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Working Group on Information Handling
The RIN Working Group on Information Handling was set up in November 2009 to act as a focal point for the discussion, promotion and taking forward of issues relating to issues relating to the effective...
View ArticleStudy on the role of research supervisors in information literacy - call for...
The Research Information Network is looking to commission a study which will investigate the place and role of PhD supervisors in the drive to ensure that research students possess the necessary level...
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Researcher Development Framework
Following extensive consultation, Vitae published its new Researcher Development Framework (RDF) in September 2010. As described by Vitae, “the RDF is a tool for planning, promoting and supporting the...
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Data management, information literacy and DaMSSI
The RIN takes the view that researchers’ knowledge and skills with regards to how they handle, manage and look after their data are an integral part of information literacy - thus ‘information’, in...
View ArticleRegional networks
The RIN is working closely with a range of organisations to promote a more cohesive environment for information handling training and the improvement of information literacy in higher education...
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Information handling training - Yorkshire and the North East
Date: Monday, 14 February 2011 10:00 - 15:00Location: Newcastle University This event considered a proposal to establish a regional network of professionals involved in researcher development relating...
View ArticleInformation literacy guidance
On behalf of the Information-Handling Working Group, and in close collaboration with Vitae and SCONUL, RIN has commissioned the drafting of a practical, hands-on guidance booklet to help researchers in...
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The Researcher Development Framework and the Seven Pillars of Information...
In April 2011, SCONUL presented the new and refined version of its Seven Pillars of Information Literacy, including its own ‘lens’ focused on the particular needs and practices of HE...
View ArticleResearch supervisors and information literacy
The ability of researchers to handle information is of vital importance. Many individuals have become adept at developing approaches and using innovative technologies to make most of the information...
View ArticleInformation literacy monitoring and evaluation
The British Library for Development Studies (BLDS) has been developing an information literacy programme over the past two years which includes course materials and an online network for trainers and...
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