First session of a new run to train up colleagues who are somewhat new to business databases. This series will be delivered every two weeks, some online and some face-to-face. I have prepared an induction plan for one colleague (person A) and will allow more familiar colleagues to join as…

What a little bird told me about making higher education more inclusive — Introduction In this post, I will discuss several proposed demands and requirements on collections, catalogues and curriculums across higher education, from the perspective of an individual practitioner and at a systemic or institutional level. There is evidence of instances in many disciplines where cultural views, experiences, traditions (and current activities) have…

Eikon ESG search, booking system, try out the new CRSP/Compustat guide — Review homework Team were tasked to write a new guide on searching for ESG data on companies in Eikon. Draft post is coming on well, they added an intro/overview section too. Still needs to add FTSE 250 filter example, polish, and peer review. We have some other tweaks/additions required for the published…

Run through our published Eikon guides — Before the session All knew what Eikon was, roughly what it covered. All had seen it being demonstrated. All were given an Eikon ID to use during the session. During the session We used Microsoft Teams for the four of us, with me sharing my screen, for one hour. I took our team through the Eikon…

Alternative assessment: creation of an OER about marking up transcribed texts; summary of a potential blog post — Alternative assessment proposal Outline of a potential blog post A new open educational resource Alternative assessment proposal Barriers to knowledge include “information privilege”, that is, when knowledge is captured but does not become readily accessible. A bigger barrier is when knowledge is not even captured in a meaning way.

BLA New Business Librarians Training Day — Supporting materials Slides/materials: onedrive Practicalities Group: Up to 20 Length: 40 minutes Room: any computer lab Discipline: new business librarians Level: any Learning outcomes After engaging with this support, you will be able to: Be able to select an appropriate database for use in your studies and dissertation Be able to search databases effectively to obtain data/information to support the analysis of companies, markets and…

Reviewing a variety of recent student enquiries — Last session’s challenge Last session we looked at custom headers to combine time series and static request datatypes. I set a challenge to find which sector has the most employees in Colombia in 2017. The learners used the following steps to answer the question: Create a time series request. Use the series ‘WSCOPECB’…

ASSET4 for ESG data; Custom headers for combining static and time series requests — Last session’s challenge Last session we looked at panel data and request tables. I set a challenge: Download the ‘Environmental Score’ for the largest emerging markets BRICS countries. The learners attempted this in various ways: Perform standard time series requests for constituents of the five countries (BRICS).

This schedule is being used for library staff who have participated in our Introduction to Datastream workshop and want to become more confidence with Datastream before delivering the workshop themselves. It will also help them to answer the more straightforward Datastream enquiries. Sessions so far Panel data and request tables (20190611) ASSET4 template…