LOCKSS Programme Kick-Off Meeting

In conjunction with JISC, we held a programme kick-off meeting at Scarman House, Warwick Conference Centre, to launch the UK LOCKSS Pilot.

The UK LOCKSS Pilot Programme is designed to trail and support the development of a UK LOCKSS network for e-journal archiving and preservation. The objectives of the Pilot Programme are to work with the library community to raise awareness of LOCKSS, facilitate the take up of LOCKSS by raising UK priorities on the development agenda, and to help build a self-sustaining base of LOCKSS users who will collectively preserve a major proportion of the e-journals in common use in the JISC community.

This programme kick-off meeting provided a forum for participants in the LOCKSS UK Pilot Programme to meet each other and build relationships. Participants were also provided with a detailed outline of the structure of support, communication mechanisms, and training programmes that will be in place over the duration of the Pilot Programme.

Format

The event comprised a set of sessions intended to cover all components of the Pilot and to facilitate detailed discussion among the attendees. All speakers are engaged with the UK LOCKSS Pilot Programme and updated participants on their role and progress to date. Each session concluded with an open question period which was moderated by the chair of the day.

Key themes included:

• Roles and responsibilities in the UK LOCKSS Pilot Programme
• Progress, issues and risks
• Support and Community Building

Venue

This event was held at Scarman Training & Conference Centre, Warwick. Find out how to get there [external].

Accommodation

Scarman Training & Conference Centre offers on-site accommodation. To check for availability and prices contact:

Scarman Training & Conference Centre The University of Warwick Gibbet Hill Road Coventry, CV4 7AL United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 24 7622 1111 Fax: +44 (0) 24 7652 0362 E-mail: scarman@warwick.ac.uk http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/conferences/scarman/

Registration

Participation in this event was by invitation only, but free of charge. Travel expenses were paid by JISC. Each institution was expected to send at least one (up to a maximum of two) representatives, preferably the person responsible for collection development and the person responsible for LOCKSS system administration.