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ALPS CETL (ACErep) repository project - stakeholders needed!

Not sure if anyone is still reading this now that Unicycle has completed (!) but just to draw your attention to a new repository project for which we need stakeholders to participate in a workshop in mid-June:ACErep is exploring using repositories to store and make available learningobjects to serve the needs of stakeholders across multiple repository platforms - for more info see:http://acerep.wordpress.com/See More
May 24, 2010
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Nick Sheppard posted a blog post

Organising Open Educational Resources (OOER) project - Learning Resource Discovery Survey

Jan 28, 2010
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Nick Sheppard posted a blog post

A quick look at JorumOpen

Some interesting functionality that we can explore incorporating into Leeds Met Open Search - post on Repository News:http://repositorynews.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/a-quick-look-at-jorumopen/See More
Jan 21, 2010
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Nick Sheppard commented on Nick Sheppard's blog post JorumOpen live today
"Just browsing JorumOpen - 5 Unicycle resources in there - two that I added via beta deposit I think and 3 that I think Simon must have added. Need to check metadata and perhaps liaise around process to (simultaneously) add resources to Leeds Met…"
Jan 20, 2010
Nick Sheppard posted a blog post

JorumOpen live today

Just to note that JorumOpen has gone live today - http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/
Jan 19, 2010
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Nick Sheppard commented on Jakki Sheridan-Ross's blog post Day um .........5(?)
"Not me guv - there is the Follow button down at the bottom for email comments or I've added an RSS feed to iGoogle as I was also missing stuff on here..."
Jan 19, 2010
Nick Sheppard commented on Jakki Sheridan-Ross's blog post Day um .........5(?)
"Hi Jakki Not totally clear what you mean when you say "repository wou;dn't let me embed the Youtube ones" - d'you mean you were trying to put embed code into intraLibrary somehow? When linking to any external resource just check…"
Jan 18, 2010
Nick Sheppard commented on Jakki Sheridan-Ross's blog post Day 4... I think I'm going crazy
"Hi Jakki As I said on the phone - call as often as you like, I know what it's like, as support at Intrallect will vouch for! I've just been looking at the metadata for Relationships to other Resources that is supported in intraLibrary…"
Jan 11, 2010
Nick Sheppard commented on Jakki Sheridan-Ross's blog post Uploading in progress
"I'm reading! Looking forward to tommorrow's post:-)"
Jan 6, 2010
Nick Sheppard posted a blog post

SWORD desktop deposit client

Just picking up on a tweet from Simon on 18th December:"@josswinn desktop repository link great idea. we have thought about a desktop deposit tool. Have you any experience of desktop widgets?"We do actually have a working tool for quick deposit from the desktop - it is based on SWORD and was developed by Boyd Duffee at Keele University. It is a little bit rough and ready and could use more work but it certainly has potential for OER deposit for UniCycle - it may make Jakki's life a little…See More
Jan 6, 2010
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Nick Sheppard commented on Jakki Sheridan-Ross's blog post ready to start uploading!
"Hi Jakki Let me know how you get on - I've also left JACS there for the time being but we can remove it if we are certain that we don't want to use it. Nick"
Jan 6, 2010
Nick Sheppard commented on Nick Sheppard's blog post Using URL redirects to track usage
"As this link is currently only posted here it will also give an indication of how many are reading this blog!"
Nov 24, 2009
Nick Sheppard posted a blog post

Using URL redirects to track usage

In the Elluminate session last week, Phil Barker talked about using URL redirects to track usage - simple yet effective and very easy to implement.As well as tracking the usage of individual resources - simply by putting the URL of a resource through a (free!) service like http://bit.ly/ this technique could also be used to monitor use through specific dissemination channels.http://bit.ly/ is typically used to shorten a…See More
Nov 24, 2009
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Article on Open Educational Resources in Times Higher Education

Sep 28, 2009
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Support material for Unicycle administrators

These are a word document going through the upload process and a Captivate videoI've also posted these in a 'Support materials" area on Repository news.Feedback welcome!See More
Sep 23, 2009
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Nick Sheppard replied to Simon Thomson's discussion Reward & Recognition
"Just came across this site at Loughborough University which may contain some useful resources - Rights and rewards in Blended Institutional Repositories (It's a JISC funded project): http://rightsandrewards.lboro.ac.uk/index.php?section=21"
Sep 15, 2009
 

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ALPS CETL (ACErep) repository project - stakeholders needed!

Not sure if anyone is still reading this now that Unicycle has completed (!) but just to draw your attention to a new repository project for which we need stakeholders to participate in a workshop in mid-June:



ACErep is exploring using repositories to store and make available learning objects to serve the needs of stakeholders across multiple repository platforms - for more info see:…



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Posted on May 24, 2010 at 8:46

Organising Open Educational Resources (OOER) project - Learning Resource Discovery Survey

Might be of interest:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D3TPRVK

Posted on January 28, 2010 at 15:43

A quick look at JorumOpen

Some interesting functionality that we can explore incorporating into Leeds Met Open Search - post on Repository News:

http://repositorynews.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/a-quick-look-at-jorumopen/

Posted on January 21, 2010 at 11:49

JorumOpen live today

Just to note that JorumOpen has gone live today - http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/

Posted on January 19, 2010 at 11:44 — 1 Comment

SWORD desktop deposit client

Just picking up on a tweet from Simon on 18th December:



"@josswinn desktop repository link great idea. we have thought about a desktop deposit tool. Have you any experience of desktop widgets?"



We do actually have a working tool for quick deposit from the desktop - it is based on SWORD and was developed by Boyd Duffee at Keele University. It is a little bit rough and ready and could use more work but it certainly has potential for OER deposit for UniCycle - it may make… Continue

Posted on January 6, 2010 at 15:28

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