Conference: CONVERGENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & ARCHIVES


Subject: Conference: CONVERGENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & ARCHIVES
David Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:23:18 -0500


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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 14:23:18 -0500
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From: david@ninch.org (David Green)
Subject: Conference: CONVERGENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & ARCHIVES

NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
August 5, 1998

                         CONVERGENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE:
                  CHALLENGES FOR LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS & ARCHIVES
                         August 13-14, 1998: Amsterdam
                       <http://www.w-projects.net/ifla/>

The full program is now available for the very interesting IFLA
pre-conference event to be held at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts &
Sciences in Amsterdam. The website also contains a registration form for
late registrants.

David Green
===========

>Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 14:26:04 +0200
>From: Johan van de Walle <vandewalle@stb.tno.nl>
>To: DIGLIB@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
>
>SEMINAR
>Convergence in the Digital Age:
>Challenges for Libraries, Museums and Archives
>
>Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August 1998
>
>ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
>Kloveniersburgwal 29
>Amsterdam Centre
>phone.: +31 20 551 07 00
> telefax: + 31 20 620 49 41
>routing map on URL: http://www.knaw.nl/uksite/uk_reac.htm
>A form for making reservations is at: http://www.w-projects.net/ifla
>
>
>PROGRAMME
>Thursday 13 August
>
>9:00 - 10:00 Registration and coffee
>
>Opening and Welcome
>10:00 - 10:10 Welcome by Mr. J. Dekker, Chairman of the Board
>of TNO, Netherlands
>
>Session I The organisation of knowledge in a digital environment
>10:15 - 10:25 Introduction by Mrs. R.M. Montserrat, Head of the Section
>of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Heritage (Museums Service of
>Department of Culture - Generalitat of Catalonia, Spain)

10:25 - 10:55 Presentation by Mr. B. Rugaas, National Librarian of Norway
11:00 - 11:15 Project Elise II, by Mrs. S. Goddard, De Montfort
University, United Kingdom
11:20 - 11:35 Project Universe by Mrs. A. Kelly, An Chomhairle
Leabharlanna, Ireland
11:40 - 11:55 Library of Congress National Digital Library: A Unique
Public/Private Partnership by Mrs. L. Campbell, Library of Congress, U.S.A.
12:00 - 12:30 Questions and Answers
>
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
>
>
Session II The Citizens' access to the digital heritage
14:00 - 14:10 Introduction by Mrs. S. Tyacke, Public Record Office,
United Kingdom
14:15 - 14:45 Some fundamental principles of the knowledge and
information organisation for the purpose of improving the Citizen's Access
to the Digitised Heritage by Dr. Tatjana Aparac and Mrs. Mirna Willer,
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy
14:45 - 15:00 An art historical information system for museum
professionals in an archival context, built using library expertise by Mr.
J. van der Starre, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Informatie, Nederland
15:00 - 15:15 Danish Audio History/Cultural Network Denmark by Mrs. E.
Fønss Jørgensen, State and University Library, Aarhus, Denmark
15:15 - 15:30 Project Kulturbox by Mr. I. Braun, Kulturbox, Germany
15:30 - 16:00 Questions and Answers
>

>
>Friday 14 August
>
Session III The future of the digital present
9:00 - 9:10 Introduction by Mrs. M. Sliwinska of the Nicolaus Copernicus
University in Torun, Poland
9:10 - 9:40 Memory and Digital Technology Convergence: an Archives
Perspective on Long-Term Access by Prof. Ch. Dollar, of the School of
Library, Archival
>and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia
9:45 - 10.00 Project NedLib by Mr. J. Steenbakkers, Royal Library, Netherlands
10:05 - 10:20 El Sistema Informatico del Archivo General de Indias by
Mrs. E. Carolina de Santos Canalejo, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura,
España
10:25 - 10:40 Memory of the World: VOC archives by Mrs. D. Sy-A-Foek,
National Unesco Commission, Netherlands
10:45 - 11:00 Questions and Answers
>
>
Session IV Converging technologies and standards for digital collections
11:15 - 11:25 Introduction by Mr. B. Royan, Chair IFLA IT Section,
United Kingdom
11:25 - 11:55 Presentation by Mrs. C. Lupovici, Jouves Systèmes
d'Information, France
11:55 - 12:10 One and One2, European network projects: results,
experiences and plans by Mrs. L.A. Holm, Brodd Oslo College, Norway
12:10 - 12:25 Presentation on Metadata by Mr. M. Dekkers of the European
Commission
12:25 - 12:40 Rethinking Library Standards by Mr. T. Kuny, IFLA's UDT
Core programme
12:40 - 13:00 Questions and Answers
>
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
>
Session V New services in their legal context
14:00 - 14:30 Future models for Co-operation between Libraries and
Publishers by Prof. J. Bing
14:30 - 14:50 European Copyright User Platform (ECUP+) by Mrs E.
Giavarra, Project Director ECUP+, The Netherlands
14:50 - 15.10 Questions and Answers
>
>
Session VI Strategic issues in R & TD, closing of the seminar
15:15 - 15:25 Introduction by Mr. J. van de Walle, TNO-STB, Netherlands
15:25 - 15:55 Presentation by Mrs. A. Iljon of the European Commission,
DGXIII/E
15:55 - 16:25 Panel discussion
16:25 - 16:55 Digital Information in Africa: a challenge for Research and
Development by Mrs. C. Allardice of the South African Library
16:55 - 17:05 Closing of the seminar by Mr. J. van de Walle, TNO-STB,
Netherlands
>
>
17:05 - 18:30 Cocktails
>
>Convergence in the Digital Age:
>Challenges for Libraries, Museums and Archives
>
>Organising committee:
>
>Ms. Concha Fernández de la Puente European Commission DGXIII/E-4
>Luxembourg
>
>Prof. Dr. Eric Ketelaar Professor of Archival Science at the
>Universities of Leyden and Amsterdam The Netherlands
>
>Dr. Christian Lupovici Member of the IFLA Section on
>Information Technology and librarian of the
>University of Marne-la-Vallée, France
>
>Dr. Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli Ministero per i Beni Culturali e
>Ambientali Italy
>
>Mr. B. Rugaas National Librarian, National Library of Norway
>Norway
>
>Dr. Juan Zozaya Subdirector of the Museo Arqueológico Nacional
>Spain
>
>Mr. Johan van de Walle Secretary of the National Focal Point
>for the Telematics for Libraries programme in The
>Netherlands, The Netherlands
>
>A form for making reservations is at: http://www.w-projects.net/ifla
>
>Further contact:
>Johan van de Walle
>TNO-STB
>Schoemakerstraat 97
>P.O. Box 6030
>2600 JA Delft
>The Netherlands
>Phone +31 15 269 5455
>Fax + 31 15 269 54 60
>vandewalle@stb.tno.nl or jvdwalle@bart.nl
>
>
>
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