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Title: Scottish Online Resources Showcase
Date: Wednesday 15 September 2004
Time: 13.00-16.00
Address: Wolfson Suite, Edinburgh University Library, George Square,
Edinburgh
Fees: Free
Organiser: Joint Board for the Statistical Accounts of Scotland
Contact: Catherine Nicholson 0141-270-1361 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
for further information and to book a place. Numbers are limited.
Notes: This event will demonstrate some of the wealth of Scottish material
available online. Resources will include the Statistical Accounts of
Scotland, Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Screen Archive, EMOL,
Scotland's Culture and the Virtual NLS.
Who should attend: The event is aimed at all who use and have an interest
in the development of Scottish digital content and especially staff
working in HE and research libraries, FE, Public and School Libraries.
Programme: below and as attachment
Scottish Resources Online Showcase
Wednesday 15 September 2004 13.00-16.00
Wolfson Suite, Edinburgh University Library, George Square, Edinburgh
Chair: Dr Ann Matheson
12.45 Registration
13.00 Welcome - Dr Ann Matheson
13.15 The Statistical Accounts of Scotland - Helen Chisholm, EDINA
13.40 Dictionary of the Scots Language - Victor Skretkowicz, Dundee
University
14.00 Scottish Screen Archive - Ann Beaton
14.25 Education Media OnLine (EMOL) - Rick Loup
14.40 Coffee break
15.00 Scotland's Culture - Stephen Winch, SLIC
15.25 Virtual NLS - Lee Hibberd, National Library of Scotland
15.50 Discussion
16.0 Close
Relevant urls:
SAS: http://edina.ac.uk/statacc/
Dictionary of the Scots Language: http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/ Scottish
Screen Archive: http://data.scottishscreen.com/home/
EMOL: http://www.emol.ac.uk/
Scotland's Culture: http://www.slainte.org.uk/scotlandsculture/index.htm
Virtual NLS: http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/index.html
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Catherine Nicholson
SCURL Development Director
Glasgow Caledonian University Library
Room RS 304
6 Rose Street
Glasgow G3 6RB
Tel: +44 (0)141 270 1361
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
http://scurl.ac.uk/
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