http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue58/
Ariadne Issue 58 was published recently with articles, among others, by Derek Law on Strathclyde’s Digital Library Plan and a call by Stephen G. Nichols to dismantle the the Silo Model of Digital Scholarship. Ann Borda reports on an eResearch Strategic Initiative in Australia while Frances Boyle, Alexandra Eveleigh and Heather Needham describe the recent digital preservation initiatives in the local authority archives sector. Georg Eckes and Monika Segbert describe the European Film Gateway, a Best Practice Network funded under the eContentplus Programme of the European Commission. Helen Brady writes on the next phase of the MrCute repository project and its potential impact on the digital learning object-sharing community. Talat Chaudhri of UKOLN makes a detailed assessment of the FRBR structure of the Dublin Core Application Profiles funded by JISC while his colleague Julian Cheal gives his impressions of the five days of dev8D: JISC Developer Happiness.
Archive for the ‘Outreach’ Category
Ariadne Issue 58 Available
Friday, March 6th, 2009Resource Description and Access: Cataloguing in the 21st Century
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/bib-man/presentations/ucl-2009/
Ann Chapman of UKOLN recently gave a guest lecture on RDA to students taking the cataloguing module of the Library and Information Science course at University College London (UCL). Entitled “RDA: cataloguing in the 21st century”, the lecture covered the history behind RDA, the international collaborative process by which it is being developed, an overview of the text and a look at the RDA approach to cataloguing. Slides from this presentation are now available.
Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/renaissance-east-midlands-2009/
Brian Kelly will facilitate a workshop on “Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web” on behalf of Renaissance East Midlands. The workshop which will be held at the Sir John Moore Foundation, Appleby Magna, Leicestershire on 18 March 2009.
RSP Software Day
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009http://www.rsp.ac.uk/events/index.php?page=RepositorySoftwareDay2009/index.php
Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN will be facilitating at the RSP Software Day on 19 March at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. The aim of the day is to introduce, through exhibition and demonstration, Repository Managers and Technical Support Officers to a range of existing and developing repository software and technology; and to allow the opportunity for discussion and solution discovery between delegates and software providers through exhibition, case studies, surgeries and user groups.
Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web
Monday, February 9th, 2009http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/
Brian Kelly will facilitate a workshop on “Exploiting the Potential of Web 2.0 and the Social Web” on behalf of Renaissance West Midlands. The workshop will be held at The Herbert, Coventry, on 26 February 2009.
500 Blog Posts and Counting
Monday, January 19th, 2009http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/
500 posts have been published on the UK Web Focus blog since it was launched in November 2006, an average of over 4 posts per week. The blog, which is written by Brian Kelly, provides a dissemination channel and forum for discussion and debate on a variety of Web-related issues including standards, accessibility and best practice for exploiting the potential of Web 2.0. Last year the blog was awarded a UCISA prize as a case study for best practices in communicating with users and was short-listed for the Best educational tech support blog category of the Edublog 2008 awards.
Web 2.0 demystified for information professionals
Monday, January 12th, 2009http://info.rsc-eastern.ac.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=615
Marieke Guy of UKOLN will be facilitating an online course for the JISC Regional Support Centre for the Eastern region on Wednesday 23 Feb 2009 from 11am – 12pm. The event is free to attend but places are limited.
New issue of Focus on UKOLN
Thursday, January 8th, 2009http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/focus/issue20/
Issue 20 of Focus on UKOLN is now available, providing news, opinion and information on the wide range of activities undertaken by UKOLN, written by its staff.