Research and development

Mimas is consistently engaged in research and development. Some of this effort is for stand-alone research projects, while other investigations help us develop and enhance our core-user services and overall portfolio.

In all instances, we work to apply our research to particular challenges in the digital information world – creating new applications, systems, and approaches to improve people's experiences.

As we undertake this research and encounter new challenges along the way, we see it as critical to share our findings with the broader community – discussing the work we do and debating its implications for the rapidly evolving information landscape.

Selected publications and presentations

This section aims to highlight Mimas publications, case studies, presentations, relevant blog posts, and workshops – the list below is only a small sample of our outputs, giving a flavour of the breadth of our work. There is certainly more to come…

Here is a selection of some of our most recent publications and presentations:

• Joyce A, Kerr L, Machin T, Meehan P and Williams C. 2010. Intute Reflections at the End of an Era. Ariadne, Issue 64 (July 2010).
• Rapple C and Lambert J. 2010. IESR: promoting use of academic e-resources in the UK. Serials, Volume 23, Number 2 (July 2010, Key issue). pp. 163–165.
• Carter J. 2010. Real Data; Real World; Real Stories: A Case Study Approach to Demonstrating Impact on the Student Experience. Talk presented at EDULEARN10, Barcelona, Spain, 05–07 July 2010. A related case study is available on the ESDS International website.
• Ruddock B. 2010. Proving the value of peer networks: plugging in to your peers. Talk presented at the CILIP New Professionals Conference 2010, University of Sheffield, 05 July 2010.
• Charnock L and Palmer J. 2010. Researching user behaviour on the web – how do we provide library and bibliographic services that appeal to today's digital natives?. Talk presented at ELAG 2010, Helsinki, Finland, 09–11 June 2010.
• Massam D, Priest A and Williams C. 2010. Mobilising the Internet Detective. Ariadne, Issue 63 (April 2010).
• Stevenson J and Ruddock B. 2010. Moving towards Interoperability: Experiences of the Archives Hub. Ariadne, Issue 63 (April 2010).
• Carter J. 2010. Telling Stories at ELI2010: the Educause Learning Initiative 2010 conference, Texas. ALT-N, Issue 19 (Conference review: 12 May 2010).
• Morrison K, Massam D and Priest A. 2010. Intute Mobile Internet Detective. ALISS Quarterly, Volume 5, Issue 3. pp. 18–20.
• MacIntyre R. 2010. The JISC Usage Statistics Portal. Breakout session presented at the 2010 UKSG Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 12–14 April 2010. A review of the session is available.
• Carter J. 2010. Real Data; Real World; Real Stories. Talk presented at the CNI Spring 2010 Membership Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA, 12–13 April 2010. Also, listen to a CNI Podcast recorded at the event.
• Williams C. 2010. Changing user behaviour on the web – what does this mean for the development of online information literacy tools?. Talk presented at LILAC 2010, Limerick, Republic of Ireland, 29–31 March 2010.
• Russell C. 2010. International Comparative Data Resources. Talk presented at the China-UK Joint Workshop on Data Collection and Sharing for Research in Economics and Management, Shanghai, China, 09–11 March 2010. The workshop brochure (6 MB) is available to download.
• Ruddock B and Hartley D. 2010. How UK academic libraries choose metasearch systems. Aslib Proceedings, Volume 62, Issue 1. pp. 85–105.
• Lyte V and Jones S. 2009. Mining the mountain. Information World Review (Feature article: 26 November 2009).
• Lyte V, Jones S, Ananiadou S and Kerr L. 2009. UK Institutional Repository Search: Innovation and Discovery. Ariadne, Issue 61 (October 2009).
• Palmer J. 2009. Archives 2.0: if they build it, will they come?. Ariadne, Issue 60 (July 2009).
• Stevenson J. 2009. Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources. Ariadne, Issue 60 (July 2009).
• Jeskins L and Ruddock B. 2009. Copac: current activity and future developments. Interlending & Document Supply, Volume 37, Issue 3. pp. 1327–135.