CHILDE: Opening the portal: A conference to establish a European Network of historical children's book collections The Date: Friday 19th October 2001 The Venue: Green Park, Stablebridge Road, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 5NE. United Kingdom A unique opportunity to be involved in the dawning of a new age in historical children's books by taking part in the foundation of a Network. This conference will cover many areas of relevance to early children's book collection managers; - how to tap into the potential funding from the European Commission - how to use digitisation technology to make your collection more accessible - guidance for owners and managers of early children's book collections The Speakers Dr Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff - Institut fur Jugendbuchforschung, Frankfurt, Germany Professor Kim Reynolds - National Centre for Research in Children's Literature, Roehampton University of Surrey, UK Simon Tanner - Higher Education Digitisation Service, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK Elizabeth Hammill - National Centre for the Children's Book, Newcastle -Upon-Tyne, UK Claire Herbert - Buckinghamshire County Council European Team, UK The Fee: £75/ 125 Euros, including lunch and refreshments. For more information contact me on the above e-mail address, or phone me 00 44 (0)1494 774242 Esther Gregory CHILDE Project Co-ordinator www.bookchilde.org _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.