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Adoption of CERIF in UK HEIs – report just published
Adoption of CERIF in Higher Education Institutions in the UK: A Landscape Study by Rosemary Russell of UKOLN ISC has just been published and is available in PDF and Word formats. The study documents the extent of adoption and engagement with CERIF in UK Higher Education institutions (HEIs) in late 2011/early 2012. 51 institutions in the UK are using CERIF Current Research Information Systems (CRIS), indicating a 30.7% adoption of CERIF. All institutions are using commercial CERIF CRIS with one exception. Since 2010, UK institutions procuring...
read moreJISC RIM2 project endorsement of CERIF
Continuing the series of posts on the JISC Research Information Management (RIM) Programme second phase synthesis, it is worth highlighting the projects’ firm endorsement of the CERIF standard. Given the phase 2 declared focus on the CERIF standard, this is sometimes implicit in project reporting. However the projects found that CERIF did allow them to do the job they set out to do. Given that they were working in new areas, this was by no means a certainty at the beginning of the programme. IRIOS, for example, considered their finding...
read moreJISC RIM2 project synthesis: innovation using CERIF
In addition to a more traditional synthesis report on the technical outcomes of the second phase of JISC Research Information Management (RIM) Programme, UKOLN will also use this blog to highlight some common themes across the projects. A series of posts will appear over the next month. Firstly looking at the theme of innovation using CERIF also serves an introductory purpose. JISC funded four projects in RIM2: BRUCE, CERIFy, IRIOS-1 and MICE, which ran from February to July 2011, with some extensions until the Autumn allowing for the short...
read moreWhat is Technical Foundations?
Introducing Technical Foundations The Technical Foundations web site is an important developing strand of ISC activities at UKOLN. It is aimed at those involved in technical innovation in the higher and further education sectors in the UK, and features a growing collection of resources to support the selection and use of information standards and technologies. It is intended to provide an authoritative overview and synthesis of a wide range of technical subjects of interest to the JISC community, principally in the UK HE sector. It seeks to...
read moreISC starts work on Discovery
Last Monday, I attended a meeting with Mimas, the co-ordinators of the JISC funded Discovery Programme in order to start planning the delivery of training for Discovery in 2012. This was my first meeting with the Discovery team, and it was really good to see a few familiar faces and also to be able to put ‘faces’ to some well known and respected ‘names’ and tweets. I have been aware for a while of the great work that has been done by the Resource Discovery Taskforce and it is great to have the opportunity of...
read moreImpressive Turnout at CERIF Tutorial and UK Data Surgery in Bath
UKOLN, euroCRIS and JISC were delighted to welcome around 54 people (there were several last minute additions, so the number is approximate) to the CERIF tutorial and UK data surgery held in Bath last week. There was a great spread of participants from universities as well as research councils, CRIS vendors and other research organisations. It was also encouraging that so many people from outside the UK came, mainly as a result of the euroCRIS meetings which took place the next day. Brigitte Jörg’s in-depth tutorial covered the CERIF...
read moreRepositories and Preservation Projects Technical Assessment
I’ve recently started work on a technical assessment report for the JISC. The report will look at projects that were funded within the JISC Information Environment (Inf11) programme. This programme ran from April 2009 until March 2011, funding a large number of projects. The technical assessment will focus on a sub set of those projects, those that were specifically related to repositories and preservation. Although the title may seem a little dull, the report is rather exciting. I’ve been given a brief that includes assessing...
read moreIntroduction: Natasha Bishop
Natasha Bishop is the Events and Marketing Manager within UKOLN. She is responsible for organising and managing events which include international conferences, workshops and seminars. Natasha has been the event organiser for the IWMW series, including IWMW 2012, as well as several events for DevCSI, including the Dev8D series. She also co-ordinates the marketing activities including managing the production of a range of publicity materials in electronic and paper-based...
read moreIntroduction: Julian Cheal
Julian Cheal is the Systems Developer at UKOLN. He is responsible for organising and managing the servers and infrastructure. See also: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/j.cheal/
read moreVacancy for National Coordinator to support UK HE Engagement in Implementation of CERIF
UKOLN has a vacancy for a national coordinator to support the engagement of the UK HE sector in the implementation of the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF). The post requires a broad knowledge of research information management issues, systems and practice and a good working knowledge of CERIF. The post holder will also be expected to engage actively with the all project stakeholders and to be able to undertake frequent UK and some overseas travel. The post forms part of the JISC-funded Innovation Support Centre at UKOLN....
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