The RDN Its relaunch and service development

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The RDNIts re-launch andservice development

• Emma Place
• Training Manager, RDN/Intute
• HEA Librarians Day, June 2006

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Overview

• Structures

• Building Intute
• Arts and Humanities
• Health Life Sciences
• Science, Technology, Engineering Geography
• Social Sciences
• Virtual Training Suite

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The Legacy

• "A very useful tool producing high quality
  materials and well targeted hits!" Lecturer in
  FE
• "clear and concise ... has the feel of successful
  consumer websites such as Yahoo" Information
  World Review, March 2004
• "Thank you for sorting out the confusing world
  of the internet Undergraduate student,
  University of Durham
• The World Guide is worthy of bookmarking as a
  quick statistical reference for anyone interested
  in geography and the environment" Librarian,
  Princeton University

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The distance travelled

• Easier to use
• Better searching
• Better Internet tutorials
• More services
• More opportunities to solve the frustrations of
  the Internet

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Virtual Training Suite major overhaul

• All tutorials being updated to a new template in
  next 18 months
• Internet Detective re-launched
• http//www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/detective/

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The future

• Potential limitless
• The best of the web
• By the community for the community

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• Intute goes live on
• July 13th 2006
• www.intute.ac.uk