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Results of Digital Preservation Costs Survey Now Available

3 February 2010 09:32
The findings from the Keeping Research Data Safe 2 ("KRDS2) survey of digital preservation cost information are now available on the KRDS2 project webpage. One of the core aims of the KRDS2 project was to identify potential sources of cost information for preservation of digital research data and to conduct a survey of them.
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SCARP Synthesis Study

22 January 2010 12:16
Anyone involved in curating research data knows well that disciplines do things differently. Whether we see research domains as a thousand blooming flowers or a tower of babel, that diversity presents challenges for data curation. Through a series of seven case studies in different disciplines, the Digital Curation Centre SCARP project aimed to help understand these challenges and build on current digital data management and preservation practices in each case. One of this JISC-funded project's final outputs is a synthesis study.
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JISC TechDis Launches New Free Tool To Improve Internet Accessibility

22 January 2010 08:47
The JISC TechDis toolbar has been created in partnership with the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science. The free application, released as a beta version, provides a range of editing and speech tools to enable internet users to better access information and interact with web pages. This is particularly useful for researchers and learners in helping them to complete research and gather information for their studies.
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JISC Briefing Paper: Assessing the Business Case for Standards

22 January 2010 08:46
A recent briefing provides advice to help people incorporate standards in their ICT-related business cases.
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The January/February 2010 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available.

20 January 2010 10:00
This issue contains eight articles, two conference reports, the 'In Brief' column, excerpts from recent press releases, and news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in 'Clips and Pointers'. This month, D-Lib features The Swingle Plant Anatomy Reference Collection, a historical collection of plant anatomical microscope slides, courtesy of University of Miami Libraries.
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The changing role of Jorum: sharing using JorumOpen and JorumUK

20 January 2010 09:58
As Open Educational Resources (OER) increasingly become part of the landscape of learning and teaching resources, Jorum has now opened up for the sharing of resources, created under Creative Commons (CC) licences, through its new collection JorumOpen.
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Data Dimensions: Disciplinary Differences in Research Data Sharing, Reuse and Long term Viability

18 January 2010 12:03
The Digital Curation Centre is pleased to announce the report "Data Dimensions: Disciplinary Differences in Research Data Sharing, Reuse and Long term Viability" by Key Perspectives, as one of the final outputs of the DCC SCARP project. The project investigated attitudes and approaches to data deposit, sharing and reuse, curation and preservation, over a range of research fields in differing disciplines.
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Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter

18 January 2010 09:52
The August 2009 Issue of the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available.
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First issue of SCA's Digital Content Quarterly

11 January 2010 10:15
In this fast-paced, ever-changing environment the Strategic Content Alliance's Digital Content Quarterly (DCQ) provides a news round-up of digital content issues from around the world, thought-provoking features highlighting key debates in the field and regular columns from experts in areas that have most traction in terms of digital content provision: intellectual property rights and business modelling and sustainability.
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Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter Dec 2009

8 December 2009 09:42
In this issue: *News of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program's Strategy Meeting for Preserving Geospatial Data *The American Society of Media Photographers launched dpBestflow.org during FotoWeek DC *The "Metadata for Digital Content" group is addressing challenges to improve search of the Library's collections *An NDIIPP project wins Best in Show at ECDL 2009 *Two NDIIPP States Initiative projects add new partners *NDIIPP director delivered the keynote address at the October Digital Preservation Management Workshop in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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