LIFE1 conference - 20 April 2006

The LIFE1 conference

The LIFE1 conference took place on April 20th 2006 at the British Library Conference centre where the project report was launched.

Programme:

Morning session – chair: Helen Shenton
Time Event
9:30-10:00 Arrival, registration and coffee
10:00-10:15 Welcome and introduction
Helen Shenton - Head of Collection care; The British Library.
10:15-11:00 Keynote
"New Economic Challenges: Lifecycle Considerations for Electronic Resources".

Eileen Fenton, Executive Director; Portico
(followed by Q+A)
11:00-11:30 The LIFEcycle model, from paper to digital
Helen Shenton - Head of Collection care; The British Library.
11:30-11:55 Break and coffee
11:55-12:20 Life cycle modelling, the background
Neil Beagrie, BL/JISC partnership Manager; The British Library.
12:20-12:40 Modelling the digital preservation costs
Paul Wheatley, Digital Preservation Manager, Architecture and Development; The British Library
12:40-12:50 Q+A
12:50-14:00 Buffet lunch
Afternoon session – Chair: Paul Ayris
Applying the LIFE model: the case studies
Time Event
14:00-14:20 Legal deposit of digital materials case study
Rory McLeod, Digital Preservation Manager, Collection Care; The British Library and LIFE Project Manager.
14:20-14:40 Web Archiving case study
Richard Boulderstone, Director of e-strategy and Information systems, the British Library
14:40-15:00 UCL e-journals case study
Paul Ayris, Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright Officer
15:00-15:30 Q+A for case studies
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Panel discussion : outcomes and the way forward
Chris Rusbridge (chair)
Helen Shenton
Helen Hockx-yu,
Neil Beagrie,
Paul Ayris
16:45-17:15 HE perspective, Researchers perspectives
Michael Jubb, Director of the Research Information Network
17:15-17:25 Closing remarks
Paul Ayris, Director of UCL Library Services and UCL Copyright Officer
  • Link: UCL Library Services
  • Link: British Library
  • Link: Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
  • Link: JISC
  • Link: RIN
  • Link: LIBER

for enquiries contact life@bl.uk
LIFE (Life Cycle Information for E-Literature) is a funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and Research Information Network (RIN) and is a collaboration between University College London (UCL) and the British Library