Strategies for Multimedia Archives
Ghent (Belgium), February 6th 2009

Cultural, heritage and media institutions face a number of challenges
when moving even a part of their collection and archival management into
the digital age. by focusing on four specific questions that newly
developing multimedia archives are faced with: how do you position
yourself to the need for funding; how is context created and maintained
in the multidisciplinary digital archive; what audience do you aim to
reach and how do you reach them; and what distribution models can you
use? The answers to these questions are manifold, and become
increasingly complex in light of growing intersectoral cooperation.

The conference 'Strategies for Multimedia Archives' aims to contribute
to the international discourse on the impact of 'going digital'. It
brings together international speakers with experience in different
fields, so as to further discussions and provide food for thought for
organisations planning to take the step into digital. The different
themes of the conference feature collectively in the morning plenary,
after which four parallel sessions each focus on one of the four central
issues at hand. Ample time is allotted in these sessions for questions
and discussion with the audience. 

This conference is organised as part of the research project
'Preservation and Access of Multimedia Data in Flanders' (BOM-vl),
sponsored by the Flemish government.

Programme

10.00h - 10.15h welcome and opening 
10.15h - 12.30h: plenary session 
Lunch 
14.00h - 17.00h: parallel sessions 
Session 1: How do digitising organisations approach the need for
funding? 
Session 2: How is context generated and maintained in interdisciplinary
digital archives? Session 3: How do you make sure your audience finds
and uses your material? Session 4: What business models can be used for
the distribution of the digital content?
17.00h: closing drink

Speakers 

Max Benoit (INA), Mel Collier (Kuleuven), Kurt Deggeller (Memoriav), Jos
de Haan (Sociaal Planbureau), Nathalie Doury (Paris en Images), Eerde
Hovinga (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid), Cees Klapwijk
(Digitale Bibliotheek der Nederlandse Letteren), Bert Looper (Tresoar),
Bridget McKenzie (Flow Associates), Dale Peters (State and University
Library of Goettingen), Thomas Sewing (ZDF), Graham Turnbull,
(RCAHMS/SCRAN), Jeff Ubois (Intelligent Television), Phillippe Van
Meerbeeck (VRT), Tine van Nierop (consultant). 

Target Audience

The conference is intended especially for those active in the fields of
digital archiving and digital collection building and management, and
those planning to take steps in this direction. Talks will be in
English.

Practical

Date: Friday February 6th, 2009
Location: Conferencerooms 'De Zebrastraat' - Zebrastraat 32/001, B9000
Ghent (Belgium) 
Registration fee: 60,- Eur (incl. conference papers, lunch,
coffee-breaks and closing drink)
Registration via website only: http://conference.bom-vl.be

For further information, please check the conference website.