An article written by Marieke Guy
which discusses the preservation of tweets has been published in this month’s FUMSI Magazine. FUMSI, the successor to FreePint, publishes articles designed to support information professionals in their work.
Archive for September 6th, 2010
Treasuring Twitter: The Why and How of Preserving Tweets
Monday, September 6th, 2010Supporting Research Data Management at ECDL 2010
Monday, September 6th, 2010Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director, Digital Curation Centre, will facilitate the panel on Developing Services to Support Research Data Management and Sharing during ECDL 2010 in Glasgow. The subject of the panel will be the current gap between the readiness of the current information environment to deal with large amounts of heterogeneous data and the disposition of academics in research institutions to update their practices of data management and curation. The panel will focus on this gap between digital library systems and researchers’ current practice in managing data and will explore appropriate services that can help to bridge it.
Kelly Tells THE: More to University Web Sites than League Tables
Monday, September 6th, 2010In a letter published in the 2-8 September 2010 issue of Times Higher Education, Brian Kelly points out the limitations of publishing league tables for university Web sites. The challenge is not in jostling for position in an artificial league table, but ensuring that Web teams are willing to share best practice in exploiting the potential of the Social Web. Further details are available.