from Information World Review
"Click-Use, the licence that for the last decade has authorised anyone to reuse government and Parliamentary information, is to be phased out by May.
It will be replaced by a Creative Commons type licence, devised by the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI), which is already used on data.gov.uk."
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Events for April
Electric Tales: April Fools' Day
Thurs 1st April 19.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1826
Stuart McHardy: New History of the Picts
Thurs 1st April 18:30pm
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1852
Dark Matter: Poems of space
Tues 6th April 19.30-21.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1868
Andrew Greig: Book Launch
Tue 6th April 18.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1904
Correspondence: Travel, Writing, and Literatures of Exploration, c. 1750-c. 1850
Wed 7th-Sat 10th April
http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/CorrespondenceCall.htm
Blackwell Book Quiz
Mon 12th April 18.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1853
Discovering family history at NLS
Mon 12th April 14.00-15.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Getting started at NLS
Tue 13th April 14.30-16.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Panel discussion: Heinrich Schliemann
Tue 13th April 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Storytelling Cafe: Ceilidh fever
Wed 14th April 19.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1835
Dramatic developments: Scottish theatre from the '70s to the '90s
Thur 15th April 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Science Stories
Fri 16th April 14.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1837
Stories from Leith and Afar
Fri 16th April 14.00-15.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1893
The British Book Trade in the Second World War
Fri 16th April 13.00-14.00
http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/EBHSSpring2010.htm
Beginning with Celtic Fairy and Folk Tales
Sat 17th April, 10.00-13.00
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
The Weft of the Song, the Warp of the Story
Sat 17th April, 14.00-17.00
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Words, Words, Words
Mon 19th April and 3rd May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1802
A revolutionary composer: Etienne Nicolas Méhul. A talk based on work using scores in the Tovey Collection at the University of Edinburgh
Tues 20th April 17:30
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/friends/events.html
Workshop: Beyond Google
Tue 20th April 14.00-15.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Poetry Surgeries
Wed 21st April 12.00-17.15
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1869
Wheelwright of the Heavens: James Ferguson FRS (1710-1778)
Thurs 22nd April
http://mcs.qmuc.ac.uk/EBS/programme.htm
Border Trouble: Literature & Balladry
Thur 22nd April 18.00-19.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1888
Spoken word/performance: 'A night in the Gutter'
Thur 22nd April 20.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Gerald Urwin: Within These Walls
22nd April 18.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1914
Tom Pow: Dying Villages Residency
Thur 22nd–Sat 24th April
http://www.spl.org.uk/events/index.html
Making the most of now: discover career opportunities in your present post
Fri 23rd April 10:00-16:00 (Glasgow)
http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/EvntShow.cfm?uEventID=2448
Life Stories and Reminiscence
Sat 24th April, 10am-1pm
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Shore Poets
Sun 25th April 19:45 to 22:15
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1750
Inspirations at NLS – Janice Galloway
Tue 27th April 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Launch & Discussion : 'Impaled upon a Thistle' and 'From Caledonia to Pictland'
29th April 18.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1915
Guid Crack: Village and the Road
Fri 30th April 19.30-22.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1841
Thurs 1st April 19.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1826
Stuart McHardy: New History of the Picts
Thurs 1st April 18:30pm
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1852
Dark Matter: Poems of space
Tues 6th April 19.30-21.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1868
Andrew Greig: Book Launch
Tue 6th April 18.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1904
Correspondence: Travel, Writing, and Literatures of Exploration, c. 1750-c. 1850
Wed 7th-Sat 10th April
http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/CorrespondenceCall.htm
Blackwell Book Quiz
Mon 12th April 18.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1853
Discovering family history at NLS
Mon 12th April 14.00-15.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Getting started at NLS
Tue 13th April 14.30-16.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Panel discussion: Heinrich Schliemann
Tue 13th April 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Storytelling Cafe: Ceilidh fever
Wed 14th April 19.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1835
Dramatic developments: Scottish theatre from the '70s to the '90s
Thur 15th April 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Science Stories
Fri 16th April 14.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1837
Stories from Leith and Afar
Fri 16th April 14.00-15.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1893
The British Book Trade in the Second World War
Fri 16th April 13.00-14.00
http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/chb/EBHSSpring2010.htm
Beginning with Celtic Fairy and Folk Tales
