The ERIM (Engineering Research Information Management) Project has released a report entitled Understanding and Characterizing Engineering Research Data for its Better Management. The report introduces a new technique for modelling research activity information development and uses it to analyse the data records from six engineering studies. This modelling technique is supported by the ERIM Data Management Terminology as set out in the report. The ERIM Project is part of the JISC’s Managing Research Data Programme, looking at data management planning in EPSRC-funded projects. It is a collaboration between the Innovative design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC) at the University of Bath and UKOLN, representing the DCC.
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Understanding and Characterizing Engineering Research Data for its Better Management
Monday, October 18th, 2010Building Blocks of Metadata
Friday, October 15th, 2010Emma 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.
DC-2010: Registry Community and Task Group Meeting
Thursday, October 14th, 2010At the forthcoming Dublin Core Conference (DC-2010), to be held 20-22 October 2010 in Pittsburgh, USA, there will be a meeting of the DCMI Registry Community and Task Group. It will take place on on Wednesday 20 October, 9:00am – 12:30pm. The meeting’s agenda is already available.
What Metadata Is Really Useful?
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Stephanie Taylor of UKOLN will be speaking about the work of the Metadata Forum at the CETIS event What metadata is really useful? to be held in London on 18 October 2010. The event will focus on what data we have (or could acquire) to answer the question of what metadata is really required to support the discovery, selection, use and management of educational resources. More information about the Metadata Forum is available.
JISC Managing Research Data Programme: SageCite
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010The Sagecite Project will be joining other projects funded recently under the JISC Managing Research Data Programme in the Citing, linking, integrating and publishing research data (CLIP) strand for a Launch Workshop organised by JISC.
International Open Access Week
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010The week beginning 18 October 2010 is international Open Access Week, with events and activities taking place worldwide on university and research campuses. Open Access enhances scholarly communication by making the results of publicly funded research available to all. Further details are available.
Further Funding for DevCSI
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010We are pleased to announce that DevCSI, a project to support developers in Higher Education, has received funding for a further year’s work. The project is based at UKOLN and funded by JISC. This year the project will focus on organising more events for developers in Higher Education as well as carrying out research not only into the value that developers provide their institutions but also the role they play in innovation.
The Case of AACR2 versus RDA
Friday, September 24th, 2010The paper The Case of AACR2 Versus RDA by Ann Chapman of UKOLN has been published in the latest issue of Legal Information Management, v.10(3) 2010 (pp.210-213). In her paper, Ann examines the introduction of the Resource Description and Access cataloguing code to replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and explains why the latter were becoming unsuitable for the digital age whilst RDA has been specifically developed to deal with all types of media. The paper is available in print and electronic formats.
UK e-Science AHM 2010 Considers New Opportunities on the Other Side of the Chasm
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010The 9th UK e-Science All Hands Meeting (AHM 2010), with the theme of e-Science: novel research, new science and enduring impact, is being held at the City Hall, Cardiff, over 13-16 September 2010. The closing panel of the conference will be a discussion of New Opportunities on the Other Side of the Chasm. It will be held in the Council Chamber at 10.45am Thursday 16 September following a short presentation on Digital Social Research by Professor David De Roure, Oxford e-Research Centre. The panellists are Professor Mark Birkin, GENeSIS Project, Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, Professor Gary Olson, University of Michigan and Dr Alex Voss, NCeSS.