SLIS | Center for Information Research and Innovation | Home. About CIRI Please visit About CIRI for more details about our research, people, and partners. See below for news, events, a featured project, and a featured partner. Our Purpose The San José State University School of Library and Information Science Center for Information Research and Innovation (CIRI) showcases our faculty and student research and innovative practice, develops research-based and innovative products for the profession/field, fosters grant development, and enhances partnerships with individuals across campus, the continent and indeed the world, as well as with institutions and organizations. CIRI News & Events See CIRI News and Events for news, upcoming SLIS faculty presentations, a calendar of events, and the CIRI blog. Research For details on featured, current, and completed research projects, please visit CIRI projects.
Featured Partner [top] E-LIS. E-prints in Library and Information Science. LIRG Researcher Database. JISC : Inspiring innovation. JUSTEIS: JISC Usage Surveys: Trends in Electronic Information Services. JISC e-books mapping exercise. JISC national e-books observatory project » Reports. In 2007 the JISC national e-books observatory project was set up to undertake market research to help e-book publishers, aggregators, libraries and funding bodies understand the behaviours of e-book users and to assess the impact of free at-the-point of use course text e-books on traditional print sales to students.
The huge amount of empirical data gathered through the Observatory project will help all of us to take informed decisions based on real evidence rather than assumptions. The data is available for all to use and we hope that by sharing the data, we encourage further collaboration and the development of new ideas and solutions that meet the needs and expectations of users. All reports are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence. The following reports are available: JISC national e-books observatory project: Key findings and recommendations Final Report, November 2009. NeBO Usage Report - Full report. NeBO Usage Report - Headlines. NeBO Collection Management Report. NeBO Future e-book research. CyMAL. Libraries play a central role in our communities, and contribute to our social, educational, cultural and economic wellbeing.
Wales has a network of public, educational and specialist libraries providing access to a wide range of resources. There are: over 320 public library service points open 10 hours a week or more;over 110 Higher Education and Further Education libraries and learning resources centres; the National Library of Wales, one of 6 Legal Deposit libraries in Great Britain and Ireland. Libraries in Wales: are open to all members of their communities and are free to joinlend books for freedeliver free access to informationprovide free use of the Internet and computers, and to online information resources 24 hours a dayprovide access to high quality resources in a range of formats, including those in the Welsh language. Libraries Inspire Libraries Inspire: the strategic development framework for Welsh libraries 2012-16 outlines our priorities for libraries in Wales. Library Wales.