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Upcoming events from the Alan Turing Institute and Jisc.
Jisc are recruiting a Research Support Manager, supporting the research community in the use of Jisc Digital Infrastructure Services, in particular Janet and related network resources.
Jisc is launching a new digital research community which will explore how technology and innovation can help improve current research practices.  

On the 11th of July, The Software Sustainability Institute and Jisc will be running a Software Deposit and Preservation Workshop in Oxford. At this workshop, research data managers, digital repository vendors, publishers, policymakers and researchers will present their perspectives on software deposit and preservation. Speakers include Naomi Penfold (eLife), Roberto Di Cosmo (Software Heritage), Federica Fina (University of St. Andrews) and Antonis Lempesis (Athena Research and Innovation Centre/OpenAIRE).

On the 11th of July, The Software Sustainability Institute and Jisc will be running a Software Deposit and Preservation Workshop in Oxford. At this workshop, we will bring together research data managers, digital repository vendors, publishers, policymakers and researchers. We will present guidance on software deposit and preservation, discuss software deposit and preservation from the perspectives of the foregoing stakeholders, and identify ways in which to drive forward the adoption of best practices in software deposit and preservation.

By Mike Jackson, Software Architect, The Software Sustainability Institute On the 7th March, Jisc and the Software Sustainability Institute ran a Software Deposit and Preservation Policy and Planning Workshop at Jisc’s Brettenham House in London. This was part of an activity, funded by Jisc, to provide software deposit and preservation guidance, in particular to develop use cases and workflows for software deposit via Jisc's Research Data Shared Service (RDSS). A draft report on the workshop is now available.

By Christopher Brown, Senior co-design manager, Jisc, Neil Chue Hong, Director, The Software Sustainability Institute, and Mike Jackson, Software Architect, The Software Sus

As part of their current strategic review of the Janet network and the services it provides to the research and education communities in the UK, Jisc is holding a free one day conference, the Janet Network and services review, on Thursday 15 June 2017 at The Royal Society, London.

By Diana Suleimenova, PhD student at Brunel University London.

By Shoaib Sufi, Community Lead

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