(Fwd) EPIC-LST Digest 11-13 November 2004
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This posting contains six messages:
1. Article ` Even Digital Memories Can Fade'(New York Times)
2. Conclusions and recommendations conference "Permanent Access to the Records
of Science", The Hague, The Netherlands, 1 November 2004
3. TV series: Archives More Popular Than Wife Swapping! (evaluation forms)
4. Declaration conference: Information as Public Domain: Access through
Libraries, St Petersburg, Russia, 27-29 October 2004
5. ELPUB 2005 first call for papers, Leuven, Belgium, June 2005
6. IST Work Programme 2005-2006 published: strategic objective "Access to and
preservation of cultural and scientific resources"
posted by the ECPA Secretariat, with apologies for cross-posting
1. Article ` Even Digital Memories Can Fade'(New York Times)
Message forwarded from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List (sponsored by the
Society of America
n Archivists), posted by Peter Kurilecz as part of his weekly RAIN postings:
records and archives i
n the news.
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:42:08 -0500
From: Peter Kurilecz <PAKURILECZ at AOL.COM>
EVEN Digital Memories Can Fade
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... the biggest governments and the biggest corporations all the way down
to individuals," said Ken Thibodeau, director for the electronic records
archives program ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/10/technology/10archive.html>
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2. Conclusions and recommendations conference "Permanent Access to the Records
of Science", The Hag
ue, The Netherlands, 1 November 2004
At the occasion of the Dutch presidency of the European Community, the
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Nat
ional Library of the Netherlands, organised a conference on "Permanent Access to
the Records of Sci
ence". It took place on 1 November in The Hague, The Netherlands. Its
conclusions and recommendatio
ns are now available, see text below.
ECPA Secretariat
Conclusions and recommendations of the EU conference on digital preservation
On 1 November 2004 national representatives and experts from the EU Member
States, as well as repre
sentatives from third countries, the European Commission and other international
organisations
Recalling that the Council of the European Community, in its resolution of 25
June 2002 on preservi
ng tomorrow's memory - preserving digital content for future generations (2002/C
162/02),
* Noted that research into new information society technologies providing
improved access to and
preservation of cultural and scientific resources will remain essential for the
foreseeable future,
* Noted that memory institutions have a central role to play in these actions,
* Proposed examining the organisational infrastructures and technical standards
needed to support s
table and compatible networks of trusted preservation repositories,
Considering that UNESCO, in its Charter on the Preservation of the Digital
Heritage (17 October 200
3),
Noted that the world's digital heritage is at risk of being lost to posterity,
due to the rapid obs
olescence of hardware and software and uncertainties about resources,
responsibility and methods fo
r maintenance and preservation, and the lack of supportive legislation,
* Noted that unless the prevailing threats are addressed, the loss of the
digital heritage will be
rapid and inevitable,
* Noted that strategies and policies to preserve the digital heritage need to be
developed,
Considering that the OECD, in its declaration on access to research data from
public funding (Paris
, 30 January 2004),
* Recognised that an optimum international exchange of data, information and
knowledge contributes
decisively to the advancement of scientific research and innovation,
* Declared its commitment to work towards the establishment of access regimes
for digital research
data from public funding and in this context underlined the importance of
accessible archiving of r
esearch data,
Recalling that the European Commission, in its Communication "Science and
Technology, the key to Eu
rope's future - Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research"
(COM (2004) 353, B
russels, 16 June 2004),
* Identified the development of research infrastructure of European interest as
one of the six majo
r S&T policy objectives for the future,
* Within this context considered electronic archiving systems for scientific
publications one of th
e essential services for the European scientific community,
Recalling that the Dutch presidency, in its Summary of Proceedings of the
Informal Competitiveness
Council (Maastricht, 1-3 July 2004),
* stressed the importance of long-term preservation and permanent access to
scientific data as an e
ssential building block of a strong European infrastructure,
met in The Hague to discuss the issue of permanent access to the records of
science (including the
social sciences and humanities) and the creation of electronic archiving systems
for scientific pub
lications, as a contribution to the present debate in the Council about the
future EU support to re
search and the seventh Framework Programme.
It was acknowledged that science is one of the greatest producers of digital
information. The recor
ds of science include large digital data collections, produced by research
institutions, as well as
published material, like scholarly journals. These two types of records of
science are distinct bu
t related, and their relationship is changing.
At the same rate at which the scientific world is becoming more and more
digital, access to informa
tion gets threatened. New types of hardware, computer applications, and file
forms supersede each o
ther every 3 to 5 years, making such recorded digital information inaccessible.
Digital materials a
re frequently ephemeral and require purposeful production, maintenance and
management to safeguard
their future.
1. The meeting concluded that immediate action is needed in order to safeguard
the digital records
of science. In the field of scholarly journals the first tangible results have
already been gained.
It is essential to continue building on these concrete initiatives. Europe
needs to create an infr
astructure for the long-term preservation and permanent access of scientific
publications. This inf
rastructure should become an essential part of the overall research
infrastructure of the European
scientific community.
