Conference reminder:
Data Sans Frontières: Web Portals and the Historic Environment
25 May 2007: The British Museum, London
Organised by the Historic Environment Information Resources Network
(HEIRNET) and supported by the AHRC ICT Methods Network and the British
Museum, this one-day conference takes a comprehensive look at exciting new
opportunities to use portal technologies and Web 2.0 approaches to
disseminate and integrate historic environment data. Bringing together
speakers from national organisations, national and local government and
academia, options for cooperation at both national and international levels
will be explored.
The aims of the conference are:
* To raise awareness of current portal and interoperability technologies
* To raise awareness of current developments in the online dissemination of
Historic Environment Data
* To set developments in the historic environment sector in a wider national
and European information context
* To create a vision for a way forward for joined up UK historic environment
information provision
This conference should be of interest to heritage professionals, researchers
and data managers from all sectors.
Places are now filling up for this conference, it costs £12 and a full
programme, online registration and payment facilities are available at
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/HEIRNET/. It is also possible to pay by cheque or
cash on the day, but please reserve your place by email at [log in to unmask]
We look forward to seeing you there.
Stuart Jeffrey (ADS) and Dan Hull (CBA)
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Further information:
HEIRNET is made up of a group of organisations with an interest in
information relating to archaeology and the historic environment under the
auspices of the Council for British Archaeology. The HEIRNET consortium is a
delegate body with representatives from organisations which have a direct
interest in information systems within archaeology and the historic
environment. Its geographical scope is currently the United Kingdom although
work is taking place set in the wider context of European and international
developments. See http://www.britarch.ac.uk/HEIRNET/ for more information.
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