New Conference Presentation: Digital Curation for Modern Universities

September 27, 2012 by Gary Price

The following presentation is scheduled to take place tomorrow (September 28, 2012) at the MURG (Modern Universities Research Group) September Workshop in London.

Title

Digital Curation for Modern Universities

Presenter

Dr. Liz Lyon
Director, UKOLN, Associate Director
UK Digital Curation Centre, University of Bath, UK

Source

Presenters Web Site

Slide Deck

Direct to Presentation (30 pages; PDF)
A .ppt version is also available.

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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