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class=780533710-06062012>Dear all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>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.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>I work in the Library at the University of Lincoln.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>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 <A
href="http://socialsciencecentre.org.uk/">http://socialsciencecentre.org.uk/</A>
?) about such a "<FONT face="Calisto MT" size=3>comprehensive resource
centre</FONT>" for SSC students and staff.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>Some thoughts on what might be
included:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>*Not only Betterworld Books, but perhaps also some
links to local chain and indie booksellers, including the University's mini
Blackwell bookshop - <A
href="http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/lincoln"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/lincoln</FONT></A> - which will pop up
again on 17 September 2012.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>*Guidance on getting the best out of public
libraries for academic research/study, including links to key contacts and
services at Lincolnshire public libraries.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>*Advice on becoming an external borrower at the
University of Lincoln, Bishop Grosseteste, University of Nottingham(?)
libraries, using the British Library as a reader,
<EM>etc</EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012><EM>*</EM>Perhaps a representative from the
SSC might consider joining the Lincolnshire Information Services Network
(LISN - <A href="http://www.lisn.org.uk/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.lisn.org.uk/</FONT></A>) which coordinates library and
information services across the county?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>*Specialist libraries and collections - Working Class
Movement Library, <EM>etc.</EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012><EM></EM></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>*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, <EM>etc.</EM>). The University of Nottingham
offers a similar service already. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=780533710-06062012>Certain academic publishers offer free
access to databases for non-affiliated users (for example, ProQuest's UDINI - <A
href="http://udini.proquest.com/?cid=20120501_PQ_whatsnew_HP"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://udini.proquest.com/?cid=20120501_PQ_whatsnew_HP</FONT></A>). It
might also be useful to provide l</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=780533710-06062012>inks to key Open Access search and
discovery services (Google Scholar), free reference/bibliography management
software (Mendeley, Zotero), <EM>etc</EM>.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>*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: <A
href="http://www.librarything.com/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.librarything.com/</FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>*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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>Happy to help in any way I can.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>With best regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=780533710-06062012>Paul (Stainthorp)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=780533710-06062012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ssc-bounces@lists.aktivix.org
[mailto:ssc-bounces@lists.aktivix.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>john
andrews<BR><B>Sent:</B> 06 June 2012 09:21<BR><B>To:</B>
ssc@lists.aktivix.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [SSC] reading list<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff>I think Joss's idea is excellent.
Here are a couple of further thoughts:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff>You probably know about it, but the
open materials section at MIT is pretty impressive:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A href="" target=_blank>http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff>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".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff>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:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><A href="" target=_blank>http://www.betterworldbooks.co.uk/</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff>Hope that helps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
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