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Seminar on “Research and the Web Archive”
Maureen Pennock (British Library) and Ed Pinsent (ULCC) will give a seminar on “Research and the Web Archive” at the University of Bath on Friday 25 November 2011, from 13.30 to 15.00. This seminar will focus on using archived web sites and collections of web archives for scholarly research. A presentation on the current state of play will be given, followed by a brainstorming session on research uses of the UK Web Archive. This will address issues such as: What types of research questions could be answered (part or whole) by...
read moreIntroduction: Thom Bunting
Thom Bunting works on project management of JISC Observatory and Innovation Zone activities as well as developing and managing ISC online resources. In his Web Manager role, Thom plans and creates data-driven websites and looks after existing sites related to UKOLN and some of its previous activities. Thom’s current interests include: content management technologies supporting consumption and production of dynamic data sets automated generation of metadata from large collections of content sharing of content and data across...
read moreIntroduction: Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly is a member of the ISC’s Executive. In his role as UK Web Focus, Brian has interests in identifying ways of using innovative Web developments to support institutional activities. Brian also has responsibilities for managing the ISC’s communications activities. Brian is chair of the programme committee for the ISC’s Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 (IWMW 2012) , an event that he launched in 1997 and that continues to support the development of the institutional Web management community of practice. Brian...
read moreSupporting Open Practices
Context The JISC Inform Spring 2012 issue highlighted a number of ways on which open practices were being used across the UK’s higher and further education sector. In order to complement this work, a series of guest blog posts on openness were published on the UK Web Focus blog. Dates Work started: 2 Oct 2011 Planned completion date: 31 April 2012 Actual completion date: 10 April 2012 Activities This work involved commissioning and publishing a series of guest blog posts and reviewing this work. Outputs The posts published...
read moreEvent Amplification Report
Context As part of the Greening Events II project, UKOLN published a report on Event Amplification. Dates Work started: 1 Oct 2011 Planned completion date: 18 Jun 2012 Actual completion date: 18 Jun 2012 Activities This work involved the analysis of a variety of amplified events and writing a report on best practices. Outputs A report has been published: [About] – [PDF format] – [MS Word format] Links Greening Events II, JISC Greening Event II, project web site People This work was led by Brian...
read moreAdvice on Implications of Cookie Legislation
Context The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is implementing legislation related to use of cookies on web sites. We are involved in an activity which will summarise the implications of the legislation and provide guidance on implementation strategies. Dates Work started: 1 Oct 2011 Planned completion date: 29 Feb 2012 Actual completion date: 16 April 2012 Activities This work involves setting up a small group of interested parties within the web management community, with additional input being provided by the JISC Legal...
read moreBalancing work and studies…..
Alexey Strelnikov has been working at UKOLN since October 2008, working primarily on the Java client tool for IEMSR. He is also a member of the writeslike.us project team. Alexey is a mature student at the University of Bath, studying Computer Science with Business. Listen to Alexey Strelnikov’s interview, September 2009 [mp3 format | duration 6'55" | 6.34 MB] Further information: IEMSR Project: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/iemsr/ writes.like.us Project: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/projects/writeslike.us/ Writes.like.us Blog:...
read moreThe devCSI Project
Paul Walk, Technical Manager and Team Leader of UKOLN’s Software and Systems Team, talks about the Developer Community Supporting Innovation project (devCSI). Listen to Paul Walk’s interview, August 2009 [mp3 format | duration 6'17" | 5.76 MB] Further information: Blog: http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/devcsi/ Web site: devcsi.ukoln.ac.uk CRIG project web site: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/ Dev8D web site:...
read moreLife at UKOLN
Eddie Young talks about his time at UKOLN as a Systems Developer in the Software and Systems Team. Listen to Eddie Young’s interview, August 2009 [mp3 format | duration 16'25" | 15.0 MB ] Further information: Web site: http://www.ecometrica.co.uk/about-us/news/ecometrica-provides-carbon-statistics-for-the-bbc/ Web site: http://www.bath.ac.uk/estates/energy/ Web site:...
read moreFrom Web Accessibility to Web Adaptability”: A Summary
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, describes the main points from a peer-reviewed paper entitled “From Web accessibility to Web adaptability” which has recently been published. Listen to Brian Kelly’s interview, July 2009 [mp3 format | duration 07'09" | 6.55 MB ] Further information: Blog:...
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