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Community Capability Model for Data-Intensive Research: First Consultation Workshop

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Microsoft Research Connections and UKOLN are working in partnership to develop a Community Capability Model for Data-Intensive Research. The ultimate aim of the Community Capability Model for Data-Intensive Research Project is to provide a framework useful for researchers and funders in modelling a range of disciplinary and community behaviours with respect to the adoption, usage, development and exploitation of cyber-infrastructure for data-intensive research.

One of this partnership’s activities is an event at the University of York on 28 September 2011, of interest to researchers, digital repository managers, staff from library, information and research organisations, data curators, data centre managers, data scientists, research-funding organisations and research networks.

Further information on the Community Capability Model for Data-Intensive Research is available in a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.

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Free Conference Showcasing JISC-funded RIM Projects

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

A few places remain for the free conference showcasing the work of the second round of JISC-funded Research Information Management projects. It will be held at the Manchester Conference Centre on Tuesday 20 September 2011.

The JISC Research Information Management (RIM) Projects Final Event has been organised by JISC and UKOLN and aims to present the work of the following JISC-funded Research Information Management Strand 2 final projects:

  • Brunel Research Under a CERIF Environment (BRUCE) – Brunel University
  • CERIFy – UKOLN, University of Bath
  • Integrated Research Input and Output System (IRIOS) – University of Sunderland
  • Measuring Impact under CERIF (MICE) – Centre for e-Reseach (CeRch), Kings College London

The day will start with an overview of the strand, including its aims and objectives. This will be followed by a sneak preview of each of the projects’ findings, where each of the projects will seek to persuade delegates to come to their sessions. After the break, four parallel sessions will be held involving all projects; these sessions will be repeated in the afternoon. Therefore delegates will have an opportunity to visit at least two project sessions during the day.

Following the afternoon project sessions, there will be a number of presentations from projects that are building on the Research Information Management strand (e.g. from RMAS, Research Council, etc). The day will end with a plenary discussion focusing on the way forward.

Further information on the JISC Research Information Management (RIM) Projects Final Event is available, including a draft programme and a booking form.

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JISC Research Information Management Projects Final Event

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

JISC and UKOLN are organising a free conference to showcase the work of the second round of JISC-funded Research Information Management (RIM) projects. The conference is free and will be held at the Manchester Conference Centre on 20 September 2011.

The conference will highlight the work of the following Strand 2 final projects:

  • Brunel Research Under a CERIF Environment (BRUCE) – Brunel University
  • CERIFy – UKOLN, University of Bath
  • Measuring Impact under CERIF (MICE) – Centre for e-Reseach (CeRch), Kings College London
  • Integrated Research Input and Output System (IRIOS) – University of Sunderland

The day will begin with an overview of Strand 2 and its aims and objectives. This will be followed by a sneak preview of the projects’ findings, where each of the projects will make a short presentation to the audience to encourage delegates come to its particular session. After the break four parallel sessions will be held for each of the projects; these sessions will be repeated again in the afternoon. Delegates will therefore have an opportunity to visit at least two project sessions. After the afternoon project sessions, there will be a number of presentations from projects that are building on the Research Information Management strand (e.g. from RMAS, the Research Council, etc). The day will end with a plenary discussion focusing on the way forward.

Further information, a draft programme and a booking form are available from the UKOLN Events Web pages.

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The IMPACT Project Conference

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Bookings are now open for the IMPACT Project final conference which will take place on 24 – 25 October 2011 at the British Library. The conference is entitled Digitisation & OCR: Better, faster, cheaper. Solutions of the IMPACT Centre of Competence and future challenges. Full details are available in a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.

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Free Open Mapping Workshop

Monday, August 15th, 2011

If you are tired of Google Maps and interested in Open Data then you may well be interested in the free GECO / DevCSI Open Mapping Event, to be held in Glasgow on 25 August 2011. During the day participants will be introduced to map-making with free software and open data. The programme will include:

  • Editing and re-using OpenStreetmap
  • Getting started with the PostGIS geographic database
  • Interactive maps on the Web with OpenLayers
  • Map styling tools

The event is being organised by DevCSI and Edina (Geospatial Engagement Community and Outreach – GECO). As a sample dataset the workshop will be working with some data on common good land in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own data, problems and plans.

