"A centre of excellence in digital information management, providing advice and services to the library, information and cultural heritage communities."

UKOLN is based at the University of Bath.

UKOLN, University of Bath, BA2 7AY

Wednesday 11 March 2009

Background

Institutional repositories are created and developed to support the requirements of a diverse user group. A successful repository translates these requirements into features and functionality, making a flexible and user-friendly interface for IR users. This event will explore the different aspects of dealing with user requirements and is aimed at non-technical staff who need to communicate with both users and technical colleagues or external partners to make their repository reflect user requirements.

• A workshop on how to capture user requirements and then communicate those requirement to technical staff
• Case studies showing how others have worked with and developed their user requirements
• A technical perspective on user requirements
• A workshop looking at requirements from the user perspective – what do you want when you are the user?

There will also be time in the day to network with other IR staff and with the speakers.

More details and updates can be found via the event wiki http://user-requirements.wikispaces.com/

Venue

The event will take place at UKOLN, University of Bath, BA2 7AY.

A map and travel information will be available from the event wiki at http://user-requirements.wikispaces.com/

Registration

Online booking is available. There is no charge to attend the event but an administration fee of £50 will be charged for a “no-show” (replacement delegates will be accepted). Numbers are limited therefore preference will be given to participants who are (or were) part of a JISC SUE project.