Archive for August, 2008
Launch of ‘The DSpace Course’
This afternoon we (the JISC-funded Repositories Support Project) formally launched ‘The DSpace Course‘ – a creative commons licensed course for new DSpace repository administrators and developers.
There are currently 20 modules, and a Live CD that can be used for the training. The course is designed to be taught by a trainer, and used in a mix-and-match [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: dspace, repositories, training
The new RSP blog directory
Today we (the JISC-funded Repositories Support Project) launched a new directory of repository related blogs at http://rsp.ac.uk/blogs/
The launch statement says:
The JISC funded Repositories Support Project has today launched a new service – The RSP Blog Directory (http://rsp.ac.uk/blogs/). It provides a list of recommended and informative blogs regarding the repository scene from around the globe. Listed [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: blogs, rsp
Test LDAP service upgraded – now with branches
A few weeks ago I made a test LDAP service available (read the blog post) in order to allow people without an LDAP service to test their LDAP-related DSpace patches, or to help people configuring their DSpace LDAP settings by showing them an example with the correct configuration settings.
I’ve been working recently to upgrade the LDAP [...]
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Google bring Scholar richness into normal search results
Some good news for open access repository advocates: It seems that the normal Google search engine has now started bringing the richness of Google Scholar results into the main Google search results. This extra information includes:
The (first) author’s name
Links to papers that have cited it
Links to related articles
Links to other versions
For me this is great news. [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: citations, google scholar, open access, repositories, search
Repository mashup map software update
The Repository Mashup Map (http://maps.repository66.org/) has just undergone a bit of a software upgrade. Here are some details:
A JavaScript spring-clean: The JavaScript which powers the maps (not including the Google Maps code!) has evolved over time from a simple map showing repositories in the UK, to repositories worldwide, with data from multiple data sources, and [...]
In: Uncategorized · Tagged with: mashups, repositories, repository mashup map, repository66
Time-lapse turfing
In a change from my normal subjects of repositories and related systems, now for something completely different… My first YouTube video! I spent this afternoon turfing the back garden, and decided to take a time-lapse video of the process. 3 hours of turf laying compressed into less than a minute and a half of video.
The [...]
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BBC’s ‘Britain from above’ – Mashing-up the UK
There was a trailer shown as the last story on the BBC One 10 o’clock news last night for a new TV series starting next week called ‘Britain From Above‘. There is a news story introducing it online where you can watch a few clips. The series starts at 9pm on BBC1 on Sunday 10th [...]
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