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Discovery conference, May 26th. An overview of the day’s discussions
Here is a summary of the main ideas and themes from the presentations and discussions at the Discovery Conference at the Wellcome Institute, London, on 26 May 2011. It’s based on notes taken at the...
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Developers entries help us explore new possibilities in discovery
It really was a tough call to pinpoint a clear winner for the #discodev competition. After we gave people a bit more time, using some of the August lull to work on applications, we ended up with a...
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Looking out towards an ever widening horizon
Being asked to judge a competition is, to be frank, a terrifying experience and one for which I never quite feel up to the task. As the deadline for submitting my marks approaches my anxiety levels...
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Emerging bibliographic tools and technologies
On the 5th October 2011 I attended a workshop on ‘emerging bibliographic tools’ organised by JISC. The idea of the workshop was to bring together a small group of people with experience of a wide...
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Making resources discoverable … is there a business case?
David Kay – @serodavid – david.kay@sero.co.uk – 4 November 2011 > Crying ‘Wolf’ It seems obvious that there would be a self-evident business case for making learning, teaching and research resources...
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The Case for Discovery – reflections on a presentation to RLUK members
David Kay – david.kay@sero.co.uk – 27 November 2011 I was pleased to have the opportunity to talk about the Discovery initiative at the RLUK members meeting last week (#rlukmm11). This blog post picks...
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The Digital Public Library of America. Highlights from Robert Darnton’s...
I was fortunate to be among those attending Robert Darnton’s talk on the Digital Public Library of America initiative last week. Harvard Professor and Director of Harvard Library, Darnton is a pivotal...
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Embedding the principles: Our approach to guidance materials and workshops...
update from Joy Palmer Over the last couple of months we’ve been meeting regularly to firm up our approaches for the case studies and supporting guidance materials (‘we’ being me, David Kay, Owen...
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Radically Open Cultural Heritage Data at SXSW Interactive 2012
Posted by Adrian Stevenson I had the privilege of attending the annual South by South-west Interactive, Film and Music conference (SXSW) a few weeks ago in Austin, Texas. I was there as part of the...
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Twelve Themes and a few more
All 17 projects funded by JISC in Phase 2 of the Discovery programme met in Birmingham today to share updates and ideas as they wind down their efforts. It was a very stimulating meeting, not least...
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