UKOLN News

Michael Day of UKOLN spoke recently on the technical issues of digital preservation at a conference in Madrid entitled “Preservation of Digital Heritage: Basic Concepts and Main Initiatives” organised by the libraries sub-directorate of the Spanish Ministry of Culture. During the conference he also gave a seminar on OAIS applications in digital preservation projects. Slides for both are now available.

Brian Kelly of UKOLN will give a talk on “”Synergies Between Open Standards and Open Source” at the OSS Watch Open Source and Sustainability 2006 which will be held in Oxford over 10-12 April 2006.

The workshop, to be held in Bath 14-16 June, will provide an opportunity for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services to hear about institutional case studies, national initiatives and emerging technologies.

OSS Watch, the open source advisory service, is running a 3-day conference entitled “Open Source and Sustainability” at the Said Business School, Oxford, over 10-12 April 2006. This conference will be of interest to senior IT decision-makers, IT managers, software developers and open source businesses wishing to explore the survival issues that surround open source software and its long-term future.

Slides from Maureen Pennock”s presentation entitled “Digital archives or digital archaeology? Dealing with the Digital”, given at the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies (LUCAS) event “Preserving Digital Archives” are now available.

The Spring issue of “Focus on UKOLN”, the Newsletter which provides news, opinion and information on the wide range of activities undertaken by UKOLN is now available in print and on the UKOLN Web site.

A vacancy has arisen for the position of Events Administrative Assistant. The closing date for applications is 5 April 2006.

Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, gave a presentation on “Supporting Digital Curation to safeguard research data: adding value today and ensuring long-term access” at a session of the recent annual JISC Conference from which slides are now available.

Maureen Pennock of UKOLN will be speaking at a one-day event organised by the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies (LUCAS)
entitled “Preserving Digital Archives”. The event is designed for professionals focusing on the technological, financial, legal, and organisational challenges faced by repositories receiving digital deposits and takes place on Wednesday 22 March 2006.

The Big Lottery Fund has recently signed an agreement with MLA to ensure the future development of the searchable portal developed in collaboration with UKOLN which also advised participating projects through its co-operation with AHDS in the NOF-digi Technical Advisory Service.