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See also: Forthcoming conferences
Events currently being held
- Adopting and Adapting : 25th International Convention, Records Management Association of Australia
07 - 10 Sep 2008
, Sydney Convention Centre, Sydney Australia
(Australia)
- This conference will consider" the ways in which records & information managers adopt new methodologies and processes as they adapt to new technologies in an effort to maintain their knowledge in a fast changing and dynamic environment and the challenges that face them in doing so."
- http://www.rmaa.com.au/natcon2008/
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2008
August
- World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council. Libraries Without Borders: Navigating Towards Global Understanding
10 - 14 Aug 2008
, Quebec City, Canada
(Canada)
- Will have two sessions on digital preservation: digital objects on physical carriers and preservation infrastructures.
- http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/index.htm
- 2008 Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Archivists
08 - 09 Aug 2008
, Perth, Western Australia
(Australia)
- http://www.archivists.org.au/2008-conference-perth
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July
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Digital Preservation Planning: Principles Examples and the Future with PLANETS
29 Jul 2008
, British Library Conference Centre, London
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
(United Kingdom)
- Digital Preservation Coalition and PLANETS joint briefing day workshop which allowed sharing of knowledge and experience in preservation planning, setting strategy and using PLANETS tools and technology. Presentations available on the website.
- http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/080729PlanetsBriefing.html
- DML 2008 : Towards Digital Mathematics Library
27 Jul 2008
, Birmingham, United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
- This workshop will formulate strategy and goals of a global mathematical digital library and summarise the current successes and failures of current technologies and related projects. It will consider, technologies, standards, metadata, business models and practices.
- http://www.fi.muni.cz/~sojka/dml-2008.xhtml
- Kuala Lumpur 2008 : 16th ICA Congress in Kuala Lumpur :Archives, Governance and Development: Mapping Future Society
21 - 27 Jul 2008
, National Archives of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
International Council of Archives
(Malaysia)
- http://www.kualalumpur2008.ica.org
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June
- ELPUB2008 12th International Conference on Electronic Publishing. Open Scholarship: Authority, Community and Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0
25 - 28 Jun 2008
, Toronto Canada
(Canada)
- This conference "will focus on the future of scholarly communications resulting from the intersection of semantic web technologies, the development of cyberinfrastructure for humanities and the sciences, and new dissemination channels and business models."
- http://www.elpub.net/
- Collaboration in the Digital Age
24 - 25 Jun 2008
, Denver, Colorado
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
(United States of America)
- "The second in a series of four national conservation forums that are part of the Connecting to Collections initiative. “Collaboration in the Digital Age” responds to the needs of museums and libraries by helping them think strategically and collaboratively about digitization and digital preservation. Speakers will review the fundamentals of digital content creation and preservation, emphasizing practical approaches to planning digital projects, increasing access to collections, enabling digital resources to serve multiple purposes, and protecting digital investments."
- http://www.imls.gov/collections/tour/denver.htm
- LIFE2 Project Conference
23 Jun 2008
, British Library Conference Centre
LIFE Project, London, UK
(United Kingdom)
- "The conference will cover the results from the LIFE2 Project’s case studies which examined the lifecycle costs for Digital repositories, Primary data and Digitised newspapers. Other topics will include mapping digital and analogue lifecycles, as well as an updated LIFE costing model and how to go about using the LIFE model in your own institutions. The conference will be of interest to the digital preservation community and repository managers, as well as anyone with an interest in the costs associated with digital collections." Presentations are available from the website.
- http://www.life.ac.uk/2/conference.shtml
- Education for Digital Stewardship: Librarians, Archivist or Curators?
20 Jun 2008
, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
(United States of America)
- This workshop to be held in conjunction with JCDL 2008 is organised by the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the School of Information and Library Science of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will consider the skills and personnel required for managing large scale digital repositories.
- http://www.ils.unc.edu/jcdl2008/
- JCDL 2008: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2008 - Bridging Culture Bridging Technology
15 - 20 Jun 2008
, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
(United States of America)
- International forum focused on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues.
