UKOLN
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Formerly known as 'The United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking' UKOLN is a centre of expertise in digital information management, providing advice and services to the library, information, education and cultural heritage communities. UKOLN is based at the University of Bath and is funded by the JISC and the Museums, Archives and Libraries Council (MLA), as well as project funding from JISC and the European Union.
UKOLN was established in 1989, although the organisation traces its roots back to 1977 with the foundation, by the British Library, of the Centre for Catalogue Research.
UKOLN's main work is:
- influencing policy and informing practice
- promoting community-building and consensus making by actively raising awareness
- advancing knowledge through research and development
- building innovative systems and services based on Web technologies
- acting as an agent for knowledge transfer.
Their specialist areas include metadata and interoperability.
They also publish the Ariadne Web Magazine, targeted principally at information science professionals in academia, and also to interested lay people both in and beyond the Higher Education community.
External links
- UKOLN Web site (http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/)
- UKOLN History (http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/history/)
- Ariadne (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk//)
- JISC (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/)
- MLA (http://www.mla.gov.uk/)