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Stephen Abrams is the Digital Library Program Manager at the
Harvard University Library, providing
technical leadership for strategic planning, design and coordination of the
Library's digital systems, projects and assets. He is currently engaged in
research and implementation of effective methods for archival preservation of
digital objects. Mr. Abrams was the architect and program manager for the joint
JSTOR/ Harvard JHOVE project; is providing a leadership role in establishing a
Global Digital Format Registry (GDFR); and is the ISO project leader and
document editor for ISO/TC 171/SC 2/WG 5, the joint working group developing
the PDF/A standard. He is a member of ACM, ALA, ASIS&T, and the IEEE
Computer Society. |
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Abstract: The role of file format registries in
digital preservation
Presentation: The role
of file format registries in digital preservation |
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Martha Anderson is currently a Project Manager for the
Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of
Congress working with preservation architecture projects. She manages the
capture of Web content in support of the Library's Digital Strategic
Initiatives Program. She was a participant in the Preservation Architecture
Working Group for the National Digital Information Infrastructure for
Preservation (NDIIP) Program and now serves as the project manager for the
Archive Ingest and Handling Test (AIHT) of the NDIIP Preservation Architecture.
She chairs the Metrics and TestBed working group of the International Internet
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During her tenure on the staff of the National Digital
Library Program at the Library of Congress, Martha Anderson served as Manager
of the Digital Conversion Group, Production Coordinator for American Memory
collections, Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) for the
multi-year paper scanning contract and as the National Digital Library Program
Liaison to the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress.
She has been a member of the faculty of the Northeast
Document Conservation Center School for Scanning presenting on the topic of
Managing Digital Assets.
Prior to joining the library staff in 1996, Ms. Anderson
worked in electronic publishing as editor and project manager for a variety of
CD-ROM reference products, including Time Almanac, the Patrologia Latina
Database and Periodicals Contents Index.
Abstract: Thematic Web Archiving
Presentation: Thematic
Web Archiving |
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The Chief
Scientist advises the Federal Government on the contributions of science,
technology and innovation to national goals and assists in ensuring that public
investment in science and technology is properly focussed on issues of national
priority. The Chief Scientist's activities include providing advice on
science, technology and innovation issues to the Federal Government and
creating linkages between Government and science, engineering, innovation and
industry groups. The Chief Scientist is Executive Officer of the Prime
Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council and chairs the Council's
Standing Committee. He is frequently asked to provide media commentary on
science and innovation issues. |
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Recently, he has chaired an Expert Advisory Committee that
has overseen the implementation of the national research priorities, for
government-funded research programmes. Dr. Batterham also chaired the Reference
Group that oversaw the Science and Innovation Mapping Taskforce, which took
stock of the state of Australian science, technology and innovation.
Abstract:
Use of the Web by Australian
Scientists
Presentation: Use of
the Web by Australian Scientists |
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Adrian Brown began his career as a field archaeologist,
after studying Medieval Literature at the University of Durham. In 1994, he
moved to the English Heritage Centre for Archaeology in Portsmouth, where he
was responsible for managing its archaeological archives and other information
resources. In this role, Adrian developed and implemented a digital archiving
programme to enable the long-term preservation and re-use of the CfA's
extensive and diverse digital collections. In 2001 he was appointed Head of
Information Management and Collections. Adrian moved to the Digital
Preservation Department of the UK
National Archives in November 2002, where he is currently Digital
Preservation Services Manager. His present role includes managing the TNA Web
Archiving Programme and PRONOM, the TNA's technical registry and technology
watch service. |
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Abstract: Building the UK Government Web
Archive
Presentation: Building the
UK Government Web Archive |
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Dr. Bruns completed his PhD at the University of Queensland
in the area of media and cultural studies. His thesis examined Resource Centre
Sites on the Web; since completing the thesis, Dr. Bruns has conducted further
research on this topic and will publish his findings in a monograph entitled,
Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production, due to be
released in 2005. Dr. Bruns lectures in the Creative Industries Faculty at the
Queensland University of Technology. He is General Editor of the online
academic publisher M/C - Media and
Culture and also co-founded dotlit: The Online Journal of Creative
Writing. Dr. Bruns helped to develop QUT's streaming media station
EMIT, which began Webcasting in
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His research interests include collaborative online
publishing, academic online publishing, streaming media policy and formats,
copyright in a digital environment and electronic creative writing. He is part
of the Researchers' Working Group of the International Internet Preservation
Consortium (IIPC) and conducts research as part of the Australasian CRC for
Interaction Design. Dr. Bruns has published extensively on the topics of
gatewatching and open news, streaming media, electronic creative writing and
popular music studies. He has also published works of creative writing
online.