- http://www.jcdl2008.org/
- ACA 2008 Annual Conference: Stemming theTide: Archives and the Digital World
12 - 14 Jun 2008
, Fredricton, New Brunswick
Association of Canadian Archivists
(Canada)
- http://archivists.ca/conference/
- ETD 2008: Spreading the Light: 11th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
04 - 07 Jun 2008
, Aberdeen Scotland
(United Kingdom)
- Organised by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), Robert Gordon University and the University of Nottingham, this conference will "present research outcomes and demonstrate new developments and initiatives in the field of electronic theses and dissertations, and encourage even more universities around the world to become a part of the NDLTD and to promote free, open and long-term access to online scholarship".
- http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/library_edocs/etd08/home.htm
- Archiving 2008
Jun 2008
, Berne, Switzerland
(Switzerland)
- This conference is the fifth archiving conference sponsored by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology. It will bring together experts in digital archiving, imaging, and digital preservation.
- http://www.imaging.org/conferences/archiving2008/
- SIEDL 2008. First International Workshop on Semantic Interoperability in the European Digital Library
1 Jun 2008
, Tenerife, Spain
(Spain)
- Workshop to be held as part of the 5th European Semantic Web Conference, will focus on how the late advances on Semantic Web technologies can facilitate the way that European digital libraries exchange information within the framework of the web.
- http://multimedia.semanticweb.org/siedl/
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May
- INFORUM 2008 : 14th Conference on Professional Information Resources
28 - 30 May 2008
, Univesity of Economics, Prague
(Czech Republic)
- This conference deals with professional electronic information resources for research, development, education and business purposes. It includes a session on digital Libraries held on 30 May 2008.
- http://www.inforum.cz/en/
- IASSIST 2008. 34th International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) Annual Conference: Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation
27 - 30 May 2008
, Stanford University, Stanford California
(United States of America)
- This conference will examine the role of technology and tools in various aspects of the data life cycle.
- https://www.stanford.edu/group/ADS/cgi-bin/drupal/
- 11th Annual Open Forum for Metadata Registries: Metadata DownUnder - Metadata, Semantics and Interoperability in Practice
19 - 22 May 2008
, Sydney, NSW Australia
(Australia)
- This forum will exchange information across a range of metadata application areas, including metadata standards in use, current standards developments, standards research and emerging needs. Application areas include transport systems, health manufacturing, statistics, government, defence and e-commerce.
- http://www.metadataopenforum.org/
- dgo2008: 9th International Digital Government Research Conference. Partnerships for Public Innovation
18 - 21 May 2008
, Hilton Bonaventure Hotel, Montreal, Canada
(Canada)
- http://www.dgo2008.org
- Partnership in Academic Excellence : UNICA Scholarly Communications Seminar 2008
15 - 16 May 2008
, Charles Univerity, Prague Czech Republic
UNICA - Network of Universities from Capitals of Europe
(Czech Republic)
- This seminar explored how UNICA universities could address the challenges of the digital age. Areas explored included digital preservation, digital libraries and repositories, open access, collaboration, strategies and projects in the European context. Presentations available from the website.
- http://www.ulb.ac.be/unica/sem-scholar.html
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April
- WWW2008 : 17th International World Wide Web Conference. One world, One Web
21 - 25 Apr 2008
, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing China
(China)
- http://www2008.org/
- Planning the Future with PLANETS: a Preservation Planning Tutorial
14 - 15 Apr 2008
, Austrian Computer Society, Vienna, Austria
PLANETS Project
(Austria)
- Two day tutorial on preservation planning, introducing the PLANETS Project plus hands on preservation planning exercises including using PLATO the PLANETS preservation planning tool.
- http://www.planets-project.eu/events/pp-vienna-2008/
- JISC/BL/DPC Workshop: What to Preserve? Significant Properties of Digital Objects.
07 Apr 2008
, British Library Conference Centre
(United Kingdom)
- This workshop showcased a number of digital preservation initiatives supported by JISC and the European Union in which work has been undertaken to investigate the factors affecting decisions on significant properties, to establish generic models for determining them, to develop tools and services for describing and extracting them, or simply to understand complex digital object types, using the concept of significant properties as a starting point.
- http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/080407workshop.html
- Presentation slides available from web site.
- AusWeb 08 : The fourteenth Australasian World Wide Web Conference
5 - 9 Apr 2008
, Ballina Beach Resort, N.S.W. Australia
AusWeb Team
(Australia)
- Presentations available from http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw08/archive/Ausweb08list.html.
