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With apologies for cross-posting... CALL FOR PAPERS For a special issue of "Document numérique" (published in France) "ARCHIVING AND SUSTAINABILITY" The preservation and use of records and documents over time Context Digital archiving and preservation is a very important topic which is currently attracting a great deal attention. This is due to: * the rapidly growing volumes of digital information which will be valuable for many years or decades: databases, web sites, administrative and scientific publications, surveys, contracts, images, e-mail... * the increasing number of legal and technical references, for example electronic signature legislation, XML recommendations, French standard NF 42-013, * recent standards, models and surveys explaining concepts and strategy, for example ISO 15489 (Records Management standard), Model requirements for the management of electronic records (MoReq, European Commission), OAIS Model (Open Archival Information System), Global Strategy for long term preservation of electronic records in Switzerland, and so on. * important projects in private and public organizations for archiving and maintaining web sites, administrative or technical data etc. Preservation over time presents a double challenge: * to identify pertinent and coherent data objects to be preserved, that is data aggregates documenting events, actions or transactions, with correct metadata describing the context of creation, organized in such manner that they remain independent of any tool or system which may have a shorter life expectancy than the data object. * to preserve those objects over time, despite or with the help of technological and societal evolutions, in a manner which preserves their accessibility to users. Our Objective "Document numérique" first published a special issue on the beginning of digital archiving two years ago. Given the progress since this issue, we now wish to assemble, in this new special issue, a large panel of contributions about projects, experiments, tools and methods, models, standards and proposals for future. This call is directed to all who are facing the long term digital preservation issues: Records Managers and Archivists, computer specialists, Information Managers, Librarians, quality specialists, legal experts, and researchers. Themes * Digital archiving: issues and strategies * Digital information and the challenge of elapsed time * Standards * Records management and archiving * Objects to be preserved : texts, data bases, web sites, e-mails etc. * Specifying digital preservation systems * Data objects and metadata * Media and formats * Specific issues: volumes, compression, versioning etc. * Access and use * Migration * Hierarchical storage management (HSM) * Open source software * On line or remote archiving * Experiments and empirical studies * etc. Programme Committee Marie-Anne Chabin, Archive 17, co-ordinator Françoise Banat-Berger, ministère français de la Justice Guylaine Beaudry, Université de Montréal Didier Courtaud, CEA Marc Fresko, Cornwell Management Consultants, London Claude Huc, CNES, Toulouse Julien Masanès, Bibliothèque nationale de France Joël Poivre, Direction des archives de France Jean-Daniel Zeller, hôpitaux universitaires de Genève Key dates Abstracts due : December, 2003 - please send an abstract, in French or English, about 200 words, to [log in to unmask] Notification of acceptance: January, 2004 Revised versions due: April, 2004 Publication: June, 2004 Publication and editor Revue Document numérique Service éditorial Hermès LAVOISIER 14, rue de Provigny 94236 CACHAN cedex France Tél. +33 1 47 40 67 00 - Fax +33 1 47 40 67 02 http://dn.e-revues.com/ or http://www.e-revues.lavoisier.fr/ Advice to Authors Submissions are to be sent to the co-ordinator (address at the end) and should follow the style sheet available from http://dn.e-revues.com/ Articles should be written in French or English and must not exceed 20 pages. They are to include a complete and adequate bibliography. Final versions will be accepted in Word or PDF format. If in PDF, any necessary corrections (typographic errors etc.) will have to be carried out by the author. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered in another forum. Contact Marie-Anne Chabin, Archive 17 1, avenue du Père-Lachaise - F-75020 PARIS France [log in to unmask]