SPRIG represents all those who have an interest in information relating to leisure, tourism, sport, recreation and hospitality management and is relevant to those who work in libraries and information services, publishers, academics, and research students. This blog will be updated regularly with information on new resources, in the Tourism, Sport, Leisure and Hospitality areas.
Monday, 30 March 2009
Legacy now - gains beyond the Games
Legacy is a public sector partnership led by the London Development Agency, working on the social, physical and economic legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games. This website contains information on initiatives and events relating to the design and post-Games use of the Olympic Park. There is also a general news section, publications and a picture gallery
Monday, 23 March 2009
Leisure Tourism Database
Leisure Tourism Database is a leading database on leisure, tourism, hospitality and recreation information, it has over 70 000 research abstracts, from over 400 publications in the areas of Arts and Entertainment, General Leisure and Recreation , Hospitality Sector, Sport, Tourism, Travel and Technology.
Whether you subscribe to the service of not, it is possible to get regular updates, simply send a message to leisuretourism-join@lists.cabi.org. You will then receive monthly e-mail updates notifying you of any additions such as new books, calendar additions and news updates, along with sample abstracts and any other developments.
Whether you subscribe to the service of not, it is possible to get regular updates, simply send a message to leisuretourism-join@lists.cabi.org. You will then receive monthly e-mail updates notifying you of any additions such as new books, calendar additions and news updates, along with sample abstracts and any other developments.
Monday, 16 March 2009
Win a £50 voucher
Intute staff believe it is important to know whether users find our service useful for their work and what they use it for. The only way for us to find out is to ask you!
During March, Intute will be running a survey and respondents will be entered into a weekly draw with chances to win £50 Amazon Vouchers.
Please help us to ensure that Intute meets your needs by completing this short online survey; it only takes about 5 minutes to complete. We would be very grateful if you could publicise this to interested users/potential users, including academic staff.
Many thanks.
During March, Intute will be running a survey and respondents will be entered into a weekly draw with chances to win £50 Amazon Vouchers.
Please help us to ensure that Intute meets your needs by completing this short online survey; it only takes about 5 minutes to complete. We would be very grateful if you could publicise this to interested users/potential users, including academic staff.
Many thanks.
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Teacher Training Resource Bank
The Teacher Training Resource Bank, is a subject gateway officially launched in April 2006 following extensive consultation with the sector. It's initial aims were to make the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) professional knowledge base more easily accessible, to reference effective practices in all subject areas and to increase the quality and range of ITE resources available.
It is a well structured site and easy to use. It's sections include on Teaching and Learning, Mentoring and an e-librarian option.
It is a well structured site and easy to use. It's sections include on Teaching and Learning, Mentoring and an e-librarian option.
Coaching Resource Database
The Coaching Resource Database is available via the Sports Coach UK website. The database is;
• a central accessible source for coaching research,
• ensures that researchers, academics and others are aware of the latest coaching research, and finally
• ensures that the future direction of coaching research is situated within the context of the wider literature, and addresses research gaps.
The resource is useful for both academic and student level enquiries.
• a central accessible source for coaching research,
• ensures that researchers, academics and others are aware of the latest coaching research, and finally
• ensures that the future direction of coaching research is situated within the context of the wider literature, and addresses research gaps.
The resource is useful for both academic and student level enquiries.
Information Guides
New Information Guides for Hospitality and Catering, Sport and Tourism are now available on the Sprig website.
Monday, 2 March 2009
FREE Hospitality Reports!
FREE Hospitality Industry Reports! Check out the reports (upon free registration) offered by People1st, the sector skills council for Hospitality, Leisure, Travel and Tourism. The reports are current with very good quality data and statistics. A fantastic resource for hospitality research! See: http://www.people1st.co.uk/
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