The eighth MODELS workshop took place on 28-29 January 1999. Slides from the following presentations are available for viewing.

• The emerging context for learning - overview of government initiatives: New Library, Heritage Lottery Fund, New Opportunities Fund... (Michael Hill, DCMS) [Word 6 file]
• National Grid for Learning (NGfL) architecture: linking content (Michelle Morris, BECTA)
• Background and rationale for IMS (Sandy Britain, University of Wales, Bangor)
• Developments in libraries and related sectors (Paul Miller, UKOLN)
• Overview of standards for learning environments: IMS, IEEE, CEN/ISSS... (Kevin Riley, FDI)
• MIA: MODELS Information Architecture (Lorcan Dempsey, UKOLN)
• IMS description (Sandy Britain, University of Wales, Bangor)
• A generalised distributed broker service (Tracy Gardner, UKOLN)
• Learning and information integration initiatives (John Akeroyd, South Bank University)
• The Nathan Bodington web-based building (Andrew Booth, University of Leeds)

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