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Central Library

POLS 102 assignment

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The POLS 102 library assignment, largely based on reference collection resources (print and online) is due tomorrow.

There is one thing I should have picked up on. Europa World Yearbook is no longer readily available to students in print (it is in storage), and the e-version is called Eupora World Plus. I will see if the e-version can be linked to from the print record.

Dave C.

Staff Development

Ricard Stallman speaking on campus Tuesday, 13 October

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For anyone who may not be able to front at the LIANZA conf on Monday.. or pehaps have missed him chatting to Kim Hill recently.

Title: A Free Digital Society
Speaker: Richard Stallman
Time and place: 17:00 – 19:00, Tuesday, 13 October 2009, Room A1, Arts Lecture Block

Abstract:
To make a digital society worthy of being included in, we must overcome six menaces to freedom: surveillance, censorship, restricted data formats, proprietary software, software as a service, and the War on Sharing.

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Library Wide

Turnitin seminar: a plagiarism detection tool used at UC.

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Details below of a seminar looking at Turnitin. Later today (Friday).
Dave Clemens

Title: Don’t copy that copy! An overview of a plagiarism detection tool
used at UC.

Speaker: Moffat Mathews

Time and place: 21 August 2009, Friday, 3:10 pm, Erskine031 (Math/Comp
Building)

Abstract:
Plagiarism is a serious offence, which at UC could lead to expulsion.
Although the definition and reasoning behind the rules that control
plagiarism is easy to understand, the guidelines that define what
constitutes plagiarism (and how to detect or avoid it) are vague and
rely on the judgement of the reviewer. For academics, plagiarism is an
issue they have to deal with on a regular basis, either as a writer or
reviewer, as strong scholarship often requires the use of others’ work
and ideas. In recent years, tools that claim to be “plagiarism checkers”
have entered the academic market to help with this problem. In this
talk, we overview one such tool available at UC (namely, Turnitin) and
discuss the applicability, use, and implications of utilising such a
tool.

Biography:

Moffat is a PhD student and part-of-the-furniture (a coffee table?) at
CSSE. He is often seen lurking in the corridors, coffee-in-hand,
eliciting conversations with CSSE members on various diverse topics, all
in aid of unified research and collaboration. He dangerously walks the
tightrope of being a dabbler in all things, yet expert in none. Having
received the prestigious “mug of the year” award from Peter Glassenbury,
he takes on this latest challenge to investigate a serious issue.
Completing the abstract and biography, he now proceeds onto the
presentation …

Library Wide

e-cast access goes live this week

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Staff and students now have access to the e-cast education service (online TV content), with the library’s subscription active and authentication hopefully sussed.

The log in page is accessible from the A-Z library database list and the url may also appear on various Subject Guides as people see fit to add it.

Most content is held in the Ready to Watch section where programmes have been recorded from 31 TV channels, both free to air and pay to watch.

There will be an announcement in UC Diary this week aimed at staff users, and some info for students via the library home page soon.

At this stage students can view content online while staff can view online and download the .mov files. Staff can then use them according to the provisons of our screenrights licence.

I’m happy for people to refer any questions they receive about e-cast on to me in the first instance.

Dave Clemens

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