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Current CNI Projects
Working Together
Working Together:
Improved Access to Electronic Records Through Collaboration
A Workshop for Archivists, Records Managers, and Information Technologists
December 16-17, 1998
Georgetown University Conference Center
Washington, DC
Sponsored by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), with support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Agenda
Working Together
A WORKSHOP FOR ARCHIVISTS, RECORDS MANAGERS
AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS
Agenda
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Gerry Bernbom,
Office of the Vice President for Information Technologies,
Indiana University and
Fynnette Eaton,
Smithsonian Institution Archives |
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Wednesday, December 16, 1998 |
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9:00 AM
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Welcome, Assumptions, Objectives, Schedule
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9:20 AM
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Keynote
Clifford Lynch,
Executive Director,
Coalition for Networked Information
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10:00 AM
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Participant Introductions and Work Issues
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10:30 AM
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Break
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10:45 AM
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Introductions and Work Issues, continued
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11:15 AM
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Major Issues Affecting Institutions
Brainstorm to identify major issues or forces in organizations
involving information and information management.
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11:30 AM
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Major Issue Discussion
Small group discussion of one of the major issues identified
in the previous session.
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12:00 noon
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What Would Information Technologists Like Archivists to
Know about What We Do?
Gerry Bernbom
What Would Archivists Like Information Technologists to
Know about What We Do?
Fynnette Eaton
The facilitators will present their views on the nature of work in
their respective fields, elucidate some terminology of their
disciplines, and discuss key problems and issues from their
perspectives.
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12:30 PM
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Lunch
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1:30 PM
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Forces Affecting Collaboration
Presentation and discussion of forces that encourage or
impede collaboration.
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2:00 PM
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Institutional Issues
Small group discussion to identify issues of local, institutional
significance to participants; reports to the large group.
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2:45 PM
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Project Identification
Institutional teams will develop a list of 3-5 potential collaborative
projects related to the preservation of digital records and archives
that are needed in their home institution.
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3:15 PM
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Break
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3:30 PM
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Project Planning
Facilitators will instruct groups on the process of beginning to
construct a project plan to take back to the home institution and
then team members will work together to begin to construct a plan
for their institutional project.
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4:45 PM
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Reports
Institutional teams will provide a status report to the full
group of participants.
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5:00 PM
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Conclusion of first day
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Thursday, December 17, 1998 |
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9:00 AM
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Overview of the Day's Agenda
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9:15 AM
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Major Issue Discussion
Small group discussion of one of the major issues identified
over the course of the previous day.
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9:45 AM
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Different Strengths
A small group discussion of what each team member brings to
a digital archives project that is unique or different.
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10:00 AM
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Preparation of Institutional Project Presentations
Institutional teams will be given time to prepare a presentation
for the full group of participants. The presentation will be an
executive overview of the project, intended to be given to
administrators at the home institution.
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10:30 AM
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Break
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10:45 AM
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Presentation and Critiques of Institutional Projects
Participants will present their institutional plan and their
peers will provide advice.
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12:00 noon
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Lunch
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1:00 PM
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Continuation of Institutional Projects and Critiques
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1:45 PM
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Partnership / Collaboration: What Makes It Work?
An overview of the key characteristics of successful
collaborations or partnerships, as identified by major
organizational behavior researchers.
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2:00 PM
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Break
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2:15 PM
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Maintaining Collaboration
An overview of principles to maintain collaboration and a large
group discussion of concerns about implementing collaboration
at the home institution.
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2:45 PM
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Institutional Team Project Refinement
Institutional teams will be given time to fine-tune their project
presentations in order to use them effectively back at the home
institution and to discuss issues of sustaining collaboration.
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3:15 PM
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Wrap-up, Evaluation
Facilitators and participants will provide closing comments and
participants will complete an evaluation form.
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4:00 PM
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Conclusion of Workshop
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