Events

Exploring the limits of global models for integration and use of historical and scientific information by Silvia Boi — last modified 01-08-2006 11:31

Effective large scale information integration requires an agreement on the common semantics of the data structure elements and other categories employed. Recently, there has been increasing doubt about the possibility of global ontological models. However, knowledge integration based on mere similarity of categories, such as "inexact equivalence" does not allow for precise, global querying advanced reasoning, or interoperability. On the other hand, practical core ontologies such as CIDOC/CRM (ISO/PRF 21127) demonstrate a surprisingly wide validity over multiple domains. This workshop explores the limits of such global models for integrating and making use of historical and scientific information, in order to enhance both, our theoretical understanding of the limits of ontological agreement in a specific application setting, and our practical understanding of how to implement effective large scale knowledge integration services and exploit the power of global models.

PV 2007 - Ensuring Long-term Preservation and Value Adding to Scientific and Technical Data by Silvia Boi — last modified 03-03-2007 06:24

After three very successful events, PV 2002 at CNES in Toulouse, France, PV 2004 at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati, Italy and PV 2005 at DCC in Edinburgh, UK, the conference series continues to address prospects in the domain of scientific and technical data preservation and value adding.

FP7 in Motion: Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics, Digital Libraries and Content by Silvia Boi — last modified 22-12-2006 10:40

These information days are dedicated to the research challenges in the first ICT Work Programme of FP7 which fall under the responsibility of the 'Content' Directorate. They cover the areas of Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics (challenge 2) and Digital Libraries and Content (challenge 4). Registration is mandatory and the number of places limited.

The 2007 IEEE Workshop on Scientific Workflows - CfP by Silvia Boi — last modified 16-01-2007 10:21

Scientific workflows play a critical role in e-science and cyberinfrastructure since scientists can use them to automate the steps needed to go through from raw datasets to potential scientific discovery. Recently, the National Science Foundation recognized the critical role of scientific workflows in cyberinfrastructure by organizing a workshop on the challenges of scientific workflows in May 2006. The workshop concluded that “workflows should become first-class entities in cyberinfrastructure architecture." The goal of The 2007 IEEE International Workshop on Scientific Workflows is to foster a community of researchers to investigate various research issues and technologies of scientific workflows.

The Challenge: Long-term Preservation. Strategies and Practice of European Partnerships by Silvia Boi — last modified 16-01-2007 11:56

The conference entitled “The Challenge: Longterm Preservation” aims to present and discuss the current technical and organisational status of measures being taken for the long-term preservation of digital media in various countries in Europe. The goal here is jointly to identify different methods and strategies and to sound out the feasibility of a European alliance of the individual national alliances devoted to preventing digital data loss.

DCC Tutorial Building Trust in Digital Repositories by Silvia Boi — last modified 04-04-2007 17:11

Running from 11.00am to 4.00pm, this practical tutorial will provide a contextual overview of the need for an evidence based evaluation of digital repositories and offer an overview of the DCC pilot audits to date. The tutorial will then move on to demonstrate how institutions can make use of the DRAMBORA toolkit to design, develop, evaluate, and/or refine new or existing trusted digital repository systems and workflows. This will involve a walk-through of the criteria checklist with practical examples based on the pilot audits. Participants will be encouraged to draw upon and share their own experiences during this discussion.

DigCCurr 2007 by Silvia Boi — last modified 04-04-2007 17:26

The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host DigCCurr2007, an international symposium on Digital Curation, April 18-20, 2007.

Knowledge by Networking - Digitising Culture in Germany and Europe by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-05-2007 13:10

This international conference in Berlin will explore the current state of digitisation in the worlds of culture and scholarship. The conference will focus on diverse initiatives in the field of digitisation across Europe, addressing a series of underlying questions.

Best practice nelle Reti di ricerca e Sistemi di servizio della gestione documentale digitale by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-05-2007 13:20

 

Digital Futures: From Digitization to Delivery by Silvia Boi — last modified 15-05-2007 10:07

Led by experts of international renown, Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery.

JTS 2007 by Silvia Boi — last modified 15-05-2007 17:34

Organized for the first time in 1983, JTS is the international meeting for organisations and individuals involved in the preservation and restoration of original image and sound materials.

ECDL 2007 - 11th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries by Silvia Boi — last modified 15-05-2007 18:08

This unique and well-established series brings together researchers, developers and practitioners working in various disciplines and related areas of digital libraries all over the world. The conference will consist of a three days technical programme, preceded by a tutorial day and followed by workshops. The technical programme will include refereed paper presentations, plenary sessions, panels and poster sessions. The tutorials will provide in-depth looks at areas of current interest.

10th International Symposium for Information Science by Silvia Boi — last modified 18-05-2007 16:54

Openness as a general guideline has many dimensions in its relation to innovative processes in science and economy. New forms of cooperation and collaboration have become a critical factor for the production of information and knowledge. At the same time new models for the utilization of knowledge evolve in reaction to social and economic change. At ISI 2007 such changes will be presented and discussed in order to give an answer to the symposium's motto.

ELPUB 2007 by Silvia Boi — last modified 31-05-2007 16:01

The 11th International Conference on Electronic Publishing will focus on challenges for the digital spectrum. Three distinguished features of this conference are: broad scope of topics which creates a unique atmosphere of active exchange and learning about various aspects of electronic publishing; combination of general and technical tracks; and a condensed procedure of submission, revision and publication of proceedings which guarantees presentations of most recent work.

IADIS International Conference e-Society 2007 by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 11:08

The IADIS e-Society 2007 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are eGovernment / eGovernance, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, eHealth, Information Systems, and Information Management

CoLIS 6 by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 11:14

Sixth International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science: 'Featuring the Future.'

Essir 2007 - 6th European Summer School in Information Retrieval by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 11:43

This five-day school (Monday to Friday) will give participants a grounding in the core subjects of Information Retrieval, such as Architecture, IR models and Evaluation as well as various important applications such as Web IR, Interactive IR, XML Retrieval, Question Answering and Multimedia Retrieval. Moreover, ESSIR 2007 has a strong focus on large-scale IR and covers some recent and trendy topics and applications in IR, such as Distributed and Peer-to-Peer IR, Web Usage and Mining, Intranet/Enterprise search, Blogs Retrieval and Information Retrieval in Context. The target audience of the Summer School are advanced undergraduate students, PhD students, post-doctoral researchers and academic and industrial researchers and developers. The Summer School will include lectures from leading researchers in their fields, as well as demonstrations and panels.

DRHA 2007 by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 11:48

Over the last decade the annual Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts (DRHA) conferences have constructed an unusual kind of meeting place for the Humanities: a space in which researchers, curators, and distributors of digital resources could meet and share perspectives on their complementary agendas. Last year, that forum was expanded to include participants from the creative and performing arts, giving the event a new flavour and a new direction. This year, the conference aims to explore further major issues at the interface between traditional humanities scholarship and the creative arts, by focusing on their differing or complementary approaches to the deployment of digital technologies. Can the Arts and the Humanities share expertise? Are they divided by a common tongue? To what extent are they developing common technical solutions to different problem areas? As in previous years, the conference will articulate these questions by showcasing the very best in current practice across the widest spectrum of digital applications in the arts and humanities and by fostering informed but accessible debate amongst professionals.

DC-2007 International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 11:55

The conference theme this year is “Application Profiles: Theory and Practice”. DC-2007 seeks to explore the conceptual and practical issues in the development and deployment of application profiles to meet the needs of specific communities of practice.

