Consolidating the European Library Space, a major and final
Telematics for Libraries concertation meeting, took place in
Luxembourg from 17th-19th November 1999. Over 120 participants and
speakers from all over Europe got together for the three day
conference in the thermal resort of Mondorf-les-Bains, south of
Luxembourg city. Fifteen FP4 projects took the opportunity to
demonstrate their project results. As libraries become an
integrated part of the IST Programme under the 5th Framework
Programme, the aim was to mark the transition by reviewing the
achievements of the Telematics for Libraries programme, by
evaluating results and by looking at new alliances and key issues
facing the European information society in the new millennium.
There were keynote speeches on the achievements of the Telematics
for Libraries Programme, new media literacy in the Information
Society, the converging worlds of libraries, archives and museums,
new synergies between national and European library policies,
opportunities for co-operation with Central & Eastern Europe and
the future role of the cultural heritage sector in the IST
Programme, as well as discussion of key issues : copyright &
licensing, e-commerce and cultural heritage institutions, new ways
of delivering education services, interoperability & standards and
digital preservation. A workshop dealt with the issue of the
exploitation of FP4 project results and there was a session on how
best to promote a project Website, including using metadata.
A report on the meeting will be included in Issue 4, January 2000
of Exploit- Interactive http://www.exploit-lib.org/
Information, including the agenda and speakers, is available from:
http://www.echo.lu/libraries/events/FP4CE/FP4CE.html
Go straight to the proceedings:
http://www.echo.lu/libraries/events/FP4CE/proceed.html
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Rosalind Johnson
European Consultant
Library and Information Commission
19-29 Woburn Place
London WC1H 0LU
tel: + 44 (0)171 273 8700 (main)
tel: + 44 (0)171 273 8716 (direct)
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