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The National Archives

The National Records of Scotland

Digital Scotland                               

 

RE-USE OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION

Workshop on Practical implications for the Scottish Cultural Sector

 

DATE:                    13 March 2015

TIME:                    10.30am to 1:00pm

VENUE:                The Dome, New Register House, Edinburgh

 

The European Directive on the re-use of public sector information (the PSI Directive) has been in place since 2003. The PSI Directive was amended in 2013, with measures to increase the number of public sector bodies which are subject to the Directive, extending the scope to Archives, Libraries and Museums.  See link below -

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/psi-directive-transposition-intro-guide.pdf

 

This workshop will be of interest to Scottish public sector archives, libraries, university libraries and museums which will be brought within the scope of the PSI Directive for the first time. It will explain what the amended Directive means for Scottish cultural sector bodies and the practical steps that can be taken to prepare – and places these developments in the context of the Scottish Open Data Strategy for Digital Scotland.

 

PROGRAMME.

10:15 am –          Registration and tea/coffee

10:30 am -           Welcome and Introduction

10:40 am -           Scottish Open Data Strategy

11:10 am -           Questions

11:30 am -           Marcia Jackson and Howard Davies from The National Archives (TNA), which is leading on the transposition of the Directive into UK law -

·         The purpose and operation of the Directive;

 

·         The amendments now being made;

 

·         The timetable for transposing the Directive;

 

·         The practical implications of the amendments;

 

·         Steps that attendees can take to ready themselves, including consideration of licensing options, procedures for pricing licensed information and defining public task.

12:45 pm -           Questions

1:00 pm -             Close

 

 

Please RSVP to - 

[log in to unmask], with the subject heading: Reuse of PSI seminar. 

 

Please include the name of your organisation and the name(s) of the people who will be attending.