This is the final call for registration for the 'Running A Public
Library Website' workshop being organised by UKOLN in association
with EARL.
This workshop is intended primarily for those involved with
developing public library web pages. It will be most suitable for
staff whose responsibilities include identifying content for public
library web pages and then developing those pages. The workshop is
aimed at those people for whom developing web pages is a recent
skill and who wish to become more informed on this topic and start
planning for more developed services. The workshop will presume that
attendees have basic HTML skills. Please note this is not a HTML
training course and attendees will not be taught how to write HTML
pages. The full programme of the workshop is at the end of this
message.
The workshop is being held at the University of Bath on Monday 15th
and Tuesday 16th November. The closing date for registration is
Friday 22nd October and the cost of the workshop is 95 plus
accommodation. An online booking form and further information is
available on the UKOLN website at
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/public-workshop-99/
The Workshop Programme
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Monday 15th November
1.30 pm Intro and Welcome - Lorcan Dempsey, Director (UKOLN)
1.40 pm The Role of the Public Library Website (working title)
Chris Batt, Chief Network Adviser (LIC)
What should be included on the public library website? What could
the public library site be used for? Is there more to it than
opening hours and catalogues?
2.20 pm The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: style and design in website
creation Chris Webster, Information Officer (EARL)
What is good web design? What are the key design rules which should
never be broken? How can you make sure that your site is accessible
to all users?
3.00 pm Tea
3.30 pm Successful Library Website Case Studies
Speakers from three Local Authorities will share tips, hints and
learning experiences about how they put together their websites and
the issues and problems that they had to overcome. A chance to learn
from other peoples experiences.
3.30 East Sussex Elaine Jewell, Head of Information Services
(East Sussex Library Service)
4.00 Suffolk Simon Ransome, ISIS Project Manager (Suffolk County
Council)
4.30 Croydon speaker to be confirmed (Croydon Library Service)
5.00 pm A Quick Intro to Metadata Michael Day, Research Office
(UKOLN)
What is metadata and why you should have it on your website.
5.30 pm Close
Tuesday 16th November
9.00 Trials and Tribulations of a Web Manager - breakout groups
An opportunity to share experiences, identify common issues and
problems and work out collectively how to overcome them.
10.15 From Homepage to FrontPage Patris van Boxel, Trainer
(Netskills)
A discussion of the progression from producing simple web pages
using text editors to using site management tools to create and
maintain large multi-author web sites
11.00 Tea
11.30 A Toolbox for website maintenance Manjula Patel, Technical
Development Research Officer (UKOLN)
What tools are available for you to use in keeping your website up
to date and manageable? How can things like stylesheets help?
12.15 If I Could Start All Over Again: Lessons To be Learnt From The
HE Community - Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus (UKOLN)
What is going to happen to the web next and how easily can you
integrate these new developments into your website? How can public
libraries learn
from the mistakes of the Higher Education community.
1.00 Farewells
Sarah Ormes
Public Library Networking Focus
UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY
Visit 'Stories from the Web' at http://hosted.ukoln.ac.uk/stories/
Tel. 01225 826711
Fax. 01225 826838
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