UKOLN NewsUKOLN-related news including new additions to the UKOLN Web site.German Commission for UNESCO Encourages Debate on Scientific Publishing- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The German Commission for UNESCO has just announced the publication of the English translation of its 2007 handbook on Open Access. The handbook, entitled "Open Access Opportunities and Challenges A Handbook" intends to inform stakeholders and society in general of the opportunities and challenges surrounding open access, and to promote a broad and inclusive debate on the future of scientific publishing in the European Research Area. This English version is a joint publication with..http://www.unesco.de/openaccess.html?&L=1 UK Web Focus Blog Shortlisted by Computer Weekly- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The UK Web Focus blog has been shortlisted in the "Web 2.0 and Business" category for the "Computer Weekly" IT Blog Award 08.http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/uk-web-focus-blog-shortlisted-for-web-20-and-bu... Approaches to Information Curation in Engineering- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Alex Ball recently took part in a seminar on Knowledge and Information Management Through-Life at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. His presentation, 'Approaches to Information Curation in Engineering', is now available.http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/grand-challenge/#ball.patel2008aic Dealing with Data: One Year On- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Liz Lyon recently gave a presentation on behalf of the Digital Curation Centre and UKOLN at a Max Planck eScience Workshop in Goettingen, Germany. A year after the publication of the Dealing with Data Report, Liz brought the workshop 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. Her presentation is now available.http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/e.j.lyon/presentations.html#2008-06-goettingen Classification and Subject Retrieval in the 21st Century- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Booking 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.http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/CIG/2008/conf-glasgow/ Spring 2008 Issue of Ariadne Available- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Ariadne Issue 55 is now available with articles on a wide range of topics including an application profile for images, an overview of current initiatives in standards for educational metadata, an Australian perspective on eResearch together with an article on developments in institutional repositories in South Africa. John MacColl considers the 'co-operative imperative' upon research libraries while Pete Williams, Katrina Dean, Ian Rowlands and Jeremy Leighton John provide insights into...http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ |