The JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry Project gave a demonstration of the registry and a suite of associated software tools at the recent 2009 JISC Conference. Slides and screenshots from the presentation are available on the IEMSR Web site.
Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
SaaSy APIs at Museums and the Web 2009
Thursday, March 26th, 2009A paper by Paul Walk of UKOLN entitled Software as a Service and Open APIs has been accepted for the M2009 Museums and the Web Conference to be held in Indianapolis, USA over 15-18 April 2009. This paper will form the background to a mini-workshop APIs – how and why which will be conducted by his colleague Brian Kelly. The workshop will consider ways in which open APIs and Software as a Service (SaaS) are being exploited within the sector and seek a better understanding of the best approaches to take to maximise the potential benefits of this technology.
Software as a Service and Open APIs by Paul Walk
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/papers/walk/walk.html 
Conference Biography: Paul Walk
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/bios/au_440016873.html
Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009The Digital Curation Centre would like to announce that the 5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 2009) will be held 2-4 December 2009 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London, UK. Further details and information on a Preliminary Call for Papers are available on the DCC Web site.
e-Science Institute Workshop: Use Cases for Provenance
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/983/
The e-Science Institute (eSI) has announced a workshop entitled “Use Cases for Provenance” to take place in Edinburgh on Monday 20 April in Edinburgh. The aim of the workshop is to identify usage scenarios, open problems and ambitious goals for research concerning provenance in eScience and scientific data management. The workshop will be of interest to: scientific disciplines in which sophisticated database, Grid, or eScience technology is already in widespread use; disciplines where such technology is not widely used but conceivably will be in the future, and; to researchers and developers working on provenance and scientific data management or eScience technology. Speakers will include Alex Ball of UKOLN who will be presenting on the role of provenance in Engineering industries. The registration deadline is 13 April.
Reinventing Science Librarianship
Thursday, March 5th, 2009http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/rli/archive/rli262.shtml
An article, entitled “Reinventing Science Librarianship: Themes from the ARL-CNI Forum” by Elisabeth Jones, has been published by the Association of Research Libraries in its new issue of “Research Library Issues” (formerly “ARL Bimonthly Report”). The article features an audio clip and cited material from Liz Lyon’s presentation at the October 2008 ARL/CNI E-Science Forum. An excerpt from the recording of her presentation “Transition or Transform? Repositioning the Library for the Petabyte Era” has been used in support of the article which is accompanied by three audio clips in all, illustrating remarks by Rick Luce, Clifford Lynch and Liz Lyon from their presentations to the Forum, and which the author considered of particular interest to readers
Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/renaissance-east-midlands-2009/
Brian Kelly will facilitate a workshop on “Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web” on behalf of Renaissance East Midlands. The workshop which will be held at the Sir John Moore Foundation, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire on 18 March 2009.
RSP Software Day
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009http://www.rsp.ac.uk/events/index.php?page=RepositorySoftwareDay2009/index.php
Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN will be facilitating at the RSP Software Day on 19 March at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. The aim of the day is to introduce, through exhibition and demonstration, Repository Managers and Technical Support Officers to a range of existing and developing repository software and technology; and to allow the opportunity for discussion and solution discovery between delegates and software providers through exhibition, case studies, surgeries and user groups.
Ideascale site for IWMW 2009
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009http://iwmw2009.ideascale.com/
An ideascale site has been set up for the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2009 to allow the Web management community share ideas on topics for the Workshop. This year’s IWMW will be held at the University of Essex, Colchester Campus, from Tuesday 28 to Thursday 30 July 2009 and the call for participations is currently open.
Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web
Monday, February 9th, 2009http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/
Brian Kelly will facilitate a workshop on “Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web” on behalf of Renaissance West Midlands. The workshop will be held at The Herbert, Coventry, on 26 February 2009.