Read the full article from OUT-LAW and discover that I have been holding this for three months. I am ashamed of myself. Comments were open for two months so the opportunity has passed to make any input but it is good to know that the standard is likely to be published in the summer. Let's hope that not only do web developers and website managers adhere to the standards but that someone, somewhere, somehow actually makes sure that, at the very least, public sector information services are accessible to all.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
BSI consults on first British Standard for accessible websites
A British Standard will give business owners and marketing managers new guidance for building and maintaining web content that is accessible to disabled people. A draft version of BS 8878 was released for public comment today.
Read the full article from OUT-LAW and discover that I have been holding this for three months. I am ashamed of myself. Comments were open for two months so the opportunity has passed to make any input but it is good to know that the standard is likely to be published in the summer. Let's hope that not only do web developers and website managers adhere to the standards but that someone, somewhere, somehow actually makes sure that, at the very least, public sector information services are accessible to all.
Read the full article from OUT-LAW and discover that I have been holding this for three months. I am ashamed of myself. Comments were open for two months so the opportunity has passed to make any input but it is good to know that the standard is likely to be published in the summer. Let's hope that not only do web developers and website managers adhere to the standards but that someone, somewhere, somehow actually makes sure that, at the very least, public sector information services are accessible to all.
Decision time - and a resolution
I have decided that instead of giving up chocolate for Lent I am going to follow the example of The Alaskan Librarian (Daniel Cornwall) and do something positive instead.
I am going to post one new item every day and not stick anything except trivia into draft and just leave it for a week. And for each of those new items posted I will clear (edit for publication or delete) two from the bottom of the drafts. That will mean that at least until Easter, when my resolve might weaken, you will be getting things turning up in a rather odd order.
I've realised that I've given you the link to Daniel's blog when the suggestion about being positive about Lent action was on Facebook but no matter!
I am going to post one new item every day and not stick anything except trivia into draft and just leave it for a week. And for each of those new items posted I will clear (edit for publication or delete) two from the bottom of the drafts. That will mean that at least until Easter, when my resolve might weaken, you will be getting things turning up in a rather odd order.
I've realised that I've given you the link to Daniel's blog when the suggestion about being positive about Lent action was on Facebook but no matter!
The role of information competencies and skills in learning to abstract
an article by Maria Pinto, Anne-Vinciane Doucet and Andrés Fernández-Ramos (University of Granada) in Journal of Information Science (Volume 34 Number 6)
Abstract
The ability to abstract information is a basic competency in today's knowledge society, characterised by the mass diffusion of information and the need to manage and access it effectively. Yet abstracting is not an easy task, and requires a specific learning process. This paper examines the process of abstracting information from the perspective of competencies and skills-based learning of students of information and documentation. The competencies and skills necessary in this process, which are drawn from European sources on library science and documentation, are identified by analysing in detail the various stages and processes involved in writing an abstract. The general skills required for the whole process, as well as the specific skills for each stage, are determined. Guidelines and recommendations are put forward to facilitate the learning of these skills in the context of abstracting.
Hazel’s comment:
I've read the full article, and re-read it, and I am now convinced that I do not have the necessary competencies to write a good abstract! But then I have told you all that on a number of occasions, haven't I?
Abstract
The ability to abstract information is a basic competency in today's knowledge society, characterised by the mass diffusion of information and the need to manage and access it effectively. Yet abstracting is not an easy task, and requires a specific learning process. This paper examines the process of abstracting information from the perspective of competencies and skills-based learning of students of information and documentation. The competencies and skills necessary in this process, which are drawn from European sources on library science and documentation, are identified by analysing in detail the various stages and processes involved in writing an abstract. The general skills required for the whole process, as well as the specific skills for each stage, are determined. Guidelines and recommendations are put forward to facilitate the learning of these skills in the context of abstracting.
Hazel’s comment:
I've read the full article, and re-read it, and I am now convinced that I do not have the necessary competencies to write a good abstract! But then I have told you all that on a number of occasions, haven't I?
Disaboom
Thanks to Roddy and the team at Heriot-att University I picked this up from the ever-useful Internet Resources News (Issue 170 March 2009)
A community is only what the people of that community make it into and this looks like a good one.
A word of warning, though. It's American! Now, believe you me, I have nothing, absolutely nothing, against Americans or even American websites but you will need to ignore the advice to visit your downtown drug store, or respond to the Obama Stimulus Plan and join in with discussions as appropriate.Disaboom
Disaboom.com is a dynamic, interactive online community for people with disabilities and those whose lives they touch. It combines disability-related health and lifestyles information with an engaging, member-driven community of personal profiles, blogs, forums and shared-interest groups, tailored to your needs. Providing a place for you to learn about – or talk about – your spinal cord injury, back or neck pain, diabetes, cerebral palsy, depression, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, amputation, or other condition.
A community is only what the people of that community make it into and this looks like a good one.
Monday, 2 March 2009
Project Management - who is it for?
via Ron Rosenhead's Project Management Blog
OK, so I've been hoarding posts (and, in the main, deleting rather than admitting to being so far behind) but this about treating job search as a project is really useful.
OK, so I've been hoarding posts (and, in the main, deleting rather than admitting to being so far behind) but this about treating job search as a project is really useful.
The current economic climate has resulted in many job losses.Full article
People are out searching for a new job and in a relatively short space of time I
have spoken with many. I suggested they treat job search as a project. I go
through a process where they among other things they:
• have a clear objective
• identify key stakeholders
• identify and develop risk strategies
• develop a practical plan to attack the job market
You would be surprised how their shoulders straighten and they get a spring back in their steps, they are in control using project management tools and techniques.
Am I sorry?
Well, yes, of course I am. I've just written an "I am sorry" post in the business blog - do I have to grovel here as well?
Maybe I should, but I'm not going to. I've been very busy.
Maybe I should, but I'm not going to. I've been very busy.
- I've just finished the first draft of a new thesaurus which will, when used with the stunning algorithm being developed by APS Ltd (Alan Paull) and InGenius Solutions Ltd (Richard Entwistle and Anthony Au), aid accessing the many different data sets available.
Don't ask me about the technicalities, please, I just know that I need to get all the terms in the right place so it doesn't matter whether the data is classified (LDCS, JACS etc) or simply "keyworded" the mapping will find the right place (I hope). - Careers Software News is just about ready to print – and so it should be since it is needed for the ICT in careers education and guidance conference at York on Thursday.
- February Members' Update (for ADSET members only) will be finished by the end of this week if it kills me – maybe it will as I've still got to read what looks like several hundred journals.
So there you have it – the excuses I have found for neglecting you shamefully!
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Learning Disability Employment Strategy - Call for Evidence
The Social Exclusion Task Force, in partnership with the Department of Health, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Office for Disability Issues, is issuing a short Call for Evidence to inform the Learning Disability Employment Strategy, which will be published in Spring this year.
Comments should be received by 11 March.
Comments should be received by 11 March.
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