**UPDATE** Following the workshop on 3 December, the draft Standards Guide has now been removed so that comments and feedback from the workshop can be incorporated. As soon as the revised version of the guide is ready it will be available here for download.
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A peer review workshop for a new SCA Standards Guide will be held on Wednesday, 3 December, 10.30-15.00 at the JISC Meeting Rooms in London. The event will bring together some of the UK’s leading experts in this field – providing an opportunity to share ideas and network in addition to being a “critical friend” to the guide.
The guide has been developed to add context to the JISC Information Environment Standards Catalogue generally and some key standards that affect cultural heritage, health, education/research and public service broadcasting specifically. A DRAFT copy of the guide is available and it would be appreciated if you could consider sending a standards expert to peer review the document. This will include identifying any gaps and recommending any additional supplementary work in this area. The SCA will, in cases where delegates cannot fund travel, reimburse standard class rail travel and economy class flights to London. A buffet lunch and light refreshments will be provided.
Standards Guide workshop agenda
For further information, please email Stuart Dempster.
The latest Home Nations Forum in Edinburgh focused on Standards. Alastair Dunning from JISC Digitisation gave a talk which illustrated how standards need to be thought of as existing in an organic, shifting environment and why the ramifications of choosing any standards need to be thought through. A lively discussion followed which continued through into the hour-long round table session, facilitiated by Alastair and Brian Kelly of UKOLN, which tackled some of the issues in more depth.
Read on for Alastair’s presentation, coverage of the further discussion, and Brian Kelly’s final roundup, plus details of the other presentations from the day.
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