UKOLN News

The Research Information Network has recently announced the publication of
“Stewardship of digital research data: a framework of principles and guidelines”.
The framework is founded on the fundamental policy objective that ideas and knowledge, including data, derived from publicly funded research should be made available for public use, interrogation, and scrutiny, as widely, rapidly and effectively as practicable.
The framework is based upon five broad principles which provide a guide to the development of policy and practice for a range of key players: universities, research institutions, libraries and other information providers, publishers, and research funders as well as
researchers themselves.

Brian Kelly will give a talk entitled “The UK Web Focus Blog” at a UCISA Innovation and Communication event which will be held at the Coventry TechnoCentre on 14 February 2008.