Registration will open at 9 a.m. on Thursday 25 August. The workshop will begin at 10 a.m. A free lunch and refreshments will be provided. Further information is available from the UKOLN Web site.

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Free DevCSI Workshop: Agile Prototyping Techniques

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

DevCSI and Hedtek are organising a one-day workshop on agile prototyping in Bristol, to be held on Tuesday 23 August 2011. The workshop is designed for developers, their managers and senior managers who are interested in the range of paper-based techniques currently in use.

The day will include sessions on:

  • The use of card-based techniques in agile development
  • The use of (and co-development) of paper prototypes with users
  • The ergonomics of doing design
  • Development of sketching ability, encompassing both paper and whiteboards

A free lunch and refreshments will be provided. Further information and a booking form are available on the UKOLN Web site.

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Registration Opens for DCC Oxford Roadshow

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Registration is now open for the 4th Digital Curation Centre Roadshow. Full details are availble in a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.

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IWMW 2011: Systems Approach

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Paul Walk, Deputy Director, UKOLN, and Thom Bunting, Web Manager (eFramework and JISC IE Technical Foundations), UKOLN, will both be contributing to sessions on 27 July 2011 at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011 (IWMW 2011). Thom in a computer-lab-based session entitled Doing Drupal: quick start deployments via distributions will focus on a distribution providing automated content and data aggregation, tagging, mapping, and trend visualisation. Paul,  conscious of the the lack of career options for successful Web developers in many HE institutions will explore the possible development of a new role in the sector – The Strategic Developer – a developer who has both technical and domain experience, and who can contribute to strategic planning and decision making.

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The Economical Way to Amplify Your Event

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Marieke Guy and Brian Kelly will be facilitating a parallel session at this year’s Institutional Web Management Workshop entitled The Economical Way to Amplify Your Event.

Web teams are increasingly involved in supporting events by delivering resources, streaming content and promoting outputs. This session will consider what you need to do to amplify an event successfully, the free and not-so-free tools that are out there for you to use, and what equipment it would be useful to have. It will also take a look at  event amplification at IWMW2011 and consider what has worked and what hasn’t over the past few years.

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7th International Digital Curation Conference Extends CfP

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

IDCC11 Programme Committee Co-chairs Kevin Ashley, Director, Liz Lyon, Associate Director of the DCC and Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of CNI, have announced they are extending the Call for Papers of the 7th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC). In their announcement they stated, “Following widespread demand, we have extended the closing date for submissions to this year’s International Digital Curation Conference, IDCC11.”

Mindful of the very international nature of the Conference, they were careful to stipulate the deadline according to the provenance of Conference submissions. “The new closing date and time is Wednesday 3rd August at 08:00 UK Time. That’s .. early hours of Wednesday morning for those on the US East Coast, late Tuesday night for those far West and Wednesday afternoon for those far enough East.” They also made it clear that no further extension could be entertained, stating, “Holidays and other scheduling constraints mean that we can’t consider any further extensions: this date is final.”

The IDCC11 CfP included the following topics:

* Lessons learned from the inter-disciplinary use of open data:
examples of enablers, barriers and success stories
* Curation of mixed data collections, with open and sensitive or private content
* Gathering evidence for benefits of data sharing
* Building capacity for the effective management, sharing and reuse of open data
* Scale issues in the management of sensitive data
* Tensions between maintaining quality and openness
* Linked data, open data, closed data and provenance
* Technical and organisational solutions for data security
* Developing new metrics for open data
* Ethical issues and personal data
* Legislation and open data

to which has subsequently been added an extra issue:
* Data quality

Further information:
Call for Papers:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc11/call-papers
Submission template:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc11/submissions
Draft programme:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc11/programme

The 7th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC): Public? Private? Personal? navigating the open data landscape will take place over 5-7 December 2011, at the Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol, UK.

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