Background

The purpose of this third meeting of the Xgrain Associates was threefold:

• To discuss the results of the phase I evaluation of the service.
• To discuss the criteria for the phase II evaluation.
• To examine the Learning and Teaching Materials Matrix and review progress.

Sandy Shaw introduced the meeting and thanked everyone for attending. This was followed by a presentation by Ken Waterston of IMRI who outlined the findings of the phase I evaluation. A detailed discussion of those findings took place. After lunch further discussions of the findings continued. Ken Waterston then presented a briefing paper on the phase II evaluation. This was followed by a discussion on the Materials Matrix.

Participants

Alan Brine, Manager, LTSN Centre for Information and Computer Sciences, Loughborough University

Leah Halliday, Bibliographic and Multimedia services Development Officer, EDINA

Peigi MacKillop, Training Officer, EDINA

Roddy MacLeod, Senior Faculty Librarian, EEVL Manager, Heriot Watt University

Dr. Steve Maw, Subject Specialist, LTSN Centre for Bioscience, University of Leeds

Sandy Shaw, Xgrain Project Manager, EDINA

Jenny Slater, LTSN Centre for Engineering, Loughborough University

Dr. Ben Soares, Software engineer, EDINA

Dr. Tim Stickland, Software engineer, EDINA

Dr. Ken Waterston, Xgrain Research Associate, IMRI