Cross-searching eContent in Higher Education
The Visualising China Project is hosting a one-day workshop in Bristol on Tuesday 21st September, with presentations and discussion on the topic of cross-searching distributed, interrelated, online resources.
Presentations will include:
- The Visualising China project which currently harvests data linking to two large, separate image collections.
- Connected Histories project will present their experiences in cross-searching more than 10 online datasets.
The workshop will tackle topics such as harvesting protocols (including OAI-related solutions), presentation layer problems/solutions such as for ranking search results, and scalability/sustainability issues in cross-searching.
The workshop is also interested in receiving more recommendations for speakers and topics for discussion.
If you have suggestions and/or wish to attend please contact Nikki Rogers as soon as possible: nikki.rogers@bristol.ac.uk.
Date: Tuesday 21st September 2010
Venue: ILRT, Bristol
