Why UK Further and Higher Education Needs Local Software Developers |
Mahendra Mahey and Paul Walk discuss the work of the Developer Community Supporting Innovation (DevCSI) Project which focuses on building capacity for software developers in UK Further and Higher Education to support innovation in the sector.
issue65 October 2010 |
accessibility, bbc, blog, data, devcsi, digital repositories, disruptive innovation, eprints, further education, google, google docs, harvard university, higher education, infrastructure, interoperability, jisc, list8d, metadata, oracle, python, rdf, rdfa, repositories, research, software, ukoln, ulcc, university of bath, university of london, video |
NSF Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure Software Sustainability |
Paul Walk reports on a two-day NSF-sponsored workshop held at Indiana University, on 26-27 March 2009.
issue59 April 2009 |
apache, cloud computing, e-learning, e-science, framework, gpl, higher education, ibm, indiana university, infrastructure, intellectual property, johns hopkins university, licence, linux, massachusetts institute of technology, microsoft, national science foundation, ncsa, open source, operating system, provenance, repositories, research, sakai, software, ukoln, university of bath, video, wikipedia |
Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) Fall Meeting |
Paul Walk reports on the Sun-PASIG winter meeting held in Baltimore, USA on 18-20 November 2008.
issue58 January 2009 |
amazon, archives, cloud computing, cni, curation, data, data management, data model, data set, database, digital curation, digital preservation, digital repositories, digitisation, dspace, e-science, fedora commons, flash, frbr, georgia institute of technology, infrastructure, interoperability, library of congress, metadata, national science foundation, ndiipp, open access, pasig, preservation, provenance, rdf, repomman, repositories, research, search technology, soa, software, sparql, stanford university, sun microsystems, sword protocol, ukoln, university of alberta, university of bath, university of california berkeley, university of illinois, url |
A DRY CRIG Event for the IE Demonstrator |
Paul Walk reports on an 'unconference' for developers working in and around the JISC Information Environment and institutional systems, hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath in June 2008.
issue56 July 2008 |
aberystwyth university, api, blog, controlled vocabularies, data, data set, database, digital library, edina, geospatial data, gis, google, handle system, higher education, identifier, infrastructure, institutional repository, internet explorer, interoperability, java, jisc, jisc information environment, lcsh, licence, metadata, mimas, oai, oai-ore, ordnance survey, persistent identifier, preservation, privacy, python, repositories, research, restful, search technology, semantic web, skos, soap, software, ukoln, university of bath, university of edinburgh, university of glamorgan, university of manchester, university of strathclyde, url, vocabularies, web services |
Eduserv Foundation Symposium 2007: Virtual Worlds, Real Learning? |
Paul Walk reports on the Eduserv Foundation Symposium which took as its theme 'Virtual Worlds, Real Learning?' and which was primarily concerned with educational uses for Second Life.
issue52 July 2007 |
accessibility, avatar, data, database, e-learning, eduserv, ibm, intranet, linden lab, privacy, research, second life, software, ukoln, university of bath, university of edinburgh, university of leicester, video, visualisation |
JISC CETIS Conference, 2006 |
Paul Walk reports on the third annual CETIS conference held in Salford, Manchester, over 14 -15 November 2006.
issue50 January 2007 |
blog, cetis, data, e-framework, e-learning, framework, graphics, higher education, interoperability, jisc, mashup, mp3, research, standardisation, ukoln, university of bath, university of bolton, university of wales, web 2.0, wiki |