UKOLN has just published on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre issue 2 of Volume 4 of the International Journal of Digital Curation. In addition to 8 research papers and 6 general articles the issue also contains an exchange of letters to the Editor on the topic of archival authenticity of digital objects.
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International Journal of Digital Curation, Issue 2, Volume 4
Wednesday, October 21st, 20095th International Digital Curation Conference (2009) Open for Registration
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Registration is now open for the 5th International Digital Curation Conference: “Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity” to be held 2-4 December 2009 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London. The Conference is being held by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
in partnership with the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and organised by UKOLN. Pre-Conference Workshops are also arranged. Full details and how to register are available.
Julian Cheal wins Prize at Repository Fringe
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Julian Cheal, UKOLN, won the Pecha Kucha prize for “short presentations of 20 slides at 20 seconds each slide” at the Repository Fringe 2009 in Edinburgh.
Engineering a Complete Record
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009The July/August 2009 issue of Library and Information Update, the journal of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), features an article by Alex Ball of UKOLN. In Engineering a complete record Alex covers some of the research carried out by the KIM Grand Challenge Project. The article describes how the project has investigated the issues of knowledge and information management that arise as engineering firms increasingly sell their products as services.
IDCC 2009 – Call for Papers deadline extended
Thursday, July 16th, 2009The DCC is pleased to announce that the Paper Submission date for IDCC09 has been extended by two weeks to Friday 7 August 2009. Submissions should be in the form of a full or short paper, or a one page abstract for a poster, workshop or demonstration. All papers accepted for the conference will be published in the International Journal of Digital Curation .
International Journal of Digital Curation Publishes Issue 1, Volume 4 (2009)
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009The International Journal of Digital Curation produced by UKOLN on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre has published the first issue of this year’s Volume 4. Issue 1, Volume 4 contains 10 peer-reviewed papers as well as general articles of interest to practitioners in digital curation and preservation and access, the management of data, etc.
Team Science at ICSTI 2009
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, spoke recently on Libraries and Team Science at the 2009 conference of the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) in Ottawa. In her presentation Liz examined the roles that libraries and information professionals can play in the changing landscape of multi-scale, multi-disciplinary and multi-skilled team science. Slides from this presentation are now available.
Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity
Thursday, June 4th, 2009For the second year running, the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) will be hosting day of workshops in the lead-up to the 5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 2009), 2-4 December 2009. The workshops will take place on 2 December at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London and will be followed by a drinks reception at the Natural History Museum .
IDCC 2009 Call for Papers
Thursday, June 4th, 2009The DCC invites submission of full papers, posters, workshops and demos to the 5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 2009). It also welcomes contributions and participation from individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the creation, use and management of digital data, especially those involved in the challenge of curating data for e-science and e-research. Proposals will be considered for short (up to 6 pages) or long (up to 12 pages) papers and also for demonstrations, workshops and posters. The full text of papers will be peer-reviewed; abstracts for all posters, workshops and demos will be reviewed by the co-chairs. Final copy of accepted contributions will be made available to conference delegates, and papers will be published in our International Journal of Digital Curation .