Dear Colleagues,
With apologies for any cross-postings
'Opening Doors: web portals for the historic environment' on the 17th
June, 2003 at the British Museum.
A one day conference jointly hosted by the Historic Environment
Information Resources Network (HEIRNET) and the British Museum.
Everyone is talking about portals and 'Opening Doors' will explore
initiatives by heritage agencies, museums, universities and professional
bodies to provide integrated access to their own and related content to
serve the needs of their users. This conference presents an opportunity
for institutions to share their experiences in developing portals.
Portals promise much but how can the sector make the most of their
deployment? The emphasis of the day will be on developing an overview
and considering ways of serving user communities now and in the future -
technology will be kept to a minimum. This conference will be a good
opportunity to explore solutions, to share experiences and create a
basis for future partnerships.
Who should attend?
The conference will be a forum for lively debate between senior managers
and policy makers from across the breadth of the cultural heritage
sector.
Programme:
'Open Sesame? The challenges and opportunities of meeting users' needs
on-line.' Elizabeth Hallam Smith, Director of Public Services, The
National Archives: Public Record Office
'Portal proliferation: good, bad, or just confused?' Paul Miller, UKOLN.
'A Fistful of Portals - creating cultural content together', David
Dawson, Re:source
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'HEIRPORT: an experimental portal for the historic environment',
Julian Richards, Archaeology Data Service
'Mediating content for new audiences', Diana Murray, RCAHMS
'What are we publishing this data for? The Portable Antiquities
website', Roger Bland, Portable Antiquities Scheme website
'Portals in a Welsh context', Hilary Malaws, RCAHMW
Alex Dawson, mda
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'Transforming web content by focusing on the user', Jill Finney,
Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications, British Library
'The Future is Coming, and it's User-shaped!', Mike Pringle, English
Heritage
'Who's that at the door? Finding out who's out there and what they
want.', Alice Grant, Cultural Heritage Consortium,
'Cybrarian: Opening the locks', Atul Sharda, Cybrarian Project,
Department for Education and Skills
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Registration:
The conference will run from 9.30 hrs - 16.30 hrs on Tuesday 17th June
and will take place in the Clore Education Centre at the British Museum.
The cost of £45 includes lunch and refreshments. A booking form and more
information about the programme can be found at:
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/heirnet/conference.html
or by contacting Kate Fernie by email at [log in to unmask]
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Kate Fernie
Project Officer
Archaeology Data Service: The Dept of Archaeology,
University of York, The Kings' Manor, York, YO1 7EP, UK
email: [log in to unmask] tel: 0044 (0)1904 433973
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