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EARL and UKOLN Networked information management seminars
(http://www.earl.org.uk/events/nim.html)
ICT strategy and public library website management: a seminar for
success
Wednesday 3rd March 1999 12.00 - 4.30
Broadway House, London SW1
EARL, the Consortium for Public Library Networking and UKOLN, the UK
Office for Library Networking are working together to deliver a
series of seminars on networked information and the public library.
These seminars are designed to offer practical advice and guidance
to both public library and local authority IT staff, on management
and technical issues concerned with the delivery of electronic
services over the Public Library Network, and the central role of the
library website. They are also intended to offer an opportunity for
the two groups of staff to work together on issues of common concern
and establish a new community for networked information management.
Aim of the seminar
There are two major management aspects involved with information
management in a networked environment: strategic and technical. It
is important to understand the strategic aims and objectives implicit
in web presence for a public library, and to appreciate the technical
framework within which it is to be developed. As LIS and IT
professionals, we must work together to ensure that services
delivered via the library website are effectively managed and
delivered. This first seminar in the series is designed offer an
introduction to the strategic management issues raised in developing
a public library website (such as successful integration with the
whole service); to explore the strategic and policy objectives for
establishing a strong web presence for the library service; to offer
examples of different approaches to website strategic management and
development, and to provide an opportunity to explore the issues
involved and ways they might be addressed.
Who should attend?
The seminar is aimed at library service and IT Department staff who
are responsible for the overall management and development of local
authority and public library websites. It will be particularly
relevant to those who are working on ICT service strategies and their
implementation as the New Library Network is rolled out. Please
note, the seminar does NOT address the use of technical tools.
Programme
12.00 - 12.45
Registration and lunch
12.45
Welcome and purpose of the seminar
13.00 - 13.40
Why every public library should have one: the website as a management
tool
Chris Batt?
13.40 - 14.40
Different approaches to website development: case studies
-In house by the library service (Leeds Library Service)
-Developed by the Council IT Department (Westminster City Libraries)
-Contracted out (Essex Libraries)
14.40 - 15.00
Tea
15.00 - 15.45
Discussion groups: strategic aims for the library website
These sessions will consider the strategic and political aims of a
public library
website; the issues to be addressed in its implementation, and ways
to resolve
issues to achieve success
15.45 - 16.15
Plenary feedback and agreeing action lines
16.15 - 16.30 Summary and close
Further information
The cost of this Forum is ?40 for EARL Partners and SOCITM members,
?60 for others
For further information, or to register for the forum, please
contact:
Helen Baigent, EARL Liaison Officer, Gun Court,
70 Wapping Lane, London, E1 9RL
Tel: 0171-702-2020; Fax: 0171-702-2019;
e-mail [log in to unmask]
Find out more about EARL events on our website.
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Chris Moore
EARL Information Officer
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: (0171) 702 2020
Fax: (0171) 702 2019
http://www.earl.org.uk/
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