Abstract:
Contemporary Culture and the Web
Presentation: Contemporary
Culture and the Web |
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Penny was appointed Chief Executive of the
National Library of New Zealand and
National Librarian in January 2003. From 2000-2002 she was University Librarian
and Deputy Librarian at Macquarie Univerity in Sydney working with professor
Neil McLean developing her understanding of next generation e-learning and
digital library environments. Between 1977 and June 2000 Penny held various
positions at Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology including
Polytechnic Librarian and Director of the Library/ Learning Resource Centre.
She has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma of Education from the
University of New South Wales, and is a member of CILIP and an associate of
ALIA. Penny served as National President of the Library and Information
Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) in 1999/2000 and was awarded a
Fellowship of the Association in 2001. |
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Penny has a particular professional interest in creating
national frameworks and strategies which enhance the flow of information to all
parts of society and believes that New Zealand Aotearoa has the potential to
become a leading information democracy. She is currently the Deputy Chair of
the ICT Steering Committee for Education, established by the Minister of
Education, was recently elected to the Public Sector Training Organisation
Board, and is a member of the Library and Information Advisory Commission
(LIAC). Her personal interests include the environment and wildlife of
Australia and New Zealand, and the management of a small farm on the Banks
Peninsula, growing native trees.
Abstract: National Library of New Zealand Web
archiving strategy
Presentation: National
Library of New Zealand Web archiving strategy |
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Warwick Cathro is Assistant Director-General, Innovation at
the National Library of Australia. Warwick
is responsible for planning and coordination of several of the key projects
which contribute to the Library's strategic directions. The most significant of
these is the Kinetica Redevelopment Project, which will deliver a new solution
to position the Kinetica service after 2005. Warwick is coordinating the
Library's collaboration with the higher education sector in a number of
projects aimed at establishing an improved environment for managing and
accessing Australian research information. From 1998 to 2003 Warwick was
responsible for managing and planning the Library's information technology
services. Prior to that he played a leading role in the Library's delivery of
network services to the Australian library community. |
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Warwick has presented numerous conference papers on topics
such as library networks, metadata and other standards, document delivery and
digital libraries.
Abstract: Preserving the outputs of
research
Presentation: Preserving
the outputs of research |
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Dr. Usai began his career in Italy as a film critic and
writer on film and arts, later moving into the field of film curatorship. He
has held the positions of Preservation Officer at the Royal Film Archive in
Belgium, founder and director of the Silent Film Festival of Pordenone in
Italy, co-founder of Domitor (an International Association for the Development
of Studies on Early Cinema), adjunct professor of film at the University of
Rochester, director of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation, and
has taught at the Université de Liège and at the International
School for Film Restoration, Bologna. Dr. Usai began work for the George
Eastman House in 1989, and received an appointment as Senior Curator of Motion
Pictures in 1996. |
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Since 1995, Dr. Usai served on the Executive Committee of
the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and was later appointed
Vice-President. Dr. Usai has received the Jean Vigo award, International Film
Guide award and in early 2004 was knighted by the French government as
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres for his contribution to film culture. He has
published widely on the history of silent cinema, film preservation and
audiovisual archiving in the digital age, and counts among his most acclaimed
publications Burning Passions: an Introduction to the Study of Silent Cinema
and The Death of Cinema: History, Cultural Memory and the Digital Dark Age. Dr.
Usai was recently appointed director of Screensound Australia, the national
screen and sound archive.
Abstract: Digital is Politics Pursued with Other
Means |
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Mr Cunningham has worked as a private records archivist at
the National Library of Australia, the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau and the State
Library of New South Wales. He later moved to the Office for Government
Information Technology and in 1998, joined the National Archives of Australia
as the Director of Recordkeeping Standards and Policy. In this role, Mr
Cunningham has policy and R&D oversight of the Standard for Online Resource
Discovery and the Recordkeeping Metadata Standard for Commonwealth Agencies. Mr
Cunningham is Chair of the AGLS Working Group, Secretary of the International
Council on Archives Committee on Descriptive Standards, Convenor of the
Australian Society of Archivists Discriptive Standards Committee and a member
of Standards Australia Committee IT/21, Records Management. Mr Cunningham was
also President of the Australian Society of Archivists from 1998-2000. |
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Abstract:
Managing government electronic
records through the whole life cycle
Presentation: Managing government electronic records through the
whole life cycle |
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Ms. Dale has had extensive experience in the field of
digital preservation. At the University of California, Berkeley, she worked in
the Preservation Replacement Department, and was later Head of the Preservation
Reformatting Department at Columbia University. She joined
Research Libraries Group (RLG) in 1997 as a
Program Officer for Member Initiatives. In this role, Ms. Dale leads one of
RLG's key initiatives, the Long-Term Retention of Digital Research Materials.
