The DevCSI Project is pleased to announce that we have a winner for the this year’s DevCSI-organised Developer Challenge at Open Repositories 2010
in Madrid. Congratulations go to Richard Davis and Rory McNicholl from the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC). Rory is a Digital Archive Technologist and Richard is the Repository Service Manager. For information about this and other entries, please visit the DevCSI blog entry for the Challenge.
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Winners of the DevCSI Developer Challenge
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010Enabling Research Data Management at the Coalface
Monday, July 12th, 2010Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director, UK Digital Curation Centre gave a presentation entitled UK Digital Curation Centre: enabling research data management at the coalface on the first day of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2010 held in Redmond, Washington, USA. Slides from her presentation are now available.
Guide to Web Preservation Launch at the Opening of IWMW2010
Monday, July 12th, 2010The Guide to Web Preservation published by the JISC-funded Preservation of Web Resources (JISC-PoWR) Project run by UKOLN and the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) has been launched at the Institutional Web Managers Workshop (IWMW2010). Further details are available.
Metadata Forum: BoFs Gathering at OR 2010
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Part of the Open Repositories Conference in Madrid over 6-9 July 2010 will be a series of Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions to offer delegates with similar interests the opportunity to discuss a particular topic informally. One such session on Wednesday 7 July at 15:45 – 16:45 will be facilitated by Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN to host the first meeting of The Metadata Forum. The Metadata Forum is a new initiative, run by UKOLN at the University of Bath and funded by JISC. It is open to anyone with an interest in metadata, from novice to expert, and anyone in between who has to deal with metadata as part of their day-to-day work. The Forum aims to:
- identify knowledge gaps in the area of metadata within the UK HE community, and fill those gaps
- answer questions on the practical application of metadata in the workplace
- bring together practitioners at every level of experience to discuss and share their metadata experiences
It is hoped that delegates attending this BoF will bring along their metadata hopes, dreams and fears to share at the Forum launch! Regular updates on the activities and outputs of the Forum can be found at the Metadata Forum Blog.
Museums in the Digital Age Making History on BBC Radio 4
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Brian Kelly took part in a discussion on Museums in the Digital Age which will be broadcast on the Making History programme on BBC Radio 4 on 6 July 2010 at 15:00. Note the Making History series is also available as a podcast.
IDCC10: Call for Papers
Monday, June 28th, 2010Use of Social Geo-location Service at IWMW 2010 Highlighted by New Media Monthly
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The New Media Monthly blog has featured a case study on plans to make use of social geo-location sharing services at the forthcoming Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW 2010) which will be held at the University of Sheffield over 12-14 July. The blog also includes a longer feature article which asks “Is location-based social networking the next big thing?“. In this article Brian Kelly of UKOLN describes how events can provide an ideal opportunity to evaluate the potential of emerging new technologies such as location-based services.
Seven Steps for Libraries in the Data Decade
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director, Digital Curation Centre, has contributed to the theme Cultural and organization initiatives that meet the challenges of e-Science at the 31st IATUL (International Association of Technological University Libraries) Conference. Her presentation entitled Acting as Advocate? Seven steps for libraries in the data decade is now available.
Open Science Report Invites Comments
Friday, June 11th, 2010The Open Science at Web-Scale Report by Dr Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director of the Digital Curation Centre, was commissioned by JISC and published in November 2009 by UKOLN/Digital Curation Centre. This consultative document explores aspects of open data and open science and how institutions might respond to these developing trends. It is now available for comment on WriteToReply, and feedback from interested practitioners would be very welcome.
IDCC10 Programme Now Available
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) has recently published the draft programme for the 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC10)to be held over 6 – 8 December 2010 at the Chicago Mart Plaza, Chicago, USA. The theme of the Conference this year will be Participation and Practice: Growing the Curation Community through the Data Decade. The Conference will be presented jointly by the Digital Curation Centre, UK and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and in partnership with the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). The first day of the conference will look at how data curation practices are evolving and spreading throughout the disciplines and what institutional structures and communities are needed to help support these developments. On the second day papers will be presented in two tracks of themed parallel sessions: a Research Track, with papers presenting research results, and a Practice Track, with papers describing experiences with tools and practices.