- http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/index.html
- OR 2008. The 3rd International Conference on Open Repositories
01 - 04 Apr 2008
, Southhampton, UK
(United Kingdom)
- This conference will include "workshops and tutorials followed by general conference sessions that cover cross-cutting and overarching issues and EPrints/DSPace and Fedora user group meetings".
- http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
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March
- NDAP 2008 International Conference
18 - 20 Mar 2008
, Taipei, Taiwan
National Digital Archives Program Taiwan
(Taiwan)
- This conference by the National Digital Archives Program of Taiwan " provides a forum to encourage and facilitate the interaction, collaboration, and dialogues among the specialists in digital archives from different countries." It included sessions on digital preservation, and digital archives.
- http://www.ndap.org.tw/96AnnualExhibition/InternationalConference/enHo
me.htm
- NISO 2008 Forum. NISO Digital Preservation Forum: Digital Preservation Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources
14 Mar 2008
, Washington D.C.
National Information Standards Organisation (NISO)
(United States of America)
- Keynote address by Ewan Owens of PORTICO, presentations on initiatives including NDNP, Chronopolis, Clockss and the Metaarchive Cooperative and presentations on the global challenge and trends in digital preservation. Speakers biographies and presentations available from the agenda link.
- http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/digpres08/
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February
- Communities and Memories: a Global Perspective. Third International Conference of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme
19 - 22 Feb 2008
, National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
(Australia)
- http://www.amw.org.au./mow2008/mow2008.htm
- 1st African Digital Management and Curation Conference and Workshop
12 - 13 Feb 2008
, CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria
(South Africa)
- This conference looked at international trends and perspectives on digital management and curation in various sciences and for e-research. Presentations are available from the website.
- http://stardata.nrf.ac.za/nadicc/index.html
- One More Step Towards the European Digital Library: International Conference.
31 Jan - 1 Feb 2008
, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
EDLProject
(Germany)
- http://www.edlproject.eu/conference/index.php
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January
- First DRIVER Summit : Towards a Confederation of Digital Repositories
16 - 17 Jan 2008
, Goettingen State and University Library, Goettingen, Germany
(Germany)
- Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research (DRIVER) two day summit by invitation only to present the results of the initial testbed phase and pave the way for a confederation of digital repositories.
- http://www.driver-support.eu/multi/DRIVERSummit.php
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2007
December
- 3rd International Digital Curation Conference : Curating our Digital Scientific Heritage: a Global Collaborative Challenge
11 - 13 Dec 2007
, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
(United States of America)
- This conference focused on emerging strategy, policy implementation, leading-edge research and practitioner experience, and comprised a mix of peer-reviewed papers, invited presentations and international keynote speakers. Presentations including national perspectives and case studies available from the programme link.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2007/
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November
- 2007 National Digital Forum : Digital Realities - Communities, Convergence and Sustainability
29 - 30 Nov 2007
, Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand
(New Zealand)
- This conference focused on communities and digital cultural heritage. It includes talks on National and international initiatives.
- http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/forum2007.htm
- Abstracts available from this URL, Powerpoint presentations and some ideo recordings of the conference are available on the GOVIS website: http://richmedia.govis.org.nz/
- VAST 2007: Future Technologies to Empower Heritage Professionals
26 - 30 Nov 2007
, Brighton, U.K.
(United Kingdom)
- http://aranea.brighton.ac.uk/vast2007/index.php
- 2007 NHPCR Electronic Record Research Fellowship Symposium
16 Nov 2007
, Pleasants Family Room in Wilson Library at UNC Chapel Hill
(United States of America)
- Keynote address by Reagan Moore and Richard Marciano from the San Diego Supercomputer Center "The Evolution of Data Curation: Towards Policy-driven Collection Management." Abstracts available from the agenda link.
- http://www.ils.unc.edu/nhprcfellows/2007confer.htm
- DELOS: Appraisal in the Digital World
15 - 16 Nov 2007
, Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei (Rome, Italy)
(Italy)
- http://www.dpc.delos.info/rethinking_appraisal/
- Digital Archive Fever :CHArt Twenty-third Annual Conference
08 - 09 Nov 2007
, Birkbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD
(United Kingdom)
- http://www.chart.ac.uk/chart2007/index.html
- International Conference on Digital Preservation at the occasion of the retirement of J. Steenbakkers: tools and trends
1 - 2 Nov 2007
, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague
(Netherlands)
- Presentations available from http://www.kb.nl/hrd/congressen/toolstrends/programme-en.html.
