Creating e-Citizens: Developing Public Library Websites for 2005

Tuesday 5th November, 2002

12:00

Registration and Lunch in Conference Centre Foyer

13:00

Welcome
Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN, University of Bath

13:10

Maewyn Cumming, Senior policy adviser, interoperabilty and metadata, Cabinet Office
"The e-Government strategy and the e-GIF"

13:55

Emma Place, Manager, RDN Virtual Training Suite, The Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT)
"The RDN Virtual Training - a free online educational resource from JISC, helping people use the internet to support their learning"

14:40

Oliver Gillman, Network Adviser, Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
"Public Libraries - delivering the UK online agenda"

15:25

Tea and Coffee

15:45

Andy Holdup, e-Goverment Programme Manager, Hampshire County Council
"Hampshire's implementation of e-Government Strategy"

Breakout Sessions

Option A

Option B

Option C

16:30

Penny Garrod, UKOLN
Public Libraries
"Usability and accessibility:are they two sides of the same coin and does it matter anyway?"

Brian Kelly, UKOLN
Web Focus
"Search Facilities For Local Authority Websites"

Pete Cliff, UKOLN
RDN Systems Developer
"Don't do it yourself (DDIY) - content syndication on the Web"

17:30

Close

19:00

Pre-dinner drinks and Dinner in Wessex Restaurant

Wednesday 6th November, 2002

08:00

Breakfast

09:30

Danny Budzak, Head of Information Management and e-Government, London Borough of Lewisham Regeneration Directorate
"Choosing a content management system and lessons from the APLAWS pathfinder project"

10:15

Nick Poole, ICT Adviser, Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
"Dynamic Accessibility"

11:00

Tea and Coffee

11:30

Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, UKOLN, University of Bath
"QA for Websites"

12:15

Alan Davies, National Programme Manager, London Borough of Lewisham
"Leap Project. The Life Events approach to Web sites"

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Cathy Day, Community Information Network Officer, Essex County Council
"Seamless UK - Standards in action"

14:45

Group Discussion: Identifying Key Issues (Breakout Sessions)

15:30

Panel session and summing up

16.30

Close