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This posting contains five messages:

1. DigitalPreservationEurope's First International Digital Preservation
Challenge is now open

2. Registration still open: ETD2007 - Uppsala, Sweden, 13 - 16 June

3. UNESCO publishes survey on ethical implications of emerging technologies

4. Eight issue of Google Librarian Newsletter (May 2007)on line

5. Public conference 'Assessing the quality and impact of research:
practices and initiatives in sc holarly information' at ICSTI General
Assembly, Nancy, France, 21-22 June 2007

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

1. DigitalPreservationEurope's First International Digital Preservation
Challenge is now open

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

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Van: Joy Davidson [mailto:british.editor at erpanet.org]

Verzonden: vrijdag 25 mei 2007 11:01

CC: 'Brian Aitken'

Onderwerp: [DIGLIB] DigitalPreservationEurope's First International
Digital Preservation Challenge  is now open

***Apologies for cross-posting***

DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) is delighted to announce its first
international Digital Preservati on Challenge.

http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/challenge/
<http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/challen ge/>

DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) raises awareness and improves practice in
the management, longevity , and reuse of digital assets. To this end, DPE
is delighted to announce the first international Di gital Preservation
Challenge. The Digital Preservation Challenge aims to promote innovation
at all  levels from students to researchers, and will provide an insight
into the range of digital preserva tion risks currently being faced by
international research and practitioner communities.

About the challenge

The challenge invites participants to overcome the barriers hindering
access to six digital objects . Each object is accompanied by a highly
abstracted scenario based on real-life situations. These s cenarios are
intended to make the challenge more accessible to participants from all
backgrounds wh ile not trivialising the serious nature of the digital
preservation challenges facing society.

Who is eligible to enter?

The first Digital Preservation Challenge is open to individuals from any
country or discipline. Pos t-graduate and undergraduate students with a
computing science, engineering, or information science
 background should be especially well-placed to tackle the challenge. This
first Digital Preservati
on Challenge is not open to professional research teams or labs, however
future competitions will b e planned for these communities. The rules and
regulations governing this challenge can be found at
 http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/challenge/rules
<http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/c
hallenge/rules> .

Evaluating submissions

Submissions to the first Digital Preservation Challenge will be assessed
by a panel of internationa l digital preservation experts and
practitioners. The incremental scoring method the panel will use
 emphasizes the thoroughness and quality of the documentation of the
processes used to render the o
bjects rather than the overall outcome itself. In this respect, it may be
possible for an individua l to win the challenge even if he/she cannot
ultimately render all of the objects. All submissions  to the Digital
Preservation Challenge will be published on the DPE website following the
announceme nt of the winning entries. The deadline for submissions for the
first Digital Preservation Challeng e is 15 July 2007. Submission can be
completed online.

Winners will be announced on 18 September 2007 at the European Conference
on Research and Advanced  Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL)
Conference Dinner. ECDL is the premier European conference  on innovation
in digital libraries. The conference will take place in Budapest from
16-21 September
 2007.

To learn more about or to take part in the Digital Preservation Challenge,
please visit http://www. digitalpreservationeurope.eu/challenge/
<http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/challenge/> .

Important dates

Opening of the Challenge: 23 May 2007

Deadline for submissions: 15 July 2007 at 5pm GMT Announcement of winners:
18 September 2007

Awards

First Prize 3000 Euros

Second Prize 1500 Euros

Third Prize 500 Euros

Questions or comments should be sent to
challenge at digitalpreservationeurope.eu.

Best wishes,

Professor Seamus Ross

Principal Director DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) HATII at the University
of Glasgow

11 University Gardens

Glasgow, G12 8QQ

http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk <http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/>

http://digitalpreservationeurope.eu <http://digitalpreservationeurope.eu/>

&

Professor Andreas Rauber

Director of DigitalPreservationEurope's Exchange Programme Vienna
University of Technology Karlspla tz 13 A-1040 Vienna
http://www.tuwien.ac.at/tu_vienna/ <http://www.tuwien.ac.at/tu_vienna/>

http://digitalpreservationeurope.eu <http://digitalpreservationeurope.eu/>

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2. Registration still open: ETD2007 - Uppsala, Sweden, 13 - 16 June

Message forwarded from ICA-L, the listserve of the International Council
on Archives.

