability, accuracy and logical soundness of the information and make effective use of the information gathered.
A variety of partnerships and opportunities for dialogue can result in mutual respect and trust which in the end will bring about more productive usage of valuable literacy resources and expertise by the core user group.
In essence embedded librarians play a major leadership role, informs and improves the mission of the organisation for excellency in teaching and research. Core values of diversity and the value of interdisciplinary departments are reinforced and often championed by librarians. The recognition of the the power of embedding, integrating and collaborating leads to amazing innovations in the organisation that would not exist without the influence and leadership role of librarians.
The summary above will be further enhanced in the work we do later today, we had a problem with accessing the wireless Internet service at CSIRIS which set us back in the extra work we could have done through further research online. Sadly we had to move back to campus(UP),while it allows us a chance to do our work better my group members and I feel somewhat deprived of the full learning experience at CSIRIS,however we are determined to carry on working hard throughout the course of the project.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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