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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