Creating e-Citizens: Developing Public Library Websites for 20055 - 6 November 2002 University of Bath |
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Creating e-Citizens: Developing Public Library Websites for 20055 - 6 November 2002 University of Bath |
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Contributors to the workshop include:
Introduction:
Dr Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN, University of Bath:
Dr Liz Lyon has been the Director of UKOLN at the University of
Bath, UK since October 2000. UKOLN is an internationally recognised
centre of expertise in digital information management and provides
policy, research and awareness services to the library, information,
education and cultural heritage communities. UKOLN is funded by Resource:
The Council for Museums, Archives & Libraries, the Joint Information
Systems Committee (JISC) as well as by project funding from the Research
Support Libraries Programme, the British Library and the European
Community.
At UKOLN Liz is involved with the development and implementation of
the common information environment which includes building architectural
models for distributed digital libraries. It is in this context that
emerging developments in Web Services are being explored and partnerships
developed within the e-Science / Grid communities.
Although Dr Lyon has worked in various University libraries in the
UK, her background was originally in Biological Sciences and she has
a Doctorate in cellular biochemistry.
Maewyn Cumming Senior Policy Adviser on
Interoperability and Metadata at the Office of the e-Envoy in the
UK Cabinet Office.
Maewyn is responsible for developing the e-Government Metadata Standard
and implementation policy. After graduating in Information Science
at the Polytechnic of North London 1990 Maewyn worked mainly in Government
Libraries, first at Department of the Environment, then the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office. She moved to the Cabinet Office in 1999,
working on the Government's Information Asset Register before moving
to her current position in 2001.
Previous
Born in New Zealand, lived in London for twenty years.
Graduated from the Polytechnic of North London 1990.
Government Librarian since 1992, first at Department of the Environment, then the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, mainly doing cataloguing standards and IT.
Moved to Cabinet Office in late 1999, originally working on the Government's Information Asset Register. Took on role of Metadata Policy Adviser in 2001, helping ensure the interoperability of electronic systems and develop the Government's Metadata policies and standards.
Summary of Presentations: An overview of work by the Office of the e-Envoy relating to public sector websites. These include 'Standards for public sector websites', the 'e-Government interoperability framework' and the 'e-Government metadata standard'. All of these have been developed to enable easier development of sites, joined up working and improved user experience.
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Emma Place, Project Manager, RDN Training
Suite, The Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT):
Emma Place is a chartered librarian working on digital library
and eLearning projects at the ILRT, based at the University of Bristol.
She has been working as an "Internet Librarian" since 1996, developing
national services such as SOSIG, The Social Science Information Gateway
and the RDN Virtual Training Suite. She teaches Internet skills to
university staff, and to students doing the MSc in Library and Information
Management.
Summary of Presentation: The former Minister for Education and Skills, Estelle Morris, identified this as one of her favourite educational Web sites - come and find out what it offers and to consider how it might be relevant for public libraries - to support life-long learning, staff development and Internet training.
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Oliver Gillman, Network Adviser, Resource:
The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries:
Oliver Gillman is Network Adviser to the People's Network Development
Team, a part of the Libraries and Information Society Team at Resource:
The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries.
Oliver works on the infrastructure strand of the People's Network
Programme and has had specific responsibility for advising on the
allocation of the US$4m gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
to provide ICT learning centres in some of the most deprived communities
in the UK. Oliver manages the libraries UK online accreditation process
in English public libraries. He also co-ordinates the Forum for Network
Co-ordination.
Prior to taking up this post, Oliver was Finance Officer at the Library
and Information Commission, one of the predecessor organisations of
Resource. He received his education at the University of Cape Town,
South Africa, where he achieved a Bachelor of Science.
Andy Holdup, e-Goverment Programme Manager,
Hampshire County Council:
Andy Holdup has worked in local government for 20 years - all that
time with Hampshire County Council's IT department. In those 20 years,
he has been involved in a wide range of activities, from designing
and implementing systems to support Social Services to introducing
email in the early 1980s and helping to develop the County Council's
intranet in the late 80's and 90's. More recently, Andy has been part
of "corporate IT client", helping to develop IT policy for the organisation.
He has been involved with the County Council's e-government programme
since its start, and helped to set up the Hampshire & Isle of Wight
e-Government Partnership.
Summary of Presentation:
The role of the web
The impossibility of tackling the task within one organisation
The role of information in bringing the project together
The importance of branding
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Penny Garrod, Public Library Networking
Focus, UKOLN, University of Bath:
Penny took up the post of Public Library Networking Focus at UKOLN
in September 2001. Before this she worked on a series of research
and development projects, including the Electronic Library (eLib)
programme, funded by JISC, and a British Library funded project on
benchmarking.
