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This posting contains six messages:

1. Workshop on the OAIS Five-year review, Edinburgh, UK, 13 October 2006

2. LIBER Think Tank, Stockholm, Sweden, 24-25 May 2007: request for input

3. SPARC teams with Public Knowledge Project

4. Cataloging - new rules - International Conference in Iceland 2007,
Reykjavik, 1-2 February 2007

5. Google's Newsletter for Librarians: issue of September 2006 now online

6. Intern. Training Program on INFORMATION scholarships, Brussels,
Belgium, 2 May - 27 July 2007

posted by the ECPA Secretariat, with apologies for cross-posting.



1. Workshop on the OAIS Five-year review, Edinburgh, UK, 13 October 2006

Posted for your information. Please note attendance is open to DPC members
and DCC Associates Netwo rk members only.

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From: "Najla Semple" <najla at dpconline.org>
Date: 09/20/06 12:49pm
Subject: OAIS Five-year review

Joint Digital Preservation Coalition/Digital Curation Centre Workshop for
OAIS 5 Year Review  13 October 2006
Wolfson Suite - Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh

This workshop will prepare a joint comment, on behalf of members of the
Digital Curation Centre Ass ociates Network and members of the Digital
Preservation Coalition, for submission to the OAIS (Open
 Archival Information Systems Reference Model) 5 year review. The workshop
is open to members of bo
th organisations who are familiar with details of the standard and
actively implementing or prepari ng to implement an OAIS.

In compliance with, the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) and the Consultative C ommittee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)
procedures, the Open Archival Information Systems Reference
 Model (OAIS): ISO 14721:2003 must be reviewed every five years and a
determination made to reaffir
m, modify, or withdraw the existing standard. The comment process for this
review is now open with  recommendations for updates that will reduce
ambiguities or improve missing or weak concepts sought
 by 30 October 2006.

This event is open to DPC members and DCC Associates Network members only
and is free. The day will
 run from 10.00 - 16.30 and lunch will be provided.

Numbers are limited to 40, so early sign-up is recommended.

Online registration for this event will open on 4 September 2006 via the
DCC website: http://www.dc c.ac.uk/events/oais-fyr-2006/

If you are unable attend and would like to submit a comment about any part
of the standard an onlin e form will be made available from the workshop
website.

For more information about this event contact either: najla at dpconline.org
or sarah.higgins at ed.ac.uk


Najla Semple
Executive Secretary
Digital Preservation Coalition
Innovation Centre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
 e: najla at dpconline.org
t: +44 (0) 1904 435 362
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2. LIBER Think Tank, Stockholm, Sweden, 24-25 May 2007: request for input

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From: "Walker, Alison" Alison.Walker at bl.uk
Date: 09/20/06 01:14pm
Subject: LIBER Think Tank, Stockholm, Sweden, 24-25 May 2007

First announcement

LIBER Think Tank on the future value of the book as artefact and the
future value of digital docume ntary heritage.
24-25 May 2007
National Library of Sweden, Stockholm

The future of the book is in question. The future of the digital cultural
heritage is under debate.
 The role of the printed text as the physical carrier of information and
human thought is being cha
llenged by digital technology. Concepts such as value and authenticity are
traditionally based on p hysical objects and collections. Has the
artefactual value increased or decreased with digital deve lopments? The
value and authenticity of virtual information carriers are increasingly
being discuss ed. Has the critical mass of "born digital" and digitised
material created a new digital cultural d ocumentary heritage?

These questions are bubbling up from a variety of disciplines, ranging
from Collection Development,
 Collection Care and e-Strategists within the library and archive world;
to cultural historians, te
xtual critics, philosophers and authors.

The aim of this two day Think Tank is to examine and discuss whether it is
possible to arrive at a  common understanding of these concepts regardless
of whether the format is physical or virtual.

A panel of international speakers from across the cultural heritage and
literary worlds is being po sed with these questions. The intention is to
hold a broad, inter-disciplinary, participatory debat e, with an audience
drawn from the academic sector, libraries, archives and those concerned
with ma naging the future cultural documentary heritage.

The meeting is being organized by the LIBER Preservation Division and
Collection Development Divisi on. It will be held at the National Library
of Sweden in Stockholm on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th
 May 2007. The proceedings and discussion will be published by the
National Library of Sweden. The
language of the meeting is English.