BY-2007 Symposium on Information Management in the Changing World by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 12:08

This symposium aims to bring together both researchers and practitioners to discuss the current information management issues, and present ideas, theories, approaches and methods to tackle them.

ICDIM 07-The Second International Conference on Digital Information Management by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 12:14

The International Conference on Digital Information Management is a multidisciplinary conference on digital information management, science and technology. The principal aim of this conference is to bring people from academia, research laboratories and industry and offer a collaborative platform to address the emerging issues and solutions in digital information science and technology. The ICDIM will address a large number of themes and issues. The conference invites original research and industrial papers on the theory, design and implementation of digital information systems, as well as proposals for demonstrations, tutorials, workshops and industrial presentations.

Unlocking Audio: Sharing Experience of Mass Digitisation by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-06-2007 12:20

Unlocking Audio is an international conference exploring the planning and strategies required for the successful execution of large-scale audio digitisation projects, and the technical and practical issues involved. Aimed at actual practitioners, sharing best practice and looking at emerging standards

3rd International Digital Curation Conference "Curating our Digital Scientific Heritage: a Global Collaborative Challenge" by Silvia Boi — last modified 08-06-2007 10:17

The 3rd International Digital Curation Conference, entitled "Curating our Digital Scientific Heritage: a Global Collaborative Challenge," will focus on emerging strategy, policy implementation, leading-edge research and practitioner experience, and comprise a mix of peer-reviewed papers, invited presentations and keynote international speakers.

10th Annual Open Forum for Metadata Registries: Integrating Standards in Practice by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-06-2007 14:11

Participants will hear a mix of plenaries, case studies, implementation experiences, practical applications, research projects, and advanced development activities. The main theme of the meeting is the value added by using several standards together in applications. Too often, people become adherents to a standard, and start to believe it can solve all the world's problems. The purpose of the conference is to show that the opposite is true. Using standards for the purpose for which they were designed and using multiple ones in appropriate ways is a more effective approach.

DPC/BL Joint JPEG 2000 Workshop by Silvia Boi — last modified 18-06-2007 11:42

The JPEG2000 image compression technique has been cited by experts as a new archiving format for digital images. It is both a preservation and delivery format, and has been seen as a possible alternative to the TIFF format which most institutions use as a long-term archiving standard. Produced by both imaging experts and the Joint Photographic Experts Group, it is now a recognised ISO standard. The standard JPEG file format which is so widely in use is not yet an ISO standard.

DPE Vilnius Conference by Silvia Boi — last modified 18-06-2007 11:44

Vilnius University Faculty of Communication is organising a conference on the preservation of digital contents on the 29th of June 2007 to operate in conjunction with the meeting of the partners leading DigitalPreservationEurope. Participants in the conference will have the opportunity to hear presentations from prominent specialists in the field of digital preservation who will also be available throughout the event for discussions.

IASA-BAAC conference 2007: Building an archive for the future by Silvia Boi — last modified 12-06-2007 11:32

The conference will address themes associated with the tasks audiovisual archives are facing in a world undergoing rapid changes. It is essential that archives develop new ways to meet future demands. Analogue and digital collections will coexist for a while yet, depending on the resources made available for the preservation of analogue material, the digitization process and the management of digital content. Digitization is now recognized as the way to go to save our audiovisual heritage, but the issues of future migration and the sustainability of digital archives still need to be addressed.

Memory in Digits by Silvia Boi — last modified 12-06-2007 12:07

The objectives of the conference are to promote collaboration and integration of memory institutions of the Baltic region into digital space and networks by researching, digitizing and presenting cultural heritage, tied by similar historical memory and cultural experiences.

MTSR '07 - 2nd International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research by Silvia Boi — last modified 25-07-2007 10:25

Metadata Open Forum by Silvia Boi — last modified 20-06-2007 14:44

Participants will hear a mix of plenaries, case studies, implementation experiences, practical applications, research projects, and advanced development activities. The main theme of the meeting is the value added by using several standards together in applications. Too often, people become adherents to a standard, and start to believe it can solve all the world's problems. The purpose of the conference is to show that the opposite is true. Using standards for the purpose for which they were designed and using multiple ones in appropriate ways is a more effective approach.

CIKM 2007 - 16th Conference on Information and Knowledge Management by Silvia Boi — last modified 21-06-2007 14:57

Since 1992, the ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) has successfully brought together leading researchers and developers from the database, information retrieval, and knowledge management communities. The purpose of the conference is to identify challenging problems facing the development of future knowledge and information systems, and to shape future research directions through the publication of high quality, applied and theoretical research findings. In CIKM 2007, we will continue the tradition of promoting collaboration among multiple areas. We encourage submissions of high quality papers on all topics in the general areas of databases, information retrieval, and knowledge management. Papers that bridge across these areas are of special interest, and will be considered for a "Best Interdisciplinary Paper" award.

DaWak 2007 - 9th International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery by Silvia Boi — last modified 21-06-2007 15:06

Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery has been widely accepted as a key technology for enterprises and organisations to improve their abilities in data analysis, decision support, and the automatic extraction of knowledge from data. With the exponential growing amount of information to be included in the decision making process, the data to be considered becomes more and more complex in both structure and semantics. Consequently, the process of retrieval and knowledge discovery from this huge amount of heterogeneous complex data builds the litmus-test for the research in the area. During the past years, the International Conference on Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery (DaWaK) has become one of the most important international scientific events to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners to discuss latest research issues and experiences in developing and deploying data warehousing and knowledge discovery systems, applications, and solutions. This year’s conference (DaWaK 2007), builds on this tradition of facilitating the cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas, experience and potential research directions. DaWaK 2007 seeks to introduce innovative principles, methods, algorithms and solutions to challenging problems faced in the development of data warehousing, knowledge discovery and data mining applications. Submissions presenting current research work on both theoretical and practical aspects of data warehousing and knowledge discovery are encouraged. Particularly, we strongly welcome submissions dealing with emerging real world applications such as real-time data warehousing, analysis of spatial and spatiotemporal data, OLAP mining, mobile OLAP, mining natural science data (e.g. bioinformatics, geophysics)

ADBIS 2007 - Eleventh East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems by Silvia Boi — last modified 21-06-2007 15:12

The main objective of the ADBIS series of conferences is to provide a forum for the dissemination of research accomplishments and to promote interaction and collaboration between the database and information systems research communities from Central and East European countries and the rest of the world. The ADBIS conferences provide an international platform for the presentation of research on database theory, development of advanced DBMS technologies, and their advanced applications. The Conference continues the ADBIS conferences held in St. Petersburg (1997), Poznan (1998), Maribor (1999), Prague (2000), Vilnius (2001), Bratislava (2002), Dresden (2003), Budapest (2004), Tallinn (2005), and Thessaloniki (2006). The conference will consist of regular sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international program committee, as well as of invited talks and tutorials presented by leading scientists. The official language of the conference will be English.

First International Workshop on Cultural Heritage on the Semantic Web by Silvia Boi — last modified 10-07-2007 11:19

The objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers from the Semantic Web field and cultural heritage professionals to discuss the digitalization, annotation, archiving, and retrieval of our cultural heritage in all its forms, and to present, in the form of practical applications, cultural services available to citizens and professional users. In addition to textual representations, cultural content can be digitalized and saved in visual and auditive format. This calls for discussion on intelligent multimedia indexing and retrieval. Since culture is international in nature, research, applications, and directions for international co-operation are a focus area of the workshop.

