[Dspace-general] UK & Ireland DSpace User Group Meeting - 17th May 2006

[Stuart David Lewis [sdl]]

[Apologies for cross posting or if this is irrelevant you]


Dear DSpace user,

The first official meeting of the UK & Ireland DSpace user group will be
held on Wednesday 17th May in London. The event is kindly being hosted
by BioMed Central. The meeting will take place between 10am and 4pm, but
will not get into full swing until 11am to allow people who live some
distance away to arrive. More details are available on the wiki pages
(http://wiki.dspace.org/UKUsergroupMeetings and
http://wiki.dspace.org/UKUsergroup)

Agenda: (subject to minor changes)
10.00 - 11.00 Introduction and chat with informal discussion on the
purpose, aims and future of the UK&I user group
11.00 - 12.30 IRRA talk and discussion (Claire Knowles) 
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 
13:30 - 14:00 Presentation from BioMed Central (Matt Cockerill) 
14:00 - 14:30 DSpace 2 - vision and issues (Jim Downing) 
14:00 - 15:30 Discussion about JISC funding and potential collaboration
15:30 - 16:00 Informal 'networking' time (participants may leave early
if they need to) 

To book: please email mark.merifield at biomedcentral.com

Participants are limited to 40, so early booking is recommended. 

Please include the following information: 
 - Name 
 - Email address 
 - The name of your institution
 - Your name will be posted on the wiki page under the participants
list. Please indicate if you would prefer your email address to be kept
private. 

The venue is: 

Globix Corp.,
Prospect House, 
80-110 New Oxford Street, 
London, 
WC1A 1HB

N.B. Some details are yet to be finalised, such as lunch, but we will
keep the wiki pages updated with new information as it arrives. Please
send any enquiries (not bookings) to sdl at aber.ac.uk