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Van: ica-l-bounces at mailman.srv.ualberta.ca
[mailto:ica-l-bounces at mailman.srv.ualberta.ca <mailto:ic
a-l-bounces at mailman.srv.ualberta.ca> ] Namens Eva Müller

Verzonden: zondag 27 mei 2007 14:56

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Onderwerp: [Ica-l] Refistration still open: ETD2007 - June 13-16, Sweden

***Apologies for Cross Posting***

Registration still open!

 From ETD2007 Conference Committee - etd2007 at ub.uu.se

10th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Uppsala, Sweden, June 13-16, 20 07 http://epc.ub.uu.se/etd2007/
<http://epc.ub.uu.se/etd2007/>

ETD2007 - Added Value for E-theses

This meeting offers scope for an exchange of experience and consolidation
of cooperation in the fie ld of electronic theses and dissertations at
local, national and international levels.

Under the general theme "Added Value for E-theses", ETD 2007 is organised
around two main themes: " Integrating ETDs with institutional processes
and practices" and "Value added services".

The themes of the conference call for reflection on opportunities for

joint effort    amongst various players in the production and

information chain, both inside and outside our universities.

To allow the specific developments relating to ETDs to be considered in
context, we are delighted t o welcome a number of excellent speakers

including: Gregory Crane, Tufts University, USA; Clifford Lynch, Coalition
for Networked Informatio n, USA and Peter Murray-Rust, Cambridge
University, UK.

For more information about the speakers and the conference in general,
please see the Web site at h ttp://epc.ub.uu.se/etd2007/
<http://epc.ub.uu.se/etd2007/> .

Join us in Uppsala and help make our meeting a success!

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3. UNESCO publishes survey on ethical implications of emerging technologies

What are the ethical implications of the semantic web, biometrics,
radio-frequency identification,  location-based services, mesh and
ubiquitous networking, grid computing and other new computing tec
hnologies? A study just released by UNESCO analyses likely consequences of
different technological  choices.

The survey entitled "Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies" has
been prepared by Mary Rundl e and Chris Conley of the NGO Geneva Net
Dialogue at UNESCO's request. It can be found at:

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001499/149992E.pdf

A French translation will also be made available.

Source:

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=24229&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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4. Eight issue of Google Librarian Newsletter (May 2007)on line

at http://www.google.com/librariancenter/newsletter/0705.html

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5. Public conference 'Assessing the quality and impact of research:
practices and initiatives in sc holarly information' at ICSTI General
Assembly, Nancy, France, 21-22 June 2007

Message forwarded from IFLA-L, the listserve of the International
Federation of Library Assocations
 and Institutions.

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Van: icsti at icsti.org [mailto:icsti at icsti.org]

Verzonden: dinsdag 29 mei 2007 17:43

Aan: ifla-l at infoserv.inist.fr

Onderwerp: [IFLA-L] 2007 ICSTI General Assembly

2007 ICSTI General Assembly

Registration is now open for the 2007 ICSTI General Assembly, hosted by
INIST-CNRS in Nancy, France , 21-24 June.

The title of the Public Conference, on June 21-22, is :

"Assessing the quality and impact of research: practices and initiatives
in scholarly information".

You will find on the ICSTI website the agenda of this main annual event,
as well as the list of spe akers at the Public Conference, and some
practical suggestions concerning accommodation and travel.

IFLA-L members may find the conference program of great interest, as ICSTI
has gathered speakers fr om different parts of the world and with
different views on the role of scholarly information in th e research
assessment process. In particular, the organizers are happy to announce as
keynote speak er Donald W. King, a renowned statistician and pioneer in
evaluating communication and information  systems and services.

Registration to the Public Conference : www.icsti.org
<outbind://208/www.icsti.org>

Remember to register, as soon as possible, before the 1st June in order to
take advantage of the ea rly bird rate!

Please feel free to contact ICSTI Secretariat for any further information
or assistance.

Elisabeth Maître-Allain/Claire Santiano

ICSTI Secretariat

51, boulevard de Montmorency

75016 Paris

Email : icsti at icsti.org

Tel : 01 45 25 65 92

Fax : 01 42 15 12 62

www.icsti.org <outbind://208/www.icsti.org>

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European Commission on Preservation and Access (ECPA)
c/o Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
P.O. Box 19121, NL-1000 GC  Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Visiting address: Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal 29, NL-1011 JV  Amsterdam
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