The OCLC Institute in conjunction with the British Library National Preservation Department will be presenting a joint seminar which address "Digital Issues" 2-3 April, to be held at the British Library, St Pancras. The cost for the 2 day seminar is £200.00. To include suitable refreshment breaks, lunch, and evening meal on 2nd April. Further details: Chantal Bristow, Tel: 0121 456 4656; Fax: 0121 456 4680, Email: [log in to unmask] website: www.oclc.org/europe) > Conference Outline > Day 1 - Monday 2 April > 09:30-10:30 > Registration Morning refreshments > 10:30-10:40 > House Notices > 10:40-10:50 > Welcome to the Conference Bill Simpson, Chair, National Preservation > Office > 10:50-11:00 > Introduction Conference Programme Introduction to keynote speaker > Erik Jul, Director, OCLC Institute > 11:00-11:30 > Keynote speaker Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive, British Library > 11:30-11:50 > 1st plenary session Acquiring across the spectrum Lorcan Dempsey, > Director, DNER > 11:55-12:45 > Breakout on Acquisition > Group Discussion Leader Scribe > A Dennis Pilling, British Library Neil Smith, British > Library > B David Dawson, Re:Source, Jane Fowler, NPO > C David Thomas, PRO Andy Davis, British Library > > 12:45-13:15 > Report back 10 min per group (Discussion Leaders) > 13:15-14:00 > Lunch > 14:00-14:30 > Strategic Overview of activities in the US Deanna Marcum, President, > Council on Library & Information Resources > 14:30-14:50 > 2nd plenary session Bits and bytes forever (digital preservation issues) > Titia Van der Werf, Networked European Deposit Library & Koninklijke > Bibliotheek > 14:55-15:45 > Breakout on Preservation > Group Discussion Leader Scribe > A Meg Bellinger, OCLC Julia Foster NPO > B Neil Beagrie, JISC Deborah Novotny, > British Library > C Deborah Woodyard, British Library Alison Walker, NPO > 15:45-16:00 > Afternoon refreshments > 16:00-16:30 > Report back 10 min per group (Discussion leaders) > 16:30-17:00 > Plenary session Erik Jul, Director, OCLC Institute > 17:00-17:15 > Closing remarks Erik Jul, Director, OCLC Institute > 19:30 > Dinner Speaker Seamus Ross, Director, The Humanities Advanced Technology & > Information Institute > > Day 2 - Tuesday 3 April > 09:30-09:50 > 3rd Plenary session Electronic exclusion - Avoiding social errors Speaker > John Dolan, Acting Assistant Director, Birmingham City Council > 09:55-10:45 > Breakout on Access > Group Discussion Leader Scribe > A Steve Moran, British Library Nina Gandhi, British > Library > B Stella Pilling, British Library Christine Burden, > British Library > C Chris Clarke, National Sound Archive John Falconer, British Library > > 10:45-11:00 > Morning refreshments > 11:00-11:30 > Report back 10 min per group (Discussion leaders) > 11:30-12:00 > Plenary Discussion > 12:00-12:30 > Drawing together Erik Jul, Director, OCLC Institute > 12:30-14:00 > Lunch > 14:00-15:30 > Directed Discussion Identified outcomes Erik Jul, Director, OCLC Institute > > 15:30-15:45 > Ways forward Erik Jul, Director, OCLC Institute > 15:45-16:00 > Closing remarks Stuart Ede, The British Library > 16:00-16:30 > Tea > >