- http://www.kb.nl/hrd/congressen/toolstrends/index-en.html
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October
- iPRES International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects 2007
11 - 12 Oct 2007
, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
(China)
Has papers: AONS II: Continuing the Trend Towards Preservation "software" nirvana
; AONS II: Continuing the Trend Towards Preservation Software 'Nirvana'
- The theme of this conference was Digital Preservation: Sustainable Programs and Best Practices. Presentations and some papers available from the program page.
- http://ipres.las.ac.cn/
- Also some papers have been published in special edition of New Technology of Library and Information Service Vol 1, Jan 2008 http://www.infotech.ac.cn/gkll.asp
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September
- Second Workshop on Foundations of Digital Libraries
20 Sep 2007
, Budapest, Hungary
Has papers: Risk Management Foundations for Digital Libraries: DRAMBORA (Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment)
- This workshop held in conjunction with ECDL 2007 brought together members of the international Digital Library community interested in digital libary modelling and contributing to the development of the DELOS Reference Model for Digital Library. Papers and presentations are available from the website.
- http://www.delos.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=597&It
emid=328
- DPE, PLANETS and CASPAR Second Annual Conference: Progress Towards Addressing Digital Preservation Challenges
05 - 06 Sep 2007
, Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais / Torre do Tombo Lisbon, Portugal
(Portugal)
- http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/fp6-2007/
- Presentations available from this web site
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August
- World Library and Information Congress : 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council : Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships
19 - 23 Aug 2007
, Durban, South Africa
(South Africa)
- Presentations available from the programme link.
- http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/index.htm
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June
- Joint Technical Symposium JTS 2007: Audiovisual Heritage and the Digital Universe
28 - 30 Jun 2007
, Toronto Canada
(Canada)
- This is the seventh meeting of JTS, an international meeting for organisations and individuals involved in the preservation and restoration of original image and sound materials. Abstracts, presentation and speakers bios available from the proceedings link.
- http://www.jts2007.org/
- DPC/BL JPEG 2000 Workshop
25 Jun 2007
, British Library Conference Centre
(United Kingdom)
- One day workshop on the use of JPEG 2000 in digital repositories.
- Presentations (PDF) available from this website.
- 7th International Web Archiving Workshop: IWAW 2007
23 Jun 2007
, Vancouver, Canada
(Canada)
- Held in conjunction with ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, this workshop included papers on web archiving, access and case studies. It also included updates and demonstrations from the Internet Archive, The California Digital Library and Hanzo Archive.
- http://www.iwaw.net/07/
- Papers and presentations available from the conference web site.
- JCDL 2007: ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2007
17 - 23 Jun 2007
, Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, British Columbia
(Canada)
- A major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. Proceedings available from ACM Portal JCDL 2007.
- http://www.jcdl2007.org/
- Digital Depositories: Dealing with the Deluge
05 - 06 Jun 2007
, Manchester University
Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
(Date Created: 2007)
(United Kingdom)
- JISC Digital Repositories Conference held in Manchester showcased a range of research and development work, and demonstrated how it could be practically applied by those working in UK Repositories. Links to presentations from program page.
- http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_digital_repositori
es/repositories_conference.aspx
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May
- ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) Conference 2007
02 - 05 May 2007
, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(United States of America)
- "In keeping with the conference theme, we will be featuring presentations dealing with the dawn of recorded sound and the transition from mechanical musical instruments (music boxes, player pianos and orchestrions) to devices meant to capture and/or reproduce sound (phonographs and magnetic recorders). Like all ARSC conferences, we will have a pre-conference workshop, technical sessions and presentations dealing with issues of interest to archives and collectors alike, such as copyright, access, discography and preservation."
- http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/2007/
- CDs available from website
- Educause Australasia : Advancing Knowledge : Pushing Boundaries
29 Apr - 02 May 2007
, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
(Australia)
- Conference for Australian higher education professionals dealing with technological innovations including repositories. Abstracts, papers and video presentations available from the website under program menu.
