Dec 1, 2024, 6pm EST

Venezuelan Films in Spanish movie screening: Ninos de las Brisas. The film will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles.

This is the third of three Venezuelan movies that make up this semester's Films in Spanish, a Department of Romance Studies DEIJ initiative that brings focus to social justice issues in the Hispanic world through film screenings.

Film #1: Hermano, October 20
Film #2: La soledad, November 17

Previous editions of Films in Spanish (FIS) include: queer FIS, disability FIS, Jewish FIS, Indigenous FIS, and domestic service FIS.

Building: Olin Center
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Room 0011
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Social Justice/Human Rights
Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences
Event Sponsor Details: Department of Romance Studies
Event Admission: Free

Nov 21, 2024, 8pm EST

The Film and Media Studies Program is hosting "the Hyper-Reel", a new 6-week screening series curated by Adrian Wong and Kyle Petty, on select Thursdays. Come watch films that you've been meaning to or discover new ones you need to see!

Building: Barnum Hall
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Barnum 008
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Students (Graduate), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Performance
Subject: Arts/Media
More info: www.fms-narratives.blog…

Nov 21, 2024, 6pm EST

Election 2024 is over... what now? Join a panel conversation with Tufts faculty exploring how the election results might affect domestic and international politics, including key policy issues. Food provided!

No RSVP necessary, and all are welcome.

Building: Dowling Hall
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Dowling Hall 745
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Faculty, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Elections, Politics/Policy/Law, Public Service/Government
Event Sponsor Details: Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the International Relations Program, and Tisch College
RSVP Information: tischcollege.tufts.edu…
Event Admission: Free
More info: tischcollege.tufts.edu…

Nov 21, 2024, 12pm EST

Sydney Giacalone, doctoral candidate in anthropology at Brown University, researches multigenerational farmers and ranchers across the U.S. who are transitioning away from conventional practices towards environmentally and social repairing approaches. This experience often involves questioning past education and internalized ideologies and learning to collaborate with nonhuman life to repair degraded ecologies. Join Giacaloneto learn more about her research.

Building: Curtis Hall
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Curtis Hall Multipurpose Room (474 Boston Ave., Medford, MA)
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends
Event Type: Academic Date/Deadline, Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Event Sponsor Details: Environmental Studies Program
Event Contact Name: Sinet Kroch
Event Contact Email: sinet.kroch@tufts.edu
RSVP Information: RSVP only needed for virtual attendants
More info: tufts.zoom.us…

Nov 21, 2024, 9am EST

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for you to make your voice heard as we embark on the ELEVATE initiative—a transformative, multi-year campaign aimed at advancing institutional inclusive excellence across Tufts. Join us to share your thoughts and perspectives as it relates to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and access (DEIJA) at Tufts.

Online Location Details: RSVP for Zoom link
Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence
Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence (IIE)
Event Contact Email: elevate@tufts.edu
RSVP Information: docs.google.com…
More info: diversity.tufts.edu…

Nov 20, 2024, 12:15pm EST

Speakers:

Bruno Ciceri, Stella Maris



Chris Williams, Fisheries Section Coordinator of the International Transport Workers' Federation



Noel Adabblah, Fisherman



Moderated by Jess Sparks, Assistant Professor, Friedman School

Online Location Details: Details provided via email
Building: Jaharis Family Center for Biomedical and Nutrition Sciences
Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus
City: Boston, MA 02111
Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus
Location Details: *Jaharis 118 and Online, Please note that this Speaker Series event will NOT be held in Behrakis Auditorium
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence, Health/Wellness
Event Sponsor: Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
RSVP Information: No RSVP necessary
Event Admission: Free

Nov 19, 2024, 6:30pm EST

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for you to make your voice heard as we embark on the ELEVATE initiative—a transformative, multi-year campaign aimed at advancing institutional inclusive excellence across Tufts. Join us to share your thoughts and perspectives as it relates to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and access (DEIJA) at Tufts.

This session is open to students only.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence
Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence (IIE)
Event Contact Email: elevate@tufts.edu
RSVP Information: docs.google.com…
More info: diversity.tufts.edu…

Nov 19, 2024, 2pm EST

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for you to make your voice heard as we embark on the ELEVATE initiative—a transformative, multi-year campaign aimed at advancing institutional inclusive excellence across Tufts. Join us to share your thoughts and perspectives as it relates to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and access (DEIJA) at Tufts.

Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence
Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence (IIE)
Event Contact Email: elevate@tufts.edu
RSVP Information: docs.google.com…
More info: diversity.tufts.edu…

Nov 18, 2024, 6:30pm EST

Join Tisch College for a private screening of a new documentary based on the groundbreaking work and leadership of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Frances Hesselbein. A true "pioneer for women, volunteerism, diversity, and opportunity,” Hesselbein was one of the most important figures in the leadership movement, where her influence extended from nonprofit management to corporate boards to the U.S. Army. Defining Moments shares the extraordinary impact of Hesselbein’s work, while exploring how her ideas can help leaders today safeguard a democracy under threat.

Building: Barnum Hall
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Barnum LL08
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Event Contact Name: Jessica Byrnes, Senior Communications Manager
Event Contact Email: jessica.byrnes@tufts.edu
More info: www.eventbrite.com…

Nov 18, 2024, 12pm EST

This seminar is part of the Animal Matters Seminar Series presented by Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy.

Housing insecurity for tenants has increased in severity in the last several years as rents have skyrocketed and eviction rates have, in many cities, climbed higher than even pre-pandemic levels, according to a 2024 Harvard study. Today, more renters than ever are experiencing at least moderate rent burden as unaffordability in the rental market hit an all-time high in 2022.  Housing insecurity directly impacts peoples' ability to acquire and keep pets for life. There is a small, but growing body of research to better understand the impact of rental housing conditions on pets, pet owners, and animal shelters in the U.S. and how this issue relates to broader affordable housing and tenants’ rights social justice advocacy.

This presentation will share the results of three research projects, co-authored by our guest speaker Lauren Loney, a licensed attorney, researcher, and advocate crafting policies and lobbying on a variety of issues at local, state, and federal levels. Her talk will address the impact of restrictive pet policies in rental housing on pets, animal shelters, and the tenants who love them. Join us to learn about trends in pet relinquishment due to housing issues and several programmatic tools that may be most useful to mitigate the flow of these pets into animal shelters.

Online Location Details: tufts.zoom.us…
Building: Agnes Varis Campus Center
Campus Location: Grafton campus
City: North Grafton, MA 01536
Campus: Grafton campus
Location Details: Agnes Varis Auditorium (AVA), Joining remotely? Register in advance here., After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Education, Health/Wellness, Humanities, Politics/Policy/Law, Public Service/Government, Social Justice/Human Rights, Veterinary Medicine
Event Sponsor: Center for Animals and Public Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Event Sponsor Details: Tufts Center for Animals and Public Policy
Event Contact Email: capp@tufts.edu
Event Admission: Free
More info: go.tufts.edu…

Nov 18, 2024, 10:30am EST

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for you to make your voice heard as we embark on the ELEVATE initiative—a transformative, multi-year campaign aimed at advancing institutional inclusive excellence across Tufts. Join us to share your thoughts and perspectives as it relates to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and access (DEIJA) at Tufts.

Online Location Details: RSVP for Zoom link
Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence
Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence (IIE)
Event Contact Email: elevate@tufts.edu
RSVP Information: docs.google.com…
More info: diversity.tufts.edu…

Nov 17, 2024, 6pm EST

Venezuelan Films in Spanish movie screening: La soledad. The film will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles.

This is the second of three Venezuelan movies that make up this semester's Films in Spanish, a Department of Romance Studies DEIJ initiative that brings focus to social justice issues in the Hispanic world through film screenings.

Film #1: Hermanos, October 20
Film #3: Ninos de las Brisas, December 1

Previous editions of Films in Spanish (FIS) include: queer FIS, disability FIS, Jewish FIS, Indigenous FIS, and domestic service FIS.

Building: Olin Center
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Room 0011
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Social Justice/Human Rights
Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences
Event Sponsor Details: Department of Romance Studies
Event Admission: Free

Nov 15, 2024, 5pm EST

Join the Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir as they present their spring concert under the direction of David Coleman.

Building: Aidekman Arts Center
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Cohen Auditorium, Aidekman Arts Center
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Students (Graduate), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Performance
Subject: Arts/Media
Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences
Event Sponsor Details: Anna Grffis
Event Contact Name: Anna Grffis
Event Contact Email: anna.griffis@tufts.edu
Event Admission: Tickets are $7 for general admission seating and can be purchased at www.tuftsdramadancetickets.com.
More info: as.tufts.edu…

Nov 15, 2024, 11am EST

We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for you to make your voice heard as we embark on the ELEVATE initiative—a transformative, multi-year campaign aimed at advancing institutional inclusive excellence across Tufts. Join us to share your thoughts and perspectives as it relates to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and access (DEIJA) at Tufts.

