PELICAN - Pricing Experiment Library Information Co-operative Network: final report

In recognition of the complexity of the research field, the Pelican project aims to address strategic, methodological and practical issues. The Pelican project aims to assess current practices in electronic delivery of text to students and establish existing usage patterns. It will identify models most likely to be acceptable to students, HEIs, publishers, authors and the CLA. It will act as a facilitator to provide a communication network for the development of a suitable pricing mechanism and recognise the diverse interest of all stakeholders involved in the HE/FE community. On project completion, Pelican will recommend areas for further work. The project is under the direction of Loughborough University who will work closely with its partners, Stirling University and an Independent Consultant. Pelican was developed in response to JISC Circular 5/99. It covers elements of §46 (extending the range and effectiveness of JISC projects, which are developing into services), §47 (more general proposals for extending the usefulness of JISC services in ways not specifically covered) and §71 (digital library service development). Pelican will assist the learning activities of HEIs in a number of ways: through the leadership of Loughborough, it will build on the experience and confidence building of the JISC/PA Working Parties to help develop mutually acceptable ways of charging for distributing digitised materials to students; through the participation of Stirling, which plays a leading role in HERON, close co-operation with HERON will be maintained; through an active evaluation and dissemination programme, HEIs will gain a better understanding of the issues involved, and will thus be able to plan their own provision with more confidence. The combination of these factors will lead to an environment whereby electronic texts may be delivered to students in HEIs in an efficient and acceptable manner, whilst at the same time ensuring an adequate return to the rights’ owners

Digitised content in the UK research library and archives sector

In August 2004, the JISC and CURL Digital Content Creation & Curation Task Force issued an invitation to tender for a study of the current provision of digitised collections for researchers in the UK higher education sector. The objectives of this study were to: 1) Produce a high level survey of digitised material, both already available and in the process of being created, held in UK research collections across all disciplines 2) Survey demand for digitised material and identify gaps in existing provision 3) Develop a mechanism for identifying future digitisation priorities 4) Review funding structures and opportunities and assess possible ways of funding priority areas 5) Recommend standards and formats for future digitisation projects 6) Provide an outline action plan for a national digitisation strategy for the UK research community. JISC and CURL commissioned a team of researchers from the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University to carry out this survey. The study was carried out between 1 November 2004 and 7 March 2005

Digitised content in the UK research library and archives sector

A study of the current provision of digitised collections for researchers in the UK higher education sector was carried out through desk research, a Webbased questionnaire of research libraries and interviews. The study identified a great deal of digitised material in the sector and there has been considerable expenditure of UK public funds in the creation of digital material in the last ten years. However, funding of digitisation been piecemeal and uncoordinated. It is clear that there is a need for coordination, but no agreement on how it should be implemented. Any future national approach would have to be a co-ordinated and distributed, rather than centralised, one

Digitisation in UK libraries and archives: is a national strategy needed?

In August 2004, the Joint Information Systems Committee and the Consortium of Research Libraries Digital Content Creation & Curation Task Force issued an invitation to tender for a study of the current provision of digitised collections for researchers in the UK higher education sector. The objectives of this study included identifying what digitised content exists, user needs and demand, UK research library digitisation activities and plans, funding sources and models and standards. The work also included consideration of the need for a national strategy for digitisation and recommendations for action

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-obtained muscle oxygenation data at baseline, 50 W, and the ventilatory threshold (VT).

<p>Tissue oxygenation index (TOI; Panel A) in the cancer survivors remained at baseline levels throughout the test compared to the progressive decrease observed in controls. Deoxygenated hemoglobin ([HHb]; Panel B) was significantly lower in cancer survivors compared to controls at VT. Total hemoglobin ([Hb]_total; Panel C) at VT was significantly decreased in the cancer survivors compared to controls. Values are mean ± SE; † P<0.05 significantly different compared to baseline. * P<0.05 significantly different compared to controls.</p

The rate of change for tissue oxygenation index (TOI; Panel A), deoxygenated hemoglobin ([HHb]; Panel B), and total hemoglobin ([Hb]_total; Panel C) as a function of oxygen uptake (V˙O2).

<p>Note that the absolute change in TOI and [HHb] as a function of the increase <math><mrow><msub><mrow>V<mo>˙</mo>O</mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></mrow></math> during exercise were significantly less in cancer survivors compared to controls. Values are mean ± SE.</p

Endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated, brachial artery dilation (FMD) in control and cancer survivors (CS).

<p>FMD values are shown normalized for the magnitude of the hyperaemic shear stimulus (i.e. % change in diameter divided by the AUC_SR).</p