Her current work focusses on the digitization of cultural materials, trusted
digital repositories, digital repository certification and preservation
metadata. In addition to her work at RLG, Ms. Dale participated in the
development of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) international
standard and co-chairs the NISO Z39.87 Technical Metadata for Digital Still
Images Standard taskforce. |
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Ms. Dale is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the
Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network (ERPANET) and is involved
with the Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI) Website. Furthermore,
Ms. Dale is Associate Editor of RLG DigiNews and teaches preservation and
digitization courses at the local School of Library and Information
Science.
Abstract: Establishing trustworthy repositories:
organizational models, roles, and imperatives
Presentation: Establishing
trustworthy repositories: organizational models, roles and
imperatives |
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Tom Delsey is a consultant, based in Ottawa, Canada,
specializing in information modelling. He has developed a number of models for
the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), the Library of
Congress, and international organisations in the music, sound recording, film,
video and publishing industries.
Prior to beginning his consulting career, Tom was Director
General, Corporate Policy and Communications, at the National Library of
Canada. During his twenty three year tenure there, he held a number of
management positions in standards, acquisitions and bibliographic services, and
policy and planning. At various intervals during that time, he represented the
National Library of Canada on a number of national and international standards
committees. |
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He has chaired the Standing Committee of the IFLA Section on
Cataloguing and has participated in the work of a number of IFLA working
groups, including the Study Group on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic
Records. In 1998-99, he undertook a study of the logical structure of the
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules for the Joint Steering Committee for Revision
of AACR.
Tom received his bachelor's degree in English literature
from McMaster University, an MLS from the University of Western Ontario, and a
PhD in English and American language and literature from Harvard
University.
Abstract: Resource Discovery and Archived
Resources: Approaches and Issues
Presentation: Resource
Discovery and Archived Resources: Approaches and Issues |
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Jan Fullerton was appointed to the position of
Director-General of the National Library of
Australia in August 1999. Jan was the first female and the first internal
appointment to this key position of leadership within the Australian library
community. Jan's library background has spanned all the fundamental areas of
library operations including cataloguing, acquisitions and collection
development, preservation, information services and document supply. In her
position of Director of Collections and Reader Services, and subsequently as
Deputy Director-General, she was instrumental in leading the development of the
National Library's digital collection and access policies and services. As the
driving force behind the Library's strategy to collect Australian digital
publications, Jan's initiative led to the creation of the world-renowned
PANDORA archive. |
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In her role as Director-General, Jan has positioned the
National Library as a leading organisation in the delivery of information to
users through aggregated services such as the PictureAustralia digital image
service and a major new digitization program. The Library's new strategic
statement, Directions for 2003-2005, reflects Jan's influence in
moving the Library in a direction that will "break down the barriers" that
prevent users from easily and readily accessing information resources. In
2000, Jan was elected as Chair of the annual Conference of Directors of
National Libraries (CDNL) for a four-year term. CDNL is an independent
association of chief executives of over eighty national libraries, established
to facilitate discussion and promote understanding and cooperation on matters
of common interest to national libraries worldwide. |
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Malcolm Gillies is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the
Australian National University. He holds doctorates from the Universty of
London and the University of Melbourne, and is the author or editor of a dozen
books in fields of music history and analysis.
Prior to taking up his position at the ANU, Professor
Gillies was a Pro Vice-Chancellor at The University of Adelaide and, for five
years, Dean of Music at the University of Queensland.
During 1998-2001 Professor Gillies was President of the
Australian Academy of the Humanities and President of the National Academies
Forum. He also chaired the Coalition for Innovation in Scholarly Communication
and continues to chair the National Scholarly Communications Forum. In June
2004 he became the inaugural President of the peak body, the Council for Arts,
Humanities and Social Sciences. |
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Professor Gillies has special interestObservatorys in higher
education policy, educational assessment and creative arts management. During
2002-03 he has sat on Federal bodies of review of national research priorities,
information infrastructure and national research infrastructure. He is
currently a member of the Federal review of orchestras.
