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Wanted By The ODI: Conclusions 19 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
On Monday I described how the ODI (Open Data Institute) had advertised a post for a Community Engagement Manager. The job advert described how: This isn’t a normal job; we’re not just asking you to e...
Supporting Open Data and Open Content 18 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
Following on from a couple of posts last week which summarised reasons why I may be Wanted For The ODI! and an explanation of What is Open Data, Why the Interest and What Are the Barriers? in today’s ...
What is Open Data, Why the Interest and What Are the Barriers? 13 Aug 2013 | 03:36 pm
In a post entitled Wanted For The ODI! which I published yesterday I described the Open Data Institute’s (ODI) Community Engagement Manager post. Tom Heath, the Head of Research at the ODI explained....
Wanted For The ODI! 12 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
A recent tweet from Matt Jukes alerted me to a job opportunity: Great job at the Open Data Institute -Community Engagement Manager bit.ly/13wIFg2 – apart from @tommyh as a line manager ;) The job de...
Rediscovering Missing Conference Web Sites 5 Aug 2013 | 02:18 pm
Revisiting Lanyrd I’m a big fan of the Lanyrd service. As described in Wikipedia Lanyrd is ”a conference directory website created by Simon Willison and Natalie Downe and launched in 2010“. In Nove...
Lest We Forget: The UKOLN (and CETIS) Diaspora 1 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Supporting CETIS Colleagues Formerly at the University of Strathclyde A few days ago Lorna Campbell published a post in which she described how “The Cetis Memorandum of Understanding has been termina...
Life After UKOLN: Looking For New Opportunities 30 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
Tomorrow is my last day at UKOLN. I’ve enjoyed my time working at the University and living in Bath. In fact I enjoyliving in Bath so much that I’ve decided that I won’t be looking to move away for a ...
Preservation of UKOLN’s Web Resources and Papers 29 Jul 2013 | 02:27 pm
My main work activity this year has been managing the preservation of UKOLN’s Web resources, prior to the cessation of Jisc’s core funding on 31 July and the departure of most of UKOLN staff. This wo...
Reflections on 16 years at UKOLN (part 5) 26 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm
Overview of This Week’s Posts This week I’ve been posting my reflections on working at UKOLN over the past 16 years. In the first post I described my early involvement with the Web, dating back to De...
Reflections on 16 years at UKOLN (part 4) 26 Jul 2013 | 12:16 am
Working With Funders During my time at UKOLN there have been several core funders including BLRIC (British Library Research and Innovation Centre), LIC (Library and Information Commission) , Re:sourc...
