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Running An
Institutional Web Service:
Introduction
Brian Kelly
UK Web Focus
UKOLN
University of Bath
B.Kelly@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
Systems
Administrators
Applications
support staff
Web /
CWIS editors
Information
providers
Managers
/ policy
makers
Designers
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
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.
Security /
Performance
Information
Flow
Networking for
Webmasters
Database
Integration
Web
Futures
Web Focus
Caching
Design
Web Tools
Browsers
Metadata
W3C
Accessibility
Talk
Briefing Paper Talk / Discussion

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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 minutes
with time for questions

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Timetable - Day 2
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
This timetable
is flexible

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Questions?

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Questions?