UKOLN
Raising Awareness

"A centre of excellence in digital information management, providing advice and services to the library, information and cultural heritage communities."

UKOLN is based at the University of Bath.

UKOLN Events

UKOLN organises a number of high-profile events including the annual Institutional Web Management Workshop, and the biennial JISC/CNI Conference. This events service is available for internal staff and also external organisations who wish to forge links with UKOLN and make use of their expertise. If you require further information on our events activities, please contact us by email: events@ukoln.ac.uk or by phone/fax: +44 (0) 1225 386256

Forthcoming Events

2012

RDMF9: Shaping the infrastructure: "Technology aspirations for research data management": This Research Data Management Forum will consider not only the technology solutions that are being offered but also the policies and players who are shaping them; 14 - 15 November 2012, Madingley Hall, Cambridge.

Future Citations Hackdays: A free event for those interested in the area of Citation Data Analysis, to take place over 27-28 September 2012 in Birmingham.

DCC Data Management Roadshows: The DCC roadshows are touring the regions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during 2012. They are designed to allow every institution in the UK to prepare for effective research data management and understand more about how the DCC can help.

Recent Events

The DevCSI Open Repositories Developer Challenge 2012: at OR2012, 9-12 July 2012, Edinburgh

The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012: (IWMW 2012): 18-20 June 2012, University of Edinburgh

Dev8D 2012: A structured programme of exceptional speakers, training sessions, innovation and exchange for developers:
14-16 February 2012, University of London Union

CERIF Tutorial and UK Data Surgery: A free event which forms part of JISC's Research Information Management (RIM) programme in conjunction with euroCRIS and UKOLN: 9 February 2012, Bath Ventures Innovation Centre, University of Bath

7th International Digital Curation Conference: Public? Private? Personal? navigating the open data landscape: 6-7 December 2011, Bristol, UK

IMPACT/myGrid Hackathon: A free 2-day developer workshop/hackathon which aims to encourage take-up and further development of tools developed by the IMPACT Project: 14 - 15 November 2011, University of Manchester

JISC Research Information Management (RIM) Projects Final Event: A major conference showcasing the work of the second round of RIM Projects: 20 September 2011, Manchester Conference Centre

DevCSI / GECO Open Mapping Workshop: A one-day workshop exploring open mapping techniques: 25 August 2011, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

Agile Prototyping Techniques: A one-day workshop exploring various paper-based agile design techniques: 23 August 2011, Watershed, Bristol

Quick Wins with Apache SOLR - A one-day workshop providing a thorough introduction to SOLR: 15 August 2011, London Mathematical Society

DevCSI and RepoFringe11 Hackathon / Challenge - A free two-day hackathon / developer challenge running in parallel with Repository Fringe 2011, 3 - 4 August, 2011, University of Edinburgh

Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011: Responding to Change - UKOLN workshop: 26 - 27 July 2011, University of Reading

Open Data and the Institutional Web - A two-day event hacking content, systems and services for institutional / open data, 25 - 26 July, 2011, University of Reading

JISC Digital Preservation Benefits Analysis Tools Project Dissemination Workshop - free 1-day JISC workshop, organised by UKOLN, 12 July 2011: 12.30 -16.00 at London South Bank University

Accessibility Hackday - A11y Hackspace - DevCSI two-day workshop: 21 - 22 June 2011- bringing together developers, accessibility (a11y) users and experts, Conference Aston Hotel and Conference Centre, Aston Triangle, Birmingham