Public Library Web Conference - 5-6 November 2002The following discussion group session was given at the Public Library Web Managers Workshop held at the University of Bath on 5-6th November 2002.
The workshop took place from 16:30-17:30 on Tuesday 5th November 2002.
| Time | Session | Comments | Materials |
| 16:30-16:40 | Introduction | Introduction to the session | [HTML Format] - [Powerpoint 97/2000 format] |
| 16:40-16:55 | Exercise 1 - Your Requirements, Your Challenges | Group exercise in which delegates identify requirements for search facilities and the implementation challenges. | [HTML format] - [MS Word format] |
| 16:55-17:10 | Presentation 1 - Looking At Our Community | BK to summarise small survey of search facilities on public library / local authority Web sites. | |
| 17:10-17:25 | Exercise 2 - Addressing The Challenges | Group exercise in which delegates identify requirements for search facilities and the implementation challenges. | [HTML format] - [MS Word format] |
| 17:25-17:30 | Questions And Conclusions |
Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus, a national JISC-funded Web coordination post based at UKOLN, University of Bath.
Brian has been involved in the development of Web services since early 1993 - the Web service he supported at Leeds University was one of the first 30 organisational Web services available. In 1995 Brian joined the Netskills project at Newcastle University where he was involved in development of network training materials.
In November 1996 Brian took up his current post in Bath. His responsibilities include monitoring Web developments, information dissemination, providing advice and representing JISC on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Brian has presented posters at the WWW 8, 9 and 10 conferences. He has attended WWW conferences at Hong Kong (WWW 10), Amsterdam (WWW9), Toronto (WWW8, May 1999), Brisbane (WWW7, April 1998), Santa Clara (WWW6, April 1997), Paris (WWW5, May, 1996) and Geneva (WWW1, May 1994).
Dissemination of information on Web developments is one of the important aspects of Brian's responsibilities. In addition to organising an annual Web manager's workshop Brian publishes articles in a variety of publications, including the Ariadne (see <http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/>), Exploit Interactive (see <http://www.exploit-lib.org/>) and Cultivate Interactive (see <http://www.cultivate-int.org/>) Web magazines.