On Tuesday 13 December the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a blog post entitled “Half term report on cookies compliance” which announced the release of updated guidance on the Government’s ‘cookie’ legislation. The implications of the guidance for those responsible for providing institutional Web sites have been described in a post on “The Half Term Report on Cookie Compliance” which has been published on the UK Web Focus blog.
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Update on ‘Cookie’ Legislation
Monday, December 19th, 2011Progress in the Data Citation Community
Monday, December 12th, 2011Writing in Issue 40, December 2011 of the DPC/DCC publication What’s New, Monica Duke of UKOLN and DCC reviews some of the developments and events which have brought together practitioners with an interest in scholarly communication, data citation and data publishing. In her editorial “The Data Citation Community Gathers Pace“, she suggests that a community is now forming and gathering pace.
UKOLN Update November 2011
Friday, December 2nd, 2011The recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during November 2011. It highlights key blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.
Most frequently used words in UKOLN blogs, November 2011
IDCC 11: Further Interviews with Conference Speakers
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011As part of its preparations for the 7th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 11), the Digital Curation Centre has arranged a series of interviews with the main speakers at the Conference. In addition to the interview with Ewan McIntosh announced last week, we would wish to draw your attention to three further interviews with:
- David Lynn, Head of Strategic Planning and Policy at the Wellcome Trust
- Mark Hahnel from FigShare, Digital Science
- Victoria Stodden, Assistant Professor at the Department of Statistics at the University of Columbia
who all share their views on the key issues surrounding the Conference.
The 7th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 11) takes place next week, so don’t forget to book your place both for the main event and the pre- and post-conference workshops. The IDCC 11 Conference begins on Tuesday 6 December at the Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol.
IDCC11 Preview: An Interview with Ewan McIntosh
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011The 7th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC 11) is now just 2 weeks away so don’t forget to book your place both for the main event and the pre- and post-conference workshops.
As a preview to the Conference, the Digital Curation Centre is releasing a series of short interviews with the main conference speakers. The first interview is with the opening keynote speaker Ewan McIntosh, the CEO of NoTosh, in which he gives insights into some of the current issues and a taster about what to expect when Ewan takes a look at public data opportunities as he opens the first day of IDCC 11 on Tuesday 6 December at the Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol.
UKOLN Update October 2011
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011The recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during October 2011. It highlights key news features, blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.
Most frequently used words in UKOLN blogs, October 2011
What’s on the Technology Horizon?
Monday, October 31st, 2011A short paper entitled What’s on the Technology Horizon? presented at the Internet Librarian International Conference 2011 which described the work of the JISC Observatory has been featured in an article entitled “Technology Trends to Watch” published in the Information Today Europe Magazine.
New DCC Guide: How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications
Friday, October 21st, 2011The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) has published the fourth in its series of how-to guides: How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications by Alex Ball and Monica Duke of UKOLN and the DCC.
This guide explains how researchers can create links between their publications and the underlying data, so that each can be found from the other. It also provides advice for repository managers and data archivists wishing to make their data holdings easier to cite.
The new guide is available for online reading or download from the DCC Web site.
International Journal of Digital Curation, Volume 6, Issue 2
Friday, October 7th, 2011UKOLN has just published – on behalf of the UK Digital Curation Centre – Volume 6, Issue 2 of the International Journal of Digital Curation. This issue features seven peer-reviewed papers and eleven general articles. A news feature providing a summary is available from the UKOLN Web site.
UKOLN Update September 2011
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011The recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during September 2011. It highlights key news features, blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.
Most frequently used words in UKOLN blogs, September 2011