The International Journal of Digital Curation 
produced by UKOLN on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre has published the first issue of this year’s Volume 4. Issue 1, Volume 4 contains 10 peer-reviewed papers as well as general articles of interest to practitioners in digital curation and preservation and access, the management of data, etc.
Archive for June, 2009
International Journal of Digital Curation Publishes Issue 1, Volume 4 (2009)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009C21st Scholarship: Data as an Agent for Change
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Liz Lyon recently gave a presentation entitled C21st Scholarship: Data as an Agent for Change at the Third Bloomsbury Conference on e-Publishing and e-Publications . Her slides are now available.
Connecting Remote Workers for UCISA
Monday, June 29th, 2009Marieke Guy will be facilitating a workshop entitled Connecting Remote Workers at UCISA’s Advisory and Support Staff Symposium 2009 DEMOS . The symposium will take place from 7 – 8 July at the Aston Business School Conference Centre, Birmingham. The theme for this year is “It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it”, so flexible ways of working will feature significantly.
The “Edgeless University: Why Higher Education Must Embrace Technology” Report
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Brian Kelly was interviewed for the “Edgeless University” DEMOS report, which was launched by the JISC on 23 June 2009. The report calls for a more strategic approach to technological investment in the Higher Education sector.
Data Informatics Top Ten at i-expo
Thursday, June 18th, 2009Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, recently gave a presentation in Paris entitled Data Informatics Top Ten: (for Libraries) during the 2009 i-expo session E-Research / E-Infrastructure and roles for libraries and the scientific information community. Liz’ presentation is now available.
Improving Services and Reducing Costs through Flexible Working
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Marieke Guy, UKOLN Remote Worker Champion, will be presenting at a one-day workshop Improving Services and Reducing Costs through Flexible Working. The event organised by Public Sector Forums will take place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham on Tuesday 23 June 2009. Marieke, who was invited to speak as a consequence of her work on the Ramblings of a Remote Worker blog, will give a talk entitled How to Be a Connected Remote Worker in 10 Easy Steps. Resources from the day and follow-up blog posts will be published on her blog after the event.
Team Science at ICSTI 2009
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, spoke recently on Libraries and Team Science at the 2009 conference of the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) in Ottawa. In her presentation Liz examined the roles that libraries and information professionals can play in the changing landscape of multi-scale, multi-disciplinary and multi-skilled team science. Slides from this presentation are now available.
Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity
Thursday, June 4th, 2009For the second year running, the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) will be hosting day of workshops in the lead-up to the 5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 2009), 2-4 December 2009. The workshops will take place on 2 December at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London and will be followed by a drinks reception at the Natural History Museum .
IDCC 2009 Call for Papers
Thursday, June 4th, 2009The DCC invites submission of full papers, posters, workshops and demos to the 5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 2009). It also welcomes contributions and participation from individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the creation, use and management of digital data, especially those involved in the challenge of curating data for e-science and e-research. Proposals will be considered for short (up to 6 pages) or long (up to 12 pages) papers and also for demonstrations, workshops and posters. The full text of papers will be peer-reviewed; abstracts for all posters, workshops and demos will be reviewed by the co-chairs. Final copy of accepted contributions will be made available to conference delegates, and papers will be published in our International Journal of Digital Curation .
New blog for JISC SIS Landscape Study
Thursday, June 4th, 2009This blog has been set up to collect evidence for a small, JISC-funded study on how the UK academic sector is using Web 2.0 tools and services either in addition to, or instead of, JISC shared services. Please visit the blog, read the pages and submit your comments.