INFOportal

INFOportal was designed to support academic work: from search and retrieval of information, indexing of personal databases to publishing. The system is supported by communication through virtual groups. The INFOportal is YOUR gateway to success.

ADVANTAGE- INFOportal supports personal academic knowledge management for UP academics and students.

INFOportal main functions  Login and Customization  Virtual Groups  Electronic Resources  Microdatabases  Electronic Publishing

Login

Students must get their username and password from the Computer lab, NW 2, 2-7 (opposite Steers)

Customise your portal

Advantages-  Electronic collaboration: research, administration, learning, projects  Applications: , bookmarks, uploading of any type of document

Advantages- Web-based (UP staff only)  access indepedent of location  “The portal is becoming the desktop.”

Advantages-  Information specialists from the AIS organise Electronic Resources for every UP department  New and relevant resources are brought automatically highlighted  Search function: Internet search engines links and university and library catalogue searches (UP Explore).  Journal, database, web sites, e-book and conferences searches

Advantages-  Personalized, web-based database creation  INFOportal user access to personalized databases

Advantages – Digital Collections  Web-based, multimedia database creation by/for academics or departments,eg ArchUP  INFOportal user access to multimedia databases

Advantage- Internet bookmarks  Saved favourite site list independent of location

Advantages-  Personal thesis or dissertation publication online  Electronic peer evaluation of conference papers to simplify the organisation of upcoming conferences

Credits  Design and development of academic portal: Dr Heila Pienaar, Academic Information Service, University of Pretoria  Development of portal software:  Frank Conradie, Opticode  Leon Messerschmidt, Psybergate