UKOLN News

Brian Kelly of UKOLN and Kara Jones of University of Bath Library will give a talk on “The Blogging Librarian: Avoiding Institutional Inertia” in the session on “Blogging Inertia and 2.0 Scepticism” at the Internet Librarian International 2007 Conference to be held at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London on 8-9 October 2007.

Manjula Patel of UKOLN/DCC and Simon Coles of the University of Southampton
have made available a document entitled “A Study of Curation and Preservation
issues in the eCrystals Data Repository and proposed federation” as part of
work undertaken by the DCC in Phase 3 of the eBank UK Project. The study explores: audit and certification; OAIS and representation information; eBank AP and preservation metadata; and the ePrints.org respository software. It also makes recommendations in each of these areas in relation to the development of the eCrystals repository
and proposed federation.

Bookings are now open for this workshop which will be held at Austin Court, Birmingham on 26 November 2007. The event will provide an opportunity to hear examples which illustrate the diversity of approaches which are being taken in the provision of blogs and the exploitation of social networking services, and how students are addressing the challenges of making use of services such as Facebook. The event will provide an opportunity for discussing how institutions should go about providing such services in order to support institutional objectives, whilst minimising associated risks.

Brian Kelly of UKOLN and Kara Jones of University of Bath Library will run a
masterclass entitled “Using Blogs Effectively Within Your Organisation” at the Internet Librarian International 2007 Conference which will be held at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, on 8-9 October 2007.

Registration is now open for the 3rd International Digital Curation Conference to be held in Washington D.C. on 11-13 December 2007. The conference will focus on emerging strategy, policy implementation, leading-edge research and practitioner experience.

Brian Kelly will give a talk entitled “Beyond Compliance – A Holistic Approach to Web Accessibility” at the Techshare 2007 Conference which will be held in London on 4 October 2007.

Brian Kelly will present a paper entitled “Accessibility 2.0: Blended Accessibility for Blended Learning” at Accessible Design in the Digital World 2 (ADDW2), taking place at the University of York on 19 September 2007. CANCELLED