Loughborough University

Rights metadata for open archiving (RoMEO)

The RoMEO project is investigating the rights issues relevant to the Open Archiving Initiative (OAI) with a particular goal of developing some simple rights to metadata for possible adoption by the UK HE OAI Community and beyond.

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Contact: Elizabeth Gadd, Research Associate, [email protected]
Dates: August 2002- July 2003
Funding: JISC

The Attributes of Information as an Asset, its Measurement and Role in Enhancing Organisational Effectiveness

This project aims to investigate the economic attributes of information, and identify a cost-effective and practical method of valuing information assets that can then be included on the balance sheet of organisations.

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Contact: Joan Stenson, Research Associate, [email protected]
Dates: January 2000 - December 2002
Funding: AHRB

Copyright and licensing for digital preservation

The aim of this research is to investigate whether copyright legislation
and licensed access to digital content threaten the ability of libraries to
provide long-term access to that content and to suggest ways in which the
problems can be overcome.

URL: www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/disresearch/CLDP/index.htm
Contact: Adrienne Muir, Project Director, [email protected]; Margaret-Mary
O'Mahony, Research Associate, [email protected]
Dates: September 2002-February 2004
Funding: AHRB

Electronic Books: Children's Reading Practices and Comprehension

The project aims to investigate children's reading skills and experiences in relation to electronic story books. It will investigate whether the medium of presentation (printed or electronic) affects children's reading. A variety of electronic formats will be studied.

URL: via http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dis/
Contact: Cliff McKnight, Professor of Information Studies [email protected]
Dates: July 2002-December 2003
Funding: AHRB

E-Medic: Integrated Healthcare Technologies

This project is researching the business, societal, clinical, regulatory and economic issues involved in the harnessing of new technologies for a new generation of drug delivery devices and their insertion in the healthcare system.

URL: NONE
Contact: Sheila Price. Research Associate, [email protected]
Dates: April 2001 - April 2003
Funding: EPSRC

Information and Communication in National Liberation Struggles: Fieldwork in Namibia.

An investigation of information-related activities of participants in a national liberation struggle, using Namibia as representative case. Fieldwork will consist of interviews and focus groups covering transmission of messages, technologies employed, intelligence work, propaganda, Suppression of information, etc.

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Contact: Paul Sturges, Reader in Libraries in Social Development [email protected]
Dates: April-December 2002
Funding: Emerald Literati Club Research Award