Working With HERO

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Working With HERO

• Brian Kelly, UKOLN
• Sarah Austin, Epic
• Quentin North, Epic

Summary This workshop session aims to provide an
opportunity for participants to find out ways of
providing data to the HERO portal and to discuss
the range of models applicable to their
institution
UKOLN is funded by Resource The Council for
Museums, Archives and Libraries, the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the
Higher and Further Education Funding Councils, as
well as by project funding from the JISC and the
European Union. UKOLN also receives support
from the University of Bath where it is based.
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Timetable

• 2.00 2.10 Introduction
• 2.10 2.15 What you'd like from the session
  (ALL)
• 2.15 2.35 Providing input to HERO (EPIC)
• 2.35 2.50 The problems and challenges within
  our institutions (ALL)
• 2.50 3.10 Addressing these challenges (ALL)
• 3.10 3.20 The next steps in our institutions
• 3.20 3.30 Conclusions

The timetable is subject to change
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Session Facilitators

• Brian Kelly, UKOLN
• Member of HERO (nee HE Mall) Steering Group
• Chair of HERO Technical Advisory Group
• Represents interests of Institutional Web
  Managers
• Facilitates links with JISC services
• Sarah Austin, EPIC
• HERO Producer
• Quentin North, EPIC
• Lead Technical Architect

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The HERO TAG

• Background
• HE Mall meeting for Web Managers on 17 June 1999
  attracts 40
• Brian Kelly asked to join Steering Group to
  represent Web Managers interests
• Following award of tender to EPIC Web Manager
  focus group formed to review HERO's technical
  architecture and information flow models
• Focus group renamed HERO Technical Advisory Group
  at meeting on 2 June 2000
• Members Colin Work (Southampton), Gareth
  McAleese (Ulster), Helen Sargan (Cambridge),
  Damon Querry (Newcastle), Andrew Savory (UEA),
  Matt Cownie (NHM), Brian Kelly (UKOLN) and Chris
  Harris (HERO)

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Our Main Interests

• Due to short timescales, HERO-TAG is focussing
  efforts on 3 key areas
• The Information Flow Model
• How should institutions provide data to HERO
• The Classification Scheme
• What subject classification scheme should be
  employed to support user navigation of the Web
  site
• Reviewing HERO's Software and Hardware
  Infrastructure
• Commenting on EPIC's proposed hardware and
  software infrastructure

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Your Interests and Concerns
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• In small groups or 2 or 4 spend a few minutes
  discussing
• What you would like to gain from the session
• What your main concerns about the HERO portal are

2.10-2.15
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Data Input to HERO
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• A demonstration and talk by Sarah Austin and
  Quentin North

2.15-2.30
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Your Feedback

• Please give your comments on the demonstration
  (either during the demonstration or at the end)

2.30-2.35
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The Challenges

• In small groups discuss the challenges you will
  face in providing data for HERO
• Include
• Technical difficulties
• Political / human barriers
• Resourcing / prioritisation issues
• Other concerns you may have

2.35-2.50
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Addressing the Challenges

• A group discussion on solutions to the challenges
  which have been raised

2. 50-3.10
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The Next Steps

• As a group formulate action plans for the next
  steps within our institutions
• Note that this will be used in the report-back
  tomorrow morning

3. 10-3.20
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Conclusions

• What conclusions have we reached
• For our institutions
• For HERO plc
• For EPIC

3. 20-3.30