- http://www.caudit.edu.au/educauseaustralasia07/
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April
- Building Trust in Digital Repositories Using the DRAMBORA Toolkit
27 Apr 2007
, British Library, London
Digital Curation Centre
(United Kingdom)
- This tutorial sponsored by the Digital Curation Centre provided an overview of the need for an evidence-based evaluation of digital repositories and a demonstration of the use of the DRAMBORA toolkit to design, develop, evaluate, and refine new or existing trusted digital repository systems and workflows.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/drambora-london-2007/
- Presentation slides available from web site.
- Germany 2007 Presidency of the European Union: The Challenge: Long-Term Preservation - Strategies and Practices of European Partnerships
20 - 21 Apr 2007
, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek , Frankfurt am Main
NESTOR
(Germany)
- This conference was organised to coincide with the German EU presidency to discuss current issues and assess the prospects for long-term digital preservation. Presentations available from /A>.
- http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/eu2007
- DigCCurr 2007 an International Symposium in Digital Curation.
18 - 20 Apr 2007
, Wilson Library, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(Date Created: Apr 2007)
(United States of America)
- This conference features perspectives from funders, Libraries, Research, consortia & Professional Associations as well as covering metadata and repository architecture datasets, selection & appraisal, and education and includes international as well as U.S. speakers.
- http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2007/
- Papers and presentations available from the website http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2007/program.html
- Museums and the Web 2007
11 - 14 Apr 2007
, San Francisco, California
(United States of America)
- Conference addresses web related issues for archives, museums and libraries. Papers available online Papers online.
- http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/
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March
- E-Journal Archiving and Preservation Workshop: Providing an Overview of E-Journal Archiving Requirements and Solutions
27 Mar 2007
, British Library Conference Centre
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
(United Kingdom)
- The DPC, The British Library and JISC held a 1 day workshop looking at the issue of e-journal archiving and preservation which brought together international stakeholders. Overview and presentations available from the website.
- http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/0703ejournalwkshop.html
- PresDB'07 : International Workshop on Database Preservation
23 Mar 2007
, National E-Science Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
(United Kingdom)
- This workshop organised by the National e-Science Centre brought together a multidisciplinary group to consider the archival issues surrounding databases, including the characteristics and life cycle of databases and preservation strategies.Presentations available from the program link.
- http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/hmueller/presdb07/
- WebWise 2007: Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation and Use
28 Feb - 02 Mar 2007
, Hyatt Regency Washington. Washington D.C.
J Paul Getty Trust
(United States of America)
- The conference addressed " issues and emerging practices in the preservation of digital content from digitized text to "born-digital" art, the general state of preservation and "digital readiness" in the nation's museums and libraries, and strategies for using technology to improve collections management and care."
- http://www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference/
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February
- Articulating Value in the Digital World: A Conference on the espida Approach
12 Feb 2007
, British Library Conference Centre
(United Kingdom)
- This conference gave an overview of the ESPIDA approach.
- http://www.gla.ac.uk/espida/events/2007Conference/conference.shtml
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January
- Open Repositories 2007 : 2nd International Conference on Open Repositories
23 - 26 Jan 2007
, Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas
(United States of America)
- One of the themes of this open repositories conference is strategic IT infrastructure, including preservation. Individual presentations available from the website under presentations or as a complete zipfile set.
- http://openrepositories.org/2007/
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2006
December
- Cultural Heritage On Line - the Challenge of Accessibility and Preservation
14 - 16 Dec 2006
, Firenze, Italy
Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale
(Italy)
- Main topics: Digital libraries; Digital preservation technical and organisational issues; Trusted digital repositories;Audio-visual archives
Abstracts and presentations available from the website.
- http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/conference
- Memories for Life Network Colloquium
12 Dec 2006
, British Library, London
(United Kingdom)
- Memories for Life (M4L) is a group of scientists funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to explore the relationship between the science and technology of memory, including digital memory.
- http://www.memoriesforlife.org/colloquium06.php
- Memories for Life Network Workshop
11 Dec 2006
, British Library, London
(United Kingdom)
- Memories for Life (M4L) is a group of scientists funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to explore the relationship between the science and technology of memory, including digital memory. Overview of sessions and presentations available from the website.
