Brian Kelly and Nicola McNee will facilitate a session entitled Sixty Minutes to Save Libraries: Gathering Evidence to Demonstrate Library Services’ Impact and Value at the MashSpa event which will be held in the Chapel Arts Centre, Bath on Friday 29 October 2010.
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Sixty Minutes to Save Libraries
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010Impact: Proving We Make a Difference
Friday, October 22nd, 2010An article
by Val Skelton published in Information Today describes how “Users, funders and decision makers are asking tough questions about our products and services and we must be ready to respond with credible usage statistics.” The article leads with a summary of a talk entitled Monitoring and Maximising Organisational Impact given by Brian Kelly at last week’s Internet Librarian International 2010, who argued that the sector “should wholeheartedly embrace this demand for transparency by being clear and open about usage and impact.”
Event Amplification Using Social Media
Friday, October 15th, 2010Brian Kelly will give a talk Event Amplification Using Social Media at a JISC Services Marketing and Communications meeting. The meeting will be held from 10.00-15.00 on Thursday 20 October 2010 at the JISC offices, Brettenham House, London.
MashSpa: The Mashed Library Event in Bath
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010The 6th Mashed Library event known as MashSpa will be held in Bath on Friday 29 October. Designed for librarians and technical staff, this one-day event is an opportunity for them to meet, share knowledge and create new mashups. The morning programme will be given over to a few talks while the afternoon will be dedicated to mashing and creating new ideas for your library and some workshops. We would stress that no technical expertise is required of participants. There are still a few places available. You can book online now.
International Open Access Week
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010The week beginning 18 October 2010 is international Open Access Week, with events and activities taking place worldwide on university and research campuses. Open Access enhances scholarly communication by making the results of publicly funded research available to all. Further details are available.
Further Funding for DevCSI
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010We are pleased to announce that DevCSI, a project to support developers in Higher Education, has received funding for a further year’s work. The project is based at UKOLN and funded by JISC. This year the project will focus on organising more events for developers in Higher Education as well as carrying out research not only into the value that developers provide their institutions but also the role they play in innovation.
Registration for the 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) Now Open
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Registration is now open for this year’s International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC). It will take place over 6-8 December in Chicago. The theme of the 2010 conference is Participation and Practice: Growing the Curation Community through the Data Decade. Details on registration and all other aspects are available from the Digital Curation Centre Web site.
The Metadata Forum at RepoFringe 2010
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN will be running a meeting of the Metadata Forum in a round-table session at RepoFringe 2010, in Edinburgh, 2-3 September. The meeting is open to anyone who is in Edinburgh and has an interest in metadata! For updates on time, location, and evolving agenda, see the Metadata Forum blog. If you have thoughts, ideas or questions you would like to contribute but can’t attend in person, please leave a comment on the blog, email Stephanie direct, or use Twitter to tweet @metadataforum.
MashSpa: The Mashed Library Event in Bath
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010The sixth Mashed Library event known as MashSpa will be held in Bath on Friday 29 October. Designed for librarians and technical staff, the one-day event is an opportunity for them to meet, share knowledge and create new mashups. The morning will be given over to a couple of talks while the afternoon will be dedicated to mashing and creating new ideas for your library. We would stress that no technical expertise is required of participants. Booking for this event is now open.