Workshop Programme
Monday 15th November | |
1.30 pm | Intro and Welcome |
1.40 pm | The Role of the Public Library Website
(working title) Chris Batt, Chief Network Adviser (LIC) What should be included on the public library website? What could the public library site be used for is there more to it than opening hours and catalogues? |
2.20 pm | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: style and
design in website creation Chris
Webster, Information Officer (EARL) What is good web design? What are the key design rules which should never be broken? How can you make sure that your site is accessible to all users? |
3.00 pm | Tea |
3.30 pm | Successful Library Website Case
Studies Speakers from three Local Authorities will share tips, hints and learning experiences about how they put together their websites and the issues and problems that they had to overcome. A chance to learn from other peoples experiences.
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5.00 pm | A Quick Intro to Metadata
Michael Day, Research Office (UKOLN) What is metadata and why you should have it on your website. |
5.30 pm | Close |
Tuesday 16th November | |
9.00 | Trials and Tribulations of a Web
Manager - breakout groups An opportunity to share experiences, identify common issues and problems and work out collectively how to overcome them. |
10.15 | From Homepage to FrontPage
Patris van Boxel, Trainer (Netskills) A discussion of the progression from producing simple web pages using text editors to using site management tools to create and maintain large multi-author web sites |
11.00 | Tea |
11.30 | A Toolbox for website maintenance
Manjula Patel, Technical Development Research Officer (UKOLN) What tools are available for you to use in keeping your website up to date and manageable how can things like stylesheets help. |
12.15 | If I Could Start All Over Again:
Lessons To be Learnt From The HE Community - Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus (UKOLN) Whats going to happen to the web next and how easily can you integrate these new developments into your website and how to learn from the mistakes of the Higher Education community. |
1.00 | Farewells |
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