Institutional Web Management Workshop 2006:
Quality Matters
UKOLN Open Forum

UKOLN Open Forum

About the Open Forum

UKOLN will be holding an Open Forum on 14^th June 2006. The Open Forum will provide an opportunity for attendees to hear about a range of UKOLN activities and to provide feedback on the activities, in particular on the application of the work areas within the attendees institutions.

The Open Forum will be held prior to UKOLN's annual Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) 2006. The Open Forum will take place in room 2.23 in the 8W building. Note that this room is located next to the registration area for the IWMW 2006 event.

Who Should Attend?

The Open Forum will be open to IWMW delegates and to a wider audience. The Open Forum may be of particular interest to:

• IWMW delegates who may be interested in hearing about the wider range of activities which UKOLN is involved in, such as digital preservation and curation, metadata work, open standards, etc.
• Members of staff at the University of Bath as it will provide an opportunity to hear more about the work of UKOLN, a national centre of expertise in digital information management which is located at the University of Bath.

Topics

The following topics will be covered:

• The role of open standards in JISC's development programmes and the relevance of this work to development activities within institutions.
• The importance of records management policies for email and the implications for institutions.
• A review of Dublin Core metadata and UKOLN's plans for the DCMI Affiliate work to provide further support and advice on use of Dublin Core metadata.
• The role of digital repositories.

Timetable

The timetable is given below.

Time	Details
10.00-10.15	Introduction to Open Forum, Liz Lyon Further details - MS PowerPoint - HTML
10.15-10.35	Open Standards - The Solution to Interoperability?, Brian Kelly Further details - MS PowerPoint - HTML
10.35-10.55	Digital Curation as a Framework for Managing and Preserving Email Records, Maureen Pennock Further details - MS PowerPoint - HTML
10.55-11.15	Digital Repositories: One Size Fits All?, Julie Allinson Further details - MS PowerPoint - HTML
11.15-11.35	DCMI Affiliates - Implications For Institutions, Rosemary Russell Further details - MS PowerPoint - HTML
11.35-12.00	Open discussion

 

Interested participants should feel free to attend the Open Forum at any time - this is no need to feel concerned about joining the Open Forum after the start as the event is designed to allow participants to come and go at will.

If you are interested in attending please send an email entitled "UKOLN Open Forum" to register your interest to <b.kelly@ukoln.ac.uk>. Note that this will not be regarded as a firm booking, but to allow UKOLN to gauge the expected demand.

The Open Forum will take place on level 2 of the 8 West building. Details of the room to be used for the Open Forum will be provided shortly.

Delegates interested in the Open Forum can register from 9:30.