[dcc-associates] ICE Forum 2011 * Final programme now available*

[Joy Davidson]

***Apologies for cross-posting***

International Curation Education (ICE) Forum

Date: Wednesday 29 June, 2011
Location: University College London, The Roberts Building, Torrington Place, 
London, WC1E 7JE

The final programme for the ICE Forum is now available at 
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/preservation/iceforum.   

While this event will focus on sharing information about the latest 
developments in digital curation teaching and training it will also be of 
interest to anyone wishing to learn more about the range of resources available 
to help practitioners improve their curation skills. 

Further details about the event are provided below. 

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The aim of this event will be to provide an international meeting place for 
educators, trainers, students and practitioners of digital curation to: 
discuss, evaluate, swap knowledge, and potentially improve practice around:

a) effective curricula and course design
b) production of advice and guidance materials (beginner, intermediate and 
expert)
c) creation and use of textbooks and scholarly material

More information is available at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/preservation/iceforum

Registration is available at:
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/workshops/international-curation-education-ice-forum/registration

The principal focus of this meeting will be on enabling all participants to 
learn as much as possible about the latest developments in digital curation 
teaching and training. Presentations will be combined with structured 
networking, lightning talks and feedback sessions to maximise opportunities for 
examining a wide range of approaches.

The event is being subsidised and led by JISC in association with: the Digital 
Curation Centre (DCC); the Institute of Library and Museum Services; the School 
of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill; and the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The 
programme is being developed with input from an international advisory group.

The Forum will be an ideal opportunity for a number of different groups to 
congregate including: academics; curation training professionals; digital 
curators; repository managers; archivists; records managers; data managers; 
data librarians; publishers; commercial service providers; and students. It 
should be of interest to anyone who attended the DigCCurr conferences at UNC 
Chapel Hill (2007 & 2009) and will also build on the discussions of the IDEA 
(International Digital Curation Education Action) Group. 

The venue for the forum will be the UCL Roberts Building, a recent addition to 
the UCL Bloomsbury campus and home to the University's engineering faculty 
(http://bit.ly/fEXyJV). The venue is in the heart of the Bloomsbury university 
precinct and is convenient for all the cultural and social attractions that 
Central London has to offer. A small fee will be payable (via invoice) for 
attendance at the event in order to offset some of the costs.

Student - £25
University/ public sector staff - £45
Commercial delegates - £65 (sponsorship queries most welcome)


Neil Grindley
Programme Manager
Digital Preservation & Records Management
1st Floor Brettenham House (South)
5 Lancaster Place
London
WC2E 7EN
tel: 0203 006 6059
email: n.grind...@jisc.ac.uk

[dcc-associates] News release: JISC supports Hargreaves recommendations for better intellectual property framework

[Joy Davidson]

News release
19.5.2011

JISC supports Hargreaves recommendations for better intellectual property 
framework

JISC welcomes Professor Ian Hargreaves' independent review of the UK's 
intellectual property (IP) framework as a positive step towards easy, 
widespread access to information and resources.

Dr Malcolm Read, JISC executive secretary, says: "We support the key findings 
in the report which we anticipate will help optimise the impact of UK research 
and enable our world class universities to fully contribute towards innovation 
and growth.

"JISC has consistently advocated a more liberal, 'open' IP framework that can 
support innovative uses of digital assets.  For universities and colleges the 
following exceptions (below) are crucial as they will allow for and encourage 
digitization, preservation, access and re-use of digital content as well as 
supporting research and learning," he said.

* Exception for preservation

For universities and colleges to have long term access to electronic materials, 
the format-shifting and non-commercial use exceptions are vital. These support 
a general transition to electronic-only services, giving users anytime anywhere 
access and freeing up space and resources.

* Exception for text mining

Text mining allows researchers to extract and manipulate information and data 
from a range of sources. The change would have an enormous effect on the range 
and capability of UK research.

* Orphan Works provision

Orphan works  are those for which the rights holder is unknown or cannot be 
traced.  Enabling people to access and re-use these works would support 
teaching, learning and research immeasurably. Potentially this would encourage 
mass digitisation of digital content on which services and innovation can be 
built.

* Ensuring that copyright exceptions cannot be over-ridden by contract law

Currently, contracts can be used to override exceptions to copyright. 
Enshrining the exceptions in law will future proof the implementation of new 
proposed copyright exceptions and protect the current exceptions, supporting 
further innovation and growth.

* Building an exception into EU framework to facilitate adaptability to new 
technologies

This new exception future-proofs developments in new technology to make sure 
that that harmonised exceptions across Europe remain relevant.

Other recommended exceptions which JISC welcomes include the exceptions for 
parody and format shifting as well as extending the exception for non 
commercial research to all media.

UK colleges and universities contribute towards innovation and economic growth 
as part of a wider, rapidly evolving and complex eco-system which includes a 
spectrum of new and emergent business relationships and models.  In particular, 
recent studies have valued universities' knowledge exchange income (mainly 
patents) at £3 billion (2008/09) and the Universities UK report, The impact of 
universities on the UK economy, states that they contributed £59 billion to the 
UK economy in 2009.

JISC welcomes the full implementation of the recommendations outlined within 
the Hargreaves Review of IP to provide a basis for UK innovation, education and 
research with unprecedented opportunities to compete internationally in a fast 
moving digital age.  

Paul Ayris is president of the association of European research libraries, 
LIBER, and director of University College London library services as well as 
being UCL's copyright officer.  He says: "These exceptions provide a robust 
basis for UK education and research to support the UK's economic growth and 
innovation, digital literacy, the preservation of vulnerable materials and 
unlocking digital access to a wealth of vital cultural heritage content 
currently warehoused as orphan works. Moreover, the applications of text 
mining, which are immense and varied can be better harnessed by UK education 
and research, speeding up science and innovation and allowing UK's universities 
and colleges to work more efficiently."

Download the Hargreaves report (PDF)


JISC was invited to contribute to the report.  Read the document we sent 
Professor Hargreaves (PDF) 

To find out how JISC can help you with the issues raised by the review, visit 
the useful resources alongside this news story online