- http://www.memoriesforlife.org/workshop06.php
- Sustainable Data from Digital Fieldwork : From Creation to Archive and Back
04 - 06 Dec 2006
, PARADISEC, Transient Building F12, University of Sydney, New South Wales
(Australia)
- Many academic disciplines depend on analysis of primary data captured during fieldwork. Increasingly, researchers today are using digital methods for the whole life cycle of their primary data, from capture to organisation, submission to a repository or archive, and later access and dissemination in publications, teaching resources and conference presentations. This conference and workshop will showcase a number of projects that have been developing innovative and sustainable ways of managing such data. Presentations available from Papers
- http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=11
- 2006 National Digital Forum Conference : Participating with Communities : Digital opportunities, Collaborations and Celebrations
30 Nov - 01 Dec 2006
, Soundings Theatre, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa,
(New Zealand)
- The conference focused on creating digital content for the future. What will be expected of museums, archives, and libraries to reach end-user communities in the future, and what needs to be done today? Conference themes include discussion on national identity, the National Digital Content Strategy, standards, community content contribution, and emerging trends.
- http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/forum2006.htm
- Presentations in PDF, video streaming and video downloads available.
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November
- 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries : ICADL 2006
27 - 30 Nov 2006
, Kyoto
(Japan)
- ICADL2006 focuses on the use, adoption and adaptation of digital libraries, which include work surrounding digital libraries and related technologies, the management of knowledge in digital libraries, and the associated usability and social issues. Proceedings published by Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol 4312, ISBN 3-540-49375-1.
- http://www.icadl2006.org/
- 2nd International Digital Curation Conference : Digital Data Curation in Practice
21 - 22 Nov 2006
, Hilton Glasgow Hotel, Glasgow
(United Kingdom)
- This conference focussed on Digital Data Curation in Practice, addressing different aspects of the curation lifecycle such as managing repositories, educating data scientists and understanding the role of policy and strategy. Presentations available from the website.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2006/
- ICUDL 2006 : Second International Conference on Universal Digital Library
17 - 19 Nov 2006
, Alexandria, Egypt
(Egypt)
Has papers: Finding Institutional Courage : Copyright in an Age of Mass Digitization
- The theme of this conference was "Towards building the globally owned Universal Digital Library where human knowledge is equally preserved and accessed".
It provided a forum for library and IT professionals to exchange information on progress in digital library technology. Presentations available from the program link.
- https://www.bibalex.org/icudl06/home.htm
- Managing Business Archives : a Global Perspective
17 Nov 2006
, Conference centre of the Royal Bank of Scotland Edinburgh
(United Kingdom)
- Themes include digital records - a universal issue,
the inertia of large problems: digital records preservation in business, Digital Preservation Europe: a preservation initiative built on ERPANET.
- http://www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/activitiesobjectives/confere
nce/conf2006
- MCN 2006: Access to Assets : Return on Investment : Museum Computer Network's 34th Annual Conference
08 - 11 Nov 2006
, Pasadena, California
Museum Computer Network
(United States of America)
- http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1676
- Powerpoint presentations available from the sessions program http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1227
- Sofia 2006 : Globalization, Digitization, Access and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
08 - 10 Nov 2006
, Hotel Rodina, Sofia,
(Bulgaria)
- http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/Sofia2006/Index.htm
- Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All; ASIS&T 2006: 69th Annual Meeting
03 - 09 Nov 2006
, Hilton Austin, Austin, Texas
American Society for Information Science and Technology
(United States of America)
- One of the topics is Preserving our cultural records in a digital age.
- http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/am06call.html
- Program available online for attendees only and for purchase on CD-ROM
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October
- Digital Futures 2006 : Imaging, Archives and Collections
31 Oct 2006
, The Royal Society, London
Royal Photographic Society
(United Kingdom)
- Topics include image permanence, image storage and retrieval, data migration strategies and managing digital archives.
- http://www.rps-isg.org/docs/DF2006programme.pdf
- Maintaining Long Term Access to Geospatial Data
27 Oct 2006
, e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh
(United Kingdom)
- Themes include citing geospatial databases, geospatial data formats and metadata, and geospatial repositories and storage.
- http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/697/
- Slides of presentations available from http://www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=697
- LITA (Library and Information Technology Association) 2006 National Forum: NetVille in Nashville: Web services as library services
26 - 29 Oct 2006
, Downtown Sheraton, Nashville, Tennessee
(United States of America)
- http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaevents/litanationalforum2006nashvillet
n/2006forum.cfm
- International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and Technologies : InSciT2006
25 - 28 Oct 2006
, Merida
(Spain)
- The digital libraries stream includes digital archiving and preservation. Presentations available from the website Digitla Libraries slides. Proceedings published proceedings details.
