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DIGITAL ARCHIVING - EMERGING PRACTICE
A one-day seminar organised by the National Preservation Office, the
Public Record Office and the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC).
The seminar will focus on three main issues: costs; techinal issues;
and the organisation of digital archiving projects. This will be a
practical day drawoing together practitioners from a variety of
organisations in the UK, from Europe and the USA. There will be ample
opportunity for discussion and exchange of experience.
PROGRAMME:
Chair: Elizabeth Hallam-Smith, The Public Record Office
The Public Record Office experience: Ian McFarlane, The Public Record
Office
The British Library experience: Michael Alexander, The British Library
The JISC preservation studies: Chris Rusbridge, Electronic Libraries
Programme
The Arts & Humanities Data Service: an example of distributed archiving
and access to digital resources: Neil Beagrie, Arts & Humanities Data
Service
The Data Archive: an example of centralised archiving: Denise
Lievesley, The Data Archive
The Archaeology Data Service: recent initiatives in digital archiving
in archaeology: Julian Richards, Archaeology Data Service, University
of York
The US experienc: Nancy Elkington, Research Libraries Group Inc.
The Netherlands experience: Peter Horsman, National Archives of the
Netherlands
COST: 40 pounds sterling (including VAT)
VENUE: The Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond
DATE: Friday 18 July 1997
To book a place at the seminar, please contact:
National Preservation Office Tel: 0171 412 7612
The British Library Fax: 0171 412 7796
Great Russell Street Email: [log in to unmask]
London WC1B 3DG
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