The Digital Curation Centre
(DCC) will be hosting a workshop programme on 2 December, followed by a Pre-Conference Drinks Reception at the Natural History Museum. Places are limited so please register now. Registration to close on 20 November 2009.
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IDCC 09 – Programme of Workshops
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Digital Curation Approaches for Architecture
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009The DCC SCARP Case Study Digital Curation approaches for Architecture is now published. This sixth DCC SCARP Case Study highlights choices in how to provide for appropriate care of digital objects and options for digital curation treatment. These approaches will serve to promote more effective architectural practice and research, both now and in the future.
DCC SCARP Workshop
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009The programme and speakers for the Digital Curation Workshop on “Disciplinary Dimensions of Digital Curation: New Perspectives on Research Data” are now published. This DCC SCARP project workshop takes place on 2 December in London as a Pre-Conference workshop of the 5th International Digital Curation Conference.
5th International Digital Curation Conference (2009) Open for Registration
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Registration is now open for the 5th International Digital Curation Conference: “Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity” to be held 2-4 December 2009 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London. The Conference is being held by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in partnership with the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and organised by UKOLN. Pre-Conference Workshops are also arranged. Full details and how to register are available.
Making Repository Deposit Easier with SWORD
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Adrian Stevenson, UKOLN, will be giving a presentation and demonstration at the DSpace User Group Meeting on 15 October 2009, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Engineering a Complete Record
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009The July/August 2009 issue of Library and Information Update, the journal of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), features an article by Alex Ball of UKOLN. In Engineering a complete record Alex covers some of the research carried out by the KIM Grand Challenge Project. The article describes how the project has investigated the issues of knowledge and information management that arise as engineering firms increasingly sell their products as services.
IDCC 2009 – Call for Papers deadline extended
Thursday, July 16th, 2009The DCC is pleased to announce that the Paper Submission date for IDCC09 has been extended by two weeks to Friday 7 August 2009. Submissions should be in the form of a full or short paper, or a one page abstract for a poster, workshop or demonstration. All papers accepted for the conference will be published in the International Journal of Digital Curation .
Registry Community Workshop
Monday, July 13th, 2009Bookings for The Registry Community Workshop 2009 – organised by UKOLN and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
(DCMI) – are now open. The event takes place on Friday 24 July in York.
IDCC 2009 Call for Papers
Thursday, June 4th, 2009The DCC invites submission of full papers, posters, workshops and demos to the 5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 2009). It also welcomes contributions and participation from individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the creation, use and management of digital data, especially those involved in the challenge of curating data for e-science and e-research. Proposals will be considered for short (up to 6 pages) or long (up to 12 pages) papers and also for demonstrations, workshops and posters. The full text of papers will be peer-reviewed; abstracts for all posters, workshops and demos will be reviewed by the co-chairs. Final copy of accepted contributions will be made available to conference delegates, and papers will be published in our International Journal of Digital Curation .