UKOLN News

The Summer issue of Ariadne was published on 30 July and includes articles by Ann Chapman, who describes Revealweb, a Web site that brings together information about accessible resources for visually impaired people, and Kevin Carey, who looks at accessibility to digital information systems across broadcasting, telecommunications and the Internet by disabled people and makes recommendations. Indeed this issue examines the topic of accessibility from a variety of perspectives. In addition, Paul Gerhardt, Co-Director of the Creative Archive at the BBC describes the origins and development of the Project while there are articles on Virtual Research Environments, mobile blogs for personal reflection, and supporting local data users in the UK academic community. Marieke Guy has collated reports from colleagues at JISC and UKOLN on sessions from the JISC Annual Conference held in Birmingham.

UKOLN currently has a vacancy for a Digital Curation Centre Research Officer. The closing date for applications is 26 August 2005.

The current issue of D-Lib Magazine marks its tenth anniversary, a significant milestone for any publication. During its life, D-Lib has become a mainstay of the digital library community. As one of the six D-Lib mirror sites, UKOLN would like to pass on our congratulations to all the magazine staff and authors who have made it such a success.

A preliminary programme for the DC-2005 conference, to be held in Madrid from 12 to 15 September, is now online. The programme includes keynotes by Thomas Baker, Ricardo Baeza, Johannes Keizer and Eric Miller, presentations of 36 papers and project reports, a series of tutorials on metadata basics and numerous working group meetings.

A preliminary programme for the DC-2005 conference, to be held in Madrid from 12 to 15 September, is now online. The programme includes keynotes by Thomas Baker, Ricardo Baeza, Johannes Keizer and Eric Miller, presentations of 36 papers and project reports, a series of tutorials on metadata basics and numerous working group meetings. Early bird registration fees are available until 15 July.

to be held in Madrid from 12 to 15 September is now online. The programme includes keynotes by Thomas Baker, Ricardo Baeza, Johannes Keizer and Eric Miller, presentations of 36 papers and project reports, a series of tutorials on metadata basics and numerous working group meetings. Early bird registration fees are available until 15 July.