Online Location Details: Zoom
Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Parents, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Community Engagement
Subject: Diversity/Identity/Inclusive Excellence
Event Sponsor Details: Office of the Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence (IIE)
Event Contact Email: elevate@tufts.edu
RSVP Information: docs.google.com…
More info: diversity.tufts.edu…

Nov 14, 2024, 6:30pm EST

The Center for Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) invites the Tufts community to join us on November 14 for a poetry reading with Daisy Atterbury and Adrienne Raphael, moderated by Professor Sarah Akant.

Daisy Atterbury is a poet, essayist and scholar. Daisy’s most recent book, The Kármán Line (2024), investigates queer life and fantasies of space and place with an interest in unraveling colonial narratives in the American Southwest.

Adrienne Raphel is the author of Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them and the poetry collections Our Dark Academia and What Was It For. She teaches writing at CUNY Baruch and lives in Brooklyn.

All are welcome. Contact humanities@tufts.edu with questions.

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Somerville, MA 02144
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: Conference Room
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Humanities
Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences
Event Sponsor Details: Tufts University
Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper
Event Contact Email: amanada.pepper@tufts.edu
Event Contact Phone: 2037639353
RSVP Information: No RSVP needed
Event Admission: Free
More info: humanities.tufts.edu…

Nov 14, 2024, 4pm EST

All are welcome to come to the Fung House (48 Professors Row, Medford) on Thursday, November 14, at 4 p.m. to hear Professor Barbara Graziosi from Princeton University discuss how AI can be used in the reconstruction of ancient texts. This event will be moderated by Gregory Crane, chair of the Tufts Department of Classical Studies.

Graziosi is the Ewing Professor of Greek Language and Literature, and the department chair of the Department of Classics at Princeton University. Her research focuses on ancient Greek literature and the ways in which different readers, through time and across the globe, make it their own.

This event is available in person and on Zoom. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Building: Fung House 48 Professors Row
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Somerville, MA 02144
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Open to Public: Yes
Primary Audience(s): Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Humanities, Innovation
Event Sponsor: School of Arts and Sciences
Event Sponsor Details: Tufts University
Event Contact Name: Amanda Pepper
Event Contact Email: amanada.pepper@tufts.edu
Event Contact Phone: 2037639353
RSVP Information: No RSVP needed
Event Admission: Free
More info: humanities.tufts.edu…

Nov 13, 2024, 6pm EST

Learn the ins and outs of starting a hardware startup and explore similarities and differences with other types of new venture creation.

Building: Joyce Cummings Center
Campus Location: Medford/Somerville campus
City: Medford, MA 02155
Campus: Medford/Somerville campus
Location Details: 177 College Ave, Medford
Wheelchair Accessible (for in-person events): Yes
Open to Public: No
Primary Audience(s): Alumni and Friends, Faculty, Staff, Students (Graduate), Students (Postdoctoral), Students (Undergraduate)
Event Type: Lecture/Presentation/Seminar/Talk
Subject: Business, Innovation
Event Sponsor: Gordon Institute
Event Sponsor Details: Derby Entrepreneurship Center
Event Contact Name: Carol Denning
Event Contact Email: carol.denning@tufts.edu
RSVP Information: go.tufts.edu…
Event Admission: Free
More info: go.tufts.edu…

Dec 11, 2024, 12pm EST

Multicultural Fellows Council (MFC) Meeting w/ Dean Damian Archer

December 11, 2024
12pm-1pm
MEB 114 East

Building: Tufts Center for Medical Education
Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus
City: Boston, MA 02111
Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus
Location Details: MEB 114 East
Open to Public: No
Event Type: Other

Nov 18, 2024, 12pm EST

Multicultural Fellows Council (MFC) Meeting w/ Dean Jose Caro

November 18, 2024
12pm-1pm
MEB 216 A

Building: Tufts Center for Medical Education
Campus Location: Boston Health Sciences campus
City: Boston, MA 02111
Campus: Boston Health Sciences campus
Location Details: MEB 216 A
Open to Public: No
Event Type: Other

The Parallel Session booking form is now available. Delegates can choose two parallel sessions from the 18 available. [2006-04-24]

