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Events currently being held

2009

July

DML 2009: Towards a Digital Mathematics Library 2nd Workshop
08 - 09 Jul 2009 , Grand Bend, Ontario (Canada)
This workshop to held in conjunction with CICM 2009 (Conferences on Intelligent Computer Mathematics, Grand Bend Ontario Canada) aims to further "formulate the strategy and goals of a global mathematical digital library and to summarize the current successes and failures of ongoing technologies and related projects". It will look at business models and technologies, sustainability and best practices in relation to retro-digitized, retro-born and born digital mathematics.
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~sojka/dml-2009.xhtml
JISC, the DPC and the UK Web Archiving Consortium Workshop: Missing Links: The Enduring Web
21 Jul 2009 , British Library Conference Centre, London
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
(United Kingdom)
This workshop is jointly sponsored by JISC, The DPC, The UK Web Archiving Consortium partners (British Library, National Library of Wales, JISC, Wellcome Library, The National Archives and the National Library of Scotland). It will bring together key stakeholders for focused discussions, formal presentations, case studies and demonstrations of tools relevant to web archiving and preservation in the UK.
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/090721MissingLinks.html

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August

New Preserving the Cultural Legacy of Serials: From Conservation (Print and Manuscript) to Reformatting (Many Formats) to Digital (Bytes)
19 - 21 Aug 2009 , Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano
Yale University Library
(Italy)
This satellite conference organised by IFLA's Serials and Other Continuing Resources (SOCR) Section, will focus on different approaches and highlight successful projects and partnerships in the conservation, reformatting, digitisation and preservation of print and electronic serials.
http://www.library.yale.edu/socrspre2009/
Organised in conjuntion with the World Library and Information Congress 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Milan.Italy 2009.
New Present Becomes the Past: - Harvesting Archiving, Presenting Today’s Digitally Produced Newspapers: IFLA Newspapers Conference at the National Library of Sweden
19 - 20 Aug 2009 , National Library of Sweden, Stockholm
Kungliga Biblioteket (Sweden)
(Sweden)
This two day conference is organised by the IFLA Newspapers Section and the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga Biblioteket). It aims to share knowledge about how libraries can tackle the challenges of harvesting, archiving and presenting today’s digitally produced newspapers, and to open up opportunities for libraries, librarians and associated publishing industry players to interact and develop suitable partnerships to improve the provision of newspaper services at libraries. It will consider born digital newspaper production and newspapers on the web.
http://www.kb.se/english/about/news/Present-past/
World Library and Information Congress : 75th IFLA General Conference and Council : Libraries create futures: Building on Cultural Heritage
23 - 27 Aug 2009 , Milan, Italy (Italy)
The theme of the 2009 annual congress is "Libraries create futures: Building on Cultural Heritage". It will include a session on New Repositories; architectures, interoperability and data exchange
http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla75/index.htm

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September

New Society of Archivists 2009 Conference : Fast Forward: Preservation and Access in a Digital World
01 - 04 Sep 2009 , Bristol Marriott City Centre, Bristol
Society of Archivists
(United Kingdom)
This conference for archivists, records managers and conservation professionals has tracks on Archives in the 21st century, Digital futures 21st century collecting and Conservation. Papers of particular interest to film and audiovisual archives are included.
http://www.archives.org.uk/thesociety/conference2009.html
IASA 2009 40th Annual Conference :Towards a New Kind of Archive? The Digital Philosophy in Audiovisual Archives
20 - 25 Sep 2009 , Athens, Greece
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives
(Greece)
This conference will consider audiovisual archives in the digital age. Themes will include convergence, digital preservation, digitisation, degradation of analogue media, loss of replay equipment, selection policies, user expectations., role of national audiovisual archives, archiving web and new media audiovisual content and ethics of digital archives.
http://www.iasa2009.com/eng.html
ECDL 2009 : 13th European Conference on Digital Libraries : Digital Societies
27 Sep - 02 Oct 2009 , Corfu, Greece (Greece)
Tracks for ECDL 2009 include Infrastructures; Content management; Services in digital libraries; and Foundations. Topics may include Digital library architectures and infrastructures; Management and policies; Web 2.0 Technologies; Digital library evaluation.
http://www.ecdl2009.eu/
Proceedings to be published by Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes In Computer Science.
IWAW 2009: 9th International Web Archiving Workshop
30 Sep - 01 Oct 2009 , Corfu (Greece)
This workshop to be held in conjunction with ECDL 2009 (13th European Conference on Digital Libraries, September 27 to October 2009,Corfu Greece) will provide a cross domain overview on active research and practice in all domains concerned with the preservation of the Web.
http://www.iwaw.net/

