Digitisation programme town meeting : JISC

Digitisation programme town meeting

JISC invites representatives of UK institutions and organisations to attend a Town Meeting on its forthcoming £3.8 million Digitisation Programme funded with the support of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW).

The new Digitisation programme aims to support the development of UK learning, teaching and research through the provision of new and sustainable e-resources in response to user(s) need(s). It is envisaged that a small number of large scale projects with a minimum allocation of £500,000 plus will be funded under this programme. However, this guideline should not discourage proposals from highly significant educational and research collections that may require funding at a lower level. A request for proposals for the new Digitisation programme is now available.

The town meeting will consist of presentations, parallel workshops on specific issues relating to digitisation, expert panel sessions and the opportunity to ask questions on the new call for proposals.

If you are unable to attend this event but would like to put some questions forward for consideration or to be raised at the event then please send an email to Dicky Maidment-Otlet, you will then be able to post to the Digitsation blog. The blog will be carrying information and reporting feedback as the event unfolds.

Draft programme

10.30 - 11.00	Registration and coffee
11.00 - 11.10	Welcome: Catherine Grout, Programme Director, JISC
11.10 - 11.30	Overview of the 2003-07 Digitisation Programme Philip Pothen, Press and PR Manager, JISC
11.30 - 12.00	Introduction to the Call for Participation Stuart Dempster, Programme Manager, JISC
12.00 - 12.30	Questions and Answers Chaired by Dicky Maidment-Otlet, Communications Manager, JISC
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 14.15	Parallel sessions 1. Technical Standards by Karla Young, TASI and Brian Kelly, UKOLN 2. Legal Standards by Jason Campbell, JISC Legal and David Sloan, TechDis 3. Use of innovative e-resources in E-Learning by JISC: Susan Eales, JISC
14.15 – 15.00	Panel sessions 1. Ask the experts on digitisation project management: Jane Shaw, Peter Findlay, Jeff Hulbert, Tony Franklin, Robert Kiley, Julian Ball 2. Business model and user(s) need(s): Lorraine Estelle, Collections Team Manager, JISC and Rightscom
15.00 - 15.30	Panel Session and Questions and Answers Chaired by Dicky Maidment-Otlet, Communications Manager, JISC with Catherine Grout, Stuart Dempster, and Joanna Potter, JISC
15.30	Close

Registration and enquiries

The town meeting is now full. Please advise Susan Kumari at JISC if you are unable to attend so that we can give your place to someone on our waiting list. If you would like to be put on the waiting list please contact Susan Kumari by Tuesday 18 April.

Places are limited and are restricted to one representative per institution or organisation on a first come first served basis. Complimentary lunch and light refreshments will be available.

All booking enquiries should be made to Susan Kumari at JISC.

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