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DPC AGM – and thoughts on preserving research data

Last Monday (2009-11-23) saw DPC members travel to Edinburgh for a board meeting and for the annual general meeting of the company. We elected a new chair – Richard Ovenden – and offered our thanks to Bruno Longmore for the effective leadership he has offered as acting chair following the departure of Ronald Milne for [...]

4th International Digital Curation Conference part 3 (idcc4 rides again)

This is the third and final post of mine summing up my notes from the 4th international digital curation conference (now a few weeks ago.) These notes cover the bulk of the second day, which consisted of submitted (as opposed to invited) papers. Most of these were given in parallel tracks, so I’m only able [...]

4th International Digital Curation Conference part 2 (return of idcc4)

My last post from IDCC4 ended with me being unable to report on John Wilbank’s closing keynote on day 1, so I’ll rectify that now with the benefit of handwritten notes and a little more time for reflection. John is working on the Science Commons initiative which, through projects and advocacy, is taking the Creative [...]

The 4th International Digital Curation Conference: idcc4

This is a brief and undigested report from day 1 of the DCC’s international digital curation conference taking place in Edinburgh. After a welcome from Chris Rusbridge (DCC director) and Professor Peter Clarke (NeSC director) we had a keynote from Professor David Porteous, a professor of human molecular genetics and medicine and a key player [...]