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.
Archive for November, 2010
Launch of the JISC Beginner’s Guide to Digital Preservation
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Ariadne Issue 65 Available
Monday, November 29th, 2010Issue 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.
DevCSI Developer Days: February 2011
Monday, November 29th, 2010We are pleased to announce that the DevCSI Developer Days – Dev8D2011 – are going to be held over Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 February 2011 in London. Dev8D+ will be held before Dev8D. Please visit the Dev8D Web site for more information about this event.
Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011
Monday, November 29th, 2010Next year’s IWMW 2011 will be held at the University of Reading from Tuesday 26 – Wednesday 27 July 2011. An Ideascale site has been set up to collect ideas for the event.
Last Call for DevCSI Event on Workflow Tools
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010DevCSI (Developer Community Supporting Innovation), the project managed by UKOLN to help developers in Further and Higher Education has announced that just a few places remain for its event for software developers, users, project managers and clients who are interested in workflow and business process modelling tools. The event will take place in Bath on Friday 30 November 2010. Further details and a booking form for the few places remaining are obtainable.
Report: Authentication Services for Public Libraries
Thursday, November 18th, 2010Ann 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.
UKOLN Presentations at Online Information Conference 2010
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010Two presentations will be given by UKOLN staff at Online Information Conference 2010 
to be held from 30 November to 2 December 2010 at Olympia, London. Brian Kelly will be talking on Moving from Personal to Organisational Use of the Social Web and Marieke Guy will give a presentation entitled Home, Work, Work, Home!? How Information Professionals Can Exploit Blurred Boundaries.
DevCSI ePub/eBook Hackday
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010The DevCSI (Developer Community Supporting Innovation) Project has organised a free 2-day event in Bristol over 13-14 December 2010 in conjunction with the JISC-funded Application Profiles Support Project. This hackday event will bring together software developers, project managers and users particularly (though not exclusively) in Higher Education who share an interest in eBooks and particularly the open ePUB standard for ebooks. Further information is available from the UKOLN Web site.
Institutional Web Services: Evidence for Their Value
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010Brian Kelly will facilitate a one-day workshop entitled Institutional Web Services: Evidence for Their Value to be held on Friday 12 November 2010 at the University of Strathclyde. The workshop is being organised in conjunction with the Scottish Web Folk regional group. Further details are available.