Marieke Guy of UKOLN will give a presentation entitled Other sources of information and next steps at the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre/RLUK Training Day on Approaches to Digitisation to be held on Wednesday 9 February 2011.
Approaches to Digitisation
February 7th, 2011 by lisrwShared Services in Cloud Computing to Be Funded by HEFCE
February 7th, 2011 by lisrwThe Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced a £12.5m programme to deliver efficiencies through shared services in cloud computing infrastructure and applications. This new programme, which will be managed by JISC, supports colleges and universities in the innovative use of digital technologies.
A core virtual server infrastructure (a ‘cloud’) will be set up to offer discounted data management and storage services to HE institutions. It will be deployed in data centres starting with a pilot at Eduserv, which will work in collaboration with the Digital Curation Centre.
As a partner in the Digital Curation Centre, UKOLN at the University of Bath is pleased to be contributing to this major new initiative to support research data management, working in partnership with the JISC, JANET and Eduserv. Further information is available from the HEFCE Web site.
UKOLN Update: Activities January 2011
February 3rd, 2011 by Thom BuntingThe recently released issue of UKOLN Update, a monthly newsletter, provides an overview of UKOLN work during January 2011. It highlights key news features, blog posts, presentations, and events related to staff activities.
Most frequently used words in UKOLN blog posts, January 2011
Free Social Web Workshop in Leicester for Cultural Heritage Sector
February 1st, 2011 by lisrwAnn Chapman of UKOLN will be running a one-day workshop in Leicester on Tuesday 22 February 2011 entitled The Social Web: Opportunities in Difficult Times. Run in partnership with the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, this workshop will consider how Social Web services can help libraries, museums and archives (especially small organisations with limited budgets and technical expertise) deliver services in new ways and reach new audiences. Attendance is free. Registration ends 13 February 2011. Further information and registration are obtainable from the UKOLN Web site.
Shirley Keane Retires from UKOLN
January 31st, 2011 by Sally Lewis
Shirley Keane retired from UKOLN on 31 January, after 10 years as Web Editor.
During her time at UKOLN, Shirley oversaw a major redevelopment of the Web site and was responsible for maintaining content. The support and guidance that she provided for staff, always in a professional and friendly manner, was very much appreciated and will be missed.
We wish her well as she moves on with other interests.
Amplified Events, Seminars, Conferences, …: What? Why? How?
January 28th, 2011 by Brian KellyBrian Kelly and Marieke Guy will be facilitating a workshop session on “Amplified Events, Seminars, Conferences, …: What? Why? How?” which will be held at the JISC Conference at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool on 15 March 2011.
The abstract for the session is given below:
All institutions are involved in providing events, ranging from international conferences through to smaller and more informal seminars and workshops. But in today’s economic environment the costs of participating in such events may lead to concerns over their sustainability. ‘Amplified events’ provide an approach which enhances the advantages provided by traditional face-to-face events by exploiting networked technologies to widen participation to remote participants and ‘time-shifting’ events.
This session will review a variety of approaches which have been taken at a number of national, international and regional events. The session will explore the reasons for such approaches, address possible concerns and outline various business models, policies and emerging technologies which can be used to maximise the benefits of amplified events.
The online booking form is available on the JISC Web site.
UKOLN Seminar: Invited International Speaker: Professor Melius Weideman
January 27th, 2011 by Brian KellyProfessor Melius Weideman, Head of Department in the Faculty of Informatics and Design, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa, will give a UKOLN seminar entitled Website Design – Down with Technicalities, Up with the User and Crawler at the University of Bath from 2-4 pm on Monday 21 February 2011.
A limited number of places are available for this seminar. If you would like to attend please complete the online booking form which also provides an abstract and additional information.
Free Research Data Management Workshops
January 25th, 2011 by lisrwThe UK Digital Curation Centre is running a series of inter-linked regional workshops as part of the DCC Roadshow at the beginning of March 2011. Running over the three days of the Roadshow, free workshops will provide advice and guidance tailored to a range of staff, including PVCs Research, University Librarians, Directors of IT/Computing Services, Repository Managers, Research Support Services and practising researchers on the topic of institutional research data management planning and training. Further details are available from the UKOLN Web Site.
Free Social Web Workshop for Cultural Heritage Sector
January 13th, 2011 by lisrwAnn Chapman of UKOLN will be running a one-day workshop in Leicester on 22 February 2011 entitled The Social Web: Opportunities in Difficult Times. Run in partnership with the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, this workshop will consider how Social Web services can help libraries, museums and archives (especially small organisations with limited budgets and technical expertise) deliver services in new ways and reach new audiences. Attendance is free. Registration ends 14 February 2011. Further information and registration are obtainable from the UKOLN Web site.