Delegate information on venue, registration, travel, accommodation and other aspects of the workshop is now available. [2006-05-25]

As part of the evaluation of collaborative technologies a plenary talk and a panel session at IWMW 2006 will be available on the Access Grid. Please contact your local Access Grid support team if you would like to participate. [2006-06-13]

Martin Belcher is Project Manager for the Internet Development Group, Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol. Martin is responsible for the consultancy activities of the ILRT. These mainly take a Web-based focus and include Web site design, implementation, service specification development, usability and accessibility audits, online strategy development and various forms of Web-focused training. Recent clients include; JISC, ESRC, University of Bristol, Bank of England, the Institute of Fiscal Studies, National Maritime Museum, BMW. Martin has been working for the University of Bristol in Internet related projects since 1994. Previous to that he studied, and sometimes practiced, in the fields of archaeology and geology.

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a JISC-funded post which provides advice for the UK Higher and Further Education communities on Web developments.

The workshop timetable and details of the sessions and speakers was released. [2005-04-08]

Details of the dates of the parallel sessions were released. [2005-04-17]

The online booking form for the parallel workshop sessions is now available. [2005-06-03]

The official closing date for bookings for the parallel session was Wednesday 15 June 2005. [2005-06-15]

Further information on travel details is now available.

The slides used in the "Lies, Damn Lies and Web Statistics", "WHS WEB S IT NEWY? - Including Mobile Phone Users in the Loop" and "How to Find a Needle in the Haystack" parallel sessions and the report from the South East regional group on CMSs are now available. [2005-07-13]

The slides used in the 'Democratising the Web: The Revenge of The Non-techie' and 'Inter-institutional Authorisation using Shibboleth: Myths, Lies and the Truth' parallel sessions and the report from the North West regional group meeting on CMS challenges are now available. [2005-07-15]

An audio recording in MP3 format of Stephen Emmott's talk on "Customers, Suppliers, and the Need for Partnerships" is now available. The accompanying PowerPoint file is also available, so that it should be possible to both listen to the talk and view the slides at the same time. It is left as an exercise to any motivated SMIL developer to create a SMIL presentation which automatically links the sound with the slides. [2005-07-18]

With the ever-increasing quality of third-party tools lowering the barriers for enthusiasts to provide Web-based services for their teams and departments, what's the point in having an insitutional Web development team? Can they provide anything that someone with the time, motivation and a decent tool can't? Should Web Services just be innovating on top of these services (and if so, how?), or should they be disbanded in favour of outsourcing? A short introductory presentation will be followed by a roundtable discussion with sweets on offer to keep our energy up! The session was facilitated by Phil Wilson and Tom Natt, University of Bath.

Web content is increasingly produced by authors without extensive web design skills - whether by staff using CMSs, VLEs and courseware or by students publishing their coursework online. The challenge of making sure this content is as accessible as possible becomes much more significant, and inevitably a burden on the individual or institution. The quality of the authoring tool in supporting accessible content creation becomes critical - however support for the W3C's Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) by authoring tool vendors seems to be seen as a specific (and usually low priority) customer request rather than a fundamental quality of the tool. For institutions considering selecting a VLE, CMS or other tool that supports web content publication, how can they best express accessibility requirements so that the tool takes its share of responsibility for accessible output? And if existing tools fall short of ATAG conformance, how can the effect of this on the accessibility of content best be managed? The session was facilitated by David Sloan, University of Dundee.

This session will review how a number of Web 2.0 technologies that are both internally and externally hosted and can be used to future proof the way that teams in institutions can work effectively together. The session was facilitated by Andy Ramsden and Marieke Guy, University of Bath.

Brian Kelly is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian has been chair of the programme committee for the Institutional Web Management Workshop series since he established the event in 1997. Brian's interests include Web standards, technical architectures for Web services and innovative Web developments. Brian is chair of the Programme Committee and a member of the Organising Committee. Brian gave a plenary talk on Life After Email: Strategies For Collaboration in the 21st Century, contributing with Lawrie Phipps to the talk on Beyond Web Accessibility: Providing A Holistic User Experience, and co-facilitated a workshop session on QA For Web sites - What Goes Wrong And How Can We Prevent It? with Amanda Closier.

Paul Helm is Associate Head Learning Technology in the Learning and Teaching Institute at Sheffield Hallam University. He has worked in adult and further education, university computing services and educational development units. He is currently the project manager for Sheffield Hallam's Virtual Learning Environment, a major thrust of the University's Learning Teaching and Assessment strategy.

