Alex Ball will be giving a presentation entitled KIM, ERIM and the Silo of Doom at a Digital Preservation Coalition workshop
on Computer-aided Design, to be held at the British Library Centre for Conservation on Friday 16 July 2010.
Archive for the ‘Dissemination’ Category
Enabling Research Data Management at the Coalface
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director, DCC will be contributing to a session on The Challenge of Large Data: Dataset Citation, Curation, and Management at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2010 to be held in Redmond, Washington, USA over 12-13 July 2010. The event will bring together more than 400 thought leaders from academia, government, and Microsoft to reflect on how current computing disciplines open new opportunities for research and development. Liz will be speaking on behalf of the UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) which is providing advocacy, guidance and tools for research data management to the UK Higher Education community, as well as running a portfolio of R&D projects to understand data curation challenges at the coalface. Her presentation, entitled UK Digital Curation Centre: Enabling research data management at the coalface, will look at three DCC data exemplars:
- Data citation of complex predictive network models of disease;
- Crystallography data flows across institutional borders from laboratory to synchrotron; and
- Emerging Data Management Planning tools for institutions and faculty.
Web 2.0 and Libraries: Impacts, Technologies and Trends
Monday, July 5th, 2010Brian Kelly has contributed a chapter on A Deployment Strategy for Maximising the Impact of Instituional Use of Web 2.0 in a book entitled Web 2.0 and Libraries: Impacts, Technologies and Trends edited by Dave Parkes and Geoff Walton and published by Chandos Publishing.
Mind the Gap: Reflections on Data Policies and Practice
Friday, July 2nd, 2010Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, recently gave a presentation at the annual JISC/CNI Meeting held in the Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh. Entitled Mind the Gap: Reflections on Data Policies and Practice, her talk explored open science and data policies from an institutional perspective and focused in particular on the perceived gaps between policy and practice. She also provided snapshots of both current practice and future data policy challenges, and described progress with DCC Data Management Planning tools and guidance, to help researchers manage their data more effectively. Her presentation is now available.
Two Digital Preservation Papers at iPRES2010
Thursday, July 1st, 2010Brian Kelly and Marieke Guy of UKOLN have received notification that two papers have been accepted by the 7th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES2010). One paper considers the challenges of archiving professional blogs which are hosted by blog platforms in the Cloud. The second paper describes the technical and policy issues related to the archiving of Twitter posts (tweets) which are being addressed by the JISC-funded development of the Twapper Keeper service.
Metadata Forum: BoFs Gathering at OR 2010
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Part of the Open Repositories Conference in Madrid over 6-9 July 2010 will be a series of Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions to offer delegates with similar interests the opportunity to discuss a particular topic informally. One such session on Wednesday 7 July at 15:45 – 16:45 will be facilitated by Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN to host the first meeting of The Metadata Forum. The Metadata Forum is a new initiative, run by UKOLN at the University of Bath and funded by JISC. It is open to anyone with an interest in metadata, from novice to expert, and anyone in between who has to deal with metadata as part of their day-to-day work. The Forum aims to:
- identify knowledge gaps in the area of metadata within the UK HE community, and fill those gaps
- answer questions on the practical application of metadata in the workplace
- bring together practitioners at every level of experience to discuss and share their metadata experiences
It is hoped that delegates attending this BoF will bring along their metadata hopes, dreams and fears to share at the Forum launch! Regular updates on the activities and outputs of the Forum can be found at the Metadata Forum Blog.
Museums in the Digital Age Making History on BBC Radio 4
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Brian Kelly took part in a discussion on Museums in the Digital Age which will be broadcast on the Making History programme on BBC Radio 4 on 6 July 2010 at 15:00. Note the Making History series is also available as a podcast.
IDCC10: Call for Papers
Monday, June 28th, 2010Gaining Business Intelligence from User Activity Data
Thursday, June 24th, 2010In the context of Higher Education, user activity data, derived from the way people use libraries, virtual learning environments, student registries and similar services, are potentially a valuable source of business intelligence that can support improvements in services and policy, as well as the efficient management of resources. While such data have decided potential, there are technical, legal and other issues to be borne in mind. JISC is offering a workshop entitled Gaining business intelligence from user activity data for senior managers and practitioners working in libraries, teaching and research to be held on 14 July 2010 in London. Further details are available.
Use of Social Geo-location Service at IWMW 2010 Highlighted by New Media Monthly
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The New Media Monthly blog has featured a case study on plans to make use of social geo-location sharing services at the forthcoming Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW 2010) which will be held at the University of Sheffield over 12-14 July. The blog also includes a longer feature article which asks “Is location-based social networking the next big thing?“. In this article Brian Kelly of UKOLN describes how events can provide an ideal opportunity to evaluate the potential of emerging new technologies such as location-based services.