Slides for talk given at IWMW 1998 held at the University of Newcastle on 15-17 September 1998. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-sep1998/materials/

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Institutional Web
Management:
About the Parallel Sessions
Brian Kelly Email:
UKOLN B.Kelly@ukoln.ac.uk
University of Bath URL:
Bath, BA2 7AY http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
UKOLN is funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre, the
Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding
Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC’s Electronic Libraries
Programme and the European Union.
UKOLN also receives support from the University of Bath where it is based.

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About the Parallel Sessions
Summary:
• Five parallel sessions will be held from 1.30-5.30 on
Wednesday afternoon
• Agenda and timings determined by coordinators
• Will provide:
– Opportunity for discussions and debate
– Opportunity for more in-depth coverage of topics
– Recommendations for future work
• Reporters will summarise on Thursday morning
• Topics:
– Institutional Web Design – Metadata Management
– Server Management – Web Tools
– Management Issues

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A - Metadata Management
Session Aims:
• Identify why metadata is needed
• Review current metadata standards
• Discuss models for managing metadata
• Agree on steps forwards
• Opportunity to see examples of metadata applications
and metadata management software
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, hands-on and paper
exercises and group discussions
• Coordinated by Andy Powell and Brian Kelly, UKOLN

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B - Server Management
Session Aims:
• To provide an opportunity for Web server administrators
to discuss topics of interest.
• To describe and discuss models and tools for institutional
web indexing.
• To describe and discuss web security issues
• To describe and discuss caching models and tools.
• To discover how other institutions are managing their
web servers.
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations and group discussions
• Coordinated by Andrew Cormack, Cardiff and Helen
Varley Sargan, Cambridge

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C - Institutional Web Design
Session Aims:
• To allow participants to develop a critique of institutional web
design through practical analysis and discussion
• To demonstrate, consider and discuss methods of creating
effective web content from existing documents
• To look at effective ways of creating and responding to a web
design brief, through presentations and practical work.
• To give participants the opportunity to see how other institutions
are tackling these issues
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, hands-on exercises and group
discussion
• Coordinated by Andrew Aird, Goldsmiths College
• Includes contributions from commercial web designers

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D - Web Tools
Session Aims:
• To provide an opportunity for participants to try out a
range of web tools which may be new to them.
• To discuss issues related to the provision and support
of various types of web tools.
• To advise the UCISA-SG Web Tools group.
• To try out some of the services described by speakers
during the workshop
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, hands-on and paper
exercises and group discussions
• Coordinated by David Lomas, Salford and Dave
Hartland, Netskills

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E - Management Issues
Session Aims:
• To provide advice, guidelines and practical tips on
managing a WWW service
• Identify key areas where further work can be done at a
community wide level, and suggest some practical future
activities
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, hands-on and paper exercises
and group discussions
• Will cover information flow, acceptable use policies,
supporting information providers, role of a "Webmaster"
and promoting web services
• Coordinated by Colin Work, Southampton and Damon
Querry, Newcastle

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Questions?