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Disucussion Sessions
Management Issues
Issue:
We need ongoing access to appropriate legal advice
Recommendation:
Establish a mailbase list to provide up to date information and answers to questions
Issue:
Many issues come down to institutional policy decisions but it is useful to have information about others' views
Recommendation:
Set up an online mechanism for sharing guidelines and codes of practice.
Issue:
There is a need for a national source of information and advice on
technical issues relating to WWW
Recommendation:
Set up a WWW support post to:
- gather information on use in UK HE and disseminate
- provide advice and support on WWW tools
- provide training on setting up and running servers etc.
- establish a register of "official" WWW servers-via a UK Home page?
Issue:
We need a contact point for WWW management issues at each
institution
Recommendation:
each institution should nominate a WWW contact person
Issue:
There is a need for information on national/local caching, indexing, access
control etc.
Recommendation:
Commission a technical study of these areas.
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