Sat 17th April, 10.00-13.00
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
The Weft of the Song, the Warp of the Story
Sat 17th April, 14.00-17.00
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Words, Words, Words
Mon 19th April and 3rd May
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1802
A revolutionary composer: Etienne Nicolas Méhul. A talk based on work using scores in the Tovey Collection at the University of Edinburgh
Tues 20th April 17:30
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/friends/events.html
Workshop: Beyond Google
Tue 20th April 14.00-15.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Poetry Surgeries
Wed 21st April 12.00-17.15
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1869
Wheelwright of the Heavens: James Ferguson FRS (1710-1778)
Thurs 22nd April
http://mcs.qmuc.ac.uk/EBS/programme.htm
Border Trouble: Literature & Balladry
Thur 22nd April 18.00-19.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1888
Spoken word/performance: 'A night in the Gutter'
Thur 22nd April 20.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Gerald Urwin: Within These Walls
22nd April 18.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1914
Tom Pow: Dying Villages Residency
Thur 22nd–Sat 24th April
http://www.spl.org.uk/events/index.html
Making the most of now: discover career opportunities in your present post
Fri 23rd April 10:00-16:00 (Glasgow)
http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/EvntShow.cfm?uEventID=2448
Life Stories and Reminiscence
Sat 24th April, 10am-1pm
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
Shore Poets
Sun 25th April 19:45 to 22:15
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1750
Inspirations at NLS – Janice Galloway
Tue 27th April 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Launch & Discussion : 'Impaled upon a Thistle' and 'From Caledonia to Pictland'
29th April 18.30
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1915
Guid Crack: Village and the Road
Fri 30th April 19.30-22.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1841
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Job vacancy
Biodiversity Heritage Library Europe Project Worker
£20,517 to £25,168 (pro-rata) - Pay Band C
Applications are invited for a Biodiversity Heritage Library Europe Project Worker to join the Library department at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. This post is being offered as a 9 month temporary appointment.
The main duties and specific responsibilities of the role are:
• Identify potential content for inclusion in BHL Europe
• Manage digital content created for inclusion in BHL Europe
• Create and amend metadata for items submitted to BHL Europe, according to metadata scheme agreed by BHL Europe partners
• Liaise online and face to face with other BHL partners by wiki, e-mail and stated workshops/meetings to forward the creation and development of BHL Europe Portal
• Publicise the BHL Europe project nationally across the professional and amateur scientific communities
• Liaise with potential funding sources for digital content development
Applicants must possess a degree as well as a postgraduate qualification in Information Science. You will have good written and verbal skills, practical experience with digitisation projects and experience of digital content management. You will have knowledge of metadata schemes, e.g. METS; MODS; MARC, MARC XML. You will have experience using wikis and social network sites e.g. Google, e-Publishing and a good working knowledge of OCR. Experience of EU funded projects as well as having verbal communication skills in another EU language, particularly French and German is also desirable.
This post attracts generous holiday entitlement and civil service pension benefits.
An application pack, including a full job description and person specification can be obtained from Irene Morrice on 0131 248 2814 (i.morrice@rbge.org.uk). Applications should be made by way of CV and covering letter and should be sent to Irene Morrice either by e-mail or by post to the Human Resources Department, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR. Completed applications must be received no later than Thursday, 8 April 2010. Interviews will be held on Thursday, 22 April 2010.
£20,517 to £25,168 (pro-rata) - Pay Band C
Applications are invited for a Biodiversity Heritage Library Europe Project Worker to join the Library department at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. This post is being offered as a 9 month temporary appointment.
The main duties and specific responsibilities of the role are:
• Identify potential content for inclusion in BHL Europe
• Manage digital content created for inclusion in BHL Europe
• Create and amend metadata for items submitted to BHL Europe, according to metadata scheme agreed by BHL Europe partners
• Liaise online and face to face with other BHL partners by wiki, e-mail and stated workshops/meetings to forward the creation and development of BHL Europe Portal
• Publicise the BHL Europe project nationally across the professional and amateur scientific communities
• Liaise with potential funding sources for digital content development
Applicants must possess a degree as well as a postgraduate qualification in Information Science. You will have good written and verbal skills, practical experience with digitisation projects and experience of digital content management. You will have knowledge of metadata schemes, e.g. METS; MODS; MARC, MARC XML. You will have experience using wikis and social network sites e.g. Google, e-Publishing and a good working knowledge of OCR. Experience of EU funded projects as well as having verbal communication skills in another EU language, particularly French and German is also desirable.