CeBit 2008 - by Silvia Boi — last modified 30-07-2007 16:11

CeBIT - the biggest trade show for the ICT sector worldwide - is universally regarded as the leading showcase for the global market. In Hannover you'll gain an insight into the future digital age. As the figures demonstrate, the opportunities are international: some 6,153 exhibitors from 77 countries and 480,000 visitors from all over the world (379,000 of them professionals) attended CeBIT 2007. That's without counting the international media. Approx. 8,000 journalists from across the globe reportet on the cutting-adge developments and the future of the digital world.

Appraisal in the Digital World by Silvia Boi — last modified 19-09-2007 17:58

This conference provides an opportunity for information professionals, archivists, records managers, record creators, managers, students, and researchers from the sciences, the arts, government and business to rethink appraisal in the context of the changes brought about by digital technology and the globalization of our society, to network with colleagues, learn about current developments and research, discuss their own experiences, and identify risks and challenges that are likely to emerge from each possible choice. Presentations, panel discussions, and poster sessions will offer participants cross-disciplinary and international perspectives on appraisal.

Open Repositories 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 08-10-2007 15:04

Repositories play a pivotal role in the evolving scholarly information environment of open access research outputs and scholarly collections. With its theme of "Practice and Innovation", OR08 will create an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to share experiences and to explore the challenges of the new scholarly communication.

Sun PASIG by Silvia Boi — last modified 09-10-2007 12:56

Addressing the need for better collaboration on best practices around global standards in large data set and metadata preservation, the Sun PASIG will help provide support for organizations challenged with preserving and archiving important research and cultural heritage materials. Founding members of the Sun PASIG include The Alberta Library, The British Library, Johns Hopkins University, University of Oxford, Stanford University, The Texas Digital Library, and other leading global libraries and universities.

Mutamorphosis Conference by Silvia Boi — last modified 29-10-2007 12:05

The MutaMorphosis conference is a sequel to the Conference on a New Space for Culture and Society (New Ideas in Science and Art) which took place in Prague from 19th - 23rd of November 1996 under the auspices of Vaclav Havel. The event initiated by Don Foresta was organised by the Council of Europe for specialists in the fields of art, science, philosophy and sociology. The objective of the meeting was to discuss some of the major directions in art and science with practitioners in various fields, particularly those concerned with the fundamental transformations taking place in certain areas of knowledge and the effect of those changes on contemporary culture and society.

Lu.B.Ec Digital Technology by Silvia Boi — last modified 09-11-2007 13:20

Lu.B.Ec Digital Technology is the first European review dedicated to the service operators of ICMT (Information, Communications, and Media Technologies) applied to the valorisation of cultural heritage for turism and marketing.

ACM Sigmod/PODS Conference 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 30-11-2007 14:59

The annual ACM SIGMOD/PODS conference is a leading international forum for database researchers, practitioners, developers, and users to explore cutting-edge ideas and results, and to exchange techniques, tools, and experiences. We invite the submission of original research contributions and industrial papers, as well as proposals for demonstrations, tutorials, and panels. We encourage submissions relating to all aspects of data management defined broadly, and particularly encourage work on topics of emerging interest in the research and development communities.

ICIS 2008 - 7th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Science by Silvia Boi — last modified 03-12-2007 10:32

The 7th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science brings together scientists, engineers, computer users, and students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects (theory, applications and tools) of computer and information science, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

GPC 2008 - 3rd International Conference on Grid and Persuasive Computing by Silvia Boi — last modified 03-12-2007 11:56

Grid and Pervasive Computing (GPC) is an annual international conference on the emerging areas of merging grid computing and pervasive computing, aimed at providing an exciting platform and paradigm for all the time, everywhere services. This emergence is a natural outcome of the advances in cluster computing, high performance computing, utility computing, service oriented computing, peer-to-peer computing, mobile computing, sensor networks, and smart devices technologies. GPC will provide a high profile, leading edge forum for researchers and engineers alike to present their latest research in the field of grid computing and pervasive computing.

e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 16-01-2008 11:03

The main objective of the eInfrastructure initiative is to support the creation of a framework (political, technological and administrative) for the easy and cost-effective shared use of distributed electronic resources across Europe - particularly for grid computing, storage and networking. The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) was founded to define and recommend best practices for each of the (pan-)European grid efforts. It consists of official government delegates from all EU countries. The ideas and recommendations are described in a white paper that is augmented upon each presidency.

MILCOM 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 16-01-2008 11:10

MILCOM 2008 is soliciting unclassified and classified papers, up to DoD Secret, relevant to communications and information processing systems technologies and capabilities that Assure Mission Success by addressing the 21st century challenges of national defense, homeland security and disaster response. Industry, academic and government organizations from the U.S. and countries worldwide are encouraged to participate.

International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 16-01-2008 11:18

Since its inception in 1974, the International Computer Music Conference has been co-sponsored by the International Computer Music Association and has become the preeminent yearly gathering of computer music practitioners from around the world. The ICMC’s unique interleaving of professional paper presentations and concerts of new computer music composition and performance creates a vital interplay between science, technology and music.

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries JCDL 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 16-01-2008 11:26

Since 2001, the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries has served as the major international forum focused on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries", including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing.

Digital Preservation Coalition by Silvia Boi — last modified 04-02-2008 16:55

Significant properties are essential characteristics of a digital object which must be preserved over time for the digital object to remain accessible and meaningful. Proper understanding of the significant properties of digital objects is critical to establish best practices and helps answer the fundamental question related to digital preservation: what to preserve?

NISO Digital Preservation Forum: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources by Silvia Boi — last modified 04-02-2008 17:08

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a forum on Digital Preservation: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources, to be held March 14, 2008 in Washington, DC. With the increasing number of digital objects—both those born digital and those that have been converted to digital formats to enhance access, delivery, and creative use of library collections—the need to focus on how these digital objects themselves will be preserved is paramount.

Digital Futures: from digitization to delivery by Silvia Boi — last modified 04-02-2008 17:10

Led by experts of international renown, Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery.

LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE (LIDA) 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 04-02-2008 17:15

The annual international conference and course Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world. Since its inception in 2000, LIDA has emphasized the examination of contemporary problems, intriguing advances, innovative approaches and solutions.

European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries ECDL 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 04-02-2008 17:22

The content of ECDL 2008 focuses on research and development supporting information access and exploration from a technology perspective as well as in different application domains such as science, e-government, cultural heritage, etc.

Worldcomp' 2008 - The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing by Silvia Boi — last modified 28-02-2008 14:32

Welcome to The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'08) Website. WORLDCOMP'08 is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. It assembles a spectrum of affiliated research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of computer science and computer engineering.

MELECON 08 - The 14th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference by Silvia Boi — last modified 10-03-2008 11:29

MELECON'2008is a major international forum presenting design methodologies, techniques and experimental results in emerging electro-technologies related to sustainable development. It is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Region 8 with participants from all over the world. It is expected to bring together researchers and practitioners from different fields such as Control Systems, Information Systems, Mechatronics Systems, Nano- & Micro-Electronics Systems, Power Electrical Systems and Signal & Image Processing. It will include plenary sessions, regular technical sessions, special sessions and tutorials. Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts reporting original work as well as proposals for special sessions (6 papers) and tutorials in the mentioned areas.

