Cultivate Interactive:An Update

Brian KellyUK Web FocusUKOLNUniversity of BathBATHUK

UKOLN is supported by:

EmailB.Kelly@ukoln.ac.ukURLhttp://www.ukoln.ac.uk/

So FarWe have:

• Published 6 issues:Jul 2000 Oct 2000 Jan 2001 May 2001 Oct 2001 Feb 2002 [Jun 2002 Oct 2002 Jan 2002]

• Issue average 125+ A4 pages when printed!• Each issue contains over 25 articles (feature

articles, regular columns, news, competition, etc.Cultivate Interactive:

• Successful in providing a means for publishing information on digital cultural heritage

• Complements the CULTIVATE project (forum for NFPs, uses the CULTIVATE visual identity, metadata for articles in Document Server, etc.)

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What It Offers

For Projects• Cultivate Interactive provides a dissemination mechanism

for projects. It provides a high-quality look-and-feel and richly functional Web site which projects will benefit from

• Cultivate Interactive is search engine friendly, making it easier to find information about your project (cf. Cultivate – no. 1 in Google!)

For CULTIVATE Colleagues• You will benefit from the advantages listed above

For Readers• Readers will benefit from the editing processes, attractive

design, ease of finding articles, value-added services, etc.

For UKOLN• UKOLN is developing links with the partners, projects, the

EC, etc. and having a test bed for its research interest

Innovations and Dissemination

UKOLN’s expertise in metadata inform our approaches to metadata management and resource discovery in Cultivate Interactive We also use Cultivate Interactive in our dissemination (e.g. workshops and conference presentations) e.g. see <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/ili-2001/workshop/>

Our Challenges

Challenges we face:• Writing Quality:

We have very limited resources for proofreading. In order to maintain Cultivate Interactive’s high-standing we reserve the rights to ‘spike’ articles. You can help by ensuring articles are checked before submission (by native English speaker if possible)

• Appropriate Articles: We do not want to publish press releases.

• Timing: Please submit articles on (or preferably before!) the submission deadline.

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Next Steps

New editor:• Marieke Napier has moved on to other project

work• Richard Waller (r.waller@ukoln.ac.uk) is editor for

remaining issues

Cultivate Interactive and you:• You can help by:

Offering to write (Node column or general article) Finding people to write

Promoting Cultivate Interactive when it’s released (Web pages, email, etc.)

• This will also be of benefit to you, your organisation and your community