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**Invitation to take part in the UK Archives Discovery Network Forum 2013** The UKAD Forum 2013 will take place at The National Archives on Thursday 7 March 2013. The Forum is organised by UKAD (www.ukad.org<http://www.ukad.org>) to bring together those interested in opening up archives for discovery. The UKAD Steering Committee would like to invite you to: ü Share your expertise, skills and knowledge ü Showcase your projects and activities: the good, the bad and the ugly ü Challenge your thinking ü Explore your ideas and aspirations So that you can: ü Raise your profile ü Benefit from feedback ü Find some answers ü Make new contacts ü Build partnerships UKAD wants to raise awareness of the archives discovery agenda, while bringing in potential partners, developers, funders and others who can contribute to the debate and who could benefit from developing partnerships with the archives sector. We would like to hear your proposals around the following key themes: · Working with libraries and museums - learning from experiences of library, museum and cross-cultural discovery activities · Digital public spaces - including opportunities, risks, access and rights management · User-generated content - developments and lessons learned · Understanding the techies! - using mashups to expose and share archive data · Project updates - if you've presented at previous events, tell us how it's been going So start thinking and if you would like to contribute, then please send us a short (200 word maximum) summary of your proposed topic. Tell us how you would like to deliver or share it: formal talk, workshop, 'how-to' demonstration, small group, panel discussion, poster session or even a pecha kucha presentation, and let us know whether it would be most beneficial to a beginner or more experienced audience. If you need any inspiration, take a look at the feedback from last year's Forum: http://www.ukad.org/forum2012/ or read through the presentations: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/documenting-collections.htm You have until Friday 2 November 2012 to submit your ideas to: Cathy Williams (UKAD Secretary) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Looking forward to hearing from you! Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives Disclaimer This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the email. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra