Conference
reminder:
Data Sans Frontières: web
portals and the historic environment
25 May 2007: The
British Museum, London
Organised by the Historic
Environment Information Resources Network
(HEIRNET) and supported by
the AHRC ICT Methods Network and the British Museum, this one-day conference
takes a comprehensive look at exciting new opportunities to use portal
technologies and Web 2.0 approaches to disseminate and integrate historic
environment data. Bringing together speakers from national organisations,
national and local government and academia, options for cooperation at both
national and international levels will be
explored.
The aims of the conference
are:
* To raise awareness of
current portal and interoperability technologies
* To raise awareness of
current developments in the online dissemination of Historic Environment
Data
* To set developments in
the historic environment sector in a wider national and European information
context
* To create a vision for a
way forward for joined up UK historic environment information
provision
This conference should be
of interest to heritage professionals, researchers and data managers from all
sectors.
Places are now filling up
for this conference, it costs £12 and a full programme, online registration
and payment facilities are available at http://www.britarch.ac.uk/HEIRNET/.
It is also possible to pay by cheque or cash on the day, but please reserve
your place by email at [log in to unmask]
We look forward to seeing
you there.
Stuart Jeffrey (ADS) and
Dan Hull (CBA)
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Further
information:
HEIRNET is made up of a
group of organisations with an interest in information relating to archaeology
and the historic environment under the auspices of the Council for British
Archaeology. The HEIRNET consortium is a delegate body with representatives
from organisations which have a direct interest in information systems within
archaeology and the historic environment. Its geographical scope is currently
the United
Kingdom although work is taking place set in
the wider context of European and international developments. See http://www.britarch.ac.uk/HEIRNET/
for more information.
