Brian Kelly will give a talk on “How The Social Web Can Help Charities” at a seminar on “The Benefits of Using Social Networking to Enhance Online Fundraising” which will be held at the Franklin Wilkins Building, Kings College London on 24 June 2008.
How the Social Web Can Help Charities
June 18th, 2008 by Thom BuntingDealing with Data: Perspectives on Progress to Date
June 16th, 2008 by Thom BuntingLiz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, recently gave a short presentation at the Research Data Management Workshop organised by University of Oxford and held at the Said Business School, Oxford. Liz reflected on achievements and aspirations twelve months after publication of the UKOLN Report “Dealing with Data”, which examined roles, rights, responsibilities, and relationships for the effective curation of research data.
RIN Issues Report on Publication and Quality Assurance of Research Data Outputs
June 11th, 2008 by Thom BuntingThere is now widespread recognition that research data are a valuable long-term resource, but until now we have lacked a
clear picture of how researchers are responding to the new opportunities and challenges. Based on more than 100 detailed interviews with researchers across eight subject areas, the
Research Information Network (RIN) report “To Share or Not to Share: Publication and Quality Assurance of Research Data Outputs” details the findings of a study commissioned by RIN
in association with JISC and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and carried out by Key Perspectives Ltd.
Metadata for Digital Long-term Preservation
June 11th, 2008 by Thom BuntingMichael Day of UKOLN will give a presentation entitled “Metadata for Digital Long-term Preservation” at the
Max Planck eScience Seminar to be held over 19-20 June in Goettingen, Germany.
Euroscience Open Forum Satellite Event: Policy and Technology for e-Science
June 10th, 2008 by Thom BuntingPrior to this year”s Euroscience Open Forum, on 16 – 17 July, Science Commons, SPARC, the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and the Institut d”Estudis Catalans are organizing a
satellite event on the policies and technologies necessary to make good on the promise of scientific research in the networked era. The event, entitled “Policy and Technology for e-Science”,
will seek to lay out the principles of Open Science. Participants will include representatives from large-scale computing efforts in Europe, leading Open Access advocates, representatives from the European Commission and the European Science Foundation, Science Commons, Creative Commons, SPARC and the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, among others. The event is entirely free but there is a limited number of spaces.
Dealing with Data: One Year On
June 10th, 2008 by Thom BuntingLiz Lyon will give a presentation on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre and UKOLN at a Max Planck eScience Workshop in Goettingen, Germany on 19-20 June. It is a year since the publication of the Dealing with Data Report, and Liz will bring things up to date with a brief look at the changing landscape, a review of UK progress on data issues as well as a consideration of some new challenges and opportunities in this area.
Preservation of Web Resources Workshop: Making a Start
June 2nd, 2008 by Thom BuntingThe JISC-sponsored Preservation of Web Resources Project (JISC-PoWR) will be running its first workshop on Friday 27 June 2008 at Senate House Library, University of London. The workshop is designed for all those interested in issues relating to institutional Web resource preservation. Attendance is free.
Strategic Content Alliance Home Nation Forums
May 28th, 2008 by Thom BuntingThe Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) is a JISC initiative working to build a common information environment
where users of publicly funded e-content can gain best value from the investment
that has been made by reducing the barriers that currently inhibit access, use and reuse of online content. The SCA is currently investigating means of providing a set of principles and guidelines for best practice and has therefore organised a series of “home nation” forums. Brian Kelly of UKOLN will take part in a “Standards
Panel” at the SCA Home Nations event to be held at the Park Plaza, Cardiff, on 5 June 2008.
Classification and Subject Retrieval in the 21st Century
May 22nd, 2008 by Thom BuntingBooking is now open for the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG)
Conference to be held at the University of Strathclyde, 3-5 September 2008. The Conference Programme and associated booking form are both available.
Preservation of Web Resources: JISC-PoWR Launches Blog
May 19th, 2008 by Thom BuntingThe JISC-funded Preservation of Web Resources (JISC-PoWR) project blog is now available. The blog will provide an environment in which to discuss issues related to Web preservation and keep users up to date on upcoming workshops and resources. The project team hopes to provide postings on many areas including related technologies, policies and legal issues, and would like to encourage comments on posts.