Archive for the ‘feature-published’ Category

The International Journal of Digital Curation, Volume 7, Issue 1 (2012)

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

UKOLN has recently published Volume 7, Issue 1 (2012) of the International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC) on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre. A summary of content has been provided in a news feature available on the UKOLN Web site.

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.

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.

International Journal of Digital Curation, Volume 6, Issue 2

Friday, October 7th, 2011

UKOLN has just published – on behalf of the UK Digital Curation Centre – Volume 6, Issue 2 of the International Journal of Digital Curation. This issue features seven peer-reviewed papers and eleven general articles. A news feature providing a summary is available from the UKOLN Web site.

IMPACT/myGrid Hackathon

Friday, October 7th, 2011

Bookings are now open for a free 2-day developer workshop/hackathon which aims to encourage take-up and further development of tools developed by the IMPACT Project. The workshop is intended for developers and implementers. It will allow them to take a closer look at the tools available and investigate new solutions and features that could be developed for the benefit of the wider community.

Full details including how to book your place are available in a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.

Registration Opens for DCC Cambridge Roadshow

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is running a series of free inter-linked regional workshops designed to support institutional research data management planning and training. These DCC Roadshows are being produced to allow every institution in the UK to prepare for effective research data management and to understand more about how the DCC can help. Registration is now open for the sixth DCC Roadshow which is being organised in conjunction with Cambridge Library and will take place from 9 – 11 November 2011 at Cambridge.

Full details of the Roadshow and how to register are available in a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.

UKOLN and Microsoft Research Connections in Partnership

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

UKOLN and Microsoft Research Connections have begun co-operation on a project entitled “Community Capability Model for Data-Intensive Research”.  Activities from this partnership will be 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 details are available in a news feature on the UKOLN Web site.

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.

Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011 Blog Now Live

Monday, June 27th, 2011

The blog serving IWMW 2011 has now gone live and organisers Marieke Guy and Brian Kelly are already inviting posts. Information on how to contact them and the full background to the development and use of the IWMW blog is available in a News feature on the UKOLN Web site.

JISC Digital Preservation Benefits Analysis Tools Project: Dissemination Workshop

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Registration is now open for the workshop to disseminate the Digital Preservation Benefits Toolset and accompanying materials such as user guides and factsheets to the research community. The event, organised by UKOLN, will take place in London on 12 July 2011. Full details are available in the latest news feature on the UKOLN Web site.