A second announcement with application details will be ready later in the
autumn

To input further ideas during the initial stage, please contact Lars Bjork
by 30th October 2006.

Organisers

Lars Bjork                                                                
     LIBER Preservation Division member
Head of Preservation                                                      
National Library of Sweden                                              
lars.bjork at kb.se


Helen Shenton                                                   Trix
Bakker  Chair; LIBER Preservation Division                       Chair;
LIBER Collection Development Divisi on
Head of Collection Care                                      Director
Humanities Library  British Library                                       
            University Library, Vrije Univer siteit Amsterdam
helen.shenton at bl.uk                                         
T.Bakker at ubvu.vu.nl

LIBER is the Ligue des Bibliothčques Européennes de Recherche


Alison Walker
Head
National Preservation Office
British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Tel:  020 7412 7798
Fax: 020 7412 7796

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3. SPARC teams with Public Knowledge Project

Message forwarded from the Spanish listserve IWETEL.
_____Forward header_____
Date:    Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:17:31 +0200
From:    Cristóbal Pasadas Ureńa <cpasadas at UGR.ES> Subject: [Fwd: [SPARC]
SPARC Teams with Public Knowledge Project]

Hola otra vez, Iweteler at s: aunque me llameis pesado, no me resisto a
reenviaros este mensaje, pidiendo excusas por si lo recibís duplicado.
Saludos!
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Asunto: [SPARC] SPARC Teams with Public Knowledge Project
De:     "Jennifer Heffelfinger" <jennifer at arl.org>
Fecha:  Jue, 21 de Septiembre de 2006, 2:01 pm
Para:   bibpsi01 at ucartuja.ugr.es
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For Immediate Release
September 21, 2006

For more information, contact:
Jennifer Heffelfinger
jennifer at arl.org
(202) 296-2296 ext. 121

SPARC TEAMS WITH PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE PROJECT

Canadian Initiative Provides Open Source Digital Publishing Platforms for
Libraries; Improves Access to Scholarly Publications

Washington, DC  September 21, 2006  SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and
Academic Resources Coalition) today announced a partnership with the
Public Knowledge Project
(http://e2ma.net/go/373033313/291520/8709750/goto:http://pkp.sfu.ca/), an
open source publishing initiative funded by the Canadian government and
based in the Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia (UBC),
and the Simon Fraser University Library.

Since 2001, the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) has offered free, open
source software for the management and publishing of journals and
conference proceedings. PKP software reduces publishing costs, improves
management, enhances indexing, and increases access to knowledge.

PKP software includes three proven solutions. Open Journal Systems (OJS)
provides a journal management system that supports every stage of the
refereed publishing process, from submissions to online publication and
indexing. Open Conference Systems (OCS) supports the management of
conference paper review process as well as the scheduling and release of
materials, from abstracts to full papers, with online posting and
indexing. PKP Harvester (PKPH) harvests the metadata of OAI-PMH compliant
sites, including OJS journals and OCS conferences.

PKPs proven open source software technologies are used in digital
publishing programs at Rutgers University Library, University of Toronto
Library, City University of New York Grad Center, and others. More than
800 journals currently use OJS software; a sample of the journals using
OJS is at http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs-journals.

Our focus is on improving the public and scholarly quality of research
through open source publishing tools that make different forms of open
access feasible for journals and conferences, said John Willinsky,
director of PKP and Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technology at
UBC. Willinsky is the author of The Access Principle: The Case for Open
Access to Research and Scholarship (MIT Press, 2006), winner of the
Blackwell Scholarship Award from the American Library Association and
Distinguished Book of the Year award from Computers and Composition.

The Public Knowledge Project has a proven track record providing
innovative open source software that benefits the whole community, said
Heather Joseph, SPARC Executive Director. PKPs offerings make it possible
for scholars and libraries to run successful publishing programs on their
own terms and are a leading example of how such tools may be used to
provide information via open access channels and facilitate the widest
possible dissemination. We encourage SPARC members and partners to
consider these valuable alternatives for their publishing programs.

###

SPARC
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and SPARC
Europe are an international alliance of more than 300 academic and
research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly
publishing system. SPARCs advocacy, educational, and publisher partnership
programs encourage expanded dissemination of research. SPARC is on the Web
at http://www.arl.org/sparc/.

