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ALISS Project Board Meeting Thursday 13th. January, 2011

Here’s what we were talking about back at the beginning of the year. All part of open project governance – albeit a wee bit late! Papers discussed are linked to alongside the item on the agenda. AGENDA 1. Welcome and … Continue reading

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A technical workshop on community curation of ALISS resources

One of the things that has had us thinking hard is the question of how communities of interest would ‘curate’ (i.e. sort and make sense of) the information on resources that was posted to the Engine by helpful members of … Continue reading

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ALISS ‘at large’ in Renfrewshire

This is our affectionate name for a number of activities locally that spun out of our Open Innovation Process in spring 2010. We’re delighted that this has happened. A number of creative ideas were generated at an ALISS-style workshop at … Continue reading

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Finding and Working with Health Assets

There’s a new concept abroad in health policy circles – ‘health assets’. Senior health policy leads are developing ideas for an Assets Alliance, which may figure at a location near you any time quite soon. ALISS has been lucky enough … Continue reading

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ALISS Project Board: notes on the meeting in November 2010

We had a useful discussion back in November. All part & parcel of project governance. The papers we looked at are all linked to, below. 1. Welcome and Apologies 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting (Paper 11-1 Project_Board_Minutes_Sept 2010) 3. Action … Continue reading

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Everything’s in ‘moderation’

Search is perhaps one of the most magical-seeming things about using the web – the power at your fingertips (no wand required), the speed of response (faster than a speeding bullet, surely?), the amazing diversity of information that you can … Continue reading

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ALISS and Linked Data

Andy is away down in London, presenting to the Online Information Conference 2010. He’s been part of a ‘linked data’ session. This is nearly as geekish as ALISS is likely to get (not sure whether he’ll have mentioned ‘semantic web’ … Continue reading

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Collaborative Development of the ALISS Engine

toot-toot! We are all really pleased to be able (finally!) to note that further work on the ALISS Engine has started. We have a lot to do, to create a workable kit of parts, before the close of the financial … Continue reading

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health assets, self-management, and the sustainability of institutional information assurance approaches

A long time go (in the mid-90′s), when the NHS web presence was in its infancy, someone in Quarry House proposed a central committee to vet each and every web page before it was published. The suggestion was entertained seriously … Continue reading

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ALISS Project Board: notes on the meeting in September 2010

We had a useful discussion back in September. All part & parcel of project governance. The papers we looked at are all linked to, below. 1. Welcome and Apologies 2. Action points from previous meeting (Paper 9-1a)[1] 3. Minutes of … Continue reading

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