The recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during February 2011. It highlights key news features, blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.
Most frequently used words in UKOLN blogs, February 2011
Issue 66 of Ariadne Web Magazine was published recently covering topics from file format profiles, server logs analysis, event amplification, virtual 3D imaging and much more besides together with event reports and reviews. Further information is available from the UKOLN Web site and from Ariadne.
The ERIM (Engineering Research Information Management) Project has released four documents related to data management planning requirements. The first is a set of principles for engineering research data management. The second is a thematic analysis of the guidance given by five organisations on writing data management plans (DMPs). The outcomes of the analysis and the principles were used to construct a DMP requirement specification for engineering researchers and their departments. This in turn was used to plan support for DMP-writing in an engineering research centre at Bath, and provide specific DMP requirements for its researchers.
The ERIM Project is part of JISC’s Managing Research Data Programme, looking at data management planning in EPSRC-funded projects. It is a collaboration between the Innovative design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC) at the University of Bath and UKOLN, representing the Digital Curation Centre.
The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) has published the second in its series of How-to Guides: How to License Research Data by Alex Ball of UKOLN and the DCC, in association with JISC Legal. The guide explains why licensing data is important, what licensing options are available to researchers, and how to go about attaching a licence to a dataset. It is designed for principal investigators, researchers, and those who provide access to research data through a data centre, repository or archive.
The guide is available for online reading or download from the DCC Web site.
The recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during January 2011. It highlights key news features, blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.
Most frequently used words in UKOLN blog posts, January 2011
UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter about UKOLN activities, provides a view of staff work during the month of December 2010.
UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter about UKOLN activities, provides a view of staff work during the month of November 2010.
The JISC Beginner’s Guide to Digital Preservation is now live and available for comment. The Guide has been written for practitioners working on JISC projects who would like help with preserving their outputs. It is designed for people who are new to digital preservation but can also serve as a resource for those who have specific requirements or wish to find further resources in certain areas.
Issue 65 of Ariadne Web Magazine is now available, with, among others, articles on image presentation technology and methods within a pedagogic framework, the development of research data management services and infrastructure at the University of Oxford, how recent developments in Web technology have affected the relationship between URI and resource representation, an Australian initiative to address technology challenges within current research paradigms, a strategic view of the need to develop academic liaison librarianship and more besides. It is also seeking your views in the form of a reader survey.
Ann Chapman of UKOLN has provided a report to the MLA entitled Authentication Services for Public Libraries in which she describes the current situation, reviews how single sign-on authentication would benefit public libraries and e-content providers alike, and outlines proposals for a national strategy for the future. This report was commissioned by, and is jointly published by MLA.