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Anonymised library book circulation data for the academic year 2008/2009: collected for the JISC MOSAIC project

Posted on August 17th, 2010 by Paul Stainthorp

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The University of Lincoln collected one academic year’s worth of its own library book circulation data (“user activity data”) for the JISC-funded MOSAIC project, which set out to investigate the technical feasibility, service value and issues around exploiting user activity data. Data was collected for the period 1 September 2008 – 31 August 2009. Lincoln’s data was processed according to a data schema common to all participants in the MOSAIC project; any data that might be used to identify an individual library user was removed or anonymised.

View this item on the University Repository: http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/2164/

Librarian props

Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Paul Stainthorp

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"At the very early stages, Paul Stainthorp from Lincoln University did tremendously wide literature searches for me and this work has been invaluable."

Taken from: Chapman, J. (2009) Issues in contemporary documentary (with additional research by Kate Allison). Cambridge: Polity Press [Google book preview]

And:

"Equally, the research on primary and secondary publications undertaken for me at Lincoln University by journalism subject librarian Paul Stainthorp continues to be extensive and far-reaching. I am constantly grateful for Paul's energy, application and thoroughness, [...]"

Taken from: Chapman, J. (2007) Documentary in practice: filmmakers and production choices. Cambridge: Polity Press [Google book preview]