International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPres 2008) by Silvia Boi — last modified 23-07-2008 15:27

iPres 2008 is a series of international conferences dedicated to promoting understanding and best practice in digital preservation. The need to preserve digital objects for long-term access has become increasingly pressing as the value and volume of our cultural and scientific heritage created and stored online continues to rise. iPres 2008 will appeal to librarians, archivists, curators, information managers, IT managers, digital preservation software and repository developers, vendors, researchers, consultants, publishers and trainers. This year, delegates can elect to follow a practitioner and a technical track through the programme. To register now, visit: www.bl.uk/ipres2008/register.html. 150 of 250 places remain. Bookings made before 21 July will be charged at the reduced rate of £100+VAT. Bookings after 21 July will be charged at £125 + VAT. For more information or enquiries e-mail: ipres2008-mailings@bl.uk. The two-day programme starts each day at 08:45 and ends at 17:30.

ICT 2008 - "I's" to the Future – Invention, Innovation, Impact by Silvia Boi — last modified 01-04-2008 15:16

The event will host leading visionaries from academia and industry and will address topics as diverse as Europe's role in shaping the future internet, ICT's contribution to advancing the sustainability agenda and alternative research paths for future ICT components and systems.

MICHAEL: Perspectives on cultural sector resource discovery by Silvia Boi — last modified 29-04-2008 16:04

The MICHAEL project (Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Europe) began in 2004 as a partnership between France, Italy and the United Kingdom to create an inventory of the digital and online resources from the cultural sector and to implement a new European information service. With support from the European Commission’s eTen programme, the project has extended across Europe and beyond. As the project has rolled out in each country, it has catalogued a wonderful diversity of digital resources details of which are being made available to global audiences through the MICHAEL European Service.

MEDIA IN MOTION-The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age by Silvia Boi — last modified 29-04-2008 16:08

The DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage) Research Alliance and Media@McGill invite submissions of abstracts for the presentation of papers at the inaugural Media in Motion Symposium. The interdisciplinary event aims to bring together graduate students across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences in order to explore the many facets of media art preservation.

4th International Conference on Digital Arts - ARTECH 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 29-04-2008 16:11

Artech 2008 is the fourth international workshop held in Portugal and Galicia on the topic of Digital Arts. It aims to promote contacts between Iberian and International contributors concerned with the conception, production and dissemination of Digital and Electronic Art.

Globalization and the Management of Information Resources by Silvia Boi — last modified 29-04-2008 16:14

Sofia 2008 will provide interested library and information managers, archivists, and museum professionals with the opportunity to analyze, map, discuss, and seek solutions to the numerous challenges facing their institutions in a global Web 2.0 setting.

The 14th Virtual Systems and MultiMedia Conference (VSMM) by Silvia Boi — last modified 29-04-2008 16:22

The ultimate aim of the 14th VSMM 2008 Conference will be to bring together as many interested institutions/parties as possible from as many different backgrounds as possible, in order to achieve a high level of mutual understanding of the needs, the requirements and the technical means of meeting them. Ultimately our common goal will be the multidisciplinary and inderdisciplinary approach to the tasks of recording, documenting, archiving, presenting, protecting and managing the World Cultural Heritage.Our ambition is to host a somewhat different VSMM conference by mobilising participants from all over the world and from quite different scientific backgrounds.

Digital Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and the Future with Planets. by Silvia Boi — last modified 03-06-2008 11:57

PLANETS and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) will be holding a joint briefing day: Digital Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and the Future with Planets, on the 29th of July 2008, at the British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, London. planets The event will be an informal and interactive workshop allowing attendees to share knowledge and experience in digital preservation planning, setting strategy and policy plus first-hand experience of Planets tools and technology.

PRESDB07 - International Workshop on Database Preservation by Silvia Boi — last modified 18-06-2008 17:15

ECAI 2008 - 18th Conference on Artificial Intelligence by Silvia Boi — last modified 19-06-2008 12:18

ECAI, the biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, is the leading conference in its field in Europe. ECAI 2008, the 18th conference in this series, is jointly organized by the European Coordinating Committee on Artificial Intelligence the University of Patras and the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society ECAI 2008 will give researchers from all over the world the possibility to identify important new trends and challenges in all subfields of Artificial Intelligence, and it will provide a major forum for potential users of innovative AI techniques

DEXA 07 - 18th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications by Silvia Boi — last modified 19-06-2008 15:13

ESWC 2008 - 5th European Semantic Web Conference by Silvia Boi — last modified 19-06-2008 15:48

 

MSST '07 - IEEE Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies by Silvia Boi — last modified 30-06-2008 11:37

 

DAPS’08, Workshop on Digital Archive Preservation and Sustainability by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-07-2008 11:18

Long term preservation requires the ability to make assertions about governance, sustainability, and trustworthiness. These concerns involve evolution of the community policies under which records are preserved, institutional commitment towards maintaining the preservation environment, and continued verification of the authenticity and integrity of records. As archives grow to the scale of hundreds of petabytes, these assertions become incompatible. This workshop will explore the inherent tensions in minimizing cost while ensuring sustainability, increasing governance controls while collection sizes grow, and improving integrity and authenticity assertions as the number of records increases. It will also explore existing and emerging digital preservation requirements and evolution of architectures.

IACH Workshop at ECDL 2008 by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-07-2008 11:20

The Information Access to Cultural Heritage (IACH) workshop held in conjunction with ECDL 2008 will bring together academics carrying out research in the area of information access and practitioners working in the cultural heritage field. The goal of the workshop is promoting exchange of ideas concerning creation, curation, storage, retrieval and use of cultural heritage information. In particular, the workshop will focus on the question of how the keepers of cultural heritage resources can improve information access by applying information technology and principles currently being developed in the area of information access. Following current trends, users are actively engaging with cultural heritage on the web, prompting heritage institutions to stimulate communities to grow around them.

WePreserve: DPE/Planets/CASPAR/nestor Joint Training Event: Starting out: Preserving Digital Objects - Principles and Practice by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-07-2008 11:30

DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (Planets), Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR) and Network of expertise in Digital long-term preservation (nestor) are delighted to announce that they will be delivering the latest in a series of collaborative training initiatives to introduce the Principles of Digital Objects Preservation

Digital Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and the Future with Planets. by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-07-2008 11:33

PLANETS and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) will be holding a joint briefing day: Digital Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and the Future with Planets, on the 29th of July 2008, at the British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, London. The event will be an informal and interactive workshop allowing attendees to share knowledge and experience in digital preservation planning, setting strategy and policy plus first-hand experience of Planets tools and technology. Attendees will also hear from DPC members about the approaches they have used in their organisations and the outcomes. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and for discussion. Planning is crucial to the process of preserving digital information and data. Planets has taken preservation planning as its research focus. From mid 2010, Planets will deliver downloadable software to help organisations plan and execute preservation activities.

International Conference on Virtual Systems and MultiMedia (VSMM) by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-07-2008 11:37

The venue of this event is at the entrance of the ancient city of Amathus located in Limassol. From October 20th to 26th in 2008 we will have the opportunity to come together, share, exchange our know-how and experiences about the e-Documentation of the Past, how to preserve and manage Cultural Heritage, whether architectural, archaeological and/or natural and discuss future methologies and plans for the local and global cooperation in this area. The main goal of the event is to illustrate the programs underway, whether organised by public bodies (e.g. UNESCO, European Union, National States, etc.) or by private foundations (e.g. Getty Foundation, World Heritage Foundation, etc.) in order to promote a common approach to the tasks of recording, documenting, protecting and managing World Cultural Heritage. The 14th VSMM Conference will definitely be a forum for sharing views and experiences ,discussing proposals for the optimum attitude as well as the best practice and the ideal technical tools to preserve, document, manage, present/visualise and disseminate the rich and diverse Cultural Heritage of Mankind.

