UKOLN News

Ann Chapman of UKOLN has taken on this role following the resignation of the previous chair, Sally Strutt of the British Library. The Committee is responsible for UK input into the creation of “Resource Description and Access” (RDA), the new edition in preparation of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR).

Slides are now available from the presentation entitled “Digital Archiving” to the East Anglia Online User Group (EAOLUG) given by Maureen Pennock of UKOLN. The event, called “Digital Archives and Records Management”, took place at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, on 23 May 2006.

Netskills are running a workshop entitled “Database Design and SQL” at the University of Bath as a precursor to the Institutional Web Management
Workshop 2006. Places are still available for this 1-day workshop which begins at 9.30a.m. on Tuesday 13 June.

Maureen Pennock of UKOLN will give a presentation on Digital Archives at the East Anglia Online User Group (EAOLUG) bi-annual meeting on 23 May in Cambridge.

Due to a high number of registrations, bookings for the Workshop, to be held in Bath 14-16 June, have closed early.

Maureen Pennock of UKOLN will give a presentation on Digital Archives at the East Anglia Online User Group (EAOLUG) bi-annual meeting on 23 May in Cambridge.

UKOLN is a partner in Collections Link, the recently launched advisory service for collections management, and will contribute to the online library of factsheets and guidelines on best practice and standards.

A poster entitled “Archiving Web Site Resources: A Records Management View”, co-authored by Maureen Pennock and Brian Kelly of UKOLN, will form part of the poster exhibition at the 15th International World Wide Web Conference.

A poster entitled “Personalization and Accessibility: Integration of Library and Web Approaches”, co-authored by Ann Chapman and Brian Kelly of UKOLN, Liddy Nevile of La Trobe University and Andy Heath, consultant, will form part of the poster exhibition at the 15th International World Wide Web Conference.

UKOLN will be holding an Open Forum on the morning of Wednesday 14 June 2006, prior to the annual Institutional Web Management Workshop. The Open Forum, which will start at 10.00, will provide an opportunity to hear about a number of UKOLN”s activities and for participants to give feedback and to discuss the implications of such work. The Open Forum is open to all.