A set of innovative techniques that are collectively termed 'web 2.0' have enabled researchers to become producers as well as consumers of information. This report is based on a study commissioned by the Research Infomratin Network to investigate whether such aspirations are being realised.
JISC press release (8 July 2010) gives "new advice for universities" in light of the Russell report, which reviewed allegations arising from the series of hacked emails from the Climatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia. The new advice is also prompted by the recent FOI ruling on Queen's University Belfast's dispute around tree ring data.
The JISC-funded Incremental project has released its scoping study into researchers' data management needs at the Universities of Cambridge and Glasgow.
A blog post summarises our findings and implementation plans.
We welcome any feedback you have.
I’ve been hastily writing up travel reports to submit expenses before year end, and in reviewing the data management events I’ve been to in the last few months, a few recurrent questions emerge...
The Research Information Network just published a new guide which describes the nature, roles and responsibilities of the different Government bodies involved in research policy and funding, and the relationships between them.
It comes with a useful chart showing the links between the key organisations involved.
New Web Archiving technology for dealing with streaming video has been developed by LiWA, a European project led by the University of Hannover.
The digital universe grew by 62% in 2009, but those adding to these resources need to think long term if they want to make best use of their public funding. So concludes a new JISC-funded report by the Digital Preservation Coalition, which defines the essential parameters for a preservation policy.
