On 18 Nov 2008, at 12:32, Dominic Tate wrote:
> Aimed at librarians and repository staff using the open-source
> EPrints software, the morning sessions will cover the installation
> and visual customisation of EPrints, metadata schema design and the
> batch importing of legacy records.
I'd just like to explain a bit more about what we want to achieve in
the RSP Training day.
In recent EPrints training courses we focused on simple facilities for
adding metadata fields and for manipulating repository configuration
files. This forthcoming training day allows us to go one step further
by including easy-to-manage visual design for the repository, with
direct updating via Dreamweaver or other HTML editors. We'd like to
get the participants to install a 'vanilla' repository and then
customise it with their own visual branding, extend it to accommodate
their particular metadata requirements and fill it with some imported
data without needing any technical or programming skills.
One of our key aims in the development of EPrints 3 series is to
enable non-technical repository managers to achieve as many repository
management tasks as possible without recourse to their campus ICT
services. We know that one of the urgent issues facing repositories in
the UK is the lack of IT resources to keep up with the ongoing
activities of the repository.
We're really excited about this, and we hope that you will be too. The
day should have something new, even for people who have been to a
previous EPrints course.
--
Les Carr
EPrints Technical Director
(returning from SPARC DR2008, at Washington Dulles airport)
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