Convergence in the Digital Age: Challenges for Libraries, Museums and Archives

ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
On 13 and 14 August 1998 in Amsterdam, a seminar on "Convergence in the Digital Age: Challenges for Libraries, Museums and Archives" will be held with support from the EU’s Telematics for Libraries. The seminar is a satellite event of this year’s IFLA General conference which takes place in Amsterdam from 16 to 21 August 1998.

Libraries, museums and archives all deal increasingly with documents, publications and information in electronic form. This new environment requires them to take on digitisation, archiving, preservation, new user services and new economic models in a complex legal framework.

The seminar is hence a unique opportunity for those interested in the fields of libraries, museums or archives to share their experience of handling digital information and to discuss common issues and challenges. It also aims at providing new ideas for the definition of strategies for co-operation in a digital environment.

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

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

The seminar will be held in one of the most attractive and historical buildings of Amsterdam. Once the residence of an important trading family, it is now the seat of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences.

The registration fee will be 200 Dutch Guilders excluding V.A.T. Coffee, lunch and social events are included in the price. The price will be 300 Dutch Guilders excluding V.A.T. for registration after 1 July 1998.

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