<>snip
Biblioteca Facultad de Psicología
Campus de Cartuja, Universidad de Granada
E-18071 GRANADA
Tlfno: +34 958 240601
Fax: +34 958 242976 / +34 958 249608
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4. Cataloging - new rules - International Conference in Iceland 2007,
Reykjavik, 1-2 February 2007


Message forwarded from IFLA-L, the listserve of the International
Federation of Library Assocations
 and Institutions.
____Forward header_____
From: "Cataloguing 2007" cat2007 at bok.hi.is
Date: 09/18/06 10:46am
Subject: Cataloging - new rules - International Conference in Iceland 2007

Back to Basics - and Flying into the Future
International Conference on Cataloguing
http://www.congress.is/cataloguing2007/

Location: Grand Hotel, Reykjavik, Iceland
Date: February 1 - 2, 2007

Do you want to find out more about:
*	RDA (Resource Description and Access)
*	FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)
*	ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards)
. . . and more?

These concepts are foreign to many of us. They will however become a part
of the working environmen t of librarians all over the world when new and
completely revised cataloguing rules replace AACR2  (Anglo-American
Cataloguing Rules).

The conference Back to Basics - and Flying into the Future is hosted by
The National and University
 Library of Iceland, Nordic Research Library Associations Network (NFBN),
Icelandic Library and Inf
ormation Science Association (Upplysing) in cooperation with The
University of Iceland - Department
 of Library and Information Science. The main focus of the conference will
be on the new cataloguin
g rules, their interaction with bibliographic standards and their effect
on bibliographic searches  in library systems. Cataloguers must adapt to a
new way of thinking and learn new work procedures.  Library systems must
be changed to meet the requirements of the new rules and library patrons
will  also have to adjust to a changed environment.

Will you be up to the mark?

The subject will be discussed from three different points of view:
*	Theoretical:
		The emphasis of the new cataloguing rules is not only on printed text
but on 	different forms of
library resources. Matters for discussion include the theoretical 	basis,
definitions of concepts a nd the new structure inherent in the rules.
*	Technical:
	What impact will the new rules have on bibliographic databases? How will
this be 	formulated in th
e MARC format? In what way are the old rules compatible with 	the new?
What will happen to existing
 MARC bibliographic records? How will 	library systems react to the changes?
*	Human:
	What will the new rules mean for library users and cataloguers? Will life
be 	simpler?
The keynote speaker will be Barbara Tillett, Cataloging & Support Office,
Library of Congress. Othe r speakers include Renate Gömpel, Deutcshe
Nationalbibliotek and Caroline Brazier, British Library.
 Papers will also be presented by speakers from the Nordic countries. The
conference language will
be English.

Take this unique opportunity to visit Iceland in deep winter and learn
from experts!

Organizing committee cat2007 at bok.hi.is
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5. Google's Newsletter for Librarians: issue of September 2006 now online

This can be found at:
http://www.google.com/librariancenter/newsletter/0609.html ***


6. Intern. Training Program on INFORMATION scholarships, Brussels,
Belgium, 2 May - 27 July 2007

This posting has been shortened. Full information on the program can be
found at  http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate7/index.html

Message forwarded from DIGLIB-L, discussion list for digital libraries
researchers and librarians.

_____Forward header_____
From: Paul Nieuwenhuysen <pnieuwen at vub.ac.be>
Date: 09/21/06 10:52am
Subject: Intern. Training Program on INFORMATION scholarships

An International Training Program on "INFORMATION":
STIMULATE
= Scientific and Technological Information Management in Universities and 
Libraries: an Active Training Environment
(Edition 7)

Announcement

Information about this training program can be found on the WWW starting
from: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/
The program is planned to take place mainly in Brussels, Belgium,
for 3 months from May 2 to July 27, 2007
Language used is English.
Our motto is
"Helping educators and innovators to advance knowledge and to enrich lives"


Context and evolution of the program:

The initiative has been approved by the Flemish Interuniversity Council 
(VLIR) and is sponsored by the Belgian Government (the directorate named 
DGOS since December 2002). This fits in a series of similar international 
training activities that have been organized since 1991, named MIST 1, 2, 
3, KNOW-HOW, and STIMULATE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
This initiative is aimed primarily at persons with a university degree 
(Bachelor or Master), who work in universities, information and
documentation centres, and libraries, including of course university 
libraries, and who have a few years of practical experience.
The term Active Training Environment in the title of the training program 
reflects our wish to create an environment in which each participant is 
stimulated to get involved actively, supported by the lecturers and the 
infrastructure provided by the training program. This fits well into the 
general, worldwide trend away from "teaching" to "learning management".


