The following is reposted from the Conservation Discussion List for your
information.
Iona McCraith
AAO Preservation Consultant
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RLG-JISC Selection and Collaboration in Digital Preservation
Symposium
Library of Congress, Washington DC
24-25 March 2003
This 1.5-day joint symposium, sponsored by RLG and the UK Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) and hosted by the Library of
Congress, will address the critical issues of selection and
collaboration in preserving digital materials.
Digital preservation is an international issue with many
transferable lessons. Leading speakers from the USA and Europe will
describe their experiences and future plans. Through presentations,
discussions and breakout groups, participants will have
opportunities to contrast different approaches, consider which
approaches will be relevant for their own institution and interests,
and further explore opportunities for collaboration in digital
preservation across organizational and national boundaries. This
event is the latest in a series of collaborations between JISC and
RLG begun in 1996 and resulting in conferences, research projects
and publications.
Attendance at the conference itself will be free to staff of RLG
member institutions and UK HE/FE institutions but numbers are
limited and early booking is advised. We anticipate a small number
of places will also be made available to others to attend on a cost
recovery basis (nonmembers of UK HE/FE institutions or of RLG should
register their interest in attending on the conference web page).
Accommodation, travel and meals (other than conference lunches and
refreshments) will the responsibility of participants. A number of
hotel rooms will be available for booking by conference participants
at a discounted rate.
The outline program for the conference is as follows:
Day 1
Registration and Coffee
Welcome--Neil Beagrie, JISC and Mark Roosa, Library of Congress
Opening Keynote: Why do we need selection models?--Reg Carr,
University of Oxford
Influences on Selection Decisions (National Perspectives)
Panel chair: Maggie Jones, JISC
* From Form To Content, The New Selection Policy Of The
National Library of the Netherlands, Anne Katrien Amse,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek
* Building Universal Holdings: The Library of Congress
Approach, Beacher Wiggins, Library of Congress
* [title: TBA], Clive Field, The British Library
Discussion
Lunch
Blending Local Interests and Consortial Strengths
Panel chair: Paul Conway, Duke University
* Focus: local structures and organizational issues, Dale
Flecker, Harvard University
* Focus: Consortial strengths and benefits,, Sheila Anderson,
Arts and Humanities Data Service
Learning from Traditional Collaborative Models--Robin Dale, RLG
Afternoon break
Breakout groups
Summarizing discussions
Close (5 pm)
Day 2
Welcome and Housekeeping
Approaches to Content Selection
Panel chair: Nancy Elkington
* Focus: electronic records, Kevin Ashley, University of
London Computing Centre
* Focus: e-journals (JISC Journal Archiving Study), Neil
Beagrie and Maggie Jones, JISC
* Harnessing the Web: The MINERVA Program at the Library of
Congress, Diane Kresh, Library of Congress
* Focus: e-prints, Stephen Pinfield, University of Nottingham
International Challenges
Panel chair: Neil Beagrie, JISC
* International Challenges: What lies between global and
local? Margaret Hedstrom, University of Michigan, School of
Information
* National Libraries Consortium for Web Archiving, Michele
Kimpton, Internet Archive
* Balancing Concerns of Libraries and the International
Publisher, Karen Hunter, Senior Vice President, Strategy,
Elsevier
Putting it all Together / Open Discussion
Closing Keynote: Clifford Lynch
Close (1 pm)
Further details and registration are available online at
<URL:http://www.rlg.org/events/rlgjisc2003-agenda.html>
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