Edinburgh, Tuesday/Wednesday 25/26 August 1998 (lunchtime to lunctime)
Application Forms at:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/support/cc/staff/malcolm/bcs-emp.html
[APOLOGIES FOR CROSS_POSTING]
CULTURE, LEARNING AND THE DIGITAL FUTURE
A One-day Seminar (spread over two days) at Abden House, 1 Marchhall
Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 5HW
Government initiatives such as The National Grid for Learning, The
University for Industry and The People's Network envisage Information and
Communication Technology are taking an increasingly central role in the
support of formal schooling, lifelong learning and education in its widest
sense.
Cultural institutions such as libraries, archives and museums are being
encouraged to create digital content for the new learning infrastructures.
Several early initiatives in this area have taken place in Scotland, and
it seems appropriate to discuss them at a conference in Edinburgh,
particularly as the BCS will shortly have a Scot as its President.
(Professor Ian Ritchie is currently Deputy President and in the normal
course of events will become President in October at the BCS AGM, which
will also take place in Edinburgh.) The fact that August is Festival time
in Edinburgh, is, of course, simply a coincidence!
The Conference will be held in Abden House, a Scottish Baronial mansion in
landscaped grounds only one mile from the city centre and the headquarters
of the Scottish Cultural Resources Network (SCRAN), at the invitation of
its Chief Executive, Professor Bruce Royan. Accommodation will be in the
University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls of Residence next door.
Speakers (subject to final confirmation):
Ian Ritchie, Deputy President of the British Computer Society, will give a
Keynote Address. Quite apart from his distinguished position in the BCS,
Ian has been involved with electronic and multimedia publishing for a
number of years, with Office Workstations Ltd (OWL) and the Guide
hypertext system and now as Chairman of Multicosm Ltd, the developers of
Microcosm and Webcosm.
Mike Buckingham, Managing Director of Crossaig Ltd, will talk about
Electronic Publishing and the Future of Teleworking. Appointed to Crossaig
last year, Mike has very broad experience in both conventional and
electronic publishing.
Kate Byrne, Computer Manager of the Royal Commission on Ancient and
Historic Monuments of Scotland, will talk about the Royal Commission's
CANMORE (Computer Application for National Monuments Record Enquiries)
website.
Ray Land of the Teaching and Learning Assessment Centre, University of
Edinburgh, will discuss Learning Initiatives on the Metropolitan Area
Networks.
George Pitcher, Technical Manager of the eLib project SCOPE (Scottish
Collaborative On-Demand Publishing Enterprise) project, will talk about
The New UK National On-demand Publishing Service, HERON.
Bruce Royan will provide an update on the Scottish Cultural Resources
Access Network, which is building a vast educational multimedia resource
base from the museums, libraries and archives of Scotland.
Mike Spearman of the National Museums of Scotland will talk about
Multimedia in the New Museum of Scotland.
Chris Van der Kuyl, Chief Executive Officer of VIS Interactive plc, will
talk about Interactive Games and Learning.
There may also be a distinguished after-dinner speaker, but this is still
being arranged.
Registration forms are being sent to members, but can also be found on
the web site; see below.
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Name: David Penfold, Administrator
British Computer Society Electronic and Multimedia Publishing SG
30 Edgerton Road, Huddersfield HD3 3AD, UK
Tel 01484 519462; Fax 01484 451396; Mobile 0850 058544
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Group home page at URL:
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