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Guidelines help researchers understand which data to preserve A new set of guidelines, released by SURFfoundation in the Netherlands, should help researchers to decide what data to preserve and how long to preserve it for.


The guidelines are based on three studies that looked at how researchers deal with research data and how they store and share it. All three studies concluded that it is extremely important to consider at an early stage of a research project how the data generated will be preserved. Researchers need to decide early on what data they will preserve and why. That applies even if they do not know at the start of the project what they can do or want to do with the data, say the guidelines. A checklist within the guidelines should help researchers with these decisions.


New librarian award remembers Bob McKee


IFLA and CILIP, with the support of Bob McKee’s family, have launched the Aspire Award in memory of CILIP’s chief executive, who died in August 2010. The award is intended to support McKee’s strong interests in developing new professionals and strengthening


international relationships. It will provide bursaries


for new professionals to attend CILIP and IFLA conferences.


IFLA will provide an international bursary to support a new professional from Ukraine, a country in which McKee had a professional interest. The scope of the international bursary will be widened to the whole library community


after two years. The initial timescale for the award is four years.


CILIP will provide a UK bursary to pay for attendance at either its biennial Umbrella event or its annual New Professionals Conference. It is hoped the award will be funded by donations, which can be made through CILIP or IFLA.


JISC joins Open Planets Foundation The Open Planets


Foundation (OPF) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) are joining forces to encourage leading higher education institutions in the UK to take a central role in Europe- wide efforts to preserve digital heritage.


‘Universities across the


globe have a vital role to play in securing the future of our digital legacy. The OPF is absolutely delighted to be working with JISC to unlock the expertise of the UK’s top higher education institutions. ‘Bringing together the creators of intellectual content with digital preservation practitioners,


this partnership will tackle the challenge head on and ensure the creative output of today remains accessible for generations to come,’ said Bram van der Werf, executive director of the Open Planets Foundation.


This news was announced at the recent iPRES conference in Vienna.


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