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01/05/2013: The Centre for Social Informatics project 'Training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector' hits the news

h.hall@napier.ac.uk (Hazel Hall) — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:53 GMT

News of the Centre for Social Informatics project Training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector is reported in the April 2013 issue of CILIPUpdate (page 6).

The project is led by Professor Hazel Hall, with team members Christine Irving and Peter Cruickshank.

19/03/2013: Centre for Social Informatics team conducts market research into training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector

h.hall@napier.ac.uk (Hazel Hall) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:31:59 GMT

A team from the Centre for Social Informatics has been commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) to conduct research into training provision for the library, information and knowledge sector. The project work, which runs from March to May 2013, is concerned with:

1. Mapping current training provision
2. Identifying gaps in this training provision
3. Developing an options appraisal for the delivery of training by CILIP

The work is led by Professor Hazel Hall with project team members Christine Irving and Peter Cruickshank.

The first phase of the project includes collecting data from library, information and knowledge professionals on their training needs and delivery preferences in a survey that is open until 09:00 on Monday 25th March 2013.

For further information about the project, please see the CILIP press release. Hall has also written about the initial stages of the project on her blog.

19/03/2013: Full report of CSI-organised Open Knowledge Foundation event now available

h.hall@napier.ac.uk (Hazel Hall) — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:58:42 GMT

A full report of the recent Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) meet-up hosted by the Centre for Social Informatics and held at the Edinburgh Napier Merchiston campus on the evening of 5 March is now available on the Open Knowledge Foundation Edinburgh web site. The report was written by Nicola Osborne, Social Media Officer of EDINA.

(A shorter report is also available in a blog post by Hazel Hall, who helped Peter Cruickshank with the organisation of the event.)

11/03/2013: Centre for Social Informatics hosts Open Knowledge Foundation meet-up

p.cruickshank@napier.ac.uk (Peter Cruickshank) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:35:01 GMT

Peter Cruickshank organised a recent Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) meet-up at the Edinburgh Napier Merchiston campus on the evening of 5 March.

Around 40 people came to listen to 9 lightening talks:

Leah Lockhart on digital engagement for the third sector
Kate Byrne on the Google Ancient Places project
Eilidh MacGlone on publishing film metadata for the Scottish Screen Archive
Claire Turnbull on open data and the Scottish Parliament
Ally Tibbitt on Local Edge
Tina McLelland on developing a proof of concept for TellMeScotland and making it real
Peter Winstanley on linking triplestores with XML databases
Robert Raeside on public data for studying employment
Ewan Klein on what happened on Open Data Day, and future plans for the Edinburgh OKFN group

A blogged report of the event is available on Hazel Hall's website.

OKFN meet-ups are friendly and informal evenings for people to get together to share and argue all areas of openness. Discussions at these events focus on open knowledge and open data - from politics and philosophy to practicalities of theory and practice.