Aim / goal of the training program:

The main aim and goal of this International Training Program is to offer a
 stimulating learning environment to the participants. These are young 
scientists and professionals who have a function as information
intermediary in the area of science and technology, so as to sharpen their
 skills in collecting, storing, retrieving, presenting and managing 
information. This can be of great benefit to the teaching and research 
activities going on in their institute and to the further development of 
their organisation and region.
This initiative corresponds well with the basic, general aim of all VLIR 
the International Training Programs: to train young scientists and 
professionals from developing countries in a domain that is relevant for 
the further development of the country, and to stimulate the participants 
to transfer their increased knowledge and skills to their colleagues and 
other stakeholders in their home country.


More specific objectives of the training program:

-- to provide participants with a clearer view on the importance of 
information in general and for their environment in particular, and on how
 to manage information:
summarised: "Management in libraries and information centres"
-- to learn the participants to cope with modern technology, in view of
the  increasing importance of ICT;
summarised: "Information and communication technology for libraries and 
information centres"
-- to guide them in retrieving information that is publicly accessible on 
an international scale:
summarised: "Information retrieval/searching"
and
-- to learn them to store, organise, present, manage, publish information 
resources at personal, institutional, regional or national level:
summarised: "Information architecture"

After being actively involved in this International Training Program,
every  participant will have improved the ability
-- to appreciate and explain the importance of access to information for 
their organisation
-- to present information to users and potential users, using appropriate 
information technology
-- to train interested persons in the use and management of information, 
using appropriate presentation techniques
-- to contribute to the planning of the (further) development of an 
information service
-- to communicate through the Internet with users of information, 
information providers, colleagues,*
-- to apply quantitative methods in decision making related to information
 systems and services
-- to retrieve information from the Internet
-- to store information for later retrieval and access by potential users,
 using information technology

Contents of the program:

3 months means about 10 weeks or about 50 days.

During about 3 days per week for 10 weeks = 30 days, the participants will
 be guided by professors and other experts.

During the other 2 days per week for 10 weeks = 20 days, they will work on
 tasks=assignments as individuals or in groups, and their reports will be 
presented and discussed afterwards again guided by professors and other 
experts.
The sessions are organised in such a way that
--the first month = introduction level,
--the second month = intermediate level, and
--the third month = more advanced level.
Thanks to this approach and organisation, it may make sense to participate
 exceptionally during only one or two of the three months, depending on 
expertise. However, the available scholarships are granted only to persons
 who will participate for the full three months.
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1. Management in libraries and information centers:
<> snip
2. Information and communication technology for libraries and information 
centers:
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3. Information retrieval/searching:
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4. Information architecture:
<>snip

Study visits:
In addition to the courses taking place at the university campus, study 
visits are organised.
<>snip

At the end of the program all participants obtain a certificate stating 
that they have indeed participated, with a reference to the full detailed 
overview of the program contents on the WWW site of the program.
Several substantial parts of the program are followed by an evaluation by 
the responsible expert of the knowledge and skills acquired by each 
participant; this can lead to a certificate of active and successful 
participation.

Participants should of course bring a notebook or laptop computer, if they
 have one available.
Ideally they should buy or rent a personal notebook computer as soon as 
they arrive, assisted by the program organisers.

Poster session by participants:
<>snip
Scientific tutorial presentations by participants:
<>snip
Teachers, professors, experts, resource persons:
<>snip
Social activities planned:
<>snip

Participation, registration=tuition fee and costs:

Grants=scholarships:

