Archive for January, 2012

LIDA: Libraries in the Digital Age

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, has been invited to give a keynote presentation to the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA 2012) together with Eileen G. Abels, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Alyssa Goodman and Herbert Van de Sompel. In her presentation entitled Incremental Change or Revolution? Libraries and the Informatics Transform, Liz considers the current position of libraries and their degree of engagement with research data management, scholarly communications and citizen science together with how they might extend their stewardship of data-intensive research.

Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) is a biennial international conference that focuses on the challenging and rapidly evolving nature of libraries and information systems and services. In recognition of today’s dynamic online and mediated technological environment, this year’s conference has chosen ‘CHANGES’ as the title of its theme. LIDA 2012 brings together at the University of Zadar, Croatia, researchers, educators, practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning. The Conference will take place over 18–22 June 2012.

The conference will divide into two parts:

Part I: CHANGES in the world of library services: Evolution and innovation (Programme Chair: Marie L. Radford,
(School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University))

Part II:CHANGES in the world of electronic resources: Information and digitization
(Programme chair: Christine L. Borgman, (Department of Information Studies, UCLA))

Further information can be obtained via the Conference Web site or by email.

Dev8D 2012

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Applications for Dev8D 2012 are coming close to capacity , but there are still a few places left. So, if you want to come, you will need to make your booking now.

This year, more than ever, the goal of Dev8D is to tool up delegates with skills in essential and emerging technologies for the coming year, and in a way that is practical and fun. There will be sessions for:

HTML 5
Programming in Python
Creating Moodle Plugins
Working with research data
Git version control and source code management
Understanding and using Linked Data
Using Redis
JavaScript and JQuery
Writing effective Moodle plug-ins
Making your web applications accessibility friendly
Coffee Script
Perl
Google Apps Scripting
and too many more to name…

Participants will also have the opportunity to interact with cool technologies like 3D printers and multi-touch tables and form their own sessions in our larger than ever ‘Pushing Ideas Further’ sessions. Bring your technical problems along and work through them with experts in the sector.

You can see more details and register for the event on the Dev8D Web site. The Dev8D Team hopes to see you there.

The Importance of CERIF to UK HEIs

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

UKOLN will host meetings in Bath on the the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF) in February 2012 as a means of supporting better understanding of the use and benefits of this model to the UK Higher Education community. A news feature on CERIF and these meetings is available on the UKOLN Web site.

Community Capability Model Framework for Data-Intensive Research Review Workshop: Melbourne

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

The Community Capability Model for Data Intensive Research Project (led by UKOLN and funded by Microsoft) is holding a workshop in Melbourne, Australia on 10 February 2012 to continue developing the model in consultation with the community.  Further information is available from the UKOLN Events Web site. Registration is now open.

Vacancy: CERIF National Co-ordinator

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

UKOLN currently has a vacancy for a national coordinator to support the engagement of the UK Higher Education sector in the implementation of the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF).

Full details of this vacancy are now available on the University of Bath ‘Jobs’ site.

Call for Proposals: IWMW 2012

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

UKOLN has announced a Call for Proposals for this year’s Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW 2012), to be held in Edinburgh from 18 to 20 June 2012.  This annual event, designed for everyone managing and developing institutional Web services, will address a broad range of topics related to this year’s theme of ‘Embedding Innovation’. More information about this event and how to submit proposals for plenary talks and parallel workshop sessions is available from the UKOLN Web site.

UKOLN Update December 2011

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

The recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during December 2011.  It highlights key blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.

Most frequently used words in UKOLN blogs, December 2011

Most frequently used words in UKOLN blogs, December 2011

Call for Submissions to IWMW 2012

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

UKOLN’s Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 event will be held at the University of Edinburgh over 18-20 June 2012. IWMW, designed for practitioners involved in the provision of institutional Web services, has been running for 15 years and is the main event for those with responsibilities for managing, maintaining and developing a range of online services based on Web technologies.

The call for submissions, including proposals for plenary talks and workshop sessions, together with other ideas (panel sessions, debates, etc.) is now available.

A blog post which provides more background information on the Call is available from the UK Web Focus blog.

CERIF Meetings in Bath

Monday, January 9th, 2012

UKOLN is hosting a series of meetings based on CERIF, the Common European Research Information Format, in co-operation with euroCRIS and JISC. The first is a CERIF tutorial and UK data surgery, to be held on 9 February 2012, followed by euroCRIS task group meetings on 10 February, both in the city of Bath. Participation is open, and all those involved in research information management are strongly encouraged to take the opportunity to strengthen their understanding of CERIF and explore real-life data scenarios, as well as to contribute UK experience to related euroCRIS task groups.

Final Report from UKOLN’s Evidence, Impact, Metrics Work Published

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

The final report covering UKOLN’s work on Evidence, Impact, Metrics has been published. The aim of this work was to identify best practice in gathering quantitive evidence and associated metrics on the use of networked services to support institutional and project activities. The report has been produced as a series of self-contained documents which are suitable for printing (on a double-side printer) as well as being published in HTML format.