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IWMW 2007: Next Steps for the Web Management Community

editor — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:00:00 +0000

Shirley Keane reports on the wide range of presentations given at this year's Institutional Web Management Workshop.

Torrential rain, thunder and lightening provided the backdrop to the Institutional Web Management Workshop [1], held this year at the University of York. Dramatic as they were, the conditions did not in any way dampen the enthusiasm of the delegates over the three days. The programme this year consisted of plenary sessions, discussion groups, parallel sessions and the famed social events. New this year was the IWMW Innovation Competition, where participants were invited to submit lightweight examples of innovative uses of Web technologies as well as the IWMW logo.

Web Focus: The WWW 2005 Conference

editor — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly provides his impressions including reports of areas of doubt and uncertainty - but also of an exciting new development.

About the WWW 2005 Conference

The WWW 2005 Conference was held in the Nippon Conference Centre in Chiba, Japan over 10-14 May 2005. This conference is the main event for the Web research community and provides an opportunity for researchers to present papers on research into developments in the Web infrastructure. In addition to its role for the research community, the conference also attracts delegates who are active in leading edge work in more mainstream areas.

RDN/LTSN Partnerships: Learning Resource Discovery Based on the LOM and the OAI-PMH

editor — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Andy Powell and Phil Barker explore the technical collaboration currently underway between the RDN and the LTSN and describe the RDN/LTSN LOM Application Profile and its use to support resource discovery.

Over the last eighteen months or so, the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has been funding some collaborative work between the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) Hubs [1] and Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) Centres [2]. The primary intention of these subject-based RDN/LTSN partnerships was to: