Resources

The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery

Published this week, to coincide with Open Access Week, is a collection of essays entitled The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery, edited by Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley and Kristin Tolle, which presents the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of data-intensive science.

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DCC SCARP Case Study on Roles and Reusability of Video Data in Social Studies of Interaction Published

Our fifth DCC SCARP Case Study is titled "Roles and Reusability of Video Data in Social Studies of Interaction" and reviews the curation landscape in several interdisciplinary fields that use video analysis in studies of human interaction.

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New DCC Standards Watch Paper Published: Using BS 10012:2009 to Comply with the Data Protection Act (1998)

We are delighted to announce the release of another new DCC standards watch paper, this time on Information Security Management: Using BS 10012:2009 to Comply with the Data Protection Act (1998).

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October 2009 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter

In this issue: news of 2009 Best Practices Exchange and the Preserving Digital News meeting, an article about a Digital Preservation Workshop held at the Library of Congress, the Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation sponsored a national conference and published an interim report, Government Computer News recognizes NDIIPP among the best of Federal information technology initiatives of 2009, new guidelines for content categories and digitisation objectives published by the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative, an interview podcast about the DuraSpace pilot project is av

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DRIVER Project In Special 2 Part Feature

DRIVER features in a two-part special article, published in "ICT Results", a European Commission editorial service to showcase EU-funded ICT research and activities: "Taming the vast -and growing- digital data-sphere" and "The sum of knowledge - online and accessible, no less". For more information please contact Professor Yiannis Ioannidis at yannis@di.uoa.gr.

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KEEP Newsletter

The first issue of the KEEP newsletter is now available. In this issue you can read about: Introduction to KEEP project, Introduction to Emulation strategy, Retro Gamer Community, Nordic Games, DigCcurr 2009.

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Data repositories: The Next New Wave

Steve Hitchcock, University of Southampton, recently posted some thoughts on IRs and data curation on the JISC-funded KeepIt project blog.

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Researchers Perceptions Of Research Assessment Affects What They Publish And Why

A new report Communicating knowledge: how and why UK researchers publish and disseminate their findings published by the Research Information Network (RIN) and JISC shows how researchers are concerned by what they perceive as mixed messages about the channels they should use to communicate their research findings. The report highlights the need for more consistent and effective guidance from funders and higher educational institutions.

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Special Issue of Nature Examines Data Sharing

This week's issue of Nature (9 September, 2009) includes a special section on data sharing that examines the cultural and technical hurdles that can get in the way of good intentions.

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