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IDCC 2010 Releases Video Material from Conference

lisrw — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:41:12 +0000

The recently completed 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 2010) has now released a range of material for viewing. It offers videos of keynotes, interviews with participants and other uploads as well as tweets (#idcc10) which have been aggregated at the Conference’s LIVE! page.

Building Blocks of Metadata

lisrw — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:25:18 +0000

Emma Tonkin and Andrew Hewson of UKOLN will give a paper entitled Building blocks of metadata in the session Principles and Innovations on 21 October 2010 at the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2010). This paper discusses a means of approaching the creation of new metadata schemas or application profiles – without making it seem too much like hard work. Further details are available.

“To promote open education is needed more interaction”

lisrw — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 10:06:43 +0000

Brian Kelly has been featured in an interview published in El Punt, an online journal published in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The interview took place when Brian gave a seminar on What Can We Learn From Amplified Events? at the University of Girona on 3 September 2010. For those who do not understand the Catalan language an English language version is available which is produced by the Google Translate service. Although the quality of the translation is less than ideal, it does help to convey the underlying message.

Review of What Can We Learn from Amplified Events?

lisrw — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:03:24 +0000

Marieke Guy of UKOLN has written a blog post about the amplification of Brian Kelly’s talk entitled What Can We Learn from Amplified Events? presented recently at the University of Girona. Discussions on Twitter can use the #udgamp10 event hashtag.

JISC/CNI Meeting 2010

lisrw — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:25:18 +0000

The JISC/CNI Meeting 2010 planned by JISC and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) will take place over 1-2 July 2010 and will be held at the Barcelo Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh. The conference will be organised by UKOLN and will bring together experts from the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom. The conference theme this year is Managing Data in Difficult Times: policies, strategies, technologies and infrastructure to manage research and teaching data in a fast changing technological and economic environment. Topics for sessions include Cloud Computing, Innovation in Learning and Teaching, Open Data Policies, Shared Services, Repositories, Digital Content and Institutional Planning, Resource Discovery, Digital Preservation and e-Science. It is possible to book online.

Citation of Network Models and Associated Data

lisrw — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:06:49 +0000

The recent Sage Commons Congress in San Francisco aimed to establish the foundation for a new public domain resource, the Sage Commons. Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, led the workstream on Citation of Network Models and Associated Data. The slides from her presentation are now available.

The World of Data According to Dorothea Salo

lisrw — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:38:16 +0000

UKOLN was delighted to be able to host a thought-provoking presentation by Dorothea Salo, Digital Repository Librarian for the University of Wisconsin, who has been visiting the UK in the past week or so. Featured by The Library Journal as one of its Movers & Shakers, Dorothea is noted for her blog Caveat Lector (2002-9) and now writes on a new blog on the subject of e-research, The Book of Trogool. Her presentation entitled Grab a bucket – it’s raining data was videoed under difficult lighting conditions; the footage which favours the speaker’s slides in such conditions is now available as Part 1 and Part 2.

Keynote Speakers at JISC/CNI 2010

lisrw — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:44:18 +0000

Liz Lyon will be a keynote speaker at the JISC/CNI Meeting 2010 recently announced by JISC and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) which will take place over 1-2 July 2010 and will be held at the Barcelo Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh. The conference will be organised by UKOLN and will bring together experts from the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom. The conference theme this year is Managing Data in Difficult Times: policies, strategies, technologies and infrastructure to manage research and teaching data in a fast changing technological and economic environment. Conference keynote speakers include: Dan Atkins, Professor and Associate Vice President, University of Michigan, Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Director for Library Digital Programs, John Hopkins University, Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC and Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN.

Codes, Clouds and Constellations at the CNI Spring Meeting

lisrw — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:49:09 +0000

Liz Lyon was invited to give a presentation at the closing plenary session of the recent Spring Meeting of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) in Baltimore, Maryland. The slides from her presentation entitled Codes, Clouds and Constellations: Open Science in the Data Decade are now available.

Tools of Our Trade (2010)

lisrw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:49:11 +0000

Slides are now available for Ann Chapman’s recent talk entitled Tools of Our Trade on Resource Description and Access (RDA) to library and information science students at London Metropolitan University. Ann provides some background to her presentation and a link to the slides themselves in her latest posting to the blog Culturage Heritage.