The Digital Curation Centre
(DCC) and Research Information Network (RIN) are pleased to announce the fourth meeting of the Research Data Management Forum. This event will take the theme “Dealing with Sensitive Data: managing ethics, security and trust”, and will be held on Monday 30 November and Tuesday 1 December at the Guoman Hotel, Charing Cross, London.
Registration is now open.
DCC Research Data Management Forum
November 3rd, 2009 by Thom BuntingDigital Curation Approaches for Architecture
November 3rd, 2009 by lisrwThe DCC SCARP Case Study Digital Curation approaches for Architecture is now published. This sixth DCC SCARP Case Study highlights choices in how to provide for appropriate care of digital objects and options for digital curation treatment. These approaches will serve to promote more effective architectural practice and research, both now and in the future.
DCC SCARP Workshop
October 27th, 2009 by Thom BuntingThe programme and speakers for the Digital Curation Workshop on “Disciplinary Dimensions of Digital Curation: New Perspectives on Research Data” are now published. This DCC SCARP project workshop takes place on 2 December in London as a Pre-Conference workshop of the 5th International Digital Curation Conference.
International Journal of Digital Curation, Issue 2, Volume 4
October 21st, 2009 by Thom BuntingUKOLN has just published on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre issue 2 of Volume 4 of the International Journal of Digital Curation. In addition to 8 research papers and 6 general articles the issue also contains an exchange of letters to the Editor on the topic of archival authenticity of digital objects.
Series of Free Web 2.0 and Social Web Workshops
October 21st, 2009 by Thom BuntingA one-day workshop, sponsored by the MLA, introducing Web 2.0 and the Social Web to museums, libraries and archives staff will be touring the country in the next few months. It will visit Preston, Devizes, London, Leeds and Leicester. It is free to attend but places are limited. Bookings are now open.
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining?
October 14th, 2009 by lisrwThe Call for Papers has opened for the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG) Conference to be held 13-15 September 2010 in Exeter. Proposals should be submitted by 26 February 2010. Conference organisation will be by UKOLN.
UKOLN participating at DCMI 2009
October 13th, 2009 by Thom BuntingUKOLN will be well-represented at this year’s International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications in Seoul, South Korea. 
Emma Tonkin, Talat Chaudhri and Paul Walk will be participating actively while Brian Kelly has recorded a contribution in advance. UKOLN will be introducing an innovative approach to the design of ‘application profiles’ which focuses both on engaging users at the earliest opportunity and on using an evidence-based, test-driven development approach. [Photo: Copyright Andrew Hewson]
Text Mining for Scholarly Communications and Repositories Joint Workshop
October 5th, 2009 by adminUKOLN is co-hosting an open workshop with the National Centre for Text Mining NaCTeM on 28-29 October 2009. The Joint Workshop will be held at the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester. The Keynote presentation titled “eScience and Semantic Computing” will be given by Professor Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft External Research. A full programme of international speakers and registration form are available.
Vacancy for a Deputy Director
September 30th, 2009 by Thom BuntingUKOLN has a vacancy for a Deputy Director. The closing date for applications is 29 October 2009.
Vacancy for eFramework Web Manager
September 30th, 2009 by Thom BuntingUKOLN has a vacancy for an eFramwork Web Manager. The closing date for applications is 14 October 2009.