Apologies for cross-posting, but the response to our information meetings
about the new CEI Circular (JISC Circular 3/97) has been slow so far.
The JISC Circular 3/97, in case you have missed it, asks for proposals by
29 May, 1997 in two areas: integration and exemplars of hybrid libraries,
and large scale resource discovery. Two other areas are mentioned but
proposals are not sought in the Circular; these areas are not covered by
the information meetings.
Two information meetings are planned for 25 March, 1997 at the Wellcome
Building in London. To register for either, please contact Ioanna Dandolos
([log in to unmask], phone 01203 528137, fax 01203 524981) by 4 pm
on Thursday, 20 March (sorry, but we're being chased for numbers).
The morning meeting is a 'high level technical background' meeting on
large scale resource discovery, or 'clumps'. Some documentation of
profiles etc will be made available at the meeting. The meeting will
include technical presentations of issues important for those preparing
bids, basically to ensure inter-operability of Z39.50 implementations.
However, we will try to avoid too much low level detail. We suggest that
chief librarians and systems librarians from groups contemplating a clump
bid might want to go. Registration will be from 10 am and the meeting will
start at 10:30 am.
The afternoon meeting is an information meeting on the whole programme. We
will deal with the large scale resource discovery topic first, so those
only interested in this area can leave before the hybrid libraries topic
if they wish. The general format is a short presentation followed by a
question and answer session, for each topic. Discussion is expected to be
at a non-technical level, dealing with aims, options, policies etc.
Registration will be from 1:30 pm and the meeting will start at 2 pm; we
aim to finish by 4.
So remember, the deadline for preliminary registration is 4 pm on
Thursday, 20 March at the email address above.
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Chris Rusbridge
Programme Director, Electronic Libraries Programme
The Library, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Phone 01203 524979 Fax 01203 524981
Email [log in to unmask]
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