SEMINAR

Convergence in the Digital Age: Challenges for Libraries, Museums and Archives

to be held on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 August 1998 at the following address:

ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Kloveniersburgwal 29
Amsterdam Centre
phone.: +31 20 551 07 00
telefax: + 31 20 620 49 41


                PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

DAY I Opening and Welcome
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome by Mr. J. Dekker, Chairman of the Board of TNO,
Netherlands
10:15 - 10:45 Keynote speaker: (to be announced)


Session I The organisation of knowledge in a digital environment
10:50 - 11:00 Introduction by Mrs. R.M. Montserrat, Head of the Section of
Documentation
                and Protection of Cultural Heritage (Museums Service of
Department of
                Culture - Generalitat of Catalonia, Spain)
11:00 - 11:30 (Subject) Mr. B. Rugaas, National Librarian of Norway
11:35 - 11:50 Project Elise II, by Mrs. S. Goddard, De Montfort University,
United Kingdom
11:55 - 12:10 Project Universe by Mrs. A. Kelly, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna,
Ireland
12:15 - 12:30 (Subject) by Mrs. L. Campbell, Library of Congress, U.S.A.
12:30 - 13:00 Questions and Answers


Session II The Citizens' access to the digital heritage
14:30 - 14:40 Introduction by Mrs. S. Tyacke, Public Record Office, United
Kingdom
14:40 - 15:10 (to be announced)
15:15 - 15:30 An art historical information system for museum professionals in
an archival context,
                built using library expertise by Mr. J. van der Starre,
Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische
                Informatie, Nederland
15:35 - 15:50 Danish Audio History/CultureNet by Mrs. E. Fønss Jørgensen,
State
                and University Library, Denmark
15:55 - 16:10 Project Kulturbox by Mr. I. Braun, Kulturbox, Germany


Session III New services in their legal context
16:40 - 17:15 Introduction by Prof. J. Bing
17:20 - 17:40 European Copyright User Platform (ECUP+) by Mrs E. Giavarra,
Project Director
                ECUP+, The Netherlands
17:40 - 18.00 Questions and Answers


DAY II
Session IV The future of the digital present
9:00 - 9:10 Introduction by Mrs. M. Sliwinska of the Nicolaus Copernicus
University in Torun,
                Poland
9:10- 9:40 Presentation by Mr. Ch. Dollar, of the School of Library,
Archival and Information Studies
                at the University of British Columbia
9:45 - 10.00 Project NedLib by Mr. J. Steenbakkers, Royal Library,
Netherlands
10:05 - 10:20 Presentation about Archivo de Indias by Mrs. E. Carolina de
Santos Canalejo,
                Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Spain
10:25 - 10:40 Memory of the World VOC archives by Mrs. D. Sy-A-Foek, National
                Unesco Commission, Netherlands
10:45 - 11:00 Questions and Answers


Session V Converging technologies and standards for digital
collections
11:30 - 11:40 Introduction by Mr. B. Royan, Chair IFLA IT Section, United
Kingdom
11:40 - 12:10 Presentation by Mrs. C. Lupovici, Jouves Systèmes d'Information,
France
12:15 - 12:30 Project One and One2 by Mrs. L.A. Holm, Brodd Oslo College,
Norway
12:35 - 12:50 Presentation about Meta data by Mr. M. Dekkers of the European
Commission
12:55 - 13:10 Rethinking Library Standards by Mr. T. Kuny, IFLA's UDT Core
programme, (LAND)
13:10 - 13:30 Questions and Answers


13:30 - 15:00 Lunch

Session VI Strategic issues in R & TD, closing of the seminar
15:00 - 15:10 Introduction by Mr. J. van de Walle, TNO-STB, Netherlands
15:15 - 15:45 Presentation by Mrs. A. Iljon of the European Commission,
DGXIII/E
15:50 - 16:20 Panel discussion
16:20 - 17:00 Presentation by Mrs. C. Allardice of the South African Library
17:00 - 17:10 Closing of the seminar by Mr. J. van de Walle, TNO-STB,
Netherlands


17:10 - 18:30 Cocktails


Organising committee:
Ms. Concha Fernández de la Puente, European Commission DGXIII/E-4, Luxembourg
Prof. Dr. Eric Ketelaar, professor of Archival Science at the Universities of
Leyden and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Christian Lupovici, Member of the IFLA Section on Information Technology and
librarian of the University of Marne-la-Vallée, France
Dr. Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli, Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali,
Italy
Mr. B. Rugaas, National Librarian, National Library of Norway, Norway
Dr. Juan Zozaya, Subdirector of the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Spain
Mr. Johan van de Walle, Secretary of the National Focal Point for the Telematics
for Libraries programme in The Netherlands, The Netherlands


Further contact:
Johan van de Walle
TNO-STB
Schoemakerstraat97
P.O. Box 6030
2600 JA Delft
The Netherlands
Phone +31 15 269 5455
Fax + 31 15 269 54 60
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