3rd International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT 2008) by Silvia Boi — last modified 11-07-2008 11:40

The growth, distribution of and access to multimedia material, i.e. recorded images, audio, video or 3D/4D recorded material as well as computer generated 2D, 3D and 4D content, is so huge that these resources now constitute the major share of internet traffic as well as a huge share of data stored on any kind of electronic devices. With their success, the multimedia contents become ever harder to manage, to find and to access by the private users and the public or commercial organizations that created them. The conference series SAMT, the international conference on semantic and digital media technologies, has been installed in 2006 in order to tackle this problem by recurring to the semantics and pragmatics of multimedia generation, management and access.

4th International Digital Curation Conference "Radical Sharing: Transforming Science?" by Silvia Boi — last modified 17-07-2008 12:41

The 4th International Digital Curation Conference, which will comprise a mix of peer-reviewed papers, invited presentations and international keynote speakers. The first day of the conference will focus on three key topics: Radical sharing, new ways of doing science e.g. large scale research networks, mass collaboration,dynamic publishing tools, wikis, blogs, social networks, visualisations and immersive environments Sustainability of curation Legal issues including privacy, confidentiality and consent, intellectual property rights and provenance The second day of the conference will be dedicated to research and development and will feature peer-reviewed papers in themed parallel sessions.

Archiving 2008 - Workshop in Archiving in Digital Cartography and Geoinformation by Silvia Boi — last modified 25-07-2008 12:26

The fields of cartography and geoinformation, like other fileds of Science and Technology, face a growing eed for preservation and archiving policies, methodologies, procedures and practices.

4th IEEE International Conference on eScience by Silvia Boi — last modified 25-07-2008 12:43

The e-Science 2008 conference is designed to bring together leading international and interdisciplinary research communities, developers, and users of e-Science applications and enabling IT technologies. The conference serves as a forum to present the results of the latest research and product/tool developments and to highlight related activities from around the world.

ECDL 2009: 13th European Conference on Digital Libraries by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-11-2008 15:57

 

PREMIS workshop - Preservation metadata: Implementation Strategies by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-11-2008 15:59

The event should pave the way towards exchange of experience, collective recommendations, practical solutions, tools and demonstrations; it will be also the opportunity to view some important projects supported and funded by the European Commission, like: DPE, CASPAR, Planets.

ICADL 2008: 11th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries: Universal and Ubiquitous Access to Information by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-11-2008 16:01

The ICADL meetings draw researchers and professionals from library and information science, computer science, social science, information systems, law and policy, education and learning, and various other academic disciplines. Research topics range from digital library technologies and information systems; to content management, service models, and cost and sustainability issues.

DPC/RSP/DCC/JISC Workshop Tackling the Preservation Challenge: Practical Steps for Repository Managers by Silvia Boi — last modified 06-11-2008 16:05

The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), the Repositories Support Project (RSP), the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and the JISC are organising a joint workshop on the 12th December at the Novotel Hotel, Euston, London. The intention is to bring together key stakeholders, the repository managers and preservation experts, at a practical focussed event to talk together and share perspectives, requirements, problems and solutions. It is hoped that the workshop will lead to collective recommendations for what the next moves for repository managers and preservation specialists should be to provide practical focussed support, services and tools. The workshop should in addition further repository managers’ understanding of how to implement preservation strategies and processes.

African Digital Scholarship & Curation 2009 by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:28

Spreading the burden infrastructure and tools for preservation and use of digital resources To preserve digitally encoded information over the long term following the OAIS Reference Model requires that this information remains accessible, understandable and usable by a specified Designated Community. These are significant challenges for repositories, particularly when dealing with scientific data where the semantics must be associated with the data so that one can answer questions such as “what does this number actually measure?”.

IMPACT 2009 by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:32

This conference will focus on exchanging views with other researchers and suppliers in the OCR field, as well as presenting some preliminary results from the first year of the IMPACT project.

Libraries in the Digital Age LIDA 2009 by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:35

The annual international conference and course Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) addresses the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital world. Since its inception in 2000, LIDA has emphasized the examination of contemporary problems, intriguing advances, innovative approaches and solutions. Each year a different and ‘hot’ theme is addressed, divided in two parts; the first part covering research and development and the second part addressing advances in applications and practice. LIDA brings together researchers, educators, practitioners, and developers from all over the world in a forum for personal exchanges, discussions, and learning, made easier by being held in memorable locations.

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:39

In 2009 we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the IFLA Conference which first took place in Rome in 1928. This represented the first meeting for the newborn International Foundation of Library Associations. It has been 75 years since that remarkable and fundamental event and 45 years since the IFLA congress was last held in Rome. The World Library and Information Congress will once more come back to Italy, this time, in Milan from 23 to 27 August 2009 at the Milan Convention Centre which is the largest and best equipped congress centre located in “Fiera Milano City”.

Museums and the Web 2009 by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:41

Join hundreds of your colleagues at the only annual conference exploring the on-line presentation of cultural, scientific and heritage content across institutions and around the world: Museums and the Web. Museums and the Web addresses the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, senior speakers with extensive experience in Web development review and analyze the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage. Together, we are transforming communities and organizations.

The IS&T Archiving Conference by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:50

The conference presents expert perspectives on topics such as storage, media and technology obsolescence, sustainable business models, and formats and standards. Techniques for producing, capturing, preserving, indexing, and accessing digital objects and images are explored in depth. Archiving 2009 is a blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral and interactive display presentations. The conference offers practical, hands-on tutorial sessions, and will also include a rich exhibition of new and exciting information.

IASSIST/IFDO 2009: Mobile Data and the Life Cycle by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:52

The theme of this year's conference, Mobile Data and the Life Cycle is intended to stimulate discussion around creation, collection, sharing, storage, preservation, dissemination, confidentiality, licensing and access to data in a world that is becoming increasingly mobile. In addition, research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and global in nature. Key to success in this new order is establishing standards and best practices at all stages of the life cycle in order to facilitate the free and easy movement of information between hardware devices, software platforms, individuals, governments, or organizations.

DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects by Silvia Boi — last modified 07-11-2008 11:54

The first symposium, DigCCurr2007: An International Symposium in Digital Curation, was held April 18-20, 2007, attracting nearly 300 attendees from ten countries. Participants explored the definition of digital curation and what skills are necessary for digital curation professionals working in libraries, archives, museums, data centers, and other data-intensive organizations. DigCCurr2009 will continue this theme, focusing on current practice and research surrounding digital curation with a look toward the future, and trends in preparing digital curation professionals.

CASPAR Training Day for the Cultural and Scientific Domains 12th/13th January by David Lamb — last modified 20-01-2009 17:16

CASPAR Tour of European Space Agency and Scientific Domain discussion by David Lamb — last modified 08-01-2009 14:10

Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for PReservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR) is happy to announce that on December 13th 2008, at European Space Agency (ESA) – ESRIN in Frascati there will be a tour of the European Space Agency and also a further discussion on the scientific testbed where you will be allowed to ask questions and receive an indepth look into the Scientific Domain.

9th International Bielefeld Conference by David Lamb — last modified 09-01-2009 10:12

Three decades of databases, two decades of electronic articles and one decade of open access have resulted in an avalanche of digital scholarly information services. At the moment we observe a metamorphosis from the electronic library to an enhanced library meeting the emerging demands of eScience and eLearning.

iPRES: International Conference on Digital Preservation by David Lamb — last modified 09-01-2009 14:50

iPRES is a series of conferences on digital preservation. Since 2004, iPRES conferences have been held on three continents. The iPRES series embraces a variety of topics in digital preservation - from strategy to implementation, and from international and regional initiatives to small organisations. Within this broad topic area, each conference defines a slightly different focus.

