[SSC] reading list

Fri Jun 8 09:38:48 UTC 2012

Hello Paul
I am not a member of SSC either at the moment. I work in the learning technology section at the University of Nottingham, with a focus on video related projects.
I have also been a student on one of Lincoln's equestrian short courses and was extremely impressed with the facilities and instruction at Riseholme College.
Are  there any other people from Nottingham on this list?
There is a fee of £50 + VAT to become an external borrower at The University of Nottingham libraries.
Details here:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/libraries/using/joining.aspx
Details of the University 'walk-in user' service may be found here:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is/libraries/visitors/walkinusers/index.aspx#Registration
The University of Nottingham is also committed to openness and you can see more about this here: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/open
On the subject of copyright, as part of our Open Nottingham programme, we have developed a tool called Xpert (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/attribution) that helps people to find creative commons or public domain media and automatically incorporate licence information into the resource.
I'd be very happy to make any contribution to the SSC initiative, and am hoping that we will soon see more initiatives springing up across the country.
Regards
Sally
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From: ssc-bounces at lists.aktivix.org [mailto:ssc-bounces at lists.aktivix.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stainthorp
Sent: 06 June 2012 12:01
To: ssc at lists.aktivix.org
Subject: Re: [SSC] reading list

Dear all,

I've been following the SSC mailing list with interest over the past few months. I'm not (at the moment) a member of the SSC. I work in the Library at the University of Lincoln.

I'd be very interested in helping to put together information (in the form of a printable guide and/or set of web pages on http://socialsciencecentre.org.uk/ ?) about such a "comprehensive resource centre" for SSC students and staff.

Some thoughts on what might be included:

*Not only Betterworld Books, but perhaps also some links to local chain and indie booksellers, including the University's mini Blackwell bookshop - http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/lincoln - which will pop up again on 17 September 2012.

*Guidance on getting the best out of public libraries for academic research/study, including links to key contacts and services at Lincolnshire public libraries.

*Advice on becoming an external borrower at the University of Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste, University of Nottingham(?) libraries, using the British Library as a reader, etc

*Perhaps a representative from the SSC might consider joining the Lincolnshire Information Services Network (LISN - http://www.lisn.org.uk/) which coordinates library and information services across the county?

*Specialist libraries and collections - Working Class Movement Library, etc.

*The University Library at Lincoln are about to launch a "walk-in access" service to key electronic databases (ASSIA, IBSS, Zetoc, ScienceDirect, JSTOR, e-books, etc.). The University of Nottingham offers a similar service already. Certain academic publishers offer free access to databases for non-affiliated users (for example, ProQuest's UDINI - http://udini.proquest.com/?cid=20120501_PQ_whatsnew_HP). It might also be useful to provide links to key Open Access search and discovery services (Google Scholar), free reference/bibliography management software (Mendeley, Zotero), etc.

*I know there has been some talk about the SSC holding a small private library itself. Depending on how small it remains, there are a number of free and open source tools for managing library collections and making them searchable - the lowest-rent of all being a LibraryThing account: http://www.librarything.com/

*Finally and perhaps rather tediously - some advice to SSC members on copyright and the licensed re-use of material in teaching might be necessary and save the SSC unwanted attention from bodies like the CLA, who can be rather predatory.

Happy to help in any way I can.

With best regards,

Paul (Stainthorp)

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From: ssc-bounces at lists.aktivix.org<mailto:ssc-bounces at lists.aktivix.org> [mailto:ssc-bounces at lists.aktivix.org] On Behalf Of john andrews
Sent: 06 June 2012 09:21
To: ssc at lists.aktivix.org<mailto:ssc at lists.aktivix.org>
Subject: [SSC] reading list
I think Joss's idea is excellent. Here are a couple of further thoughts:

I think the reading list should be just a part of a far more comprehensive resource centre, which includes other aides to learning such as lists of or links to important films, websites and music (more on this one later), and any other educational medium - such as the artwork of a particular painter, say.

You probably know about it, but the open materials section at MIT is pretty impressive:

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

I also think it would help if suggested inputs to the reading list/resource centre included the name of the person suggesting them (and they should be known SSC members), and some sort of basic guide to the relative importance of the suggestion (according to the person recommending it). For example, the reading list that I started compiling a couple of years ago uses a simple star-rating system, so that one star = "interesting", two stars = "important" and three stars = "essential". A book isn't included on the list unless it is at the very least "interesting".

It might also be worth suggesting alternative sources to Amazon, such as the British-based "Betterworld Books", which seems to have a fairly ethical operating policy that resonates more closely with LSSC than Amazon:

http://www.betterworldbooks.co.uk/

Hope that helps.

j

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