JIBS will host this one day conference aimed at library and information practitioners, within the higher and further education sectors. As electronic content and sources of information, provided by academic libraries, become greater and vaster, the need for federated searching technologies has increased. This conference will introduce delegates to the concepts of federated searching (also known as meta-searching) of library content, and will illustrate some of the current developments and initiatives within this field. Presentations will include experiences of implementing a federated search engine, and also the development of bespoke federated searching for specific institutions and for a specific sector. For those currently involved in federated searching, or even interested parties who are new to the concept, this conference will provide plenty of thought provoking examples of the current federated searching climate.
The workshop is FREE to members of organisations that are JIBS members and 50 GBP to non members. To find out if your Institution is a member, please see our web site. See below for the booking form which you should print out and post.
Lunch and Tea / coffee included.
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| 10.00-10.30 |
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| 10.30-10.40 |
Welcome from Chair Welcome and introduction: Linda Humphreys, Chair of JIBS, University of Bath |
| 10-40-11.20 |
Federated - or Metasearch: an overview: What does it do? Why does it matter? Jenny Walker, Xrefer (Formerly of Ex Libris) and co-chair NISO Metasearch Initiative |
| 11.20-12.00 |
ELIN@Lund, a home grown, bespoke institutional Federated Search
tool: Lotte Jorgenson, University of Lund, Sweden |
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12.00-13.15 |
Lunch (in the Haworth Room) |
| 13:15 - 13.40 | JIBS AGM |
| 13.40-14.20 |
Developing Federated Searching for the FE sector: Lise Robinson, OCLC & Clare Holden, Loughborough College |
| 14.20-14.40 |
The Edina/Mimas perspective Andrew Bevan, EDINA |
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14.40-15.00 |
Tea/Coffee |
| 15.00-15.30 |
Searcher: the WebFeat-based federated search service at the University of Edinburgh: Liz Stevenson and Morag Watson, University of Edinburgh |
| 15.30-16.00 |
Federated Searching – Why bother? Gary Horrocks, Research and Learning Liaison Manager, Kings College London |
| 16.00-16.30 | Discussion |
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16:30 |
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The Main Library, John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester. Registration and coffee are taking place in the Parkinson Room, Main Library. The presentations are in the User Education Room in the Main Library.
For directions to the John Rylands University Library , please locate the Main Library on the website: Directions to John Rylands University Library
To book onto the conference, please complete the following details and return to Denise Watkins by post, email or Fax:
Denise Watkins Fax: 01295 722875
Denise Watkins
BOOKING FORM
I wish to attend the JIBSUG seminar on Wednesday 22nd November 2006
NAME:
INSTITUTION:
JOB TITLE:
TELEPHONE NO:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
Complete whichever of the following applies to you:
* My organisation is a member of JIBS: Yes / No
* I enclose my cheque made payable to JIBSUG £......................
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* Please send invoice to:
I require a receipt [ ]
Special dietary requirements:
Please use a separate form for each individual application.
The closing date for application is Monday 13th November.
Cancellations will be accepted up to one week before the seminar after which time payment of the full fee will still be charged.
If you are interested in joining or learning more about JIBS please go to the JIBS User Group webpage at JIBS User group Webpage.
N.B. For bookings cancelled after 13th November the full fee may be charged.
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Enquiries about the seminar may be sent to email to Linda Humphreys.