DevCSI (Developer Community Supporting Innovation), the project managed by UKOLN to help developers in Higher Education is bringing together software developers, users, project managers and clients particularly in Education (though not exclusively) who are interested in learning more about workflow and business process modelling tools. The event will take place in Bath on 30 November 2010. Further details and a booking form are obtainable.
DevCSI Event on Modelling Workflows and Business Processes
November 8th, 2010 by lisrwExploring Agile Prototyping for Developers
November 2nd, 2010 by lisrwDevCSI, the JISC-funded project which helps developers in HE to realise their full potential, has organised with the University of Manchester School of Computer Science a free one-day workshop which will explore various agile prototyping techniques. The event will take place on Tuesday 23 November 2010 at the School of Computer Science. Further details are available.
Sixty Minutes to Save Libraries
October 27th, 2010 by lisrwBrian Kelly and Nicola McNee will facilitate a session entitled Sixty Minutes to Save Libraries: Gathering Evidence to Demonstrate Library Services’ Impact and Value at the MashSpa event which will be held in the Chapel Arts Centre, Bath on Friday 29 October 2010.
UKOLN Article in New Review of Academic Librarianship
October 26th, 2010 by Thom BuntingAn article by Rosemary Russell and Michael Day of UKOLN has been published in the first Open Access issue of the New Review of Academic Librarianship, which was sponsored by JISC. This special issue on dissemination models in scholarly communication was guest-edited by Hazel Woodward, Cranfield University. Further details are on the UKOLN Web site.
Impact: Proving We Make a Difference
October 22nd, 2010 by lisrwAn article
by Val Skelton published in Information Today describes how “Users, funders and decision makers are asking tough questions about our products and services and we must be ready to respond with credible usage statistics.” The article leads with a summary of a talk entitled Monitoring and Maximising Organisational Impact given by Brian Kelly at last week’s Internet Librarian International 2010, who argued that the sector “should wholeheartedly embrace this demand for transparency by being clear and open about usage and impact.”
Sharing Health Records in the US and UK
October 21st, 2010 by lisrwAs part of the 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2010) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Deborah Swain, Emma Tonkin and Linda Doll (moderator) will debate means, mechanisms and pitfalls in the sharing of health records in the US and UK. The panel will take place at 3.30pm on Friday 22 October.
Opportunities for and Barriers to Engineering Research Data Re-use
October 20th, 2010 by Thom BuntingThe ERIM (Engineering Research Information Management) Project has released its third deliverable, a report entitled Opportunities for and Barriers to Engineering Research Data Re-use. Within the six engineering studies examined by the report, there were found to be different opportunities for data re-use depending on whether the researchers were simply characterising a scenario or testing possible improvements. A range of barriers were encountered, ranging from commercial sensitivity to specialist hardware platforms. 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.
Ontology Development at ICKM-2010
October 19th, 2010 by Thom BuntingEmma Tonkin of UKOLN and Heather D. Pfeiffer of New Mexico State University will give a paper entitled Data-driven or background knowledge ontology development at the 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM-2010) to be held over 22-23 October 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Understanding and Characterizing Engineering Research Data for its Better Management
October 18th, 2010 by Thom BuntingThe 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.
Building Blocks of Metadata
October 15th, 2010 by lisrwEmma 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.