A round-up and some brief reflections on a number of different events and presentations I’ve attended recently: Many of this term’s Archives and Society seminars at the Institute of Historical Research have been been on particularly pertinent subjects for me, and rather gratifyingly have attracted bumper audiences (we ran out of chairs at the last [...]
Posts Tagged ‘UK’
Jenkinsonian User Participation?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged professionalism, UK on 10 August 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“I hope there always will be, room for the Amateur, and in large numbers….that our School will always find a place for the part-time student – the Local Official or other enthusiast whose Archives do not need and cannot claim the whole of his time; but who can find enough to undertake their listing or [...]
The Digital Economy Bill and User Generated Content
Posted in PhD Research, tagged business models, copyright, debill, innovation, UK, user generated content on 8 April 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am tired. Last night I watched live proceedings from the House of Commons with increasing disillusionment, as the Digital Economy Bill was ‘washed-up’ with unseemly haste before the dissolution of parliament. There are many reasons – political, ideological, personal, professional – why I am so dismayed by the passing of this deeply flawed [...]
UK Copyright Amendments Consultation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged copyright, UK on 28 March 2010 | 1 Comment »
A quick reminder to UK archivists that the consultation on amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act draws to a close this coming Wednesday, 31st March 2010. The proposals include some important provisions for digital preservation – including allowing the making of multiple copies of copyright works for preservation purposes – and extensions to [...]
Practical Digital Preservation for Small Archives – Link Roundup
Posted in Digital Preservation Networks, Operational Digital Archives, Preservation Tools, Research Projects, tagged Archivematica, Cheshire Archives, Chris Prom, GAIP, Gloucestershire Archives, Manchester Archives, Portugal, repositories, roadshows, RODA, SoA, UK on 4 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Chris Prom‘s talk on his Fulbright research ‘Tools for implementing Digital Preservation Standards’ for the ‘under resourced’ archive at the Society of Archivists’ Data Standards Group meeting (presentation slides should be available here shortly) yesterday has finally spurred me into posting a roundup of projects which I’ve encountered over the last couple of months, which [...]