Abstract: Born Digital Born Free? The Cultural
Impact of the Web
Paper: Born Digital
Born Free? The Cultural Impact of the Web |
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Timothy Hart has worked in museums for the past 17 years, in
collection management, policy development, project management, information
technology and senior management. He studied Architecture and Archaeology at
the University of Sydney, graduating in 1986. Tim was employed in 1987 as a
registrar at the Powerhouse Museum and worked in that role for eight years. In
1994 he was appointed project manager at the Sydney Observatory and in 1995
began work in the Powerhouse Museum Directorate as policy coordinator. In 1997
he was appointed National Project Manager of Australian Museums Online (AMOL).
In 1999 he became Chief Information Officer at the Powerhouse Museum,
establishing a new division and executive role. In 2001, he was appointed
Director of Information, Multimedia and Technology at
Museum Victoria, once again
establishing a new division and executive role. |
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Tim was involved in the establishment of the Australian
Registrars Committee (ARC) in the early nineties and has been an active member
of Museums Australia for the past ten years. In 2001 he was elected to the
Museums Australia National Council, he is also a member of the Victorian State
Branch Committee. In 2002 he became a committee member of the Australian
Interactive Multimedia Industry Association (AIMIA). Tim has provided
leadership for a number of new media projects over the past seven years, most
notably the multimedia components of the
1000
Years of the Olympic Games: Treasures of Ancient Greece exhibition held at
the Powerhouse Museum during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. His current
major project is the $3 million Virtual
Room at Melbourne Museum, which breaks new ground in the presentation and
use of Virtual Reality content in museums. Tim is committed to working
towards increasing the integration of multimedia/ interactivity in museum
exhibitions and websites in order to fully utilise the opportunities now
available using digital media techniques and emerging technologies.
Abstract: Museums and the Web |
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Hans Jansen is currently the Deputy Director e-Strategy at
the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the National Library of the Netherlands. In this
role he is responsible for the initiation and execution of projects and
programs in the Research & Development Division, which includes work on
digital preservation issues. He is also supervising the activities of the
ICT-department. He has been the manager of national programs for the
preservation (Metamorfoze) and digitisation (Memory of the Netherlands) of
heritage collections in libraries, archives and museums. He has also been
involved in many European projects, including recently, The European Library,
the development of a portal to the collections of 43 European National
Libraries. He has held many other positions in the library since he joined the
staff in 1976. |
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Abstract: Permanent access: the e-Depot at the
Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Paper: Permanent access:
the e-Depot at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek |
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Michele Kimpton has been a Director at
Internet Archive for three years. In her
role she works closely with National Libraries, Archives and Universities to
provide technical expertise and services in Web archiving. She has developed
partnerships with several of these institutions to collaborate on Web archiving
activities, including being one of the founding members of the International
Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC).
Prior to Internet archive, Michele worked in the high tech
industry, mainly for profit sector, for the last 20 years. Before coming to
Internet Archive she was one of the co-founders of an online digital imaging
company, which was subsequently bought by one of the larger photo imaging
companies. For the last ten years of her career she has worked primarily in
technical management and business development. She has worked and lived in both
Europe and Asia during her career. |
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Michele has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh
University, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of
Santa Clara.
Abstract: Saving the Web for future
generations
Presentation: Saving
the Web for future generations |
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Mr. Lecher is head librarian at the Institute of Chinese
Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands. He completed his Masters thesis in
1994 on the topic of "Trying to communicate with the Chinese past" and is
currently working on a dissertation about a large printing and publication
project in 16th century China. During his career, Mr. Lecher has lectured and
written extensively on the subject of preserving Chinese digital resources and
has managed many related projects. Since 1995 he has been the general editor of
the China WWW Virtual Library - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies, and was
elected to the Council of the WWW Virtual Library in 1999, a position he held
until 2002. From 2001 until 2003, Mr. Lecher was content manager of the
European Center for Digital Resources in Chinese Studies in Heidelberg,
Germany. He has been responsible for the development of the
Digital Archive for Chinese
Studies (DACHS), and is currently managing the Leiden Division of that
project. |
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Abstract: Informant networks, alarm systems and
research contributors: selection and ingest process for the Digital Archive for
Chinese Studies
Presentation: Informant
networks, alarm systems and research contributors: selection and ingest process
for the Digital Archivie for Chinese Studies |
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Nancy McGovern spent over a decade working on electronic
records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and has
been working on digital preservation issues since 1986. Ms. McGovern is a
co-editor or RLG DigiNews and is also the Digital Preservation Officer at
Cornell University Library.
