Alex Ball recently took part in a seminar on Knowledge and Information
Management Through-Life at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,
London. His presentation, “Approaches to Information Curation in Engineering”,
is now available.
Archive for June, 2008
Approaches to Information Curation in Engineering
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Dealing with Data: Presentation Available
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, recently gave a short presentation at the Research Data Management Workshop organised by University of Oxford and held at the Said Business School, Oxford. Liz reflected on achievements and aspirations twelve months after publication of the UKOLN Report “Dealing with Data”. Her presentation which made
available her perspectives on progress to date is now available.
Dealing with Data One Year On
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Liz Lyon recently gave a presentation on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre and UKOLN at a Max Planck eScience Workshop in Goettingen, Germany. A year after the publication of the Dealing with Data Report, Liz brought the workshop up to date with a brief look at the changing landscape, a review of UK progress on data issues as well as a consideration of some new challenges and
opportunities in this area. Her presentation is now available.
How the Social Web Can Help Charities
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Brian Kelly will give a talk on “How The Social Web Can Help Charities” at a seminar on “The Benefits of Using Social Networking to Enhance Online Fundraising” which will be held at the Franklin Wilkins Building, Kings College London on 24 June 2008.
Dealing with Data: Perspectives on Progress to Date
Monday, June 16th, 2008Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, recently gave a short presentation at the Research Data Management Workshop organised by University of Oxford and held at the Said Business School, Oxford. Liz reflected on achievements and aspirations twelve months after publication of the UKOLN Report “Dealing with Data”, which examined roles, rights, responsibilities, and relationships for the effective curation of research data.
RIN Issues Report on Publication and Quality Assurance of Research Data Outputs
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008There is now widespread recognition that research data are a valuable long-term resource, but until now we have lacked a
clear picture of how researchers are responding to the new opportunities and challenges. Based on more than 100 detailed interviews with researchers across eight subject areas, the
Research Information Network (RIN) report “To Share or Not to Share: Publication and Quality Assurance of Research Data Outputs” details the findings of a study commissioned by RIN
in association with JISC and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd.
Metadata for Digital Long-term Preservation
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Michael Day of UKOLN will give a presentation entitled “Metadata for Digital Long-term Preservation” at the
Max Planck eScience Seminar to be held over 19-20 June in Goettingen, Germany.
Euroscience Open Forum Satellite Event: Policy and Technology for e-Science
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Prior to this year”s Euroscience Open Forum, on 16 – 17 July, Science Commons, SPARC, the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and the Institut d”Estudis Catalans are organizing a
satellite event on the policies and technologies necessary to make good on the promise of scientific research in the networked era. The event, entitled “Policy and Technology for e-Science”,
will seek to lay out the principles of Open Science. Participants will include representatives from large-scale computing efforts in Europe, leading Open Access advocates, representatives from the European Commission and the European Science Foundation, Science Commons, Creative Commons, SPARC and the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, among others. The event is entirely free but there is a limited number of spaces.
Dealing with Data: One Year On
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Liz Lyon will give a presentation on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre and UKOLN at a Max Planck eScience Workshop in Goettingen, Germany on 19-20 June. It is a year since the publication of the Dealing with Data Report, and Liz will bring things up to date with a brief look at the changing landscape, a review of UK progress on data issues as well as a consideration of some new challenges and opportunities in this area.
Preservation of Web Resources Workshop: Making a Start
Monday, June 2nd, 2008The JISC-sponsored Preservation of Web Resources Project (JISC-PoWR) will be running its first workshop on Friday 27 June 2008 at Senate House Library, University of London. The workshop is designed for all those interested in issues relating to institutional Web resource preservation. Attendance is free.