Marketing library services at University College Chester

This is the author's PDF version of an article published in Sconul newsletter© 2004. It is available online at http://www.sconul.ac.uk/publications/newsletter/31/4.pdfThis article discusses how library services at University College Chester had reviewed their marketing strategy and sought to develop more visually attractive and user-friendly guides and publications

Taking the pain out of network induction: Using INFORMS to induct new first year students

This is the authors' PDF version of an article published in Sconul newsletter© 2003. It is available online at http://www.sconul.ac.uk/publications/newsletter/30/8.PDFIn September 2003, Learning Resources at University College Chester used the JISC-funded INFORMS tutorial for student induction into the computer network. The article comments on how the INFORMS computer induction tutorial was developed at Chester, how it was used, and plans for future developments

A voting system to enhance interactivity for students

Unpublished conference presentation given at the University of Chester staff conference in Chester, 1 June 2007.This presentation discusses optivote - a radio-frequency voting system which can increase interactivity in a session - it works the same way as the 'ask the audience' feature of 'Who wants to be a millionaire'. Each set consists of 32 voting handsets, a laptop loaded with the necessary software, a radio receiver and instructions. The system will work with powerpoint slides to provide a range of question types as part of a presentation. It can give immediate feedback to students on their answers and the lecturer can obtain reports about the individual responses of their students

Geographical Distribution and Risk Association of Human Papillomavirus Genotype 52–Variant Lineages

Human papillomavirus (HPV) genotype 52 is commonly found in Asian cases of cervical cancer but is rare elsewhere. Analysis of 611 isolates collected worldwide revealed a remarkable geographical distribution, with lineage B predominating in Asia (89.0% vs 0%–5.5% ; Pcorrected < .001), whereas lineage A predominated in Africa, the Americas, and Europe. We propose that the name “Asian lineage” be used to denote lineage B, to signify this feature. Preliminary analysis suggested a higher disease risk for lineage B, although ethnogeographical confounders could not be excluded. Further studies are warranted to verify whether the reported high attribution of disease to HPV52 in Asia is due to the high prevalence of lineage B

Information literacy

This book chapter is not available through ChesterRep.This book chapter discusses the importance of developing information literacy skills in healthcare students

University College Chester: the impact of investment in electronic resources

A PDF version of this article published in Library and Information Research© 2005 is available online at http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/bysubject/research_old/publications/journal/archive/lir91/91_peters_fiander.htmThis article discusses the impact of electronic information services on teaching and learning, the production of "impact indicators" to evaludate the usefulness of electronic resources, and how to increase the percieved value of electronic resources in the academic community.LIRG/SCONUL Impact Implementation Initiative