Brian Kelly helped establish the first institutional web service at the University of Leeds in January 1993. In 1996 started work as UK Web Focus at UKOLN, University of Bath and worked full-time for a period of 17 years promoting innovative uses and best practices of the web. A key channel for this work was the Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) series which was launched in July 1997. Brian has been chair or co-chair of all 22 IWMW events held to date and has spoken at all the events.
This year Brian is again co-chairing the event with Claire Gibbons. Brian is the main contact for liaison with speakers and workshop facilitators, technical issues and financial and administrative issues.
Brian is a member of the website-info-mgt and web-support Jiscmail lists and is also a member of the HE Digital Slack group.
When not organising IWMW events Brian spends time in Bridport and visiting other places in Dorset, and occasional performing the rapper sword dance in pubs and at folk festivals.
Further information
- Job title: Independent consultant
- Email: ukwebfocus@gmail.com
- Blog: ukwebfocus.com
- Twitter: @briankelly
- LinkedIn: ukwebfocus