5th European NKOS Workshop at ECDL 2006

March 16th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

The 5th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop will be held at ECDL 2006 on 21 September, 2006, in Alicante, Spain. One of the primary features will be a “Semantic Web Special Session”.

IJDL Special Issue on Digital Libraries and eScience: important date

March 16th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

This special issue of the International Journal on Digital Libraries (IJDL), published by Springer, will critically examine the role that digital libraries can and should play in the emerging eScience infrastructure. The submission deadline is 1 June 2006. See Call for Papers page for contacts.

DCC workshop on curation of e-mail

March 15th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

The DCC will be holding a workshop entitled “Email curation: practical approaches for long-term preservation and access” over 24-25 April 2006 in Newcastle. This workshop will benefit individuals and institutions that are interested in applying a records management approach to the effective management of e-mail.

Presentation on supporting digital curation at JISC 2006

March 13th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, will speak on “Supporting digital curation to safeguard research data” in a session which will look at the issues related to digital information and how effective digital curation could help institutions to maintain and safeguard research data for years to come. The session begins at 3p.m.

UKOLN exhibition stand at JISC Conference 2006

March 13th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

Once again this year there will be a UKOLN stand in the exhibition hall (Hall 3) of the JISC Conference 2006 at the National Exhibition Centre,
Birmingham on Tuesday 14 March. Look for stand number 30 near the main entrance.

BL/JISC/UKOLN Workshop Presentation

March 9th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

Liz Lyon gave a presentation entitled “Digital Libraries and the business process: reflections on a theme” at the recent British Library/JISC/UKOLN Workshop.

CILIP Cataloguing & Indexing Group – Annual Conference

February 22nd, 2006 by Thom Bunting

A reminder that the deadline for proposals is 28 February 2006.

DCC Conference 2006 – Call for Papers announced

February 16th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

The DCC welcomes contributions and participation from individuals, organisations and institutions interested in the curation of data and the management of repositories for science and scholarship. The deadline for all submissions is 3 April 2006.

UKOLN Technical Director Vacancy

February 14th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

A vacancy has arisen at UKOLN for a Technical Director. The closing date for applications is 16 February 2006.

Bielefeld Conference 2006 Presentation

February 13th, 2006 by Thom Bunting

Liz Lyon, UKOLN Director, gave a plenary presentation at the 8th International Bielefeld Conference in Germany and the presentation is now available.