Here at Queen’s University, staff and students produce digital content for a variety of reasons. This can be assignments, posters, learning materials, video or web-based content, to name a few. It is important to make digital content accessible to users of the content (i.e., the intended audience). By content, we Read more…
Richard Fallis is the subject librarian for the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, based in the Mulhouse building at Royal Victoria Hospital. He contributes to the QUB Library blog, and this week he’s provided DigiKnow with an overview of the support that subject librarians can provide. As a Read more…
In the previous weeks, we’ve covered Copyright Basics and Copyright for Education, including copyright infringement and fair dealing. Creative Commons allows us to widen the scope of available materials we can use. The Commons is growing, with 1.6 billion works currently available (as of 2019). What is Creative Commons? Creative Read more…
Last week we discussed the basics of copyright, how it works and why we all need to keep it in mind. This week focuses more on the practical considerations when studying and working in education. When copyright gets complex Copyright is already more complex in academia for multiple reasons. For Read more…
This is the first of a two-part blog post about copyright. It introduces how it affects your day-to-day work as a student, academic, researcher, clerical officer (in fact, really any occupation). Part One covers the basic concepts behind copyright. There’s a lot of info here, but we’ve split it up Read more…
Many people’s first reaction to a password change is annoyance: You’ve been using a password for a while without any problems, you had it memorised, but now you’re told that you have to set a new password and memorise that. But in a security-conscious world, and with lots of confidential Read more…
Think you know all you need to know about the digital world? Or know you don’t, and wish to know which areas to explore more? Jisc (the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions) has created a discovery tool to enable staff and Read more…
Scam emails have become a part of daily life across all industries. Queen’s University has invested in a number of protection measures as well as training for all staff, but the main method to protect yourself from email scams, such as phishing, is maintaining vigilance. If something doesn’t seem right, Read more…
Digi Know? Queen’s has a campus-wide licence for students and staff to use Read & Write software from TextHelp. Read & Write provides a wide range of tools to assist with accessibility requirements such as sight difficulties or dyslexia, as well as support for users that are not fluent in Read more…
Welcome to Digi Know, the blog that will give all staff (clerical, academic, research, everyone) and students all sorts of hints and tips on anything digital. Drop us a line if there’s something you could do with understanding better, and we’ll post a solution here so that everyone can benefit! Read more…