Appendix 10 WebWatch Dissemination


Presentations

The following presentations about WebWatch have been given.

An Introduction to the WebWatch Project

A talk on "An Introduction to the WebWatch Project" was given by Ian Peacock to UKOLN staff on 22 September 1997.

The slides are available at <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/presentations/intro-sep1997/ >

Web Developments For The JANET Community

A talk on "Web Developments For The JANET Community" was given by Brian Kelly at the London JANET Regional User Group meeting at ULCC on 13th October 1997. The talk covered emerging web developments and described how the WebWatch project could monitor deployment of such technologies.

The slides are available at <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/jrug/london-jrug-oct97/ >

Web Developments For The JANET Community

A talk on "Web Developments For The JANET Community" was given by Brian Kelly at South West JANET Regional User Group meeting at the University of Bath on 8th October 1997. The talk covered emerging web developments and described how the WebWatch project could monitor deployment of such technologies.

The slides are available at <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/meetings/jrug/sw-jrug-oct97/ >

WebWatching the UK: Robot Software for Monitoring UK Web Resources

A talk on "WebWatching the UK: Robot Software for Monitoring UK Web Resources" was given by Ian Peacock at Networkshop 26 held at the University of Aberdeen in March 1997.

The slides and the paper are available at <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/presentations/networkshop-proc-jan1998/ >

WebWatching the UK HE Community

A workshop on "WebWatching the UK HE Community" was given by Brian Kelly at the UCISA TLIG workshop on New Opportunities: Information Services for the Next Millenium at the University of Southampton on 31st March 1998.

The slides are available at <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/
ucisa-tlig98/workshop/
>

WebWatch: Robot Crawls of UK HEIs

A talk on "WebWatch: Robot Crawls of UK HEIs" was given by Ian Peacock at the Institutional Web Management workshop held at the University of Newcastle in September 1998.

The slides are available at <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/presentations/webmanage-pres-sep1998/ >

Publications

The following articles related to the WebWatch project have been published in print or web journals and magazines.

How Is My Web Community Doing? Monitoring Trends in Web Service Provision

This paper was written by Brian Kelly and Ian Peacock. It will be published in Journal of Documentation, Vol. 55 No. 1 January 1999, pp 82-95.

Showing Robots the Door

This article was written by Ian Peacock and published in the Web version of the Ariadne magazine, issue 15, May 1998.

See <URL: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue15/robots/ >

Robot Seeks Public Library Websites

This article was written by Brian Kelly, Sarah Ormes and Ian Peacock and published in the LA Record, December 1997 Vol. 99 (12).

See <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/articles/la-record-dec1997/ >

WebWatching UK Universities and Colleges

This article was written by Brian Kelly and published in the Web version of the Ariadne magazine, issue 12, November 1997.

See <URL: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue12/web-focus/ >

Library Technology News Articles

A brief series of news articles have been published in Library Technology News. These include:

* Public Library Domain Names, February 1998

* WebWatching Public Library Web Site Entry Points, April 1998

* WebWatching Academic Library Web Sites, June 1998

* Academic and Public Library Web Sites, August 1998

See <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/articles/lt/ >

Articles

The following articles related to the WebWatch project have been published on the Web.

Report of WebWatch Crawl of eLib Web Sites

See <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/reports/elib-nov1997/ >

Analysis of Links from UK Universities and Colleges Institutional Home Pages

See <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/reports/hei-links-oct1997/report.html >

A Survey of UK Academic Library Web Sites

See <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/reports/hei-lib-may1998/ >

Third Crawl of UK Academic Entry Points

See <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/reports/hei-nov1998/ >

Poster Displays

A poster display about the WebWatch project was given at the Institutional Web Management workshop held at the University of Newcastle in September 1998.

The posters are available at <URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/webwatch/info/ >. A selection of the posters are illustrated below.

Figure A10-1a About WebWatch Poster Figure A10-1b Robots Poster

Figure A10-1c UK HEI Trawl Poster Figure A10-1d UK HEI Technologies Poster