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Building Blocks of Metadata

lisrw — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:25:18 +0000

Emma Tonkin and Andrew Hewson of UKOLN will give a paper entitled Building blocks of metadata in the session Principles and Innovations on 21 October 2010 at the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2010). This paper discusses a means of approaching the creation of new metadata schemas or application profiles – without making it seem too much like hard work. Further details are available.

What Metadata Is Really Useful?

lisrw — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:07:30 +0000

Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN will be speaking about the work of the Metadata Forum at the CETIS event What metadata is really useful? to be held in London on 18 October 2010. The event will focus on what data we have (or could acquire) to answer the question of what metadata is really required to support the discovery, selection, use and management of educational resources. More information about the Metadata Forum is available.

JISC Managing Research Data Programme: SageCite

lisrw — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:11:04 +0000

The Sagecite Project will be joining other projects funded recently under the JISC Managing Research Data Programme in the Citing, linking, integrating and publishing research data (CLIP) strand for a Launch Workshop organised by JISC.

The Case of AACR2 versus RDA

lisrw — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:54:17 +0000

The paper The Case of AACR2 Versus RDA by Ann Chapman of UKOLN has been published in the latest issue of Legal Information Management, v.10(3) 2010 (pp.210-213). In her paper, Ann examines the introduction of the Resource Description and Access cataloguing code to replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and explains why the latter were becoming unsuitable for the digital age whilst RDA has been specifically developed to deal with all types of media. The paper is available in print and electronic formats.

SageCite Project Funded to Test a Framework for Citation of Network Models

lisrw — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:15:00 +0000

SageCite, funded by JISC through the Managing Research Data Programme, will develop and test a Citation Framework of network models of disease and associated data, linking data, methods and publications. The domain of bio-informatics provides a case study, and the project builds on existing infrastructure and tools: myExperiment and the Sage Commons. Citations of complex network models of disease and associated data will be embedded in leading publications, exploring issues around the citation of data including the compound nature of datasets, description standards and identifiers. The project has international links with the Concept Web Alliance and Bio2RDF. The partners are UKOLN, the University of Manchester and the British Library (representing DataCite), with contributions from Nature Genetics and PLOS.

CIG Conference 2010: Online Bookings

lisrw — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:05:28 +0000

Have you booked your place yet? Places are still available for the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG) Conference to be held at the University of Exeter, 13-15 September 2010.

Bookings Open for CIG Conference 2010

lisrw — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:38:23 +0000

The CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group Conference will be held at the University of Exeter, over 13 – 15 September 2010. The Conference Web site has full details of the programme and sponsored places as well as an online booking form. This conference is being organised jointly by CIG and UKOLN.

The Why, What, How and When of RDA

lisrw — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:29:38 +0000

Slides are now available for Ann Chapman’s recent talk entitled The Why, What, How and When of RDA: the current state of play given to delegates from academic and public libraries at the CILIP Executive Briefing Day on Resource Description and Access (RDA) held in London on 23 March 2010 and repeated on 30 March 2010. The day focused on the need for RDA, the strategic aspects of moving to RDA and the challenges of implementation.

Tools of Our Trade (2010)

lisrw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:49:11 +0000

Slides are now available for Ann Chapman’s recent talk entitled Tools of Our Trade on Resource Description and Access (RDA) to library and information science students at London Metropolitan University. Ann provides some background to her presentation and a link to the slides themselves in her latest posting to the blog Culturage Heritage.

Sage Commons Congress: Foundation for a New Public Domain Resource

lisrw — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:22:42 +0000

Sage Bionetworks, a new, not-for-profit medical research organisation established in 2009 to revolutionise how researchers approach the complexity of human biological information and the treatment of disease, has recently announced that it is organising a Congress in San Francisco over 23-24 April, 2010. The Congress aims to establish the foundation for a new public domain resource, the Sage Commons. The organisation states, “Participation invitations have been extended to numerous experts and critical stakeholders. The Congress is already oversubscribed and details on Congress webcasts will be available shortly.” Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, will be leading the workstream on Citation of Network Models and Associated Data.