National Consultative Meeting on the Management of Australian Physical-Format Digital Publications

First National Consultative Meeting on the Management of Australian Physical-Format Digital Publications

Agenda

4th Floor Conference Room
National Library of Australia
Parkes Place, Canberra, ACT
27th-28th October 1997

The purpose of the meeting is to seek agreement on key principles and an understanding of responsibilities related to the provision of long-term access to digital publications in physical-formats. Ways of developing and strengthening partnerships that will lead to a national preservation strategy will be explored. Brenda McConchie, Executive Director, AIMA Training and Consultancy Services, will be facilitating the two-day meeting.

Day 1 - October 27th

Attended by publishers and representatives of State and National Libraries.

Objectives:

8:45am Registration
9:15am Opening address
(Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Services to Libraries Division, National Library of Australia)
9:20am Introduction: Setting the context for the two days
(Jan Lyall, Acting Assistant Director-General, Cultural and Educational Services, National Library of Australia)
9:35am Summary presentation on the results of the surveys of publishers and libraries
(Charu Sood, National Initiatives and Collaboration Branch, National Library of Australia)
10:00am Tea
10:30am Legal and commercial issues: presentation and small group discussion
(Annabelle Herd, Copyright Research Officer, Australian Council of Libraries & Information Services)
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Technical issues: presentation and small group discussion
(Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation, National Library of Australia)
3:45pm Tea
4:15pm Discussion of the roles and responsibilities of those contributing to the preservation of digital information in physical-formats
(Maggie Jones, Director, Collection Management and Retrieval Service, National Library of Australia)
5:00pm Summary of the day and of consensus reached
5:30pm Close

Day 2 - October 28th

Attended by representatives of State and National Libraries.

Objectives:

8:30am Review of previous day. Informal reports from each library presenting an overview of their strategic directions and current digital initiatives in the digital area
10:15am Tea
10:45am Presentation on the management of physical-format digital publications in National and State Libraries. (Charu Sood, National Initiatives and Collaboration Branch, National Library of Australia)
11:00am Formulate strategies to preserve access to physical-format digital material
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Propose national model for the preservation of physical-format digital material and develop action plan
3:15pm Tea
3:30pm Summary and review of commitments to action plan
4:30pm Close

For further information contact:

Charu Sood
National Initiatives and Collaboration (NIAC)
National Library of Australia
Telephone: +61 (0)2 62621571
Facsimile: +61 (0)2 62734535
E-mail: csood@nla.gov.au


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