Archive for December, 2007

Open Repositories for Open Science

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, and Simon Coles of the University of Southampton
recently gave a presentation to the CNI Taskforce Meeting, held in Washington DC. The presentation, authored by Liz, Simon and Manjula Patel, UKOLN, and entitled “eCrystals Federation: Open Repositories for Open Science”, is now
available.

International Journal of Digital Curation, Vol 2, No 2 (2007) now available

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

The International Journal of Digital Curation, published by the Digital Curation Centre and produced by UKOLN at the University of Bath, has published Volume 2 Issue 2 in anticipation of the 3rd International Digital Curation Conference soon to open in Washington, DC. The Journal offers a combination of peer-reviewed papers and general articles offering valuable insights into the research challenges, service developments, best practice and policy approaches associated with digital curation.

Brian Kelly Wins Information Professional of the Year Award

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Brian Kelly of UKOLN and UK Web Focus has been named winner of the IWR APA Information Professional of the Year award by a panel of previous winners and the Information World Review editorial team.