In the dim and distant past Penny has worked in local and national
government and done a stint in army intelligence. She has managed
a one-person research library, and developed and delivered a staff
development course on effective Internet searching, and a new postgraduate
qualification for staff working with disabled students.
Summary of Session: This session will provide a forum for discussion
and debate on issues surrounding usability and accessibility. It will
evaluate accessibility guidelines from organisations such as the RNIB
and W3C, and browsers such as Opera and Lynx, plus website testing
tools such as 'the Wave' and 'Bobby'. It will draw on advice offered
by usability gurus such as Jakob Nielsen.
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, UKOLN, University
of Bath:
Brian is UK Web Focus, a national JISC-funded Web co-ordination post.
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 thirty 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 Managers' 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.
Summary of Session: This 60 minute discussion group session
will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss the possible
approaches which can be made to providing search facilities for Web
sites.
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Pete Cliff, RDN Systems Developer, UKOLN,
University of Bath:
After completing a BA in English and Philosophy and Masters in Computer
Science at the University of Kent at Canterbury, Pete Cliff moved
to UKOLN as Systems Developer for the Resource Discovery Network.
As Systems Developer he has been involved in many RDN developments
including developing the search service, maintaining the site, and
creating software to manage the RDN News and Behind the Headlines
pages and channels. Pete is co-creator of UKOLN's RSS-xpress (http://rssxpress.ukoln.ac.uk)
and has written an article for Cultivate on the use of RSS (http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue7/rss/)
Summary of Session: Why spend lots of time inventing content
for your Web sites when there are lots of people out there already
doing it and, more importantly, making that content available for
free? The life of a Web editor is a busy one, and one of the hardest
tasks has to be updating something like a home page or an information
resource that contains all the latest news. But imagine you could,
instead, take the News Headlines from the BBC site and place them
on your pages instead. What if you only had to do this once and they
automatically updated themselves? Sound good? This talk will demonstrate
some of the existing services out there that can provide this kind
of content to your Web sites and also touch on the technologies that
enable content syndication."
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Workshop information
Danny Budzak, Head of Information Management
and E-Goverment, London Borough of Lewisham Regeneration Directorate:
Danny spent three years running a community information system
in Newham libraries, then became the internet and intranet manager
for the council. Worked for a while on an academic web site then moved
back into local government as an IT project manager. Currently working
in Information Management and e-Government in Lewisham Council.
Summary of Presentation: What is the APLAWS CMS? What can a
CMS do? Why have a CMS? How to implement the APLAWS CMS. The APLAWS
products - a-z, information architecture, meta data, category lists
and directories. Creating a business case for CMS. Implementing a
CMS. Using the APLAWS CMS for web publishing.The lessons !
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Nick Poole, ICT Adviser, Resource: The Council
for Museums, Archives and Libraries:
As ICT Adviser at Resource, the focus of Nick's work is on promoting
awareness of current standards in digital services, including those
for digital accessibility and preservation as well as copyright and
interoperability. He is also website and email list manager for the
Museums and Galleries Disability Association. Prior to taking up his
current role, he worked as website manager for Resource and project
manager for the Cornucopia online database of museum collections.
Nick has also worked as a freelance web designer and programmer. He
has published articles and papers on digital accessibility and presented
to a wide range of museum, archive and library organisations.
Summary of Presentation: The Web Accessibility Initiative has
been with us for some time now, and we should all be familiar with
the basic requirements of creating accessible web content using HTML
and embedded media. However, current accessibility guidance is not
keeping pace with the proliferation of programming languages and delivery
mechanisms being deployed online. The purpose of this presentation
is to look at how dynamic content can be made more accessible without
compromising the advantages it has to offer.
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Alan Davies, National Programme Manager,
London Borough of Lewisham.
Summary of Presentation: Partnership, standards, process mapping,
accessible services.
Presentation: [Powerpoint version] | [HTML version]
Cathy Day, Community Information Network Officer.
Cathy Day began working for Essex Libraries in 1979 and has held a
variety of information service posts. From 1992 -1994 she was responsible
for Information Services in the South Group covering libraries from
Southend to Thurrock. After a short break she returned to Essex Libraries
undertaking general information work before joining the SEAMLESS Project
as Research Assistant in February 1998. In January 2001 she joined
the Essex County Council’s new Community Information Network team
working on seamlessUK and other projects. Her particular interest
has been in the development of the metadata profile and thesaurus.
Summary of Presentation: What is seamlessUK? How it has been
developed, who the partners are, how standards are used in the system
to present information and future developments.
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