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May be of interest mainly to the UK repositories community Apologies for cross-posting Neil -------- Original Message -------- Subject: JISC Capital Programme: Town Meetings Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 12:21:19 +0100 From: Avalon MCALLISTER [7124] <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Avalon MCALLISTER [7124] <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] The JISC Capital Programme, funded by HEFCE and HEFCW from April 2006 – March 2009, consists of six areas of development: Network; Digitisation; Repositories; e-Learning; e-Infrastructure; and User Environments. Further information about the development areas can be found at: _www.jisc.ac.uk/capital.html_ <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/capital.html> A roadmap indicating the expected calls and when they will be released is now available at: _http://www.jisc.ac.uk/capital_roadmap.html_ <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/capital_roadmap.html> (Please note that the e-infrastructure strand of the April call is subject to committee approval). JISC will be holding the following town meetings on 21 April and 10 May 2006 for those interested in learning about the funding opportunities available through the Capital Programme. i) JISC will be issuing a Request for Proposals for the Digitisation Programme on 6 April. The Digitisation Town Meeting will consist of presentations, parallel workshops on specific issues relating to digitisation, expert panel sessions and the opportunity to ask questions on the new call for proposals. Further information about the JISC Town Meeting in London on Friday 21 April including an online booking form can be found at: _http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=event_digmtg_0406_ ii) JISC will be issuing a Call for Proposals for other development areas on 28 April. The Town Meeting is for those interested in submitting proposals in response to the call for the following three development areas – Digital Repositories, e-Learning and e-Infrastructure. The Town Meeting will consist of presentations, parallel workshops on different programme areas and the opportunity to ask questions on the call for proposals. Further information about the JISC Town Meeting in Birmingham on Wednesday 10 May including an online booking form can be found at: _http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=event_capitalprog_0506_ -- Neil Jacobs <[log in to unmask]> JISC Executive, Beacon House, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1QU +44 (0)117 33 10772 / 07768 040179