35th Annual CAC Conference by David Lamb — last modified 09-01-2009 14:53

The theme of this year’s conference is sustainability. We are interested in exploring how the field of conservation can meet the goal of creating a more sustainable workplace and environment.

"Digital Direction Conference: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections" by David Lamb — last modified 09-01-2009 14:54

Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections is an updated version of NEDCC’s popular School for Scanning, which was first presented in 1995. The conference has kept up with evolving standards and practices over the years, and the new name reflects its expanded content, which now encompasses the full life-cycle of digital objects, from planning to creation to sustainability. Topics include: collaboration, planning a digital project, selection for digitization, scanning basics, image capture, metadata, sustainability and digital preservation, outsourcing and vendor relations, essentials of delivery systems, copyright and rights management, and funding strategies.

CeBIT 2009 by David Lamb — last modified 09-01-2009 14:56

The CeBIT Global Conferences invite leading figures in the ICT industry to share their ideas and strategies for the digital world of tomorrow: How will we be working, living and communicating in a few years' time? Debates on each of the four Conference days - both live in the auditorium and around the world on the Internet - will focus on the key trends affecting businesses, consumers and society. Interested in getting a first-hand glimpse of the trends and solutions that will define the coming years? Or in stimulating your mind with ideas from visionary thinkers from the ICT industry and user companies? Then don't miss the CeBIT Global Conferences in 2009.

Digital Preservation Workshop by David Lamb — last modified 09-01-2009 14:58

LIBER and the Koninklijke Bibliotheek of The Netherlands are jointly organizing a workshop on long-term digital preservation on 17 April 2009: Curating Research 2009 - e-Merging New Roles and Responsibilities in the European Landscape.   This workshop aims to develop a basic understanding of the issues presented by long-term digital curation and preservation of resources which are (to be) deposited in institutional and subject-based repositories – both within research institutions and research communities. It will highlight the state of the art in digital curation and will cover best practices, including possibilities for outsourcing.

TaPP 2009 - 1st Workshop on Theory and Practice of Provenance by David Lamb — last modified 23-01-2009 12:20

Provenance, traces, or meta-information about computer systems, database queries, scientific workflows, and other computations, is emerging as a central issue in a number of disciplines. This workshop continues an informal series of workshops on Principles of Provenance organized in 2007-8, which helped raise the profile of this area within diverse research communities, such as databases, security and programming languages. We hope to both attract serious cross-disciplinary, foundational and highly speculative research and facilitate needed interaction with the broader systems community and industry.

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2009 by David Lamb — last modified 23-01-2009 15:38

Since 2001, the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries has served as the major international forum focused on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries," including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. Digital libraries may be viewed as a new form of information institution or as an extension of the services libraries currently provide.

Adopting Robust Strategies for Digital Preservation by David Lamb — last modified 17-03-2009 10:43

Organisations are investing increasing amounts of time and resources into digitally preserving information and material for future reference. However, many do not fully understand the potential risks associated with the long-term preservation and retrieval or how to proactively address these issues now for future risk mitigation. With the threat of technology obsolescence jeopardising storage and retrieval, organisations need to devise and implement effective strategies to protect digital assets. It is crucial to address concerns and define approaches for managing information, including ‘born-digital’ data and to establishing long-term methods of digital preservation for the future.

DRAMBORA Auditor's Training Course by David Lamb — last modified 17-03-2009 11:06

Based on practical research and developed jointly by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), the Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA) provides a methodology for self-assessment of digital preservation repositories. The toolkit, now available as an interactive online audit tool (http://www.repositoryaudit.eu), has been evaluated and applied across a diverse range of organisations, such as national libraries, scientific data centres and archives. The DCC and DPE are organising a series of training courses to train new DRAMBORA auditors.

Hypertext 2009: 20th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia by David Lamb — last modified 17-03-2009 11:09

The Information Structure and Presentation track represents a multitude of topics, which were traditionally represented at ACM Hypertext Conferences. The track program targets formal study of scholarly, structural, sculptural, spatial, open, dynamic and adaptive or any other type of hypertext (or Web-based Information System). This track also focuses on how hypertext approaches and technologies can be applied to structure and present information in diverse domains, and how hypertext techniques can be exploited in classical and advanced applications. The aim of this track is to bring researchers together to discuss models, architecture, applications, properties, or theory in general, about hypertext and hypermedia.

Digital Preservation Road Show, York by David Lamb — last modified 17-03-2009 11:41

The second of a series of digital preservation road shows, designed to raise awareness of the issues associated with digital preservation. The road show will demonstrate that there are solutions that don’t involve mega budgets, and show how to take the first, small, incremental steps that will make a start on engaging with these issues. More information about the series of road shows is available.

Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term Problems Workshop by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 10:34

Workshop attendees participate in an interactive process to develop digital preservation plans that incorporate technical, financial, organizational, and policy aspects encompassing the full life cycle of digital objects. The resulting organization-specific digital preservation plans stresses short-term risk reduction strategies while research and development goes forward in creating longer-term solutions that can be incorporated into the program framework. The workshop includes presentations, group discussions, labs, individual assignments, and a keynote presentation by an international expert in digital presentation. The intended audience for the workshop series is managers at organizations who are or will be responsible for digital preservation. The keynote speaker for the May 2009 workshop is Richard Pearce-Moses, the Director of Digital Government Information at the Arizona State Library and Archives and the Principal Investigator on the Library of Congress-supported Persistent Digital Archives and Library System (PeDALS) Project. Martha Anderson, the Director of Program Management for the Library's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program will be the keynote speaker for the October 2009 workshop.

E-Resources Technical Update: London by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 10:42

Many of us working directly with e-resources in libraries would like to feel more confident in our understanding of the related technology. Managing e-resources and making them available to end-users is quite different from dealing with print products, but many of us have moved from one to the other, picking up expertise informally. As a result we probably all have gaps in our knowledge and understanding, and the need to gain a proper balanced overview of the technical environment is crucial if we are to do our jobs effectively. The UKSG E-Resources Technical Update course will give you a good understanding of the underlying technicalities involved in e-resource set-up and delivery including e-journals, online databases and e-books, and will help you feel more confident in your day-to-day work.

ISKO UK Conference 2009 by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 10:49

In our networked world, enabling easy access to multiple services and resources is often reliant on a team effort involving specialists from very different backgrounds – website design, knowledge engineering, audio and video engineering, linguistics, computer science, etc. This Conference aims to bring together people from all the diverse specialisms that contribute to integrated information systems and services. It will take place on 22-23 June 2009, in London. It is the first biennial Conference of the British Chapter of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO UK) entitled "Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources", and is organized in cooperation with the School of Library, Archives and Information Studies, University College London. Among the highlights will be keynote addresses from Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, and Professor David Crystal, the renowned author, linguist and broadcaster. Important themes running through the "Content Architecture" Conference include: * Integration and semantic interoperability between diverse resources – text, images, audio, multimedia * Social networking and user participation in knowledge structuring * Image retrieval * Information architecture, metadata and faceted frameworks

Digital Preservation Road Show, London by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 10:53

The third of a series of digital preservation road shows, designed to raise awareness of the issues associated with digital preservation. The road show will demonstrate that there are solutions that don’t involve mega budgets, and show how to take the first, small, incremental steps that will make a start on engaging with these issues. More information about the series of road shows is available.

