[Asis-l] Open DELOS Seminar on Digital Libraries and Digital Preservation

[Joy Davidson]

***Apologies for cross-posting***

Open DELOS Seminar on Digital Libraries and Digital Preservation

A two-day seminar for digital preservation specialists and practitioners
National Library of Estonia, Tallinn
4th and 5th September 2006
http://www.dpc.delos.info/tallinn06/

The DELOS Digital Preservation Cluster is pleased to announce that it will
be presenting results from the work of the Cluster at an open seminar in
Tallinn, Estonia. The seminar is being co-hosted by the Estonian Ministry of
Culture and the Estonian Business Archives, and will be held at the National
Library of Estonia.

Initial Digital Preservation Cluster results will be presented at this
seminar, including the testbed framework for digital preservation
experiments. Presentations will also cover work completed on modelling
preservation activity, including incorporating preservation into digital
library design, and the development of a digital library reference model.
Other invited presentations will address digital preservation issues from
library (National Libraries of New Zealand and Estonia) and archive
perspectives (National Archives of Estonia). The full seminar timetable is
presented below.


Online Registration Form
To register, please complete the online registration form at
http://www.dpc.delos.info/tallinn06/index.php?register=register
Registration is open until August 20th, 2006


Seminar Timetable

Monday, 4 September 2006
Chair: Raivo Ruusalepp (Estonian Business Archives)
13:00 - 13:45:  Arrival, registration, coffee
13:45 - 14:00:  Welcome and opening (Raivo Ruusalepp, Estonian Business
Archives)
14:15 - 14:45:  Delos digital preservation cluster: activities and results
(Prof. Seamus Ross, HATII, University of Glasgow)
14:45 - 15:30:  Delos report Framework for Testbed for digital preservation
experiment (Prof. Andreas Rauber, Vienna
                University of Technology, and Hans Hofman, National Archives
of the Netherlands)
15:30 - 16:00:  Coffee
16:00 - 16:45:  Preservation Modelling (Prof. Manfred Thaller,
Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Informationsverarbeitung,
                Universität zu Köln)
16:45 - 17:15:  Digital preservation problems in a library (Liina Enok,
National Library of Estonia)
17:15 - 17:45:  Panel-led Discussion (Seamus Ross, Liina Enok, Manfred
Thaller, and Andreas Rauber)
17:45:          Close

Tuesday, 5 September 2006
Chair: Hans Hofman (National Archives of the Netherlands)
08:45 - 09:15:  Coffee
09:15 - 10:00:  Digital Library Reference Model, TBA (DELOS)
10:00 - 11:00:  National Digital Heritage Archive (NDHA) Programme at the
National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mãtauranga
                o Aotearoa) (Steve Knight, Digital Innovation Services,
National Library of New Zealand)
11:00 - 11:30:  Coffee
11:30 - 12:15:  Encapsulate or not? Wrapping records in their metadata
(Leeni Langebraun and Kuldar Aas, National Archives of
                Estonia)
12:15 - 12:50:  Panel-led Discussion (Steve Knight, Leeni Langebraun)
12:50:          Closing comments (Prof. Seamus Ross)


Venue
The seminar will be held at the National Library of Estonia
<http://www.nlib.ee/?set_lang_id=2>, Tõnismägi 2, Tallinn. Further
directions and a route planner can be found using the interactive map of
Tallinn http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/g3455/maps?lang=1&set_tag=2>. View a
comprehensive list of accommodation in Tallinn at
http://www.tourism.tallinn.ee/fpage/travelplanning/accommodation.


Seminar Fees
Participation in this seminar is free of charge, but the number of
participants is limited to 50. The places will be offered on a first come
first serve basis. To book your place at the seminar, please register here
<http://www.dpc.delos.info/tallin06/index.php?register=register> by August
20th, 2006.

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Joy Davidson
DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
George Service House, 11 University Gardens,
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QJ
Scotland
Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592
Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788
http://www.dcc.ac.uk
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