The latest issue of the JISC Inform newsletter was published yesterday and contained two articles from UKOLN. One article provides advice on how institutions should respond to the ‘cookie’ legislation which comes into force on 26 May. A second article entitled Making the most of the open web, in which “three experts discuss how to use the social web to increase traffic to your work and make it more discoverable”, describes sound approaches to the use of blogs as an open practice.
Archive for March, 2012
UKOLN Contributions to JISC Inform
Thursday, March 29th, 2012CERIF Landscape Study
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012Rosemary Russell of UKOLN ISC has written an explanatory news feature on Adoption of CERIF in Higher Education Institutions in the UK: A Landscape Study which is now available on the UKOLN Web site.
Adoption of CERIF in UK HEIs
Thursday, March 15th, 2012Adoption of CERIF in Higher Education Institutions in the UK: A Landscape Study by Rosemary Russell of UKOLN has just been published and is available in both PDF and Word formats. This study documents the extent of adoption and engagement with CERIF in UK Higher Education institutions (HEIs) in late 2011/early 2012. CERIF, the Common European Research Information Format provides a standardised way of managing and exchanging information about research. 51 institutions in the UK are using CERIF Current Research Information Systems (CRIS), indicating a 30.7% adoption of CERIF. However despite the widespread use of CERIF as an underlying standard, many institutions are not engaging with CERIF directly.
The International Journal of Digital Curation, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2012)
Thursday, March 15th, 2012UKOLN has recently published Volume 7, Issue 1 (2012) of the International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC) on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre. A summary of content has been provided in a news feature available on the UKOLN Web site.
Research360 Project Underway
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012The joint University of Bath- and UKOLN-based Research360 Project is now fully up and running.
Research360 is one of a number of projects being funded through the JISC Managing Research Data Programme. It is an institutional project designed to pilot policies, infrastructure and training resources to provide high-quality support for research. Further details are available from a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.
Re-engineering Libraries for the Data Decade
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012The International Journal of Digital Curation, published by the Digital Curation Centre and produced at UKOLN has just published Volume 7, No 1 (2012) which includes an article by Liz Lyon, DCC Associate Director. In her article The Informatics Transform: Re-engineering Libraries for the Data Decade, Liz explains how library staff may need to supplement their existing skills in the light of the changes in the way scientific research is being conducted. With the advent of data-intensive research and a plethora of Web technologies, the landscape in which HE libraries will operate in the current decade is bound to change also. Liz asks how will library services, and also LIS schools and curricula, adapt? She considers how the position of data informaticians will alter, provides a set of assertions on which enhancements in recruitment practice may be based, and offers a view of the new role of advocacy in scholarly communication practice that libraries may wish to adopt.
Predicting the Future
Monday, March 12th, 2012An article by Brian Kelly entitled Predicting the Future: Evidence-gathering and Interpretation to Inform Planning has been published in Panlibus Magazine (Issue 23, Spring 2012) in PDF format.
In his article, Brian, a member of the Innovation Support Centre based at UKOLN, University of Bath, describes approaches to gathering and interpreting evidence in order to inform planning processes. This work is being carried out as part of the JISC Observatory service which is being provided by UKOLN and the JISC CETIS service.
Further information about the JISC Observatory is available on the JISC Observatory Web site.
Last Chance: Northwest England DCC Roadshow
Thursday, March 8th, 2012Registration for the free DCC Roadshow on Data Management to be held in the Northwest of England over 20-21 March 2012 will close soon. The Roadshow is organised with The Library, University of Salford and will take place at the Clifford Whitworth Building, University of Salford.
DCC Roadshows are designed to support every institution in the UK to prepare for effective research data management and to understand more about how the Digital Curation Centre can help. Further information about the DCC Roadshows is available from the DCC Web site.
Possible Interruption to UKOLN Blog Services
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012All UKOLN blog services, including this newsfeed, will be subject to interruption due to network maintenance operations.
Draft JISC Observatory Report on “Delivering Web to Mobile”
Thursday, March 1st, 2012The JISC Observatory is provided by UKOLN and JISC CETIS to “systematise the way in which the JISC anticipates and responds to projected future trends and scenarios in the context of the use of technology in Higher & Further Education, and Research in the UK”.
The JISC Observatory is responsible for commissioning reports which cover areas of IT which are felt to be of significance for the Higher and Further Education sector. To this end we commissioned a report Delivering Web to Mobile which is being written by Mark Power, JISC CETIS. As explained on the JISC Observatory blog, a preview version of this report has now been made available for comment (in PDF format).
This report looks at the growth of mobile technologies and the state of the Web while giving an overview of approaches to delivering content and services optimised for the mobile environment. They include approaches to Web design in respect of responsive sites, leveraging access to device functions and capabilities, and the use of Web technologies to build mobile applications.
This preview version of the report is being made available for a period of 1 month to allow for public comment and feedback. A final version will be produced shortly after 23 March 2012, the last day for submitting comments which will be addressed in the final updates.
Please send us your observations using the comments facility on the JISC Observatory Web site. Comments of any nature are welcomed but we would particularly value those pointing out:
- significant omissions in your view;
- technical errors; or
- confusing content.
We look forward to hearing from you.