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October

Second Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries
01 - 02 Oct 2009 , Corfu, Greece
DELOS
(Greece)
This workshop being held in conjunction with ECDL 2009 (13th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technologies on Digital Libraries) and organised by DELOS will discuss architectural models, data models and design methedologies for Very Large Digital Libraries and consider ideas, experiments and practical experiences in system design and implementation.
http://www.delos.info/vldl2009
Joint BAAC and LCSA Annual Conference : Aggregation and Management of Audiovisual Content in the Digital Space
04 - 07 Oct 2009 , Vilnius, Lithuania
Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council
(Lithuania)
This conference aims to promote a higher visibility for the Baltic heritage in a digital environment by sharing experiences and practices of digital content aggregation, content management and achieving the balance between protection and access for audiovisual archives.
http://www.baacouncil.org/index.php?m=76
iPRES 2009 : The Sixth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects : Moving into the Mainstream. Enabling Our Digital Future
05 - 06 Oct 2009 , San Francisco, California (United States of America)
This conference hosted by the California Digital Library will bring together researchers and practitioners from around the world to explore the latest trends, innovations, and practices in preserving our scientific and cultural digital heritage.
http://www.cdlib.org/iPres/ipres2009.html
IIPC Open day: Active Solutions for Preserving Internet Content
07 Oct 2009 , California Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco, California
International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
(United States of America)
This open day to be held in conjunction with IPRES 2009 (5-6 October, San Francicsco, California) is organised by the the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) will highlight areas of interest to the IIPC and work on web archiving solutions.
http://netpreserve.org/events/ActiveSolutions.php
2009 IDF Open Meeting : Ensuring Persistence
07 Oct 2009 , University of California, San Francisco, Mission Bay Conference Center
International DOI Foundation
(United States of America)
This open meeting of the International DOI Foundation will consider 'the technical and social infrastructure needed to ensure persistence of identifiers of content, including continuity, guaranteeing access, and providing a supportable funding model'.
http://www.doi.org/doi_presentations/members_meeting_2009/index.html
New 2nd LIBER-EBLIDA Workshop on Digitisation of Library Material in Europe
19 - 21 Oct 2009 , Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), The Hague
LIBER
(Netherlands)
This workshop is organised by LIBER and EBLIDA and will be held at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Topics in the programme are: Public-private partnerships; New economic models; Digitisation needs of research and public libraries; Measuring the impact of digitisation projects; Aggregation of digital content; Interoperability and metadata issues. It follows on from the first workshop held in 2007 in Sweden.
http://www.libereurope.eu/node/391

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November

INFuture 2009 : 2nd International Conference on The Future of Information Sciences : Digital Resources and Knowledge Sharing
04 - 06 Nov 2009 , Zagreb, Croatia
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dept of Information Sciences
(Croatia)
This conference organised by the Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia is the second in a series of international conferences on basic research and applications of leading advances in the field of information science related to digital resources and knowledge sharing. Call for papers includes human-computer interaction, multimedia, virtual learning environments, e-learning, cultural heritage management, document management, record management, digitization of cultural heritage materials, digitization projects, document management, record management, digital preservation planning, long-term preservation of electronic materials, repositories, mobile communication, (cultural) tourism for new media, best practices and business applications in digital archives, libraries etc., and other related domains.
http://infoz.ffzg.hr/INFuture/
2009 Conference and Members' Meeting of the TEI Consortium: Text Encoding in the Era of Mass Digitization
11 - 15 Nov 2009 , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
TEI Consortium
(United States of America)
This conference is organized around the theme 'text encoding in the era of mass digitization'. It will feature keynote lectures, parallel sessions, the annual TEI business meeting, a poster session/tools demonstration and slam, and special interest group (SIG) meetings.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/spo/teimeeting09/
2009 National Digital Forum Conference : Being Online Now: Culture Creativity and Community
23 - 24 Nov 2009 , Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington (New Zealand)
This conference will explore opportunities for the creative and cultural sectors to cross traditional boundaries and collaborate on solutions to address issues facing communities being online now and also how creating and accessing New Zealand digital content benefits all parts of society: business, education, cultural organisations, local communities.
http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/2009-conference.htm
Re:live09 : Third International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology
26 - 29 Nov 2009 , Melbourne (Australia)
http://www.mediaarthistory.org/

