WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Day One: Thursday 11 December 2003

10:00am onwards

Set-up of posters

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Introduction by Margaret Harris, Director of the Research Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (RIHSS)

1:35pm

Alastair Dunning from the UK Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS), will give a presentation (1 hour), which will be followed by a discussion session (1 hour).

The AHDS is a UK national service funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee and the Arts and Humanities Research Board. The AHDS aids the discovery, creation, and preservation of digital collections in the arts and humanities.

Alastair will outline how the AHDS was set up, focussing its current operational aspects, and evaluation.

3:30pm

Afternoon Tea

4:00pm

Participants' Introductions and Poster Presentations

5:00pm

Presentation by Markus Buchhorn, Head of ANU Internet Futures and Grid Services Coordinator for Grangenet

5:30pm

Drinks/Dinner

Day Two: Friday 12 December

9:00am

Workshop Sessions: The Archive: Latitude and Longitude

Break into 3 groups for discussion on knowledge, current needs, and difficulties for e-humanities research:

Group 1: Text (Convenor: Ross Coleman)

Group 2: Maps, Images and VR (Convenor: Ian Johnson)

Group 3: Sound/video (Convenor: Linda Barwick)

10:30am

Morning Tea

11:00am

Feedback-to-group sessions

12:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Workshop Sessions: New Forms

Group 1: New Methodologies (teaching, research, analysis)

(Convenor: Hugh Craig)

Group 2: New Media and e-publication (blogs etc)

(Convenor: Ross Coleman)

Group 3: Harvesting and Gateways (databases etc.)

(Convenor: Jason Grossman)

3:00pm

Afternoon Tea

3:30pm

Feedback-to-group sessions

5:00pm

Drinks/Dinner

Day Three: Saturday 13 December

9:00am

Summarise outcomes of the workshop and plan for the next phase.

(if funding is received, the substance of the final report will need to be determined at this stage)