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Curation of research data in the disciplines of Engineering

The DCC SCARP Case Study Curation of research data in the disciplines of Engineeringexternal link is now published. This seventh DCC SCARP Case Study highlights the barriers that exist to sharing Engineering data, and the impact these barriers have on the range of appropriate curation approaches. Sensitivity to these issues is key if Engineering data are to be fully exploited without jeopardising future research and development.


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Sage Commons Congress: Foundation for a New Public Domain Resource

Sage Bionetworksexternal link, a new, not-for-profit medical research organisation established in 2009 to revolutionise how researchers approach the complexity of human biological information and the treatment of disease, has recently announced that it is organising a Congressexternal link in San Francisco over 23-24 April, 2010. The Congress aims to establish the foundation for a new public domain resource, the Sage Commonsexternal link. The organisation states, “Participation invitations have been extended to numerous experts and critical stakeholders. The Congress is already oversubscribed and details on Congress webcasts will be available shortly.” Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN, will be leading the workstream on Citation of Network Models and...
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Digital Curation Centre Announces New Director

With the commencement this month of its third phaseexternal link of evolution, the Digital Curation Centreexternal link has also announced the appointment of its new Directorexternal link , Kevin Ashley, who will succeed Chris Rusbridge upon his retirement in April 2010. Kevin Ashley has been Head of Digital Archives at the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) since 1997. His group has operated the National Digital Archive of Datasets for The National Archives of the UK for over twelve years. He is also a member of the JISC’s Infrastructure and Resources Committee, the Advisory Council for ERPANET and several advisory boards for data and archives projects...
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Research Data Management Forum: Booking Soon to Close

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Only a few days now remain to book a place at the fourth meeting of the Research Data Management Forum (RDMF4). This Forum’s theme will be Dealing with Sensitive Data: Managing Ethics, Security and Trust. It will take place over 10 – 11 March 2010 at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre, University of Manchester. The Forum is designed for researchers, digital repository managers, staff from library, information and research organisations, data curators, data centre managers, data scientists, research funding organisations and research networks. Further information is available from the Digital Curation Centreexternal link Web site.


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British Library Warns UK’s Web Heritage ‘could be lost’

Many practitioners in digital preservation and access will have welcomed the recent news itemexternal link from the BBC Technology News Web site on the UK’s Web heritage. They will be concerned that much of society as a whole remains unaware of the threat to the persistence of digital resources on which we increasingly rely. Commenting on this news item, Dr. Liz Lyon, Associate Director of the UK Digital Curation Centre (DCCexternal link) and author of the report Dealing with Data, remarked, “We fully support the work that the British Libraryexternal link has undertaken to address the potential and irredeemable loss of so many Web sites. Moreover, professionals...
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Web 2.0 and the Social Web

Only a few places remain for the one-day workshop entitled An Introduction to Web 2.0 and the Social Web to be held in Nottingham on Wednesday 17 March 2010. This workshop is designed for members of the museums, libraries and archives communities. It will seek to demystify the terminology and the technologies as well as address the challenges which institutions may face in seeking to make use of Web 2.0 to support the needs of their users. The workshop will be facilitated by Marieke Guy of UKOLN. Details of the Nottingham event and how to book the last few places are available.


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The Panton Principles for Open Data in Science

The Open Knowledge Foundationexternal link has made an announcementexternal link concerning the launch of the Panton Principles for Open Data in Scienceexternal link. The Foundation states that open data should be data that are “freely available on the public internet permitting any user to download, copy, analyse, re-process, pass them to software or use them for any other purpose without financial, legal, or technical barriers…” and that accordingly data relating to published science should be available in the public domain. The Principlesexternal link themselves hold that the legal status of scientific datasets should be explicit and that content licences are not appropriate for data.
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Issue 62 of Ariadne Now Available

Issue 62 of Ariadne is now available with its usual mix of main articles, event reports and reviews on a wide range of topics. LMS users may be interested to read of the implementation of Xerxes at Royal Holloway while researchers have notice of activity JISC is planning to carry out on Research 3.0. There are also articles, among others, on Web preservation and reference management, an information model of digital identifiers, a user-driven methodology for the iterative development, testing and implementation of Dublin Core Application Profiles in diverse repository software environments, the current situation in ebook readers, some recent developments in democratising the archive, the value of intranets as a strategic asset and a tool designed to display...
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CILIP Executive Briefing on RDA

Ann Chapman of UKOLN will be speaking on the development of RDA at the CILIP Executive Briefing on Resource Description and Accessexternal link to be held on 23 March 2010 at CILIP HQ in London. The Briefing will be of interest to senior managers, cataloguing managers, cataloguers and the supplier community.


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RDMF: Opening Bio-Health Data and Models Securely and Effectively

The Welcome and Introduction to the fourth meeting of the Research Data Management Forum (RDMFexternal link) to be held over 10 – 11 March 2010 at the University of Manchester will be provided by Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Associate Director, DCC, and Stéphane Goldstein, Head of Programmes, RIN. They will welcome the opening keynote speaker Professor Iain Buchan, Professor of Public Health Informatics and Director of the Northwest Institute for Bio-Health Informatics (NIBHI), University of Manchester. Professor Buchan’s keynote address is entitled Opening Bio-Health Data and Models Securely and Effectively for Public Benefit. Further informationexternal link is available.


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