Agora
consortium and associates
Consortium
There are four members of the Agora consortium: UEA, UKOLN, FDI and CERLIM; we also work with several associate groups.
University of East Anglia
Project leader; convenor of the library associate group (UEA is also a library associate).
Contact details:
Greg Newton-Ingham
Project Manager
Library
University of East Anglia
Norwich
Norfolk NR4 7TJ
Tel: +44 (0)1603 592691 Fax: +44 (0)1603 259490
Email: Greg@uea.ac.ukUKOLN (UK Office for Library & Information Networking)
Responsible for dissemination and online collaborative environment; coordination of service provider group; technical and research work on information landscapes, resource description, navigation, integration with local metadata creation and management.
Contact details:
Rosemary Russell
Agora Communications Coordinator
UKOLN
ULCC
20 Guilford St
London WC1N 1DZ
Tel: +44 (0)171 692 1302; Fax: +44 (0)171 692 1234
Email: r.russell@ukoln.ac.ukFretwell Downing Informatics
Technical architects; principal systems developer; work with UKOLN convening technical and service provider groups.
Contact details:
Neil Smith
Fretwell-Downing Informatics Ltd
Brincliffe House
861 Ecclesall Road
Sheffield S11 7AE
Tel: +44 (0)114 281 6111 Fax: +44 (0)114 281 6001
Email: nsmith@fdgroup.co.ukCERLIM (Centre for Research in Library & Information Management)
Responsible for evaluation and assessment; also a library associate.
Contact details:
Geoff Butters
CERLIM
Dept of Information & Communications
Manchester Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamund St West
Off Oxford Road
Manchester M15 6LL
Tel: +44 (0)161 247 6142; Fax: +44 (0)161 247 6351
Email: g.butters@mmu.ac.ukIndividually and collectively, the consortium members have significant experience in the design and implementation of distributed systems, in project management, in research and evaluation, and in delivering innovative services. The project will build on these strengths and extend them by working with several associate groups who bring a wide range of skills, enthusiasms and requirements to Agora.
Associates
The following groups have been set up: library associates (convened by UEA); service provider associates (convened by UKOLN); and technical associates (convened by UKOLN with support from Fretwell Downing). The service provider associates ensure interworking of solutions and collaborate to provide services into Agora. The library associates are working to provide services to their users, developing a view of how distributed services should appear to the user, and feed back into development issues. The technical associates support overall development within an interoperable environment.
Agora prototype service provider group
Agora library group
Agora technical group
Complementary projects with consortium involvement
1. Biz/Ed Gateway
2. History Data Service
3. BLDSC
4. COPAC
5. EDINA PCI
6. LSE Archive
7. IBSS - via SilverPlatter ERL
8. SOSIG Gateway
9. University of Hull Archive
10. COPAC
11. UEA library catalogueAnd the following Clump projects:
12. RIDING
13. Music Online1. Heriot Watt University
2. Bath Spa University
3. University of East Anglia
4. University of Hull
5. Manchester Metropolitan University
6. National Library of Canada1. BLCMP
2. FDI
3. SilverPlatter
4. UKOLN
5. OCLC
6. System Simulation
7. Crossnet Systems1. BIBLINK (EU TAP) 2. Desire (EU TAP)
3. EDDIS (eLib)
4. Exploit (EU TAP)
5. GAIA (EU ACTS)
6. MODELS (UKOLN/eLib/BLRIC) 7. NewsAgent (eLib)
8. PRIDE (EU TAP)
9. ROADS (eLib)
10. Universe (EU TAP)
11. EQLIPSE (EU TAP)
12. SELF (EU TAP)
13. Interoperability Focus (JISC/BL)Partner groups will be grown as the project progresses to be as inclusive as possible. This is to ensure that as many service providers are aware of the standards and techniques for making their resources accessible through the HLMS.