Ms. McGovern currently heads the Research Department in Instruction, Research
and Information Services (IRIS) at Cornell University Library and is working on
her PhD in digital preservation at University College, London. |
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Abstract: Virtual Remote Control: A risk
management approach
Presentation: Virtual
Remote Control: A rish management approach |
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Tim Mackey joined Geoscience
Australia in 1994. He worked in many science projects as a geophysicist and
GIS analyst. In 2000, he moved into information management in Geoscience
Australia, where he is now the Web Systems Manager. Tim is currently
responsible for the administration and development of several Websites,
including Geoscience Australia's Internet and Intranet presences. He is also a
leader within Geoscience Australia in spatial data interoperability and
information security issues. Tim has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in
Geophysics and Geology and a Graduate Diploma in Computer Science. |
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Abstract: Maps: the impact of the
Internet
Presentation: Maps: the
impact of the Internet |
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Johan Mannerheim has a broad library background and since
2001, has been Deputy Director of the
Royal Library, National Library of
Sweden, and Head of Special Collections. He has also been working on issues
relating to digitization. Johan is a member of the Standing Committee of the
Preservation and Conservation Section of IFLA, where he has promoted long term
preservation of digital information and digitization as a means of protecting
original documents from wear and tear. Johan led the early Web preservation
activities of the Swedish National Library, namely the Kulturarw3 Project. The
project began harvesting as many Swedish websites as possible in 1996, and
since then, Web preservation become a permanent task of the library. Johan has
also been a pioneer in Newspaper librarianship and the microfilming of
newspapers in Sweden. He was one of the three founders of the IFLA Working
Group on Newspapers, the forerunner of the Newspaper Section of IFLA. |
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Abstract:
Collect all, catalogue
some
Presentation: Collect
all, catalogue some |
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James Michalko is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Research Libraries Group. He joined RLG in
1980 and served as Chief Financial Officer in the early 1980's; in 1985 he was
named Vice President for Finance and Administration. He was appointed President
in 1989. Prior to joining RLG, Michalko held positions in the medical
technology industry, the University of Chicago libraries, and the University of
Pennsylvania libraries. His undergraduate degree is from Georgetown University;
his MBA and MLS are from the University of Chicago. |
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Abstract: Key issues for cultural
agencies
Presentation: Key issues
for cultural agencies |
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Dr. Melinda Rackham is an artist, writer and curator based
in Sydney, Australia. Since the mid-1990's her practice has investigated the
aesthetic, technological and psychological aspects of online identity,
locality, sexuality and community, as well as viral symbiosis and trans species
relations. She has recently completed her PhD on the nature and construction
of, and avatar relations within Virtual Reality Networked Spaces at the College
of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.
Rackham's writing appears online and in print in arenas like
Leonardo, Ctheory, Culture Machine, and Realtime, and as chapters in Routledge
and MIT editions, and has participated in residencies at Polar Circuit in
Finland and Banff Center, Canada. |
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Her Web works have been shown widely, including Beyond
Interface, Arco Electronico, Transmediale, File, Art Entertainment Network, The
Montreal Biennale, European Media Art Festival, Hybrid Life Forms, MAAP,
Perspecta, Biennial of Buenos Aires, lab3D and ISEA.
Rackham won the SoundSpace Award for Virtual Worlds at the
2001 Stuttgarter Filmwinter, the Faulding Award for Multimedia at the 2000
Adelaide Festival, and Gram - Trails of the Future 1999 Prize for Internet Art
in Argentina. She was recently Curator of Networked Media at the Australian
Centre for Moving Image in Melbourne, and is the producer of
-empyre- online media forum.
