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DCC NE England Data Management Roadshow

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

This is the last opportunity to register for this free DCC event taking place over 23 – 24 April 2012 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Registration will close at 2pm, Thursday 19 April.

The Roadshow is co-organised with Professor Julie McLeod, Northumbria University School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences. Its programme includes an interesting range of speakers who will share examples of developing research data management services and infrastructure.

Day 1 will be a general introduction and is open to all. Best practice will be shared through case studies to help build a community of data management expertise in the North-East of England. Day 2 is a strategic training day for research support staff. The workshop provides an introduction to curation and DCC tools so you can start to plan research data management services for your institution.

Each day can be booked individually. The event will take place in the Darwin Suite, 3rd Floor Bioscience Centre, Times Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4EP. A a full programme is available.

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IWMW 2012 Open for Bookings

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012

Bookings are now open for UKOLN’s annual Institutional Web Management Workshop, IWMW 2012. Information about speakers and sessions as well as how to book is now available on the UKOLN Web site.

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Spaces Available at DCC Belfast and London Roadshows

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

The Digital Curation Centre is running a series of regional roadshows to support HEIs in their research data management. Registration is open for two more DCC data management roadshows.

The London roadshow is being organised in conjunction with the Library Services at Imperial College London and will take place on 21 – 22 May 2012 at 58 Prince’s Gate, Imperial College London.

The Northern Ireland roadshow is being organised in conjunction with Queen’s University Belfast and will take place on 6 – 7 June 2012 at the Auditorium, McClay Library, Queen’s University, Belfast.

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Last Chance: Northwest England DCC Roadshow

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Registration for the free DCC Roadshow on Data Management to be held in the Northwest of England over 20-21 March 2012 will close soon. The Roadshow is organised with The Library, University of Salford and will take place at the Clifford Whitworth Building, University of Salford.

DCC Roadshows are designed to support every institution in the UK to prepare for effective research data management and to understand more about how the Digital Curation Centre can help. Further information about the DCC Roadshows is available from the DCC Web site.

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Dev8D 2012

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Applications for Dev8D 2012 are coming close to capacity , but there are still a few places left. So, if you want to come, you will need to make your booking now.

This year, more than ever, the goal of Dev8D is to tool up delegates with skills in essential and emerging technologies for the coming year, and in a way that is practical and fun. There will be sessions for:

HTML 5
Programming in Python
Creating Moodle Plugins
Working with research data
Git version control and source code management
Understanding and using Linked Data
Using Redis
JavaScript and JQuery
Writing effective Moodle plug-ins
Making your web applications accessibility friendly
Coffee Script
Perl
Google Apps Scripting
and too many more to name…

Participants will also have the opportunity to interact with cool technologies like 3D printers and multi-touch tables and form their own sessions in our larger than ever ‘Pushing Ideas Further’ sessions. Bring your technical problems along and work through them with experts in the sector.

You can see more details and register for the event on the Dev8D Web site. The Dev8D Team hopes to see you there.

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The Importance of CERIF to UK HEIs

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

UKOLN will host meetings in Bath on the the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF) in February 2012 as a means of supporting better understanding of the use and benefits of this model to the UK Higher Education community. A news feature on CERIF and these meetings is available on the UKOLN Web site.

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Community Capability Model Framework for Data-Intensive Research Review Workshop: Melbourne

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

The Community Capability Model for Data Intensive Research Project (led by UKOLN and funded by Microsoft) is holding a workshop in Melbourne, Australia on 10 February 2012 to continue developing the model in consultation with the community.  Further information is available from the UKOLN Events Web site. Registration is now open.

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Call for Proposals: IWMW 2012

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

UKOLN has announced a Call for Proposals for this year’s Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW 2012), to be held in Edinburgh from 18 to 20 June 2012.  This annual event, designed for everyone managing and developing institutional Web services, will address a broad range of topics related to this year’s theme of ‘Embedding Innovation’. More information about this event and how to submit proposals for plenary talks and parallel workshop sessions is available from the UKOLN Web site.

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Call for Submissions to IWMW 2012

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

UKOLN’s Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 event will be held at the University of Edinburgh over 18-20 June 2012. IWMW, designed for practitioners involved in the provision of institutional Web services, has been running for 15 years and is the main event for those with responsibilities for managing, maintaining and developing a range of online services based on Web technologies.

The call for submissions, including proposals for plenary talks and workshop sessions, together with other ideas (panel sessions, debates, etc.) is now available.

A blog post which provides more background information on the Call is available from the UK Web Focus blog.

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CERIF Meetings in Bath

Monday, January 9th, 2012

UKOLN is hosting a series of meetings based on CERIF, the Common European Research Information Format, in co-operation with euroCRIS and JISC. The first is a CERIF tutorial and UK data surgery, to be held on 9 February 2012, followed by euroCRIS task group meetings on 10 February, both in the city of Bath. Participation is open, and all those involved in research information management are strongly encouraged to take the opportunity to strengthen their understanding of CERIF and explore real-life data scenarios, as well as to contribute UK experience to related euroCRIS task groups.

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