{"id":1026,"date":"2014-04-16T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2022-04-13T09:31:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:31:30","slug":"jiscsosi14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/library\/jiscsosi14\/","title":{"rendered":"JISC Summer of Student Innovation – Funding for your big idea!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re getting excited about the JISC Summer of Student Innovation<\/strong>! JISC are running a competition to fund students who have bright ideas about using technology to improve student life. The closing date is 30th May 2014, so get going!<\/p>\n

If you have an idea, get in touch with education@cardiff.ac.uk<\/a> for help and advice. Then write a 300-500 word summary of your idea, create a 2-5 minute video, and finally a 120-character description. More information is available at the JISC Summer of Student Innovation website: http:\/\/elevator.jisc.ac.uk\/sosi14\/<\/a><\/p>\n

We can\u2019t enter ourselves (we\u2019re a library), but we can\u2019t help thinking how we\u2019d enter if we could. How\u2019s this for technology to help students:<\/p>\n

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LibrarySearch – Find and manage the items you need to study!<\/h3>\n

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LibrarySearch (http:\/\/librarysearch.cf.ac.uk<\/a>) is Cardiff University\u2019s online library catalogue. It does more than just help you find books and other items: you can read items online; save items and searches; tag items; and even rate items and write reviews!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example: Dylan is writing an essay on dragonology. He uses LibrarySearch to search for the keywords relating to his essay, and gets lots of results. He saves the search so he can come back to it later. He starts saving the books he wants: so he can find them when he gets to the library, and generate a bibliography to include at the end of his essay. He adds tags to some of the items to remind himself what they\u2019re about. Finally, he has a cuppa and reads some of the eJournal articles and eBooks, and rates them so other students know which ones to read (or avoid!). Dylan saves loads of time and effort, and can now write an even better essay!<\/p>\n

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