Public archives: fewer, bigger, better

Peter Williams
Government may be carrying out an exercise in consulting the public over the future of archives but it seems to have a pretty clear idea of the direction it wants to go in.

What’s so special about telepresence?

David Tebbutt
With environmental issues coming to the fore, companies are getting cuter about the way they flog stuff.

Blow your mind: the lessons of knowledge management

MindTree is a knowledge management company that has moved content management away from the heart of the business in favour of employee development, creativity and collaboration. It's an approach with important lessons for other knowledge-centric organisations
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Tweets will feather the business intelligence nest

They’re a treasure trove of real-time intelligence and free, so get your early warning system now

Should Ordnance Survey give its data away?

Could the country be better off if Ordnance Survey simply gave its data away?
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Should Ordnance Survey give its data away?

Could the country be better off if Ordnance Survey simply gave its data away?

GB keeps its IP edge

The UK’s esteem for the business value of intellectual property (IP) makes it one of the world’s top five nations for IP competitiveness, according to a study by law firm Taylor Wessing.
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Talking local archives
Friday, 26 June 2009
A roadshow on preserving information in the digital age took place in York on Friday 26 June. Those who have set up...
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World’s oldest Book goes online

Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest surviving Bible in the world, written in the fourth century in Greek, is published online in full for the first time

European institutions come together to ease mass digitisation

The British Library and the University of Salford, along with 15 other European institutions are starting a project - IMPACT – to remove the barriers that stand in the way of mass digitisation of the European cultural heritage

National Archives launches tool to optimise information management

The resource- Information Management Value Model (IMVM) - can quantify the significant cost savings, and other benefits, of good information management

Webroot improves web and email security

The security provider has released enhanced versions of its solutions- Web Security SaaS and Email Security SaaS - that includes email encryption service and enforcement of internet policies

Project ‘Amplified Leicester’ will try new technologies to boost business

De Montfort University is launching a research project which will link diverse communities in order to explore how pooling their knowledge and experiences can be used to catalyse innovation

Psychologist Tanya Byron launches e-safety resource for primary schools

The interactive resources have been designed to empower all primary school employees to understand, tackle and teach e-safety issues to children

Ex Libris releases enhanced version of its library system

Version 7.1 of Voyager has increased integration with other Ex Libris solutions such as its discovery and delivery solution- Primo and the digital preservation system - Rosetta

LexisNexis widens database content to include emerging markets

The global provider of information and business solutions has signed an agreement with ISI Emerging Markets, to include news from Central and Eastern European, Middle Eastern and Northern African regions

British Library appoints former FT marketing chief as director of communications

British Library has appointed Frances Brindle as the director of strategic marketing and communications and has charged her with building the brand to meet the needs of a 21st century audience

NPG and Scientific American merge into a single business

Scientific American is to form the consumer media division of Nature Publishing Group (NPG), marking a major step in the integration of Macmillan Publishers’ two publishing units

ICO seeks to ‘put a price on data protection’

The Information Commissioner’s Office has called for bids to undertake a three-month research project that will develop a sound business case to persuade organisations to invest in proactive privacy protection

NPG makes archived content reusable

Researchers can now data-mine and text-mine author manuscripts from NPG journals archived in PubMed Central and other academic repositories

Martha Lane Fox appointed ‘Champion for Digital Inclusion’

As a champion, Lane Fox, along with the Task Force experts, will represent those who are both socially and digitally excluded and who are not currently reaping the benefits of digital technologies
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British Library raises copyright lockout fears

Restrictive digital copyright rules could backfire, warns Lynne Brindley

Row looms over digital public archive strategy

Standards, costs and qualification key to permanently accessible archives

Blogosphere - Steve Wheeler

A research interest in e-learning, distance education, creativity and Web 2.0 social software and a quest for a platform to share thoughts and ideas led Steve Wheeler to blogging. He convenes the University of Plymouth’s e-learning research network and co-ordinates technology-mediated learning for its Faculty of Education
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Companies Act's final flourish

The delivery of the final instalment of the Companies Act in October will push business information in the UK into the 21st century

Data watchdog bares its teeth

Archana Venkatraman asks retiring information commissioner Richard Thomas (pictured) and his deputy David Smith their opinion on the pressing issues of data protection, privacy concerns and behaviour-based advertising techniques

Let's be creative about copyright

It’s time to rip up our obsolescent IP model
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Bloomsbury gives library books a digital wrapper

You can now access the latest and bestselling books published by Bloomsbury from your home computer or, even better, your internet-enabled devices such as iPhones and BlackBerry devices

Cornwall makes online crime reporting easy

Cornwall is leading the way on public crime reporting with a highly graphical visualisation tool.

Behind the government scenes

A National Archives initiative help academics and students uncover who and what influenced the strategies of 20th century British governments
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Search banquet's punishing portions

But get past the vast heaps of starters and the main course is a feast

Book review: Going beyond Google

Excavating the vast mass of the internet which is the amazingly useful invisible web is easier than you think

A Manager's Guide to the Long-Term Preservation of Electronic Documents

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