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December

PV 2009 : Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Adding Value to Scientific and Technical Data
01 - 03 Dec 2009 , European Space Astronomy Centre, Madrid
European Space Agency
(Spain)
This conference theme is "Standards for archives and interoperability enabling new added value services". The main topics will be Ensuring long-term data preservation; Adding value to data; Lessons learnt; and Future prospects.
http://www.sciops.esa.int/index.php?project=CONFERENCE&page=pv2009
IDCC 2009: 5th International Digital Curation Conference : Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity
02 - 04 Dec 2009 , Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London
Digital Curation Centre
(United Kingdom)
This conference jointly organised by the Digital Curation Centre and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) has themes of multi-scale, multi-discipline, multi-skill and multi-sector, relating to the creation, curation, management and re-use of research data. Research data is broadly defined to include the digital subjects of all types of research and scholarship (including Arts and Humanities, and all the Sciences).
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2009/call-for-papers/
Papers to be published in the International Journal of Digital Curation.
DISH 2009 : Digital Strategies for Heritage
08 - 10 Dec 2009 , de Doelen in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
This conference will cover digital heritage and the opportunities it offers to cultural organisations under five themes: Strategies for Innovation; Strategies for collaboration; Strategies for the unwired future; Business strategies and Management strategies and will include papers and workshops from professionals in archives, museums, libraries and other heritage institutions. The main organisers are the Netherlands Institute for Heritag and the DEN Foundation.
http://www.dish2009.nl/
GL 11 : Eleventh International Conference on Grey Literature: The Grey Mosaic Piecing It All Together
14 - 15 Dec 2009 , Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
TextRelease
(United States of America)
"The Eleventh Conference in this series will endeavor to piece together traditional features inherent to grey literature with more recent elements both technology and policy driven." Themes include: Impact of Grey Literature on Net Citizens; Corporate Governance of Grey Literature; Uses and Applications of Subject based Grey Literature; Grey Literature Repositories Revisited and Open Access to Grey Literature.
http://www.textrelease.com/gl11callforpapers.html
Cultural Heritage Online : Empowering Users : An Active Role for User Communities
15 - 16 Dec 2009 , Florence, Italy
Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale
(Italy)
"This conference aims to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents on the web from an international perspective, and bring together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners, providing a forum for the discussion and dissemination of selected themes." Main topics: Cultural Heritage & interactive Web; Digital Libraries; Cooperation among museums, archives, libraries; and, Digital preservation. Conference organised by Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale with Ministerio per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali and the Library of Congress.
http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/conference-2009/Conference2009-Pro
gramme.pdf

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2010

April

ECA 2010: 8th European Conference on Digital Archiving : 8. Europäische Konferenz über digitale Archivierung
28 - 30 Apr 2010 , International Conference Centre, Geneva
Swiss Federal Archives
(Switzerland)
This conference organised by the Swiss Federal Archives and European Regional Branch and Professional Associations Section of the Inter-national Council on Archives (ICA) is in the series European Conference on Archives and will focus on digital archiving. Topics include: 1. Archival profile: professional competence in the digital age; 2.What to keep: how to mirror the information society; 3.E-Archiving: reorganisation of processes and business models; and, 4. Online access: solutions and implications.
http://www.ica.org/en/2010/04/28/8th-european-conference-digital-archi
ving-geneva-2010
ECA 2010 : 8th European Conference on Digital Archiving
28 - 30 Apr 2010 , Geneva, Switzerland
Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv (Swiss Federal Archives)
(Switzerland)
This conference hosted by the Swiss Federal Archives (Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv) and organised in collaboration with International Council on Archives' (ICA) European Regional Branch (EURBICA) and Section on Professional Associations (SPA) will deal with public and private archives in the information society.
http://www.bar.admin.ch/eca2010/index.html?lang=en

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May

Joint Technical Symposium JTS 2010 : Digital Challenges and Digital Opportunities in Audiovisual Archiving
03 - 05 May 2010 , Klingenberg Kino, Oslo (Norway)
This conference organised by FIAF, The Norwegian Film Institute and The National Library of Norway provides an international forum for organisations and individuals involved in the preservation and restoration of original image and sound materials.
http://www.jts2010.org/

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June

Archiving 2010 Workshop on Archiving in Digital Cartography and Geoinformation
10 - 12 Jun 2010 , Berlin
CODATA Germany, the German National Committee on Data for Science and Technology
(Germany)
This workshop is organised by DGfK Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie, Sektion Berlin-Brandenburg in cooperation with CODATA Germany, the German National Committee on Data for Science and Technology.
http://www.codata-germany.org/Archiving_2010/

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July

I-CHORA 5 : Fifth International Conference on the History of Records and Archives : Records, archives and technology: interdependence over time
01 - 03 Jul 2010 , London
The National Archives (UK)
(United Kingdom)
This conference has the themes: 1. Early technologies and the origins of recordkeeping; 2. Technology, records and the growth of bureaucracy; 3. Creating and using records in the workplace; 4. Responding to technological change
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ichora5

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November

SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2010
08 - 09 Nov 2010 , Baltimore, Maryland
http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/index.shtml
(United States of America)

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