This post attracts generous holiday entitlement and civil service pension benefits.
An application pack, including a full job description and person specification can be obtained from Irene Morrice on 0131 248 2814 (i.morrice@rbge.org.uk). Applications should be made by way of CV and covering letter and should be sent to Irene Morrice either by e-mail or by post to the Human Resources Department, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR. Completed applications must be received no later than Thursday, 8 April 2010. Interviews will be held on Thursday, 22 April 2010.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
March issue of TACIT
... can be found here.
It includes a report on the Edinburgh University Library refurbishment and a presentation to Wendy Ball, the previous editor.
You can also read reports from training courses and find out why our anonymous school librarian is sneaking around in a transit van this month.
It includes a report on the Edinburgh University Library refurbishment and a presentation to Wendy Ball, the previous editor.
You can also read reports from training courses and find out why our anonymous school librarian is sneaking around in a transit van this month.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Events for March
World Book Day
Thursday 4th March
http://www.worldbookday.com/
Panel event: 'The book that changed my life'
Thursday 4th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Living with Loss
Saturday 6th March 2010, 10.00am-1.00pm
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/events/events.asp
Panel event: 'The Traverse Theatre'
Monday 8th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Workshop: Getting started at NLS
Tuesday 9th March 18.00-19.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Workshop: Discovering family history at NLS
Wednesday 10th March 18.00-19.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Storytelling Cafe: Women of the World
Wednesday 10th March 19.00-21.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1816
Ceremony and Celebration
Saturday 13th March 2010, 10.00am-1.00pm
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/events/events.asp
A Celebration of Poetry from Scotland and the Middle East.
Tuesday 16th March 19:00-20.45
http://www.mesp.org.uk/
An introduction to Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online
Wednesday 17th March 18.00-19.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Across the Water: Scotland and Ireland
Wednesday 17th March 19.00-21.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1819
NLS Film Club: 'Health and fitness'
Thursday 18th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
PTEG Mentoring Workshop
Friday 19th March 09:15 - 16:15
http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/EvntShow.cfm?uEventID=2422
Edinburgh Book History Seminars
Friday 19th March
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1812
Legal Issues in Web 2.0
Wednesday, 24th March 9.30-16.30
http://www.ukeig.org.uk
A Gray Play evening
Thursday 25th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Conference: 'Contemporary Argentina: Reading the last decade'
Friday 26th March 11.30-16.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Thursday 4th March
http://www.worldbookday.com/
Panel event: 'The book that changed my life'
Thursday 4th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Living with Loss
Saturday 6th March 2010, 10.00am-1.00pm
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/events/events.asp
Panel event: 'The Traverse Theatre'
Monday 8th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Workshop: Getting started at NLS
Tuesday 9th March 18.00-19.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Workshop: Discovering family history at NLS
Wednesday 10th March 18.00-19.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Storytelling Cafe: Women of the World
Wednesday 10th March 19.00-21.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1816
Ceremony and Celebration
Saturday 13th March 2010, 10.00am-1.00pm
http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/events/events.asp
A Celebration of Poetry from Scotland and the Middle East.
Tuesday 16th March 19:00-20.45
http://www.mesp.org.uk/
An introduction to Credo Reference and Oxford Reference Online
Wednesday 17th March 18.00-19.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Across the Water: Scotland and Ireland
Wednesday 17th March 19.00-21.00
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1819
NLS Film Club: 'Health and fitness'
Thursday 18th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
PTEG Mentoring Workshop
Friday 19th March 09:15 - 16:15
http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/EvntShow.cfm?uEventID=2422
Edinburgh Book History Seminars
Friday 19th March
http://www.cityofliterature.com/whats-on-results.aspx?sec=5&pid=23&item=1812
Legal Issues in Web 2.0
Wednesday, 24th March 9.30-16.30
http://www.ukeig.org.uk
A Gray Play evening
Thursday 25th March 18.00
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
Conference: 'Contemporary Argentina: Reading the last decade'
Friday 26th March 11.30-16.30
http://www.nls.uk/events/index.html
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