News 2006-05
From DigiRepWiki
The VERSIONS Project questionnaires are now open
Do you wish to influence the development of version identification systems in university-managed open access collections? The VERSIONS Project is investigating current attitudes and practice relating to version identification in digital repositories and open access research paper collections.
We invite you to participate in our user requirements study via one or both of our online questionnaires - one for experts, stakeholders and other interested parties, the second for academic and research staff and students.
At the end of the survey you will have the chance to enter your name and a valid email address into a prize draw to win an Apple iPod. This information will not be linked to the survey responses that you provide. For experts and stakeholders (library and repository communities, and other interested parties): 'Identifying versions of academic papers in institutional repositories' (http://www.survey.lse.ac.uk/versionssurveyexperts)
For academic and research staff and students: 'Versions of academic papers online - the experience of authors and readers' (http://www.survey.lse.ac.uk/versionssurveyresearchers)
If you are able to assist us by bringing these surveys to the attention of colleagues and other relevant parties, we would be very grateful. The VERSIONS Project is being led by the London School of Economics and Political Science, with the Nereus Consortium of European research libraries in economics as associate partners.
Louise Allsop 2006-05-17
A Digital Repositories Roadmap: looking forward
Rachel Heery, UKOLN Digital Repositories Support Manager and Andy Powell, Eduserv Foundation, have produced "A Digital Repositories Roadmap: looking forward". This discussion document presents "a vision for 2010 in which a high percentage of newly published scholarly output is made available on an open access basis and in which there is a growing recognition of the benefits of making research data, learning resources and other academic content freely available for sharing and re-use". http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/rep-roadmap-v15.doc
Julie Allinson 2006-05-11
Digital repositories session at the Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006
Mahendra Mahey and Julie Allinson, from the Digital Repositories Programme Support team, are running a workshop at Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) 2006. This year, IWMW will be held at the University of Bath from 14th-16th June 2006. The repositories session is called 'The Rise and Rise of Digital Repositories: Communication and Quality' and will offer participants an opportunity to find out more about repositories and to examine some of the issues surrounding the successful implementation of a repository. The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006 (IWMW) provides an opportunity for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services to hear about institutional case studies, national initiatives and emerging technologies and to actively participate in a number of parallel sessions. The Institutional Web Management Workshop series are organised by UKOLN in order to support members of institutional Web management teams within the UK Higher and Further Educational communities and related organisations. Registration is now open for IWMW 2006. To find out more, visit: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2006/
Julie Allinson 2006-05-05
Call for proposals issued under JISC's capital programme
On Friday 28th April, JISC issued a call for institutions to submit funding proposals for projects in the following areas: e-learning, repositories and preservation, and e-infrastructure. Further information is available from JISC news
Julie Allinson 2006-05-02