Participation is free of charge (!) for 12 participants from developing 
countries. They are selected by the Steering Committee of the program, by 
VLIR (the Flemish Inter-university Council) section for University 
Co-operation VLIR-UOS, and by DGOS. They also receive a grant to cover the
 costs of accommodation and a return flight ticket. The detailed form to 
request a grant=scholarship will be available through the Internet from
the  WWW site of VLIR-UOS. The site in English is
http://www.vliruos.be/UK/  At the time of writing this text, the direct
address for information about  this kind of international training
programs and about the
grants=scholarships to participate is
http://www.vliruos.be/UK/02programme/03training/0200int_training.htm 
Grant applications must be received by VLIR before the end of January!
(and  NOT before the end of February as in previous years up to 2005)
Official and formal requests for a grant-scholarship or any other 
correspondence about the grants should be sent to VLIR-UOS in Brussels,
and  NOT to the organizers/co-ordinators of this specific program.
If this procedure is not suitable for you, you can contact your local 
Belgian embassy or VLIR-UOS. The e-mail address is scholarships at vliruos.be
 The ideal participant applying for a grant is younger than 40 years, and 
will be able to apply what has been learned directly in a professional 
scientific or technical environment afterwards.


Normal registration:

Besides the persons who receive a grant from the Belgian Government
through  VLIR, 8 persons can participate after paying a
registration=tuition fee  that is small in comparison with similar
programs.
The costs mentioned do NOT include air travel, meals and accommodation,
but  do include transport from the airport upon arrival, course materials,
study  visits and social activities.
-To participate during the full period: 2400 Euro
-Exceptionally, persons who cannot participate for the whole period can 
nevertheless participate during 2 months only (1800 Euro) or during 1
month  only (1000 Euro). It makes sense to attend for instance the first
month or  the first two months only. It makes less sense to participate
only during  the second or the third month, as introductions to some
activities or  topics may be missed.
-To participate to particular items selected from the program: 30 Euro per
 half day.

To register and pay <>snip

There is no formal deadline. However, we recommend you to register as
early  as possible, because "first come, first served": the arrival of
your  participation fee determines who can participate. Furthermore the
later  that a participant is registered, the more difficult it becomes to
find  cheap and suitable accommodation.

There is NO need to "apply" prior to the registration, to request 
permission to participate or to be accepted, from the organizers of the 
program or from their universities. The decision if the program is
suitable  and appropriate for an interested person is to be made by that
person and  not by the organizers.
Invitation letters can be sent on request if needed, but in principle only
 when the participation = registration fee has been received.

The cost of living in Belgium is not exceptional.

It is a waste of time to ask the organisers of the program about sponsors
besides VLIR mentioned ab ove.

Medical insurance:
It is recommended that participants are covered during their stay by a
full  medical insurance.
This costs 40 Euro per month, if you want that the program organisers take
 care of this; in that case this should be arranged as soon as possible 
after arrival in Belgium, with the secretariat of the program.

Accommodation:

The organisers of this program normally book in advance a single, cheap, 
basic room with access to a shared kitchen, as accommodation for each 
participant, unless a participant writes us that he/she wants to take care
 of accommodation personally, for instance by staying with a friend or by 
renting a room that offers more luxury.
Participants pay for their accommodation directly to the person or 
organisation providing accommodation in Brussels, as soon as they arrive
in  Belgium. If we can book many weeks in advance, then we can normally
find  basic accommodation for about 300 euro per month, meals not
included;  however, a late receipt of the registration=tuition fee forces
us probably  to book a more expensive room.

How to contact the organizers?

E-mail (Internet): stimulate at vub.ac.be (or in case that this does not 
seem to work, to Paul.Nieuwenhuysen at vub.ac.be)
(change at in @ when you want to use an address)
Fax  32 2 629 2693 (or 2282)
Tel. 32 2 629 2629 or 32 2 629 2429  or 32 2 629 2609
Telex 61051 vubco-b
Classical mail:
STIMULATE-ITP (or Paul NIEUWENHUYSEN), University Library, Vrije
Universiteit Brussel,
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUM


Location:
The training is mainly organized at the University Library of the Vrije 
Universiteit Brussel (V.U.B). The campus is located south of the older 
centre of the city of Brussels, and can easily be reached by Metro 
(subway), tram and bus.
<>snip

Program and Steering Committee:
The course director is Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, professor at the Vrije 
Universiteit Brussel and guest professor at Universiteit Antwerpen,
Science  and technology librarian of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/nieuwenhuysen/professional/
An official, formal Steering Committee is composed of members from the 
co-operating universities in Flanders,
<>snip

Feel free to distribute this document; this version is dated August 21, 2006.

____________________REGISTRATION FORM_______________________
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