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HFS Backup and Archive Services OUCS provides a University-wide backup and long-term file storage service for staff and postgraduate students. The Hierarchical File Server (HFS, www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ hfs/) provides an automated backup service for personal computers and servers alike. Should a file be deleted from your computer, the last backed-up version is retained on the HFS for 90 days. If you are working away from Oxford, for example at home or on a field trip, it is still possible to backup and restore essential data so long as you have a reasonable Internet connection, a remote access account and a working VPN client. Data can be restored to a different computer (so long as the file system is the same) and access to data remains private to the owner. For the long-term, secure storage of valuable research data the HFS provides an archive service. Research projects, large and small, may archive up to 1 TB of data (additional data is charged on a five yearly basis). The scope of the service and terms of use are outlined in the HFS archive policy, www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/hfs/policy/ archive.xml. The HFS only provides a long-term file storage facility. Data owners are still expected to curate and manage the data lodged with the HFS. Nexus SharePoint for Research The Nexus Service will be releasing a SharePoint service in Hilary Term 2011, designed to enable online collaboration and document sharing. Since June 2010 a number of departments and colleges have been trialling the service as early adopters. In particular, OUCS has supported the use of SharePoint for the administration of committees and for supporting collaborative research. Any site designed to support research might include: document and image libraries; fine-grained access controls; site calendar, task, and customised lists; wiki and team discussion forums; and sub-sites (e.g. to manage a project steering committee). Individual users of SharePoint may also have a ‘My Site’ which, for example, can be used to maintain a research profile as well as sharing of documents with colleagues. The service available in Hilary Term will be based on SharePoint 2010 which also offers online versions of Office applications (on all major platforms) and social networking tools. Research Data Management Projects at OUCS OUCS has taken a leading role in gathering requirements and piloting both infrastructure and support services for the management of research data. Much of this activity has been funded by JISC, with an initial project funded by the John Fell Fund. The Embedding Institutional Data Curation Services in research (Eidcsr, http://eidcsr. oucs.ox.ac.uk/) project has worked with three research groups in computing and medical sciences, investigating tools and processes to manage large quantities of data (especially in conjunction with the HFS). The Supporting Data Management Infrastructure for the Humanities (Sudamih, http://sudamih.oucs.ox.ac.uk/) project has focussed on developing training materials and an online database management application (Database-as-a-Service, DaaS) to meet the requirements of academics in the humanities. OUCS research data management projects have been in collaboration with academics, Research Services, and the Bodleian Libraries. Google Search Appliance OUCS runs a Google Search Appliance to give improved site-searching for web servers inside the Oxford domain. Currently this indexes well over 734,000 documents and allows familiar Google searching of University sites. InfoDev provides support for maintaining this service and integrating it with local sites. To find out more look at: www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/googlesearch/ Conducting a survey? Then use WebLearn Research Data Management Website In collaboration with OUCS (through the Eidcsr project), Research Services have developed a website intended to provide a gateway to services within and beyond the University to support researchers in the management of their research data. The website includes a useful Data Management Planning Checklist and discrete sections on data backup, security, and sharing, as well as a list of training and support facilities available. The website will assist in the formulation of data management plans for grant proposals. www.admin.ox.ac.uk/rdm/. weblearn.ox.ac.uk Course experience Data gathering Public survey Oxford University Computing Services http://www.flickr.com/photos/ekilby/2868641206 8
iTunesU Oxford’s iTunes U site is now 2 years old. It has had just over 5 million downloads, contains more hours of material than any other UK university and regularly has several podcasts in the global top ten. The ‘Building a Business’ series is still popular and Marianne Talbot is following up her phenomenally successful ‘Romp through the history of philosophy’ (more than half a million downloads) with ‘The Nature of Arguments’, part of her ‘Critical Reasoning for Beginners’ series. Content is being added regularly to the site. All content is free for you to download and watch or listen to. Recent highlights include: • History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford • La Bella Principessa: A Leonardo Discovered • General Philosophy • Oxford Climate Forum • Stephen Garrett, News International Visiting Professorship of Broadcast Media • Translational Medicine • Anthropology • Alumni Weekend 2010 Oxford’s site: http://itunes.ox.ac.uk Watched by Millions Oxford’s iTunes U site features in the latest Apple iPad TV advert. It aired for the first time in the US on 1 st November across all major networks in prime time, including during a World Series game (which Apple tell us is quite popular). This advert also was shown throught Nov/Dec on UK prime time TV. The advert features one of Professor James Binney’s Quantum Mechanics lectures. He has since jumped up to number 6 in the Top Downloads chart (making 4 Oxford podcasts in the Top 15) You can see the advert here on the Apple website: www.apple.com/ ipad/gallery/ads. html#ad-electric Many thanks to Stuart Lee for heroically sorting out the legal paperwork, to PAD’s Carolyne Culver, to Pete Robinson and Steve Pierce, and to Professor Binney, 9
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