- http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/
- Scientific Data and Knowledge Within the Information Society : 20th CODATA International Conference
23 - 25 Oct 2006
, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing
(China)
- Topics include metadata registries, digital archives, digital libraries, data formats, data exchange and interoperability. Presentations available from programme and proceedings published in CODATA Data Science Journal Vol 6 supplement.
- http://www.codataweb.org/06conf/index.html
- TEL ME MOR Policy Conference : The Digital Future of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
19 - 20 Oct 2006
, National Library of Estonia, Tallinn,
(Estonia)
- Conference objectives - to provide a forum for discussion of the latest digital library developments in Europe and worldwide highlight future research requirements and formulate recommendations as to how the EU and international R&D agendas can lead to improving access to our common cultural heritage. Conference themes - The European Digital Library: digitisation priorities, standards and interoperability, multilingualism, licensing; research requirements, role & perspectives of memory institutions within the EU Seventh Framework Programme; digital library initiatives in Europe and the world. Presentations available from the website agenda.
- http://www.telmemor.net/conference/index.php
- Digital Rights and Asset Management : Access and Preservation Forum
19 Oct 2006
, The Seminar Suite Glasgow Metropolitan College, 60 North Hanover Street, Glasgow
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
(United Kingdom)
- The forum will explore whether content is being locked away behind technical protection measures and ask how we can make content accessible while upholding the rights of intellectual property owners. The forum will also highlight digital preservation issues in order to ensuring long term accessibility of digital resources. Presentations available from the web site.
- http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/0610dramforum.html
- 2006 International Conference on Digital Archive Technologies (ICDAT2006)
19 - 20 Oct 2006
, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei,
(Taiwan)
- Topics include digital archive technologies for enhancing multimedia delivery and presentation; system collaboration and interoperability' and multimedia information retrieval. Presentations available from the website (under Conference menu)
- http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ICDAT06/
- Open Scholarship 2006 : New Challenges
for Open Access Repositories
18 - 20 Oct 2006
, University of Glasgow, Scotland
(United Kingdom)
- Key themes of this conference on open access repositories included:
* Repository Developments
* Added Value Services
* Quality Assessment
* Policies and Implementation
* Sustainability
The session on sustainability has a paper on permanent access to digital resources
- http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/openscholarship
- Eighth National Russian Research Conference : Digital Libraries : Advanced Methods and Technologies : Digital Collections
17 - 19 Oct 2006
, Vladimir State University, Vladimir, Russia
(Russia)
- http://rcdl2006.vpti.vladimir.ru/cgi-bin/repl-file.cgi?Main=main_eng.h
tml&Repl1=content/1_eng.inc
- DCC and DPC Joint Workshop : OAIS Five Year Review
13 Oct 2006
, Wolfson Suite, Edinburgh University Library
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
(United Kingdom)
- This workshop enabled preparation of a joint comment, on behalf of members of the DCC Associates Network and members of the DPC (Digital Preservation Coalition), for submission to the OAIS (Open Archival Information System) Reference Model Five Year Review. The workshop was open to members of both organisations who are familiar with details of the standard and actively implementing or preparing to implement an OAIS. Program and comment available from the website.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/oais-fyr-2006/
- Access 2006 Conference : Capitalizing on Access
11 - 14 Oct 2006
, Ottawa Westin, Ottawa, Ontario
(Canada)
- Canadian library technology conference. Presentations and podcasts available from the website.
- http://www.access2006.uottawa.ca/
- iPRES International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects 2006
08 - 10 Oct 2006
, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
Cornell University Library
(United States of America)
- The theme to the 2006 conference is Words to Deeds: Collaboration in the Realm of Digital Preservation. Sessions include preserving multimedia objects, e-journal preservation, certification of digital repositories, and national efforts in digital preservation. Abstracts and presentations available from program.
- http://ipres.library.cornell.edu/
- 2006 NHPRC Electronic Records Research Fellowships Symposium
06 Oct 2006
(United States of America)
- Keynote address by Seamus Ross "Uncertainty, Risk, Trust, and Digital Persistency" and presentations by 2005 Fellows and new cohort. Biographies and powerpoint presentations available.
