Friday, 14 May 2010

WoK - upgrade with disruption day

Upgrade on Sunday 16 May
commencing 14.00 BST

There may be disruptions to service throughout the day until the upgrade is completed.

Powerpoint slides for information on the upgrades and information on the upgrade to the new prototype WoK version 5.1 and also a preview of future updates at:
http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/support/documentation/presentations/wosecmay2010.ppt

Give the new version a go via the link on the WoK screen (top right). Get there from:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-a-z
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CrossFire - short downtime period - 27th & 28th May

In order to allow for essential operating system updates to be applied to the CrossFire server, there will be a brief period of downtime between 08:00 and 08:30 BST (07:00 - 07:30 GMT) on both Thursday 27th and Friday 28th May.

MIMAS anticipate that the CrossFire service will be unavailable for login for around 5-10 minutes during this period.
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Pharma-Bio-Med 2010 Conference & Exhibition

8-10 November (with optional workshops on 7th and 11th November).
Seville.

For more general information on Pharma-Bio-Med please visit the conference website, www.pharma-bio-med.com.

Poster outlines before Friday 14th May.
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Evidence-informed Quality Improvement Programme (EQUIP)

EQUIP is a new programme from the Higher Education Academy that will help individual higher education institutions to identify, understand and resolve key issues affecting the quality and effectiveness of the student learning experience.

UK HEIs are invited to submit project proposals for EQUIP by Wednesday 30 June 2010.

The full guidance notes and proposal form can be downloaded from:
http://tinyurl.com/EQUIP-details.
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Friday, 2 April 2010

Research Excellence Framework – consultation outcomes

The four UK higher education funding bodies have announced the outcomes of the recent consultation on the new Research Excellence Framework:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/HEFCE/2010/ref.htm
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New CLA Guidance for HE

http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=243&id=1334

The CLA Higher Education Copyright Licence Operation Working Group has issued a Good Practice Guide for higher education in the creation of course packs. The guidance includes illustrations of good and questionable practice. There is an explanation of the aims of the licence and information on what to do when in doubt.

Full pdf document at: http://www.cla.co.uk/data/pdfs/he/he_good_practice_guide.pdf.
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YouTube - speech recognition software

Every single YouTube video with English language audio can now support captioning created by speech recognition software thus improving the sites accessibility for videos. More details from the Out-Law website at:
http://www.out-law.com/page-10815.

YouTube item
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User generated content online
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=243&id=1298

Amendment to clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill could lead to entire sites being forced offline if it becomes law. The Bill is designed to combat digital copyright infringement and is planned to be hastily pushed through the legislative process before an April election...potentially, entire sites like YouTube could be forced offline reports the Guardian. This could lead to further legal challenges for institutions providing internet services and using user generated content sites. For the full article, see http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/05/digital-economy-bill-pushed-through
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