UKOLN has a vacancy for a Financial Administrator. The closing date for applications is 22 October 2009.
Vacancy for a Financial Administrator
September 30th, 2009 by Thom Bunting5th International Digital Curation Conference (2009) Open for Registration
September 15th, 2009 by lisrwRegistration is now open for the 5th International Digital Curation Conference: “Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity” to be held 2-4 December 2009 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, Kensington, London. The Conference is being held by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC)
in partnership with the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and organised by UKOLN. Pre-Conference Workshops are also arranged. Full details and how to register are available.
UKOLN Research Officer Wins Remote Worker Award 2009
September 14th, 2009 by lisrwUKOLN staff were delighted to learn that their colleague Marieke Guy has won the Remote Worker 2009 award from the Remote Employment Web site in association with BT Business against serious competition for the prize.
Making Repository Deposit Easier with SWORD
September 8th, 2009 by Thom BuntingAdrian Stevenson, UKOLN, will be giving a presentation and demonstration at the DSpace User Group Meeting on 15 October 2009, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Realising Dreams, Avoiding Nightmares, Accepting Responsibilities
August 25th, 2009 by lisrwBrian Kelly will facilitate a workshop session with Martin Weller entitled Realising Dreams, Avoiding Nightmares, Accepting Responsibilities at the ALT-C 2009 Conference which will be held at the University of Manchester on 8-10 September 2009.
Shortlisted for the Remote Worker Awards
August 24th, 2009 by Thom BuntingUKOLN research officer Marieke Guy has been shortlisted as a winner in the Remote Employment and BT Business Remote Worker Awards . Marieke is one of 5 shortlisted winners in the ‘remote worker award’ category. The winner will be announced on 10 September during a ceremony at Cliveden House, Berkshire.
Time to Be Flexible
August 17th, 2009 by lisrwIn an article published in the e-Access Bulletin (August 2009) Brian Kelly argues that policy makers need to take a more flexible approach to Web accessibility than simply requiring conformance with WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) guidelines. Brian suggests that the Web Adaptability approach, described in a recent peer-reviewed paper which embraces the UN Convention’s definition of accessibility, provides an approach more suited to addressing the real-world deployment challenges posed by the technical complexities of today’s Web environment, the rich diversity of uses made of the Web as well as the differing needs and requirements of individual users.
Julian Cheal wins Prize at Repository Fringe
August 13th, 2009 by Thom BuntingJulian Cheal, UKOLN, won the Pecha Kucha prize for “short presentations of 20 slides at 20 seconds each slide” at the Repository Fringe 2009 in Edinburgh.
Ariadne Issue 60 Published
August 12th, 2009 by Thom BuntingIssue 60 of Ariadne was published recently with a variety of main articles on subjects as diverse as findings from a UKRDS survey of researchers, views on preservation of research data, the impact of overlay and data journals in the meteorological sciences, and the National Library of Norway’s digitisation strategy. It also offers an article by Ann Chapman and Rosemary Russell of UKOLN on the challenge of collecting evidence for a study of how Web 2.0 is being used in the UK HE sector.