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LTSN Librarians’ Day

LTSN Librarians’ Day. Alan Brine - LTSN ICS Kathy Wiles, LTSN Generic Centre. Welcome & housekeeping Background to the LTSN LTSN Engineering LTSN ICS LTSN CEBE LTSN Materials Today!. Overview. Welcome. Welcome to LTSN! Toilets Fire escapes Tea and coffee Lunch Taxis Feedback form

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LTSN Librarians’ Day

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  1. LTSN Librarians’ Day Alan Brine - LTSN ICS Kathy Wiles, LTSN Generic Centre www.ltsn.ac.uk

  2. Welcome & housekeeping Background to the LTSN LTSN Engineering LTSN ICS LTSN CEBE LTSN Materials Today! Overview www.ltsn.ac.uk

  3. Welcome • Welcome to LTSN! • Toilets • Fire escapes • Tea and coffee • Lunch • Taxis • Feedback form • Information www.ltsn.ac.uk

  4. The Learning and Teaching Support Network Set up in January 2000 24 subject centres LTSN Generic Centre ~£8M/annum over an initial 5 year period What is the LTSN? www.ltsn.ac.uk

  5. LTSN Subject Centres www.ltsn.ac.uk

  6. Background to the LTSN • Recommendations arising from reviews of previous initiatives pointed towards a subject-based support network with a broad focus across all learning and teaching activity • Supports the subject strand of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund www.ltsn.ac.uk

  7. Principal Functions of the LTSN • Networking • Promotion and sharing of good practices in learning and teaching • Knowledge brokerage www.ltsn.ac.uk

  8. LTSN Generic Centre • What is our role with librarians? • To be a subject centre? • To be an access point to subject centres? • To synthesise and inform? • To work in partnership? www.ltsn.ac.uk

  9. How might the GC work in partnership with you? • Forging links with SCONUL and CILIP • Producing materials that are librarian/library focussed • Consulting with subject librarians • Celebrating the role that support staff play in learning and teaching www.ltsn.ac.uk

  10. LTSN Engineering • Information and Dissemination • News and Events • Funding • Journals • Web links for tutors • Projects • Resources • Commissioned work • Resource catalogue (Search LT) • Newsletter ‘translate’ www.ltsn.ac.uk

  11. LTSN Engineering • Regional Events (8 per year) • Training Workshops & Seminars • Research support • Mini projects • Working groups www.ltsn.ac.uk

  12. LTSN – Information and Computer Sciences • Resources • http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/resources/index.html • Events • Publications • ITALICS http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/pub/italics/index.html www.ltsn.ac.uk

  13. LTSN – Information and Computer Sciences • News • Development fund • http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/ www.ltsn.ac.uk

  14. LTSN- Maths, Stats and OR • Resources • http://ltsn.mathstore.ac.uk/resources/ • Publications • Our substantial quarterly newsletter MSOR Connections (printed and electronic) • Printed publications for students (facts and formulae sheet, Refresher books) • Printed publications for teachers (occasional series) • Courseware database • http://mat-nt2.bham.ac.uk/delta/ • Stats & OR database • http://ltsn.mathstore.gla.ac.uk

  15. LTSN CEBE • Contact with architectural librarians through existing network • Links information requirements to pedagogy • Contact with other librarians • http://cebe.cf.ac.uk/ www.ltsn.ac.uk

  16. LTSN Materials • Resources • Events • News • Projects • http://www.materials.ac.uk/ www.ltsn.ac.uk

  17. Priorities • Contact • Inclusion • widening the net • Resources • providing real service • Working with other providers www.ltsn.ac.uk

  18. Aims for today • To inform librarians about the work of the LTSN • To explore the relationship between national information services and learning and teaching support • To provide a networking opportunity for librarians • To consider further similar events and/or links between the LTSN and librarians www.ltsn.ac.uk

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