This webinar is targeted at Librarians who deal with collections management and acquisitions as well as Researchers of Geography in its broadest sense in addition to Professors and Lecturers who teach various disciplines of Geography to either year 1 students or those completing their PhD.
This webinar introduces you to the Collections of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and will help you to understand the value of the Society’s 2-million strong Collections for student research and teaching purposes, as presented through Wiley Digital Archives.
You will receive access to a first-hand look at the archive’s digitisation process and the potential of the Society’s Collections to enhance teaching and research opportunities in your institution.
With an international focus to the archive, Alasdair MacLeod introduces the scope of these internationally important Collections and identifies key potential research. Alasdair will also point to the importance and relevance of the Collections for wider academic study in associated and allied subject fields, beyond the discipline of geography.
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Please note that certificates will be issued to participants who attended the live session.
Head of Enterprise and Resources, Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
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Alasdair MacLeod, FRGS Present: Head of Enterprise and Resources at the world’s leading centre for geographers and geographical learning, including management and interpretation and access to the Society’s 2-million strong archives. Previously: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing, divisional Managing Director, (2004-07); British Museum, Director of Publishing, 2001-04; Royal Museums Greenwich, Head of Publishing and Online Information Services (1998-2001). Edinburgh University 1981-85 M.A. (Hons) English Language and Literature. Author of: ‘Explorers: Great Tales of Adventure and Endurance’ (2010), and as a contributor, to: ‘Mountaineers: Great Tales of Bravery and Conquest’ (2015), ‘Hints to Lady Travellers: at Home and Abroad’ (2011) and ‘One Savile Row: The Invention of the English Gentleman’ (2014).
Manager, Open Research APAC
Wiley
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John Morris is an Open Research Manager for Wiley in the Asia Pacific Region. Located in Tokyo, John comes from Melbourne, Australia as a Sales Specialist for Wiley and until recently was a Journal Publishing Manager, publishing a multidisciplinary portfolio of titles from Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
Prior to Wiley, John was General Manager of Mercury’s Fit2work (now Equifax) credentialling systems, consulting to the Australian Government, Health and Education Sectors, the chair of GEALC Adult Community Education, and a volunteer with the Christina Noble Children’s foundation (Vietnam).
John can offer insights and experience from different perspectives, sharing knowledge from publication development, procurement and the user experience.