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Computing Cultures in the Humanities

The group is forming and will meet in February 2006. Although the group has not finalised its members and goals, it has been functioning throughout 2005.

Digital Archiving: Introducing the Flinders Academic Commons
A symposium presented by
The Flinders Humanities Research Centre
for Cultural Heritage and Cultural Exchange
and
Flinders University Library

Friday, 7 October 2005
Noel Stockdale Room, Central Library

Provisional Agenda

9:00 for 9:30 start

9:30 Professor Chris Marlin, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), Flinders University. Introduction, discussing the broader university contexts into which the Flinders Academic Commons project fits.

10:00 Speaker from Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories:
• Margaret Henty, Manager, Chifley Precinct, Library, Australian National University

10.45 Morning tea

11.15 Speaker from Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories:
• Ross Coleman, SORRT (Sustainable Object Repositories for Research and Training) Project Coordinator, Manager, Innovation and Development, University of Sydney Library

12.00 Professor Richard Maltby, Head, School of Humanities. Flinders Academic Commons: “The project as we envision it” (including time for questions).

12.30 Lunch

1.30 Doctor Robert Phiddian, Director, Flinders Humanities Research Centre for Cultural Heritage and Cultural Exchange. Introduction to the Flinders Academic Commons and digital archiving in the Humanities: What can be done? What is being done already here at Flinders?

2.00 Ian McBain, Associate Librarian (Reader Services), Flinders University. The RUBRIC project.

2.15 Tom Snook, Metadata Services Librarian, Flinders University. Introduction to metadata – what is it and why is it so important to get it right?

2.30 Katie Cavanagh, Lecturer in Digital Media Studies, Flinders University. The Nuts and Bolts: discussion and demonstration of the Flinders Academic Commons. How does it actually work?

3.00 Robert Phiddian: Closing summary, detail about upcoming workshops, and call for content.