University of Manitoba GISHub

This review provides an outline of the solution the University of Manitoba Libraries has implemented to integrate their ESRI Educational Site License. In looking at the tools available the project came to encompass the following:1. Semi-automated management and integration of UM ESRI site license using campus authentication methods2. Discovery and access point for proprietary and open researcher data3. Secure local environment for active-use geospatial datasets using ArcGIS EnterpriseThe following discusses the software specifics, use cases, and lessons learned in a Canadian academic library context.

Advanced Lecture for PID Controller of Nonlinear System in Python

PID controller is very well known in engineering areas and it has a long history. So, there are many materials such as control knowhow for application, research paper, tuning method proven through a long history. It is an important to have an advanced lecture for design and tuning as much as development. However, it is very difficult to find for teaching knowhow. Current teaching style is implementation by MATLAB. However, MATLAB S/W is quite expensive as commercial based business focusing S/W. Advanced country or rich institute can provide site license. However, it is impossible for under developing country or small institute that cannot ready because of price. So, we must find alternative S/W to teach and research for implementation. Currently, many are interested in Python because it is open source and huge communities. This paper provides teaching experience of PID controller to nonlinear system to share knowhow and develop teaching method for teacher and students, effectively.

Site License Initiatives in the United Kingdom: The PSLI and NESLI Experience

This article examines the development of site licensing within the United Kingdom higher education community. In particular, it looks at haw the pressure to make better use of dwindling fiscal resources led to the conclusion that information technology and its exploitation was necessary in order to create an effective library service. These conclusions, reached in the Follett Report of 1993, led to the establishment of a Pilot Site License Initiative and then a National Electronic Site License Initiative. The focus of this article is these initiatives and the issues they faced, which included off-site access, definition of a site and perhaps mostimportantly, the unbundling of print and electronic journals.

Rolling NVivo 10 out to a University's Research Community

At Kansas State University, there has been a concentrated effort to evolve the institution into one of the nation's top 50 research public universities. One small part of that involves the rollout of NVivo to the university's faculty, staff, and graduate students. By the second year of the site license, the campus was on its own to provide training. This effort involved multiple live face-to-face (F2F) trainings and the use of a multimedia e-book. “Using NVivo: An Unofficial and Unauthorized Primer” (http://scalar.usc.edu/works/using-nvivo-an-unofficial-and-unauthorized-primer/index) was written over a several week period (hyper-fast agile development) and released on the Scalar platform in Fall Semester 2014. This chapter addresses how a designed e-book, built on a Semantic Web-friendly platform, harnesses the power of multimedia, digital repositories, the Surface Web, and crowd-sourced feedback.

How Institutionalized Are Model License Use Terms? An Analysis of E-Journal License Use Rights Clauses from 2000 to 2009

This paper explored the degree to which use terms proposed by model licenses have become institutionalized across different publishers’ licenses. It examined model license use terms in four areas: downloading, scholarly sharing, interlibrary loan, and electronic reserves. Data collection and analysis involved content analysis of 224 electronic journal licenses spanning 2000–2009. Analysis examined how use terms changed over time, differences between consortia and site license use terms and differences between commercial and noncommercial publisher license use terms. Results suggest that some model license use terms have become institutionalized while others have not. Use terms with higher institutionalization included: allowing ILL, permitting secure e-transmission for ILL, allowing e-reserves with no special permissions, and not requiring deletion of e-reserves files. Scholarly sharing showed lower institutionalization with most publishers not including scholarly sharing allowances. Other use terms showing low institutionalization included: recommendations to avoid printing requirements related to ILL and recommendations to allow hyperlinks for e-reserves. The results provide insight into the range of use terms commonly employed in e-journal licenses.

Opportunities for Research in the UK for Decommissioning and Disposal

The NDA remit as set out within the Energy Act includes – “promote, and where necessary fund, research relevant to nuclear clean up”. The NDA need to underpin delivery and / or accelerate programmes to fulfil the overall mission and technical underpinning of these activities is critical. In this paper we will present consideration of the investment required in nuclear waste Research and Development.Firstly, NDA set the requirement for nuclear sites to write down within the Life Time Plans (LTP), at a high level, the proposed technical baseline underpinning the LTP activities; furthermore we required technology gaps / opportunities in the technical baselines to be outlined in a R&D requirements section to the LTP. Criteria were established to categorise the R&D in three areas:“needs” - those development activities needed to underpin the proposed technical solutions“risks” – those activities required to reduce / eliminate key risks to the proposed technical solutions“opportunities” – innovations / changes to the technical baselinesThe purpose of production of the technical baselines and underpinning R&D requirements is to establish an auditable trail through the LTP from programme components into how the programme will be delivered.NDA believes the production of the technical baselines and R&D requirements will be of benefit to the Site License Companies (SLC) in terms of ensuring a focus on overall programme delivery and not just short term activities. Furthermore, we can ensure that investment in technology is targeted at priority areas, with common issues and requirements identified and solutions on a broader scale will be achievable.