The document outlines the structure and objectives of parallel sessions for Day 2 of an institutional web management event, focusing on seven key topics including web design, intranets, navigation, legal issues, and metadata. Each session will include a mix of presentations and group discussions, guided by various coordinators from different institutions. Recommendations for future work will be formulated based on the discussions, with summaries to be provided the following morning.

1. Institutional Web
Management:
The Next Steps
Parallel Sessions for Day 2

2. 2
About The Parallel Sessions
Summary:
• Seven sessions from 2.00-5.30 on Wednesday
• 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:
– Design, Access, Accessibility
– Intranets and Extranets
– Web Site Navigation
– Legal, Decent, Honest and True
– Whose Site Is It Anyway?
– Web Tools
– Metadata – Has The Time Arrived?

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A – Design, Access, Accessibility
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
• Additional support provided by Paul Booth (DISinHE)

4. 4
B – Intranets and Extranets
Session Aims:
• To allow delegates to share experiences in this exciting area of
information delivery development.
• To define intranets, explore the current state of play in institutions
and tackle content and Intellectual Property, authentication and
access control and the implications for personalisation of web
access.
• To look at the software and tools which institutions have employed
in their Intranet development.
• To explore how institutions may share experience as they proceed
with development.
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, hands-on exercises and group discussion
• Coordinated by James Currall, Glasgow University
• Additional support provided by Sarah Larder & Mike Vine (Edge
Hill), Duncan Brennan (St Andrews), Colin Farrow (Glasgow) and
Andrew Cox (SBU)

5. 5
C – Web Site Navigation
Session Aims:
• To be completed
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, hands-on exercises and group
discussion
• Coordinated by Helen Varley Sargan, Cambridge University
• Additional support provided by Danny Sullivan

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D – Legal, Decent and Honest
Session Aims:
• To address a number of legal issues associated with the
provision of institutional web services
About the Session:
• The WWW is fast becoming a legal minefield. Not only is the
application of current legislation to the Web a grey area, but
upcoming new legislation - particularly in the areas of
copyright and data protection - may mean that current
acceptable practice may not be good enough
• In this session, we will be exploring the key issues. We will
strive to clarify your understanding of the problems, and
together aim to identify those areas that require action ...
either by individual webmasters, or at a community level.
• Three breakout groups will discuss Copyright, Data
Protection and Acceptable Use Policy
• Coordinated by Colin Work, Southampton University
• Additional support provided by Adrian Tribe

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E – Whose Site Is It Anyway?
The Career of a Web Editor
Session Aims:
The session will address a variety of issues of concern to
institutional web editors including:
• Getting a job: Job Titles and descriptions
• Managing the Job: Institutional Models
• Being supported: Advice, Guidance and Training
• Being a Professional: Professional Organisations
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, and group discussion
• Coordinated by Miles Banberry, University of Kent at
Canterbury
• Additional support provided by Kris Fearon

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F – Metadata: Has The Time
Arrived?
Session Aims:
• To enable participants to find out more about the HE Mall
• To discuss institutional obstacles to the development of new
web services such as the Mall
• To consider business models for the development of new
services
• To consider possible solutions to implementing the Mall
• To consider how institutional involvement with the Mall may
provide additional local benefits
About the Session:
• Mixture of presentations, hands-on exercises and group
discussion
• Coordinated by Brian Kelly, UKOLN
• Additional support provided by Alan Robiette and Chris
Harris

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