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Creating a Repository of Training Materials: The Canadian Experience Jane Fry Carleton University, Ottawa IASSIST May 26, 2006. Outline. Background Alternatives to Housing The Winning House Filling in the Training Repository The Unveiling In Conclusion …. The Background.

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  1. Creating a Repository of Training Materials:The Canadian ExperienceJane Fry Carleton University, OttawaIASSIST May 26, 2006

  2. Outline • Background • Alternatives to Housing • The Winning House • Filling in the Training Repository • The Unveiling • In Conclusion …

  3. The Background • Do we really need a Training Repository (TR)? • Yes • It is a treasure hunt to find the training materials on the web – very difficult to find • There are many holes in the materials, eg. author, date, affiliation, … • Analysis and Recommendations 2000 • “experts” • “wealth of knowledge”

  4. Background (cont’d) • Lifting ourselves up by our Bootstraps …, 2002 • “training …early priority” • “could have become a bottleneck” • “basic level of knowledge” • “challenges” • “data competencies” • “confusion → clarity → competence”

  5. Background (cont’d) • Potential Scope of TR • Access – open • Access Concerns • Any data that goes with the presentations is kept on the Statistics Canada FTP site so only DLI contacts can access it • Sensitive Software Training

  6. Background (cont’d) • DLI Education Committee – find a house! • June 2003

  7. Alternatives for Housing the TR • DLI Atlantic Training Programme, 2003 • * Datasets • Criteria • speed • ease of use • completeness of documentation • pros • cons

  8. Alternatives (cont’d) • Furl • Blog • T-Space

  9. The Winning House for the TR • T-Space • on the test server • tech services help is Excellent! • content guidelines

  10. Winning House (cont’d) • T-Space Community • What is it? • What are our rights? • What are U of T’s responsibilities? • Who can use T-Space? • Format support for T-Space • supported • known • unsupported

  11. Filling in the TR • Who can submit? • Populating the TR • Abstracts, Keywords, Spelling • Other training sessions

  12. The Unveiling! • http://tspacetest.library.utoronto.ca:8080/handle/1778/2085

  13. Email Update from T-Space tspace@tspace.library.utoronto.ca to jfry New items are available in the collections you have subscribed to:New items in collection DLI Training Repository: 1Title: DLI Update & Understanding STC FiefdomsAuthors: Sivyer, MikeID: http://hdl.handle.net/1778/11511T-Space

  14. In Conclusion … Use it! Let’s Spread the Word about DATA!

  15. Contact Information Jane Fry, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario 613.520.2600 x 1121 jfry@ccs.carleton.ca

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