- http://www.ils.unc.edu/nhprcfellows/2006confer.htm
- Advancing the State of Knowledge in Electronic Records : 2006 Electronic Records Research Symposium
06 Oct 2006
, Pleasants Family Room of the Louis Round Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
(United States of America)
- The 2006 Electronic Records Research Symposium. The keynote address, Uncertainty, Risk, Trust, and Digital Persistency, was presented by Dr Seamus Ross Presentations available from 2006 presentations.
- http://www.ils.unc.edu/nhprcfellows/
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September
- PICNIC 06 : Avoiding the Digital Memory Loss
27 Sep 2006
, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
(Netherlands)
- A half day seminar held in conjunction with PICNIC 06.
- http://www.europarchive.org/picnic06.php
- ECDL 2006 : European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries
17 - 22 Sep 2006
, Alicante, Spain
(Spain)
- "Towards the European Digital Library". Topics include digital preservation. Proceedings available from ECDL2006 Alicante, Spain.
- http://www.ecdl2006.org/
- Shared Concerns and Responsibility for University Records and Archives : 2006 Seminar of the International Council on Archives Section on University and Research Institution Archives
13 - 20 Sep 2006
, Reykjavík, Iceland
University of Iceland
(Iceland)
- The annual seminar of the Section on University and Research Institution Archives. The seminar covered issues affecting the appraisal, preservation and use of institutional records. Papers available from the proceedings link.
- http://www.hi.is/page/ica_suv_seminar_2006
- Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts : DRHA 2006
03 - 06 Sep 2006
, Dartington College of Arts, Dartington, By Totnes, Devon
(United Kingdom)
- This conference considers digital resources being used in the arts for creative work, teaching, learning and scholarship. Abstracts available in programme.
- http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha06/
- Long Term Repositories : Taking the Shock Out of the Future
31 Aug - 01 Sep 2006
, Conference Room, National Library of Australia, Canberra
(Australia)
- This workshop is designed to increase the sustainability of institutional repositories through the use of preservation metadata. There are links to powerpoint presentations
- http://www.apsr.edu.au/longterm/index.htm
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August
- Australasian Sound Recordings Association (ASRA) Conference 2006
23 - 25 Aug 2006
, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra
(Australia)
- Them "Listening. Conference held at the National Film & Sound Archive in Canberra Australia.
- http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sound/events/conference_2006.htm
- World Library and Information Congress : 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council
20 - 24 Aug 2006
, Seoul, Korea
- Conference theme is Libraries : dynamic engines for the knowledge and information society
- http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/
- National Conference on Information Management in Digital Libraries (NCIMdiL) 2006
02 - 04 Aug 2006
, Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
(India)
- http://www.library.iitkgp.ernet.in/ncimdil.htm
- DC 2006: Joint Annual Meeting of NAGARA (National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators), COSA (Council of State Archivists) and SAA (Society of American Archivists)
30 Jul - 05 Aug 2006
, Hilton Washington, Washington D.C.
(United States of America)
- Abstracts available from the Schedule at a glance.
- http://www.archivists.org/conference/dc2006/dc2006aboutProgram.asp
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July
- EVA Conference : Electronic Information, the Visual Arts and Beyond
26 - 28 Jul 2006
, The UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY
(United Kingdom)
- Features a session on the preservation of digital assets.
- http://www.eva-conferences.com/eva_london/2006
- Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata : PREMIS Tutorial
17 - 18 Jul 2006
, Wolfson Medical Building, University of Glasgow, Scotland
(United Kingdom)
- The tutorial will cover both the PREMIS Data Dictionary and practical implementation issues. It will provide a walk-through of the data dictionary on July 17th and focus on XML rendering on July 18th. Both days will include hands-on exercises. The event will also allow PREMIS implementers an opportunity to share their experiences via short case studies. Workshop presentations and exercises available from the website.
- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/premis-2006/
- JISC/CNI Meeting : Envisioning Future Challenges in Networked Information
06 - 07 Jul 2006
, York Moat House, York
(United Kingdom)
- Topics include Digital Curation and preservation issues, Institutional Repositories and e-theses. Presentations available from the website.
- http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2006/
- DPC Briefing Day : Policies for Digital Repositories : Models and Approaches
05 Jul 2006
, British Library, London
(United Kingdom)
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