The 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC10), to be held in Chicago, USA over 6 – 8 December 2010, has issued a Call for Papers. Details of the Call, the draft programme and keynote speakers are now available.
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IDCC10: Call for Papers
Monday, June 28th, 2010Gaining Business Intelligence from User Activity Data
Thursday, June 24th, 2010In the context of Higher Education, user activity data, derived from the way people use libraries, virtual learning environments, student registries and similar services, are potentially a valuable source of business intelligence that can support improvements in services and policy, as well as the efficient management of resources. While such data have decided potential, there are technical, legal and other issues to be borne in mind. JISC
is offering a workshop entitled Gaining business intelligence from user activity data for senior managers and practitioners working in libraries, teaching and research to be held on 14 July 2010 in London. Further details are available.
Use 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.
Open Science at Genome Scale in Survive or Thrive
Monday, June 14th, 2010Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director, UK Digital Curation Centre, gave a presentation at the recent Survive or Thrive Workshop in Manchester, June 2010, entitled Open Science at Genome Scale. Her presentation addressed the theme of the workshop, Making the most of your digital content, by considering the recent developments in Open Science and genomic data and then by examining the new challenges of the data deluge in respect of large-scale data storage and other emerging trends. Her slides from this presentation are now available.
Bookings Now Open for IWMW 2010
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Bookings are now open for Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010 to be held from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 July 2010 at the University of Sheffield. The cost is £350 for the 3-day event. The price includes two nights ensuite accommodation, all food and materials included. You will need to choose your parallel sessions from the workshop programme and the session abstracts when booking.
An Evidence-based Approach to Collaborative Ontology Development
Friday, April 9th, 2010Andrew Hewson of UKOLN gave a poster presentation entitled An evidence-based approach to collaborative ontology development on behalf of the authors Emma Tonkin of UKOLN, Heather D. Pfeiffer, New Mexico State University and Andy himself at the Workshop on Matching and Meaning 2010 (WMM 2010) held at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK over 31 March – 1 April. The aim of this workshop was to bring together researchers interested in the problems of automated development, evolution and interpretation of ontologies in the many different domains in which they occur. This poster is now available.
Summing up the UKOLN/MLA Web 2.0 Workshops
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010We have now completed the series of 13 workshops introducing the Museums Libraries and Archives community to Web 2.0 and the social Web. A blog post summing up the workshops is available on UKOLN’s Cultural Heritage blog.
Web 2.0 and the Social Web
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Only a few places remain for the one-day workshop entitled An Introduction to Web 2.0 and the Social Web to be held in Nottingham on Wednesday 17 March 2010. This workshop is designed for members of the museums, libraries and archives communities. It will seek to demystify the terminology and the technologies as well as address the challenges which institutions may face in seeking to make use of Web 2.0 to support the needs of their users. The workshop will be facilitated by Marieke Guy of UKOLN. Details of the Nottingham event and how to book the last few places are available.
6th International Digital Curation Conference: 6 – 8 December 2010
Thursday, January 21st, 2010The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) has announced the dates for the 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC10) as Monday 6 – Wednesday 8 December 2010. The theme of the Conference this year will be Participation & Practice: growing the Curation Community through the data decade. Our venue will be Chicago, USA, where the Conference is being presented jointly with the Graduate School of Library and Information Science of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and in partnership with the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). The Call for Papers will be released in March and registration will open in September 2010.