Monthly Archives: April 2008

What is the Southern Cross Resource Finder?

By Craig | Published: April 14, 2008

The Southern Cross Resource Finder (SCRF) is a web-based resource that enables users to discover collections from libraries, archives and museums which hold resources useful for the study of Australia and/or New Zealand. It has been produced by and is maintained by the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, King’s College London and was produced by [...]

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Trans-Atlantic Digitisation Project

By Craig | Published: April 11, 2008

A collaborative project between the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King’s and New York University, is among the first to receive a new Transatlantic Digitization Collaboration Grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Joint Information Systems Committee (link).

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WWW2008

By Craig | Published: April 11, 2008

The World Wide Web Conference is a global event bringing together key researchers, innovators, decision-makers, technologists, businesses, and standards bodies working to shape the Web. Since its inception in 1994, the WWW conference has become the annual venue for international discussions and debate on the future evolution of the Web (link)

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Soap Box Project

By Craig | Published: April 11, 2008

This project led by Dr Sally Young at the University of Melbourne will be of interest to those who wish to understand the history of political advertising in Australia. Politicians and members of the public would once stand atop a soapbox in order to shout their message across to an audience. Now they use a [...]

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The Desmond Tutu Digital Archive

By Craig | Published: April 9, 2008

(Another ambitious project from the Centre for Computing in the Humanities here at King’s…see other CCH projects at link) The purpose of the Desmond Tutu Digital Archive project is to create a multimedia digital archive of the personal papers and recordings of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, which will be made available over the internet free [...]

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JISC Conference 2008: Enabling innovation

By Craig | Published: April 9, 2008

Start date: 15 April 2008 09:00 End date: 15 April 2008 16:00 Venue: International Convention Centre, Birmingham Follow the conference online If you’re not attending the conference, you can follow what’s happening on the day (15 April) with: Live video-streaming5 of the opening and closing keynote speeches Conference social networking site6 so you can network [...]

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Vacancy: Centre for eResearch at King’s College London

By Craig | Published: April 8, 2008

King’s College London is undertaking the development of a pervasive e-environment supporting the creation, use, sharing and preservation of information and knowledge across the College, to enhance research, teaching and administration. As part of this programme, King’s has established the Centre for e-Research (CeRch). The Centre will play a leading role in producing the overall [...]

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