2. Furthermore, the meeting concluded that developing such an infrastructure
raises many challengin
g issues. Long-term digital access requires systems and business models that are
robust enough to c
ope with the continuous shifts in computer platforms, applications and file
forms. The technologies
, strategies and resources needed to manage digital information for the long
term have not kept pac
e with innovations in the creation of digital information. The requirements for
long-term preservat
ion test the limits of current technologies and information management
methodologies. A new field o
f preservation technology should be explored and an ongoing research and
development effort in the
field of long-term preservation and permanent access undertaken.
3. The meeting determined that the challenge of preserving digital information
and guaranteeing its
permanent access can only be addressed successfully
* By realising within Europe a permanent and close co-operation, resource
sharing (in order to crea
te economies of scale) and an ongoing dissemination of knowledge and
information, and
* By realising a permanent and close co-operation of the key-players involved:
the leading memory i
nstitutions (national libraries and archives), the authors of scientific
literature, publishers and
public agencies, and, last but not least, the leading IT companies.
The meeting calls upon the European Commission, European Parliament and European
Ministers to ackno
wledge the growing importance of an infrastructure for permanent access to
scientific knowledge wit
hin the framework of the creation of a European Research Area (ERA) in general,
and FP7 in particul
ar, by
* Promoting co-operation and resource sharing within Europe in the field of
long-term preservation
and permanent access,
* Fostering research and development in the field of long-term preservation and
permanent access by
using the instruments for the promotion of science and technology within the
European Union, notab
ly those aimed at structuring the ERA in the field of research infrastructure,
- One could consider to develop a research line in the Framework
Programme, named "tomo
rrow's memory", just like already envisaged research areas like "space" and
"security",
* Promoting training and capacity building and the dissemination of knowledge
and information in th
e field of long-term preservation and permanent access.
The meeting stressed the urgency of the challenge of long-term digital
preservation and noted that
time is running out. Therefore the meeting urged the Koninklijke Bibliotheek as
host of the confere
nce to take the initiative to form a task force of representatives of the
different sectors involve
d. This task force will be asked to:
* Define a research agenda;
* Develop scenarios for a European networked infrastructure for long-term
preservation and permanen
t access.
The results of the task force will be presented to the European Strategy Forum
for Research Infrast
ructures (ESFRI) and to the European Union Research Commissioner.
Koninklijke Bibliotheek - National Library of the Netherlands
Source: http://www.kb.nl/coop/euconference/index.html under header
`conclusions'
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3. TV series: Archives More Popular Than Wife Swapping! (evaluation forms)
Message forwarded from the UK archiveslist, archives-nra.
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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:27:46 -0000
From: "Norgrove, Katie" <Katie.Norgrove at NATIONALARCHIVES.GOV.UK>
Subject: Archives More Popular Than Wife Swapping!
To those organising Archive Awareness Campaign Events
The BBC Who Do You Think You Are? series on celebrity family histories is
consistently achieving higher viewing figures than reality TV programmes
like Wife Swap.
To make the most of the opportunities which the series has afforded us, we
need hard evidence to show influencers and funders what a difference the
link to the series, through the Archive Awareness Campaign, has made.
Last year we know that 41% of people who came to an event had never visited
an archive before. It would great to beat that figure this year but how will
know?
Please do not forget the power and importance of EVALUATION. The Archive
Awareness Campaign team has developed an evaluation form for those attending
events and one for con
tributors so that we can consistently gather evidence to help our cause. They
are both easily down
loadable from
http://www.archiveawareness.com/contributors/gettingstarted/toolkits.html.
Please use them.
You don't need to worry about assessing the forms filled in at your events -
just send them straight to us and we can do the analysis for you. You will
be sent a copy of the full evaluation report in February 2005.
With thanks
Katie
Katie Norgrove
Policy and Development Officer
The National Council on Archives
c/o The National Archives
Ruskin Avenue
Kew, Richmond
Surrey TW9 4DU
Tel: 020 8392 5376
Fax: 020 8392 5295
Mobile: 07760 463052
www.archiveawareness.com
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4. Declaration conference: Information as Public Domain: Access through
Libraries, St Petersburg, R
ussia, 27-29 October 2004
Message forwarded from IFLA-L, the listserve of the International Federation of
Library Assocations
and Institutions.
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From: "Seidelin, Susanne" sus at db.dk
Date: 11/12/04 02:04pm
Subject: Declaration: Informtion as Public Domain: Access through Libraries
Dear colleagues,
Please find enclosed for your information, the Declaration of the
International Conference "Information as Public Domain: Access through
Libraries". The conference was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the
27-29th of October 2004.
Best regards,
Susanne Seidelin
IFLA/FAIFE Office
DECLARATION
of the International Conference
"Information as Public Domain: Access through Libraries"
On 27-29 October 2004 St. Petersburg hosted the International Conference
"Information as Public Domain: Access through Libraries", which was
attended by over 120 representatives of public authorities, academic
research organizations, libraries and other institutions from
Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Great Britain, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzia, Moldova, Russia, USA, Tajikistan and the Ukraine.
