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Data Infrastructure Challenges, I2S2 Project Workshop, 5th May 2011, Leicester

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

The Infrastructure for Integration in Structural Sciences (I2S2) Project is pleased to announce a half-day workshop exploring research data management challenges in a range of contexts. This workshop, entitled Data Infrastructure Challenges: Working across Scale, Disciplinary and Institutional Boundaries, will take place on 5 May 2011 at the University of Leicester.

The half-day workshop will examine data integration and interoperability across different degrees of scale (from local laboratory to national data service to large-scale facility such as Diamond and ISIS), data flows between disciplines, and data exchange across and within institutional boundaries. There will be a particular focus on demonstrating the cost-benefits of effective data management and the relevance of different roles within organisations. A programme of expert speakers will share the experiences and outcomes from a range of pioneering JISC-funded projects, followed by panel discussion.

Full programme and registration details can be found on the I2S2 events page.

This workshop is to be co-located with the 6th Research Data Management Forum.

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Open Educational Resources Hackday: Fully Booked

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Hackday, a two-day event organised by UKOLN and DevCSI over 31 March – 1 April 2011, which will look at hacking content, systems and services for open educational resources, is now fully booked. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, advice is available on the event’s booking page.

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SageCite Participates in JISC MRD International Workshop

Friday, March 25th, 2011

The SageCite Project will be participating in the JISC Managing Research Data International Workshop on 28 and 29 March 2011. Sagecite is studying issues related to data citation around data, methods and publication in the domain of bio-informatics. As well as sharing progress with other projects, participants will also be invited to discuss requirements for managing research data, to identify gaps and priorities, and to contribute to shaping the strategic direction of the programme.

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JISC 2011 Conference: The Business Administrative Case for Linked Data

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Adrian Stevenson’s latest eFragments blog post reports on the parallel session entitled What is the Business Administrative Case for Linked Data? held at the JISC Conference in Liverpool on 15 March 2011. The session promised to address the “business value to the institution” of linked data, and was designed for “anyone who wants a clear explanation in terms of how it applies to your institutional business strategy for saving money..”.

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Digital Preservation Benefit Analysis Tools

Monday, March 21st, 2011

UKOLN is pleased to announce the launch of a new project focusing on development of a digital preservation benefits analysis toolset.

The Digital Preservation Benefit Analysis Tools Project is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and will run from 1 February to 31 July 2011.

The project  aims to test, review and promote combined use of the Keeping Research Data Safe (KRDS) Benefits Taxonomy and the Value Chain and Impact Analysis tool first applied in the I2S2 Project  for assessing the benefits and impact of digital preservation of research data. We will extend their utility to and adoption within the JISC community by providing user review and guidance for the tools and creating an integrated toolset. The project consortium consists of a mix of user institutions, projects, and disciplinary data services committed to the testing and exploitation of these tools and the lead partners in their original creation. We will demonstrate and critique the tools, and then create and disseminate the toolset and accompanying materials such as user guides and factsheets to the wider community.

The project plan and project outputs will be available from the Project Web site in due course. A dissemination event to mark the conclusion of the project will be held in central London on 12 July 2011. (Further details and registration will be announced in May.)

The project partners are UKOLN and the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Bath, the Centre for Health Informatics and Multi-professional Education (CHIME) at University College London , the UK Data Archive (University of Essex), the Archaeology Data Service (University of York),  OCLC Research, and  Charles Beagrie Limited.

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UKOLN International Seminar: Dr Andrew Treloar on Data Management

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Dr Andrew Treloar, Director of Technology for the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), will be giving a seminar entitled Data Management: International Challenges, National Infrastructure and Institutional Responses – an Australian Perspective. It will be hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath on Friday 1 April starting at 11.00. Booking details are available from the UKOLN Web site.

This seminar will consider the international challenges arising from the shift towards data-intensive research and the rapid uptake of instruments that produce very large data volumes. It will explain the role of and rationale for the Australian National Data Service, its different programmes, and the services that are being developed and taken up. It will also consider how different institutions in Australia are engaging with the Service. The seminar should be relevant to anyone with an interest in data management.

Further details on the seminar, Dr Treloar, how to book a place or to learn more about the proposed video stream are available from the UKOLN Web site.

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International Journal of Digital Curation, Volume 6, Issue 1

Monday, March 14th, 2011

UKOLN has just published – on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre – Volume 6, Issue 1 of the International Journal of Digital Curation. This issue features sixteen peer-reviewed papers and five general articles. A summary is available from the UKOLN Web site.

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UKOLN Social Web Workshops 2010-2011

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

The last of the UKOLN Social Web workshops in the 2010-2011 series was held on 22 February 2011 at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. A look back at the events has been posted on the UKOLN Cultural Heritage blog. Access to all materials relating to these events is still available and links are included in the blog post.

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The Value of Local Developers

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

Based on their work on the DevCSI Project, Mahendra Mahey and Paul Walk will be running a session at the JISC Conference 2011 entitled The value of local developers: innovating in difficult financial times. This session will run for an hour from 12:30 on Tuesday 15 March 2011.

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Create a “Virtual Presence” at Work

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Marieke Guy of UKOLN was delighted to receive a guest post on her blog Ramblings of a Remote Worker from Jonathon Wilson, a software engineer in Austin, Texas, who has created his own virtual presence in his workplace and has written up his approach of using Skype and VNC.

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