By Helen Aguera on 8/5/2008 10:23 PM

Part 3 of 3:  Scholarly Resources

(Note this is Part 3 of a 3 part summary of the JISC/CNI Conference.  Don't forget to check out Part 1 and Part 2). Kate Wittenberg (Director of Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia University) discussed the Gutenberg-e project, a collaborative effort between Columbia University Press and the American Historical Association to explore and promote the electronic publication of scholarly writing.  Wittenberg explained that post graduate scholars were awarded prizes to create born-digital monographs that offer elements that cannot be conveyed in print: extensive documentation, hyperlinks to supplementary literature, images, music, video, and links to related web sites.  The 27 monographs published thus far have undergone a rigorous academic review process by distinguished historians.  Among the interesting results of the project are: authors and publishers had to collaborate more closely in developing these publications; academic attitudes are increasingly...

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By Helen Aguera on 8/4/2008 10:25 AM

Part 2 of 3:  Strategic Content

The first presentation in the "Strategic Content Developments" session was by Stuart Dempster (program director at JISC).  He provided an overview of the work of the Strategic Content Alliance" in developing a UK Content Framework to reduce the technical, political and administrative barriers that inhibit the use of public sector electronic content."  [...]

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By Helen Aguera on 7/30/2008 4:26 PM

Post 1 of 3:  Collections

On July 10 and 11, I attended the 7th JISC/CNI conference, "Transforming the User Experience," held in Belfast, UK.  The meeting brought together over 130 delegates from over 40 universities in the United States, Europe, and the United Kingdom to explore major developments on the use of information technology in teaching, learning and research on both sides of the Atlantic.

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