Having examined an extensive range of agenda items, the participants of
the Conference hereby confirm their view that enabling access to public
domain information produced by public authorities should become
fundamental to the national information policies of all nations striving
for democracy and freedom of human development. Public authorities, as
well as libraries, archives and various information services providers
should assume a primary responsibility for the expansion of openness and
management of information as public domain. The mainstream principle of
information management should be as follows: information produced by
public authorities should be deemed publicly available, and any
exceptions to this rule officially banning the said access should be
justified, minimized and supported by the power of law. The national
information policy and its legislative and regulatory support should be
based on the presumption of openness of government information.
The participants of the Conference take note that any national
information policy should reside on the determination to develop a
knowledge society and a civil society. Libraries of today constitute an
indispensable institution of civil society and an effective tool for
building it. Support of the development of library services should be
elaborated in national information policies.
The participants of the Conference take note of the need for meaningful
efforts to implement the key documents passed at the World Summit on
Information Society, i.e. the Declaration of Principles and Plan of
Action (2003), as well as the Policy guidelines for the development and
promotion of government public domain information (UNESCO, 2004).
28 October, 2004
Tavrichesky Palace, Saint Petersburg
Adopted by Plenary Session
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5. ELPUB 2005 first call for papers, Leuven, Belgium, June 2005
Announcement received by the ECPA secretariat, forwarded FYI.
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From: "Milena Dobreva" <dobreva at ufal.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
Date: 11/13/04 05:22pm
Subject: Fwd: ELPUB 2005 first call for papers
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http://www.elpub.net
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Dear specialists in electronic publishing and all for whom this field is
of interest,
On behalf of the Programme Committee, I would like to invite you to
participate as a contributor to the 9th ELPUB conference that will be
hosted in June 2005 by the Research Group on Document Architectures of the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium's oldest and largest university.
The conference will take place in the picturesque Arenberg Castle
(Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium).
This 9th ELPUB conference will keep the tradition of the eight previous
international conferences on electronic publishing, held in the United
Kingdom (in 1997 and 2001), Hungary (1998), Sweden (1999), Russia (2000),
the Czech Republic (2002), Portugal (2003) and Brazil (2004), which is to
bring together researchers, lecturers, librarians, developers,
businessmen, entrepreneurs, managers, users and all those interested on
issues regarding electronic publishing in widely differing contexts. These
include the human, cultural, economic, social, technological, legal,
commercial and other relevant aspects that such an exciting theme
encompasses.
Three distinguished features of this conference are: broad scope of topics
which creates a unique atmosphere of active exchange and learning about
various aspects of electronic publishing; combination of general and
technical tracks; and a condensed procedure of submission, revision and
publication of proceedings which guarantees presentations of most recent
work.
Elpub 2005 offers a variety of activities, such as workshops, tutorials,
panel debates etc.
The keynote speech of ELPUB 2005 will be presented by Lou Burnard. He is
co-editor of the Text Encoding Initiative Guidelines, Assistant Director
of Oxford University Computing Services and has an impressive experience
in text encoding and humanities computing which play key role in
electronic publishing.
A special session on institutional repositories will be organised by
Leslie Chan, University of Toronto at Scarborough (Canada).
We think that your knowledge would be appreciated by the ELPUB delegates
and therefore I would like to invite you to submit a paper, a tutorial
theme or a demonstration. Papers will be reviewed by the international
programme committee of the conference. Please note also the possibility to
organise a workshop or present a tutorial at the conference.
The call for papers with all details has been attached to this email.
I would be glad to provide more information, if you need it.
Welcome to ELPUB2005,
Milena Dobreva
Programme Chair
** With my apologies for possible double postings **
Dr. Milena Dobreva, Assoc. Prof.
Head of the Department
'Digitisation of Scientific Heritage'
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
bl.8, Acad. G. Bonchev St.
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
e-mail: dobreva at math.bas.bg
Visiting researcher
Center for Computational Linguistics,
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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6. IST Work Programme 2005-2006 published: strategic objective "Access to and
preservation of cultu
ral and scientific resources"
Message forwarded from the DIVA-listserve, for archivists and archives in the
Netherlands.
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From: Arcin at brabant.nl 11/12/04 10:14am
Subject: Doorgest.: IST Work Programme 2005-2006 published
ter informatie
>>> <INFSO-telearn at cec.eu.int> 08-11-2004 16.59 >>>
Dear Madam, dear Sir,
I'm pleased to announce that the up-dated version of the IST work
programme
is now publicly available. Please find a link to the full text and a
short
summary of the parts related to "Access to and preservation of cultural
and
scientific resources" on this web page:
<http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_e/digicult/programme.htm>
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_e/digicult/programme.htm.
The next call for proposals addressing this strategic objective of the
IST programme is scheduled for early summer 2005 (IST call 5).
Best regards,
Manuela Speiser
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'unsubscribe' in the subject line.
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Manuela Speiser
European Commission
Dissemination Officer
Directorate-General Information Society
Unit E3: Technology-enhanced Learning; Cultural Heritage
EUFO 1165A
L-2920 Luxembourg
Tel.: (00352) 4301-38256
Fax: (00352) 4301-33190
e-mail: manuela.speiser at cec.eu.int
URL:
<http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_e/telearn-digicult/index.htm>
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/directorate_e/telearn-digicult/index.htm
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