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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



 
Facilitators:     Gerry Bernbom,
Office of the Vice President for Information Technologies,
Indiana University   and

Fynnette Eaton,
Smithsonian Institution Archives
 

 
 
 
      Wednesday, December 16, 1998  
 
 
 
9:00 AM
 
Welcome, Assumptions, Objectives, Schedule

 
 
9:20 AM
 
Keynote
Clifford Lynch
,
Executive Director,
Coalition for Networked Information

 
 
10:00 AM
 
Participant Introductions and Work Issues

 
 
10:30 AM
 
Break

 
 
10:45 AM
 
Introductions and Work Issues, continued

 
 
11:15 AM
 
Major Issues Affecting Institutions
Brainstorm to identify major issues or forces in organizations involving information and information management.

 
 
11:30 AM
 
Major Issue Discussion
Small group discussion of one of the major issues identified in the previous session.

 
 
12:00 noon
 
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.

 
 
12:30 PM
 
Lunch

 
 
1:30 PM
 
Forces Affecting Collaboration
Presentation and discussion of forces that encourage or impede collaboration.

 
 
2:00 PM
 
Institutional Issues
Small group discussion to identify issues of local, institutional significance to participants; reports to the large group.

 
 
2:45 PM
 
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.

 
 
3:15 PM
 
Break

 
 
3:30 PM
 
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.

 
 
4:45 PM
 
Reports
Institutional teams will provide a status report to the full group of participants.

 
 
5:00 PM
 
Conclusion of first day

 
 
 



 
 
 
      Thursday, December 17, 1998  
 
 
 
9:00 AM
 
Overview of the Day's Agenda

 
 
9:15 AM
 
Major Issue Discussion
Small group discussion of one of the major issues identified over the course of the previous day.

 
 
9:45 AM
 
Different Strengths
A small group discussion of what each team member brings to a digital archives project that is unique or different.

 
 
10:00 AM
 
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.

 
 
10:30 AM
 
Break

 
 
10:45 AM
 
Presentation and Critiques of Institutional Projects
Participants will present their institutional plan and their peers will provide advice.

 
 
12:00 noon
 
Lunch

 
 
1:00 PM
 
Continuation of Institutional Projects and Critiques

 
 
1:45 PM
 
Partnership / Collaboration: What Makes It Work?
An overview of the key characteristics of successful collaborations or partnerships, as identified by major organizational behavior researchers.

 
 
2:00 PM
 
Break

 
 
2:15 PM
 
Maintaining Collaboration
An overview of principles to maintain collaboration and a large group discussion of concerns about implementing collaboration at the home institution.

 
 
2:45 PM
 
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.

 
 
3:15 PM
 
Wrap-up, Evaluation
Facilitators and participants will provide closing comments and participants will complete an evaluation form.

 
 
4:00 PM
 
Conclusion of Workshop