Delegate information on venue, registration, travel, accommodation and other aspects of the workshop is now available. [2007-06-22]

Please note that registered delegates will receive a delegate bag when they register, provided courtesey of Interwoven, one of the event sponsors. [2007-06-22]

A photograph of the bag which will be provided to IWMW 2007 delegates is now available. [2007-07-12]

Brian Kelly, UKOLN, University of Bath, gave talks entitled "Introduction" and "Next Year's Web".

Brian Kelly is employed as "UK Web Focus" - a national web coordination post. Brian is based at UKOLN, University of Bath. Brian has been involved in web activities since January 1994 when he was involved in setting up the institutional web service at Leeds University. Brian gave a talk entitled "Deploying New Web Technologies".

With the introduction of variable fees Universities have entered what education secretary Ruth Kelly called "a new era". Financial departments have had to find more creative ways to meet the sector's growing competitive demands and those working within universities have had to take a more business-like, customer-focused approach to many aspects of their work as they compete for students.

Chris Young, Netskills, University of Newcastle and Paul Trueman, Netskills, University of Newcastle will be looking at accreditation systems. You may be new to a Web-role or you may be more experienced, with a set of useful skills. Either way, increasingly there is a need for recognised individual development and accreditation in order to progress in within your organisation and with your own career.

Philip Wilson, University of Bath will ask how do people make use of the data you publish on the Web? If you publish a staff directory, how do people currently add contact details to their address books? Copy and paste has had its day, Microformats are a way of making the data you already publish not only useful, but re-usable and re-purposable for relatively little effort. This session considers how these data formats can help you solve specific data problems on your site.

Duncan Davidson, Information Manager, University of Abertay Dundee and Donna Wilkinson, Information Specialist, University of Abertay Dundeed will look at their University's development plans, the related projects - University Portal and Information Architecture, where we have been, current work and the road ahead.

Mike is the manager of the University of Aberdeen's Web Team. The team comprises seven developers who are responsible for the majority of the University's web sites and web applications. The team also works for a range of commercial clients. Mike formerly worked at the Robert Gordon University as an Educational Development Officer, and as a researcher in Information Management. As a callow youth he worked at the sharp end of IT user support in the oil services industry. Mike has published on technology issues in education, Web usability and Web management. Mike gave the opening welcome speech to Aberdeen with Derrick McClure.

Brian is UK Web Focus - a post funded by the JISC and MLA which provides advice and support to the UK Higher and Further Education communities and the museums, libraries and archives sector on Web issues. Brian is based at UKOLN. Brian's interests include Web standards, Web accessibility, quality assurance for Web services and innovative Web developments, including collaborative Web tools. Brian is a member of the IWMW 2008 organising committee.

The Web is changing. It is no longer a phenomenon but has integrated itself within our culture. However for those creating Web services times are far from stable. A wide range of Web-based applications continue to be developed, such as blogs, wikis, podcasting, social networking software, RSS feeds etc. The Semantic Web is still on the cards and now we have Web 2.0, an opportunity for a more sharing, more participative Web? Is it just hype? Will these progressions make any difference to the way in which we go about our work? What does Web 2.0 mean to the Institutional Web? This panel session offered three different perspectives on the potential of Web 2.0 within learning activities - the library perspective, the commercial perspective and the HE/FE perspective.

Kate Forbes-Pitt, Systems Manager, Web Services, London School of Economics will talk about aims aims to problematise the document, asking the following questions: what is a document? How does it impart information to its reader? Can it be replicated on screen? It proposes answers using the arguments of Hughes and King (1993) who contend that the document is a layered social artifact that exists to 'wrap' content. This 'wrapping' provides the reader with the knowledge they need in order to apply social rules to their reading of the document, and so become able to interpret its content. Some information systems writers argue that the need for social knowledge in a task negates the possibility of its automation. Following the logic of this argument, delivering a document (a container of rule) through the existing set of social rules that govern Web interaction, means that the full function of the electronically reproduced document becomes masked or confused. At best this makes the role of the document superfluous to its content, making the content difficult to interpret. At worst it makes the content incomprehensible to the user. This raises a further question: what purpose is served by reproducing documents online? Following from the above arguments, it is possible to argue that 'pure' content, rather than the imitation of printed paper, is likely to be a more successful way of imparting information through the Web.