Liz Lyon Director Designate Welcome and Joined Up Approach
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UKOLN provides leadership to libraries, information, and cultural heritage organizations as they transition to digital environments. The presentation discusses UKOLN's research, advice, and community building efforts. It also provides practical examples of UKOLN's work at the local, regional, national, and global levels, including projects focused on access, learning, metadata, and cultural heritage. Sharing knowledge through discussion and events is important for promoting a joined-up approach.
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Liz Lyon Director Designate Welcome and Joined Up Approach
- 1. Liz Lyon, Director Designate UKOLN Welcome and Introduction Supported by
- 2. “UKOLN provides technical and policy leadership to the library, information, and cultural heritage communities as they advance into networked environments. UKOLN pursues research and development, provides advice and consultancy, and promotes community-building and consensus-making through awareness and events services”.
- 3. .…but what about the joined up bit?
- 4. Some practical examplesSome practical examples Local • Division of Access and Continuing Studies • e-Tools for the e-University • Learning and teaching with interoperability Regional • Outreach and the community • Life of Bath • Bath and NE Somerset Library Services
- 5. Some more practical examplesSome more practical examples National • “Joined-up talking before joined-up thinking” • Metadata for Education Group • DNER and the Resource Discovery Network Global • Cultural heritage and memory institutions • CULTIVATE-EU and Cultivate Interactive • 15 partners in 12 European countries
- 6. Sharing the knowledgeSharing the knowledge • Discussion, debate and dissemination is vital • Bringing people together to talk and share views and experience • Conferences, workshops and other events • This is your opportunity to contribute to the joined-up approach
- 7. Sharing the knowledgeSharing the knowledge • Discussion, debate and dissemination is vital • Bringing people together to talk and share views and experience • Conferences, workshops and other events • This is your opportunity to contribute to the joined-up approach
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- I’d like to begin by welcoming you to the University of Bath and to this 3-day UKOLN Workshop. As you may know, I will be taking up my new post in October and so I’d like to spend just a few moments setting the scene by giving my “long-distance” view of the role of UKOLN in achieving a joined-up information environment. I’ll start by giving you the official line on what UKOLN does by quoting from a recent Press Release.
- UKOLN has adopted and contributed to a joined-up approach at many different organisational levels across many sectors, both locally here in Bath, and on a wider stage and I’d like to illustrate this with a few examples of current UKOLN activities and initiatives.
- UKOLN has recently relocated organisationally within the University to the Division of Access and Continuing Studies or DACS. This includes the Centre for the Development of New Technologies in Learning. UKOLN has collaborated with this Centre to combine expertise in L&T with the Interoperability Focus to work on an evaluation of electronic learning resources for the e-University. In the region, UKOLN is linking with public library services to bid for NOF funding to create the Life of Bath, which will provide a digital cultural resource bank about life in Bath today and during significant periods in the city’s history.
- Needless to say, I believe that you need to do some “joined-up talking” before you can have “joined-up thinking” and one of UKOLN’s roles is to bring people together to facilitate debate and discussion. A good example of this is the recent creation of the UK Metadata for Education Group which serves as an open forum for debating the description and provision of educational resources at all educational levels across the UK. The Group includes representatives from DfEE, NGfL, UfI, ReSource, People’s Network as well as HE and FE. Of course, there is also the DNER and the Resource Discovery Network but these will be covered later in the programme. My final example is on a much wider international scale and also reflects one of the other areas of work for UKOLN: cultural heritage institutions. UKOLN is a partner in an EU-funded project CULTIVATE which seeks to link the cultural heritage community through the establishment of a European Cultural Heritage Network. UKOLN is hosting the web magazine Cultivate Interactive.
- One other important UKOLN role which promotes the sharing of knowledge and expertise is organising conferences and workshops like this one. I’d like to encourage each of you to contribute to the joined-up approach through participating in the discussions but also to enjoy the workshop and the evening social events.