Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, spoke recently at the MLA/LGA Conference on modernisation of public library services entitled 1964 and all that: modernising your public library service. In the session on The Digital Future for Libraries Liz gave a short talk entitled Serving Digital Citizens: Public Libraries in the 21stC?. Slides from her talk are now available.
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Serving Digital Citizens
Thursday, December 17th, 20091964 and All That: Modernising Your Public Library Service
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Dame Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library and Dr Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, have been invited to speak at the MLA/LGA Conference on modernisation of public library services. The Conference
will take place on 14 December 2009 at the Local Government House Conference Centre, Smith Square, London. Lynne Brindley and Liz Lyon will provide a session entitled The Digital Future for Libraries.
Research 3.0 and the Data Revolution
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Today the JISC has launched a year-long campaign called ‘Research 3.0 – driving the knowledge economy’ , to debate how digital technologies are changing not only what research we do, but how it can be carried out. The UKOLN ‘Open Science at Web-Scale Report’ is a cornerstone of this campaign. In addition, the Times Higher has published a supplement: ‘The Data Revolution’ which highlights how JISC is supporting universities and the Research Councils to advance in the ever-changing technology landscape, and includes quotes from Dr Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN.
Open Science – the future for research?
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director of the Digital Curation Centre, has written a new report on Open Science as part of JISC’s ‘Research 3.0 – driving the knowledge economy’ activity which launches at the end of November. The consultative report, entitled Open Science at Web-Scale: Optimising Participation and Predictive Potential identifies open-ness, predictive science based on massive data volumes, and citizen involvement as being important features of tomorrow’s research practice.
Open Science at Web Scale Closes eResearch Australia 2009
Friday, November 6th, 2009Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, has been invited to give the locknote address at the close of the eResearch Australia 2009 Conference to be held in Sydney over 9 – 13 November. Her locknote presentation entitled Open Science at Web Scale: breaking all boundaries? will seek to challenge our established notions of the research landscape by extending the boundaries to explore the full potential of 21st Century team science.
Julian Cheal wins Prize at Repository Fringe
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Julian Cheal, UKOLN, won the Pecha Kucha prize for “short presentations of 20 slides at 20 seconds each slide” at the Repository Fringe 2009 in Edinburgh.
Using the Social Web
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Brian Kelly will facilitate a two-hour workshop session entitled Using the Social Web to Maximise Access to Your Resources at a two-day Search Engine Optimisation workshop called Improving Your Online Presence which will be held at the JISC Offices, London over 27-28 July 2009. There are well-documented techniques, known as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), which can be used in order to ensure that Web resources can be easily found in search engines such as Google. This session will explore a number of ways in which the Social Web can be used by organisations seeking to maximise access to their services.
The “Edgeless University: Why Higher Education Must Embrace Technology” Report
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Brian Kelly was interviewed for the “Edgeless University” DEMOS report, which was launched by the JISC on 23 June 2009. The report calls for a more strategic approach to technological investment in the Higher Education sector.
New blog for JISC SIS Landscape Study
Thursday, June 4th, 2009This blog has been set up to collect evidence for a small, JISC-funded study on how the UK academic sector is using Web 2.0 tools and services either in addition to, or instead of, JISC shared services. Please visit the blog, read the pages and submit your comments.