Adrian Stevenson’s latest eFragments blog post reports on the parallel session entitled What is the Business Administrative Case for Linked Data? held at the JISC Conference in Liverpool on 15 March 2011. The session promised to address the “business value to the institution” of linked data, and was designed for “anyone who wants a clear explanation in terms of how it applies to your institutional business strategy for saving money..”.
JISC 2011 Conference: The Business Administrative Case for Linked Data
March 23rd, 2011 by Adrian StevensonDigital Preservation Benefit Analysis Tools
March 21st, 2011 by Manjula PatelUKOLN is pleased to announce the launch of a new project focusing on development of a digital preservation benefits analysis toolset.
The Digital Preservation Benefit Analysis Tools Project is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and will run from 1 February to 31 July 2011.
The project aims to test, review and promote combined use of the Keeping Research Data Safe (KRDS) Benefits Taxonomy and the Value Chain and Impact Analysis tool first applied in the I2S2 Project for assessing the benefits and impact of digital preservation of research data. We will extend their utility to and adoption within the JISC community by providing user review and guidance for the tools and creating an integrated toolset. The project consortium consists of a mix of user institutions, projects, and disciplinary data services committed to the testing and exploitation of these tools and the lead partners in their original creation. We will demonstrate and critique the tools, and then create and disseminate the toolset and accompanying materials such as user guides and factsheets to the wider community.
The project plan and project outputs will be available from the Project Web site in due course. A dissemination event to mark the conclusion of the project will be held in central London on 12 July 2011. (Further details and registration will be announced in May.)
The project partners are UKOLN and the Digital Curation Centre at the University of Bath, the Centre for Health Informatics and Multi-professional Education (CHIME) at University College London , the UK Data Archive (University of Essex), the Archaeology Data Service (University of York), OCLC Research, and Charles Beagrie Limited.
UKOLN International Seminar: Dr Andrew Treloar on Data Management
March 15th, 2011 by lisrwDr Andrew Treloar, Director of Technology for the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), will be giving a seminar entitled Data Management: International Challenges, National Infrastructure and Institutional Responses – an Australian Perspective. It will be hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath on Friday 1 April starting at 11.00. Booking details are available from the UKOLN Web site.
This seminar will consider the international challenges arising from the shift towards data-intensive research and the rapid uptake of instruments that produce very large data volumes. It will explain the role of and rationale for the Australian National Data Service, its different programmes, and the services that are being developed and taken up. It will also consider how different institutions in Australia are engaging with the Service. The seminar should be relevant to anyone with an interest in data management.
Further details on the seminar, Dr Treloar, how to book a place or to learn more about the proposed video stream are available from the UKOLN Web site.
International Journal of Digital Curation, Volume 6, Issue 1
March 14th, 2011 by Alex BallUKOLN has just published – on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre – Volume 6, Issue 1 of the International Journal of Digital Curation. This issue features sixteen peer-reviewed papers and five general articles. A summary is available from the UKOLN Web site.
UKOLN Social Web Workshops 2010-2011
March 9th, 2011 by lisrwThe last of the UKOLN Social Web workshops in the 2010-2011 series was held on 22 February 2011 at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. A look back at the events has been posted on the UKOLN Cultural Heritage blog. Access to all materials relating to these events is still available and links are included in the blog post.
The Value of Local Developers
March 9th, 2011 by Paul WalkBased on their work on the DevCSI Project, Mahendra Mahey and Paul Walk will be running a session at the JISC Conference 2011 entitled The value of local developers: innovating in difficult financial times. This session will run for an hour from 12:30 on Tuesday 15 March 2011.
Create a “Virtual Presence” at Work
March 8th, 2011 by lisrwMarieke Guy of UKOLN was delighted to receive a guest post on her blog Ramblings of a Remote Worker from Jonathon Wilson, a software engineer in Austin, Texas, who has created his own virtual presence in his workplace and has written up his approach of using Skype and VNC.
JISC 2011 Conference: Amplified Events
March 7th, 2011 by Marieke GuyBrian Kelly and Marieke Guy, UKOLN and Paul Shabajee, ILRT will facilitate a workshop session entitled Amplified Events, Seminars, Conferences, …: What? Why? How? at the JISC 2011 Conference which will be held at the BT Convention Centre, Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool on 14-15 March 2011. The session will review a variety of approaches taken at a number of national, international and regional events. All resources from the workshop including an accompanying poster are available from the UKOLN Web site.
BS 8878 and the Holistic Approaches to Web Accessibility
March 7th, 2011 by Brian KellyBrian Kelly gave a talk entitled BS 8878 and the Holistic Approaches to Web Accessibility at a recent JISC CETIS Accessibility SIG meeting held at the BSI Headquarters in London. As described in an accompanying blog post, the recently published BS 8878 Code of Practice on Web Accessibility provides a level of redirect which enables organisations to address the limitation of the WCAG guidelines for Web accessibility.
Note that a video of the talk and access to the slides are also available from the accompanying blog post.
UKOLN Update: February 2011
March 5th, 2011 by Thom BuntingThe recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during February 2011. It highlights key news features, blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.
Most frequently used words in UKOLN blogs, February 2011