Digital Preservation Road Show, Edinburgh by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 10:56

A series of roadshows is to be held around the UK to raise awareness of digital preservation tools and techniques. These are being run by the Society of Archivists in partnership with the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), The National Archives, the Planets project and Cymal. The events aim to raise awareness of the issues, to demonstrate that there are solutions that don’t involve spending large amounts of money, and to show how to take the first, small, incremental steps in this field. The fourth of a series of digital preservation road shows, designed to raise awareness of the issues associated with digital preservation. The road show will demonstrate that there are solutions that don’t involve mega budgets, and show how to take the first, small, incremental steps that will make a start on engaging with these issues. More information about the series of road shows is available.

23rd Annual Preservation Conference Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 11:01

In 2007, the National Archives Preservation Conference focused on the essential components of the digitization process and on common issues that would influence reformatting decisions and approaches. It was geared to benefiting institutions that were contemplating entering, or may have had just entered, the digitization arena. This year we are presenting "Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue." It will focus on institutional approaches, case studies, standards and management techniques for projects and programs that are either underway or already completed. Thus, the discussion has moved from the experimental and theoretical to examining and learning from what has already been done. Our intent is for attendees to leave the conference with an understanding of what digitizing choices are appropriate for their institution, based in part on lessons learned and new ground broken by other institutions, large and small. The 2009 conference coincides with the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the National Archives. "Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue" will also feature an exhibit by vendors who provide products and services related to the conference topic.

3rd Annual Digital Library Conference and Vendor Fair by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 11:03

Keynotes * "Rebooting America," David Liroff, formerly of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. * "Digital Preservation: Prologue and Principles," Nancy McGovern, University of Michigan, Digital Preservation Officer, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Breakout Sessions * Getting Started in the Digital Commonwealth (portal and repository), Erin Logsdon, NELINET * Text Alive! The Body, Mind, and Soul of the Digitized Written Word, Tom Blake, Boston Public Library * Scanning 101 for Photographs, Scott Kehoe, NMRLS * Report from the Boston Library Consortium on Digital Issues, Jay Shafer, UMass Amherst * Grant Writing for Digital Library Projects, Gregor Trinkus-Randall, MBLC * Promoting Your Digital Resources, Panel with David Mathews, NEDCC and others * Digital Barn Raising in Western Massachusetts, tba * Archival Finding Aids, Anne Sauer, Tufts University

The 4th annual International Open Repositories Conference by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 11:06

Repositories increasingly play a pivotal role in the emerging information landscape. Through the format of blending open user group meetings for DSpace, Fedora, and Eprints, followed by general conference sessions that cover cross-cutting and overarching issues, Open Repositories attempts to create an opportunity to explore the challenges faced by user communities and others in today's world. Repositories are being deployed in a variety of environments (education, research, science, cultural heritage) and contexts (national, regional, institutional, project, lab, personal). Regardless of setting, context or scale, repositories are increasingly expected to operate across administrative and disciplinary boundaries and to interact with distributed computational services and social communities. It is the aim of the Open Repositories Conference to bring together individuals and organizations responsible for the conception, development, implementation and management of digital repositories, as well as stakeholders who interact with them, to address theoretical, practical, and strategic issues. The many repository platforms available today are changing the nature of scholarly communication. Institutions such as universities, research laboratories, publishers, libraries, and commercial organizations are creating innovative repository-based systems that address the entire lifecycle of information-from supporting the creation and management of digital content, to enabling use, re-use, and interconnection of information, to ultimately ensuring long-term preservation and archiving.

CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI6) by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 11:12

The workshop will follow the successful format of previous workshops mixing practical tutorials, presentations from cutting-edge projects and research, discussion groups, posters, and an intense social programme to maximise interaction and communication. It will be possible to register for a part or all of the programme. The workshop is aimed at those involved in the development of openaccess (OA) repositories and who can influence the direction of developments either within their institution, their country or at an international level - that includes technical developers of OA bibliographic databases and connected services, research information policy developers at university or library level, funding bodies concerned with access to the results of their research, OA publishers,and influential researchers keen to lead OA developments in their own field. Previous workshops have built a strong community spirit and the event is a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and contact details with the wide range of people connected to the OA movement. The OAI series of workshops is one of the biggest international meetings in this field and takes place roughly every two years.

IASA 2009 40th Annual Conference :Towards a New Kind of Archive? The Digital Philosophy in Audiovisual Archives by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 11:14

When IASA was founded 40 years ago few could imagine the realities with which today’s audiovisual archives are confronted. As we approach the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the digital age for archives, libraries and museums is not an option, but a reality. Huge digitisation projects have been or are being implemented while at the same time the production and distribution of the new content is mostly digital. What is the role of the audiovisual archives in this new technological environment? How distinct are the roles of the various cultural heritage institutions? What methods and techniques will ensure the accountability and continuity of the audiovisual content? How have users’ expectations been changed and what strategies have been employed to meet them? Which is the role of international organisations and of the IASA in this new environment? How can the National Archives of big and smallest countries can cope with this new environment?

Joint BAAC and LCSA Annual Conference : Aggregation and Management of Audiovisual Content in the Digital Space by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 11:16

Large-scale digitization, and aggregation of digital content in the national and international portals representing cultural heritage, is the latest trend in management of cultural resources in Europe and worldwide. This is exemplified by such international initiatives as European Film Gateway, Europeana and other emerging networks. Such portals improve access to heritage resources for diverse audiences, and unlock it for various uses. However, building such repositories of shared resources requires collaboration and organizational decisions. The development of virtual memory institutions for audiovisual collections requires the establishment of effective content management solutions. High on the agenda of audiovisual archives are a wide spectrum of issues. They range from analogue-to-digital conversion, development and maintenance of digital archives, long-term preservation of digitized and born-digital material, as well as standardization and interoperability of digital information systems. In accordance with the latest emerging issues in the management and dissemination of audiovisual heritage, the conference, "Aggregation and Management of Audiovisual Content in the Digital Space", aims to promote a higher visibility for the Baltic heritage in a digital environment. Nationally and internationally, this can be achieved by sharing best practices and encouraging collaborative networks for stakeholders.

INFuture 2009 : 2nd International Conference on The Future of Information Sciences : Digital Resources and Knowledge Sharing by David Lamb — last modified 19-03-2009 11:18

Future of Information Sciences (INFuture) is a series of international conferences aimed at researchers and professionals from the broad field of information studies and related professions. The objective of the conference is to provide a platform for discussing both theoretical and practical issues in information organization and information integration. INFuture explores how developments in information and communication technology influence the future of the field of information studies. Education and research in information science and its interdisciplinary scope and application is of particular interest to this conference. INFuture 2009: Digital Resources and Knowledge Sharing is the second in a series of INFuture conferences focusing on creation, sharing and reuse of digital resources. The objective of the conference is to provide a platform for discussing both theoretical and practical issues.

Digital Preservation – The Planets Way by David Lamb — last modified 04-06-2009 14:22

As more information is created online it has become increasingly important - for regulatory, governance, business continuity, or simply to keep hold of valuable or valued information - to take action to ensure that this information will still be available in ten and more years' time. Planets (Preservation and Long-term Access through NETworked Services) will host the first in a series of three-day training events in Europe at The Royal Library, Copenhagen on 22-24 June 2009. Digital Preservation – The Planets Way will examine the need to preserve digital content, the action that needs to be taken and the Planets approach to addressing these issues. Day 1 will consider the case for preserving digital objects, the technical issues involved, the Planets framework, tools and services. On days 2 and 3 delegates will gain hands-on experience of working with Planets and a scenario (sample collection) to develop a preservation plan and preserve digital objects. The event will include plenty of opportunity for discussion, sharing ideas and best practice and to ask questions and an example of how the Royal Library of the Netherlands is preserving digital content. Planets is a joint European project co-funded by the European Commission as part of Framework Programme 6 and delivered by a Consortium of 16 National Libraries, Archives, research and technology institutions. Planets has already released a number of preservation tools that can be used freely and/or downloaded, and by mid 2010 will make available a Preservation Framework and suite of digital preservation tools and services.

