Please select any webinar link below to register and you will receive a confirmation email with joining instructions. We use Zoom to deliver webinars. Digimap Collections – an introduction: Thursday 12 November: 12:30 – 1:00pm Tuesday 1 December: 10:30 – 11:00am This webinar is for people who are new to Digimap. We will introduce the key […]
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New Digimap Webinar Schedule
EDINA is pleased to announce a new schedule of webinar dates. Some topics have yet to be confirmed. When booking links are available they will be available here and on the EDINA Training and Events page. If you have suggestions for other webinar topics relating to Digimap, please drop us a line on edina@ed.ac.uk or […]
Ask us anything!
Digimap have scheduled two “open surgery” webinars, open to all Digimap users. These hour long sessions offer the opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about Digimap. Our team have a wealth of experience of mapping data and can help you with: using the service – how to get the map or data you […]
Webinar series for Autumn 2017
We are pleased to announce a new webinar series for Digimap over the coming months. These short sessions are free to attend and are available to any Digimap user, whether staff, student or researcher. You will need to register to attend each webinar. Bookings will open a couple of weeks before each webinar is scheduled. The […]
Free Digimap webinar: Creating 3D models from Digimap data – 26 April 2017
The Digimap team are hosting a free webinar, on Wednesday 26 April 2017, from 1-1:30pm. The session will give an overview of how to create 3D models in common GIS and CAD packages (ArcGIS Pro, QGIS and AutoCAD) using data downloaded from Digimap. The session will look at the datasets available from Digimap that are […]
Digimap for Site Reps webinar – 29th March, 1-1:30pm
This free webinar will briefly cover recent changes to Digimap Collections and offer a summary of copyright issues. An ideal way for Digimap site reps, or any staff who support Digimap users, to get information on key aspects of Digimap activity. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions on any aspect of Digimap. […]
Cataloguing with SUNCAT webinar
We held a “Cataloguing with SUNCAT” webinar at the start of December with around 70 participants from a wide range of UK Higher Education, Further Education, government, NHS and specialist research institutions.
The webinar explained how data is handled in SUNCAT and how libraries benefit from it as a comprehensive source of quality bibliographic data, incorporating a free record downloading service. The session included information on:
- How easy it is to contribute to SUNCAT
- How data is sent to SUNCAT from our Contributing Libraries
- How we deal with standards, e.g. AACR2 & RDA
- What normalisation occurs and why
- How SUNCAT can make your cataloguing workflow more efficient
- Using the free MARC record downloading service
Questions covered bibliographic and holdings details around contributing data to SUNCAT; e-journal interlending; how records can be downloaded into local Library Management Systems; configuring the Z39.50 search results and how the Z39.50 downloading service might be improved.
More details about the webinar including the slides, Q&A and a recording of the session are available at http://www.suncat.ac.uk/news/presentations.html
Please contact the EDINA helpdesk, edina@ed.ac.uk, if you have any questions about issues raised in the webinar.
SUNCAT introductory webinar
We ran a very successful introductory SUNCAT webinar at the end of April covering:
- Scope and content of the service
- Key features of the interface
- How SUNCAT can support information professionals and end-users
- How to contribute to SUNCAT
- Future plans for the service
The event proved popular with around 90 participants from a wide range of UK Higher Education, Government, NHS and specialist research institutions. Almost all of the participants, 87%, reported that they had found the session useful and 60% indicated that they would be interested in future, more focused, SUNCAT seminars on either improving serials metadata or collection management.
Questions covered bibliographic issues such as the inclusion of different ISSNs and non-standard subject headings and if SUNCAT is RDA compliant, to system issues, such as how records are added to the catalogue and how often records are updated.
More details about the webinar including the slides, Q&A and a recording of the session are available at http://www.suncat.ac.uk/news/presentations.html
Invitation to SUNCAT Webinar
We would like to invite you to a free “Introduction to SUNCAT” webinar at 3pm on Wednesday 22nd April. The session will be delivered by Zena, who provides support for SUNCAT, primarily on the user requirements, support and liaison side of the service.
The webinar will last around 45 minutes and will include:
- Brief introduction to SUNCAT
- Explanation and demo of the key features
- Suggestions on how SUNCAT can assist you
- Information about contributing to the service
- Future development plans
- Q&A
Click on the link below to register for the webinar
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6813975188589463042
NOTE: immediately after you register you will receive an email from the EDINA Help Desk with a link to join the webinar. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive the email.
We hope you can take the time to join us next month and fill in any gaps about your knowledge of SUNCAT and find out what we are working on next!
Webinar video now available
On the 2nd April, we held a short webinar for new users to Digimap for Schools, and anyone wishing to brush up on tools available in the service. Â We also looked at the newly released historic mapping.
To view a recording of the webinar, please click on the link below. This will play the video within your browser.
http://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/Resources/videos/webinars/2ndapril.mp4
If you have any suggestions for future webinar topics, please get in touch and let us know.