Running An Institutional Web Service: Introduction

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• Brian Kelly
• UK Web Focus
• UKOLN
• University of Bath
• B.Kelly_at_ukoln.ac.uk

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UK Web Focus

• UK Web Focus
• National web coordination post for UK HE
  community
• Based at UKOLN, University of Bath
• Responsibilities include
• Technology watch
• Information dissemination in variety of ways
• Workshops (national, regional)
• Presentations at conferences and seminars
• Online
• Coordination activities
• Representing JISC on W3C
• Brian Kelly appointed on 1st November 1996
• Involved with web since January 1993
• Previously worked at University of Newcastle,
  Leeds, Liverpool, and Loughborough

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About The Workshop

• The Running An Institutional Web Service
  workshop
• Aimed at members of a web team responsible for
  managing institutional UK HE web services
• Speakers from within the HE community
• Provides opportunity for interaction with fellow
  participants
• Ambitious programme
• The beginning, not the end, for webmaster support
  

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Workshop Participants

• 90 workshop participants from various communities

Estimates Sys Admin - 15 Application Support -
20 Web Editors - 40 Information Providers -
40 Managers - 20 Designers - 10 From Computing
services - 60 Library - 10 Academic depts -
5 Admin / PR / etc. - 8 Research council - 10
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Workshop Topics

• A wide range of topics will be covered, in formal
  presentations, discussion sessions, informal
  discussions and briefing papers.

Accessibility
W3C
Web Focus
Caching
Systems Staff
Content Specialists
Networking for Webmasters
Security / Performance
Design
WebFutures
Metadata
Web Tools
Information Flow
Database Integration
Information Managers
Applications Staff
Talk
Browsers
Talk / Discussion
Briefing Paper
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Your Interests

• "The site is beginning to get out of hand! I
  need to rethink our processes on getting
  information on to the web"
• "De-mystery metadata!"
• "Touch base with others in similar role.
  Interested in how different institutions approach
  the practicalities of HTML writing. Interested
  in how new technologies are being used"
• "The people problem getting ordinary users to
  change their ways of working and thinking"

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Timetable - Day 1

• Introduction 1.30 - 1.45
• Design Issues
• Information Flow
• Networking for Webmasters
• Coffee 3.05 - 3.25
• Database Integration
• Security
• Caching
• Web Tools
• Next Year's Web
• Plans For Tomorrow
• Finish 6.00

Most talks will last for about 25 minuteswith
time for questions
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Timetable - Day 2
This timetable is flexible

• Introduction 09.00
• Group Sessions 09.20 - 10.45
• Coffee 10.45 - 11.10
• Report Back 11.10 - 11.40
• Conclusions 11.40 - 12.30
• Finish 12.30

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Questions?