The 32nd Annual ACM SIGIR Conference by David Lamb — last modified 04-06-2009 14:29

All SIGIR workshops occur on Thursday, July 23. They will be held at Northeastern University (a few minutes from the conference hotel) and will run the full day. Specific starting and ending times will be determined later. The workshops are listed below, along with a brief description of their content. Follow the provided links for details about the individual workshops, including calls for papers, agendas, and so on. Questions about a workshop should be addressed to the organizers.

TrebleCLEF Summer School on Multilingual Information Access by David Lamb — last modified 04-06-2009 14:45

The aim of the Summer School is to give participants a grounding in the core topics that constitute the multidisciplinary area of Multilingual Information Access (MLIA). Both theoretical and practical issues will be addressed. The School is intended for advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students, post-doctorial researchers plus academic and industrial researchers and system developers with backgrounds in Computer Science, Information Science, Language Technologies and related areas. The focus of the school will be on "How to build effective multilingual information retrieval systems and how to evaluate them".

The Future of IR Evaluation by David Lamb — last modified 30-06-2009 10:11

As more information is created online it has become increasingly important - for regulatory, governance, business continuity, or simply to keep hold of valuable or valued information - to take action to ensure that this information will still be available in ten and more years' time. Planets (Preservation and Long-term Access through NETworked Services) will host the first in a series of three-day training events in Europe at The Royal Library, Copenhagen on 22-24 June 2009. Digital Preservation – The Planets Way will examine the need to preserve digital content, the action that needs to be taken and the Planets approach to addressing these issues.

LIBER Annual Conference 2009 by David Lamb — last modified 30-06-2009 10:14

The format of the Annual Conference has, with the approval of the LIBER Board, been completely revised. A significant number of new sessions has been introduced into the Programme. The effect of these changes will be to enhance still further the role and position of the Annual General Conference as one of the leading Conferences in Library and Information Science in Europe. LIBER is pleased to present its Outline Programme for the 38th Annual LIBER Conference in Toulouse in 2009. A Conference Committee, chaired by Dr Paul Ayris as Vice-President-Elect of LIBER, has been meeting since the Summer of 2008 to compile a Programme for the Toulouse meeting.

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly by David Lamb — last modified 30-06-2009 10:15

Technological advances in the past several years have enabled libraries to create new services that were not possible before, such as personalized OPAC interfaces, semantic searches through different kind of multimedia resources, different kind of visualizations, downloading media that could be used for research purposes etc. So we have an increasing range of services which fit very closely to the specific needs of users. In parallel the development of Web 2.0 technologies has had an important impact on library services - dubbed the "library 2.0" model. This new library 2.0 requires a user-centred shift and encourages constant and purposeful change in which the users take an active part in the creation of the physical and the virtual services they want. Social networks, virtual access, tagging, blogging and wikis are just part of this new dimension and are open to librarians as well as to old and new users’ participation. The limits between the creation and the usage have disappeared and the library becomes a meeting point where people share their interest and problems with each other with a high potential for interoperability & exchange and the transition from classic isolated fields in the information infrastructure to dedicated communities and their specific workspaces. Some of these ideas are much older and have their origin in the basic ideas of the semantic web. In a sense we have seen a revival of these ideas: earlier statements like “too much complex” change to approaches which try to characterise data in the specific syntax of the semantic web are superseded by the opening of data for web applications. In this sense the new web technologies influence the potential access to information, too.

7th European Summer School in Information Retrieval (ESSIR) by David Lamb — last modified 30-06-2009 10:18

The European Summer School in Informational Retrieval (ESSIR) 2009 gathers in Padua, Italy lectures and satellite meetings in exchange and dissemination in the modeling, design and implementation of advanced systems for teh representation, storage, search and retrieval of information.

Digital Preservation Road Show, Dublin by David Lamb — last modified 07-07-2009 09:06

The fourth of a series of digital preservation road shows, designed to raise awareness of the issues associated with digital preservation. The road show will demonstrate that there are solutions that don’t involve mega budgets, and show how to take the first, small, incremental steps that will make a start on engaging with these issues. More information about the series of road shows is available.

8th European Conference on Digital Archiving, Geneva 2010 by David Lamb — last modified 07-07-2009 09:09

The next edition of the European Conference on Archiving has been transformed into the “8th European Conference on Digital Archiving”. Following the invitation of its Scientific Committee, a group of young archivists have already looked into the development of an attractive programme for this important meeting of the archival community which will take place in Geneva in 2010. The 8th European Archives Conference will take place in Geneva from 28 - 30 April, 2010. Designed to define the current and future challenges of the profession, the conference is being organised by the European Regional Branch (EURBICA) and the Section on Professional Associations (SPA) of the International Council on Archives (ICA) as well as by the Swiss Federal Archives. The International Scientific Committee, responsible for the programme of the conference, decided to choose digital archiving as the general theme for this 8th edition. They wished to innovate by focusing on the function of archives – the archiving – and no longer on the institution. The conference programme will therefore be structured around the challenges and opportunities represented by digital archiving today.

CULTURAL HERITAGE online Empowering users: an active rolefor user communities by David Lamb — last modified 07-07-2009 09:11

Following the success of the previous conference in 2006, we are delighted to announce that the 2nd "CULTURAL HERITAGE online" conference will be hosted by Teatro della Pergola in Florence in December 2009. This conference aims to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents on the web from an international perspective, and bring together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners, providing a forum for the discussion and dissemination of the selected themes.

Digital Preservation – The Planets Way by David Lamb — last modified 04-09-2009 08:26

It is widely recognised that as more information is created or stored digitally there is a need to take action to preserve digital collections in the same way as there is a need to preserve physical collections of books, journals, images, film, audio and manuscripts. The rapid rate at which technology is evolving and digital material is degraded presents particular challenges about what to preserve, which features to preserve, for how long, for what usage and how to undertake preservation activities. Planets (Preservation and Long-term Access through NETworked Services) will host the second in a series of five three-day training events in Europe at the Arena di Serdica hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria, on 16-18 September 2009. ‘Digital Preservation – The Planets Way’ will consider the need to preserve digital content, the action that needs to be taken and introduce the Planets approach to addressing these issues.

PV 2009, Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Adding Value to Scientific and Technical Data by David Lamb — last modified 30-09-2009 10:50

After four very successful events, PV 2002 at CNES in Toulouse, France, PV 2004 at ESA/ESRIN in Frascati, Italy, PV 2005 at DCC in Edinburgh, UK and PV 2007 at DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, the conference series continues to address prospects in the domain of scientific and technical data preservation together with value adding to these data. The amount of digital data increases, the price for storage capacity decreases, the technology is still rapidly evolving offering new ways of storing, publishing and building added value services on top of data. Temptation is high to believe that dealing with massive amount of data is easy, just because data storage gets every day cheaper and the technology more stable. But data management, data description and data curation remain the challenges for building modern archives while keeping in mind their long-term preservation.