EduGlu Sandbox

Now I'm not one to criticise the Library (?!;-), but over the weekend I've been playing with one of the Library's newest collections, the Open Repository Online, with a view to visualising who's co-authored papers in the collection with whom.

Just back from another of David Flander's CRIG DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) Metadata workshop/barcamp'n'free beer affairs, where the hardcore(?!) of the UK's academic repository hackers were plotting on how to get the most out of helper webservices being produced by other JISC funded webservices projects...

If you follow any North American edublogs, you probably can't fail to have noticed a whole flurry of recent posts on "Edupunk". Capturing the spirit of the times, Jim Groom's call to arms last week inspired many, confused some, and even offended a few...