[KMDG-L] Reminder: last chance to book for ISKO UK "Shape of Knowledge" afternoon event on Sept 4

The final programme for the next ISKO UK meeting, The Shape of Knowledge, is now shown on the website at http://www.iskouk.org/events/shape_of_knowledge_Sep2012.htm. This afternoon meeting at the London College of Communication gives us an opportunity to think about the ways in which knowledge and information can be analysed and presented, for example to bring out underlying patterns or to emphasize specific aspects of the information. The meeting will also examine some of the organizing principles behind the presentation and different approaches to visualizing data, information and knowledge. One talk addresses touch technologies too. The event should appeal not only to those whose main business is the organization of knowledge, and who wish to disseminate this knowledge as effectively as possible, but also to designers, whose main concern is how design can be used to present knowledge and information in the most attractive and appealing way

 

If you have not already booked, please don't forget to do so by 30 August and encourage any colleagues who may be interested. The meeting is free for ISKO members and full-time students, and just 40 pounds for everyone else. Hope to see you there.

 

Anna Harvey

ISKO UK publicity

info@iskouk.org

 

ISKO is a not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge organization, within the broad field of information science and related disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm) as well as its very successful second biennial conference (http://www.iskouk.org/conf2011/index.htm) last year.

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[KMDG-L] Primary Research Group publishes The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition ISBN 157440-207-2

Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition (ISBN 157440-207-2), which examines trends among the digital repositories of academic and other major research libraries worldwide. The 225+ page study examines costs, policies and future plans of academic and research library digital repositories, with data broken out by size and type of institution, among other variables. Some of the many topics covered include: budgets, marketing, staffing, detailed statistics on access, downloads and faculty cooperation, cataloging, rights management, impact on institutional scholarly reputation, efforts to develop publishing ventures and peer review networks and much more.

Just a few of the report�s many findings are that:

� The mean annual budget of the repositories in the sample is $84,240.
� Only 18.42 percent of all repositories surveyed contain lectures (notes or video), courses, or other coursework.
� Generally speaking, the larger the institution the more likely its repository will contain audio and video files, with 71.43 percent of those with an enrollment of at least 25,000 having the former and an identical 71.43 percent having the latter.
� A mean of 5.82 percent of all downloads from institutions in the sample come from Canada.
� A little less than a quarter of the repositories in the sample publish an annual report.
� Just 2.63 percent of survey participants say the repository charges any form of fee for any articles or downloads (including charges aimed only at cost recovery).
� 30.56 percent of the repositories surveyed provide their authors either with an email or with access to some sort of record that periodically summarizes the downloads of their materials.
� Just 8.11 of participants say there is a system in place for authors to communicate with those who have downloaded their articles, either through instant message, message boards, or some other means.
� Only 5.41 percent of participants say the repository has�either alone or in concert with others�established any form of peer review network.
� The mean number of man-hours of librarian and librarian technician labor required per year to operate and market the digital repository is 3,186.5

Participants include Australian National University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the National College of Ireland, Rutgers University, the Naval Postgraduate Schools, the University of British Columbia, SUNY Buffalo, the University or Warwick and many others.

For further information view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.