Official publishing on the web: Exploiting government websites
A half day seminar
Held:
London 12 October 2005 am
This seminar is intended for professionals and para-professionals who wish to learn more about UK government Internet publishing. It is intended to increase participants’ knowledge of this vital area and assumes no prior knowledge of the sources or processes. It provides a background to the organisation of government publishing on the web and shows how the different bodies approach presentation and retrieval.
Official publishing is understood in its widest sense and will cover the wide range of materials available online, contributing to e-government policy. This will include documents, forms and figures. Participants will be introduced briefly to concepts such as assessing the merit of resources retrieved, downloading and storing, as well as copyright and freedom of information issues.
The content and organisation of some popular web sites will be examined. These may provide answers to a large proportion of enquiries, including education, health and social questions, finance, transport and statistics among others. A variety of means with which to locate appropriate sites will also be discussed. Examples from a wide range of British official web sites will be used throughout.
Updated: 12 November 2005