This conference presentation discusses the authors' duties as the facilitators of the POL-SABINA Natural Products Virtual Research Environment. In summary, they facilitated the use and content population of the Natural Products Virtual Research Environment (VRE). Their roles involved evaluating the current VRE platform and sourcing/evaluating new applications for the VRE; searching for natural product and related content, resources and tools; as well as creating the monthly VRE newsletter. In addition they were responsible for training the users (both students and their supervisors) and assisting them when necessary.
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Bowers, N and Van Deventer, M. Virtual Research Environments: The role of the facilitator. 11th Southern African Online Information Meeting Conference, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 - 8 June 2012
Bowers, N., & Van Deventer, M. J. (2012). Virtual Research Environments: The role of the facilitator. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6098
Bowers, N, and Martha J Van Deventer. "Virtual Research Environments: The role of the facilitator." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6098
Bowers N, Van Deventer MJ, Virtual Research Environments: The role of the facilitator; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6098 .