Abstract: The Art of the Network
Paper: The
Art of the Network |
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Mr. Seaman gained a BA in English studies from the
University of East Anglia, Norwich in 1984 and an MA from the University of
Connecticut in 1986. In 1992, Mr. Seaman joined the Electronic Text Center at
the University of Virginia Library as founding Director. In this role, he
oversaw the creation and development of an online archive of XML and SGML
texts, of which more than 2000 are available in multiple e-book formats. In
2002, Mr. Seaman was appointed Executive Director of the
Digital Library Federation (DLF), a
consortium of university libraries which are pioneering new digital
technologies to extend their collections and services. Mr. Seaman has lectured
and published extensively in the fields of humanities computing, and for a
decade has taught e-text and internet courses at the annual summer Book Arts
Press Rare Book School at Virginia. |
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Presentation: Mass,
Malleability and the Collaboration Imperative: Survival trends for the digital
library |
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Abby Smith is Director of Programs at the
Council on Library and Information Resources
(CLIR) in Washington, D.C. She joined CLIR in 1997 to develop and manage
collaborative work with library and archival institutions to ensure long-term
access to our cultural and intellectual heritage. Before that, she worked at
the Library of Congress, first as a consultant to the special collections
research divisions, then coordinating several cultural and academic programs.
She holds a doctoral degree in history from Harvard University and has taught
at Harvard and Johns Hopkins Universities. Her recent publications include:
Access in the Future Tense; New-Model Scholarship: How Will It Survive?;
Strategies for Building Digitized Collections; The Evidence in Hand: Report on
the Task Force on the Artifact in Library Collections; and Authenticity in the
Digital Environment. |
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Abstract: The future of Web resources: who decides
what gets saved and how do they do it?
Paper: The future of Web
resources: who decides what gets saved and how do they do
it? |
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John Tuck worked in the field of academic librarianship for
over 24 years, spending over four years at Oxford University and twenty years
at the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. At Oxford, John was
Deputy to the Director of University Library Services and to Bodley's
Librarian. He is currently head of British Collections at the
British Library, a position he has held since
October 2002. In this role, John oversees the management, promotion and future
development of the world's largest collection of British material, including
such treasures as the Magna Carta, the first Bible printed in English, and
Shakespeare's First Folio as well as the Library's extensive Sound Archive and
newspaper collections. He has lead responsibility for the British Library's Web
Archiving Programme. |
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Abstract: The
British Library: Web Archiving Challenges and Initiatives
Paper: The British Library:
Web Archiving Challenges and Initiatives |
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On May 21, 2004, Mr. Ian E. Wilson was appointed interim
Librarian and Archivist of Canada in the new
Library and Archives Canada. He
had been appointed National Archivist of Canada in July 1999 and with the
National Librarian Roch Carrier developed and led the process to create a new
knowledge institution for Canada in the 21st century. Born in Montreal,
Quebec, in April 1943, Ian Wilson attended the Collège militaire royal
de Saint-Jean and obtained a Masters degree from Queen's University in 1974. In
2001, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (D. Litt.) from York
University in recognition of his contribution to Canadian archives. In 2002, he
became member of the Order of Canada. In 2003, he was elected Fellow of the
Society of American Archivists and appointed Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et
des Lettres by the Government of France. |
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Mr. Wilson has had a distinguished career in several areas,
including archival and information management, university teaching and
government service. He began his career at Queen's University Archives (1967);
later becoming Saskatchewan's Provincial Archivist (1976-86) and Chairman of
the Saskatchewan Heritage Advisory Board. He was appointed Archivist of Ontario
in 1986, position he held until 1999. For several years he was also responsible
for the Ontario Public Library system. Mr. Wilson chaired the Consultative
Group on Canadian Archives on behalf of the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council.The Group's report, Canadian Archives - generally known as the
"Wilson Report" - was published in 1980 and has been described as "a milestone
in the history of archival development in Canada." As Librarian and
Archivist, Mr. Wilson serves on the Information Management Sub-Committee of the
Treasury Board of Canada and was appointed their Information Management
co-Champion for the Government of Canada in 2002. He is a member of the
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and, in September 2000, he was
elected Vice-President of the International Council on Archives. He has taught
as an Adjunct Professor in the Faculties of Information Studies and Graduate
Studies of the University of Toronto. He has also served as President of the
Ontario Historical Society (1975-1976) and more recently was President of the
Champlain Society from 1995 to 2003. Mr. Wilson has been involved with the
Canadian archival and library communities for over 30 years. He has worked
diligently to make archives accessible and interesting to a wide range of
audiences. He has helped safeguard the integrity of archival records while at
the same time encouraging an active use of them by the public. In addition, he
has published extensively on history, archives, heritage, and information
management and has lectured both nationally and abroad.
Abstract: Library and Archives Canada: Digital and
Metadata Initiatives
Presentation: Library and
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