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ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers June 17-18, 2004 University College Cork Co-Sponsors University College Cork Digital Curation Centre (UK) MINERVA Focus The persistent identification of electronic resources can play a vital role in enabling their long-term access and re-use and can positively impact on an object's authenticity. This seminar aims to provide an overview of current activity in the field of persistent identifiers and an understanding of the various persistent identification strategies available. Individual experiences with persistent identifiers will be explored through presentations from the library community, the higher and further education community, the scientific community, and the publishing community. The seminar will examine the use of Persistent Identifiers with regards to Freedom of Information from a UK and Canadian perspective. The seminar will provide an update from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) working group on persistent identifiers. Who will benefit from attending? The seminar will bring together a wide range of participants from a variety of sectors from all over Europe. This training seminar will benefit anyone who creates or manages access to digital resources - including librarians, archivists, scientists, publishers and staff from higher and further education and government institutions. Dates Thursday, June 17 and Friday, June 18, 2004 Venue The seminar will be held at the Boole Lecture Theatre, University College Cork. More information about the UCC is available on their website http://www.ucc.ie. ERPANET is extremely grateful to the University College Cork for providing the venue for this training event and for hosting an evening reception for seminar participants on Thursday, June 17th. Programme The seminar features presentations by: - Keynote address and overview of the DOI: Norman Paskin, International DOI Foundation - Overview of the Handle System: Larry Lannom, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) - Update of the EPICUR Project: Kathrin Schroeder, Die Deutsche Bibliothek - Report on the JISC Digital Object Identifiers for Publishing and the e-Learning Community: Robin Wilson, The Stationary Office (TSO) - Overview of the Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL): Stuart Weibel, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) - Overview of the Archival Resource Key (ARK): Mary Heath, California Digital Library - Update on the DiVA Project: Eva Muller, Uppsala University - Government of Canada perspective: Cecil Somerton, Government of Canada - Publishing perspective: Cliff Morgan, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. - DOI's for scientific data sets: Background and Implementation: Michael Lautenschlager, World Data Centre for Climate (WDCC) - Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Further information A briefing paper, travel and accommodation information, and an extensive list of background documentation are available from the ERPANET site (http://www.erpanet.org). Abstracts, papers and the seminar report will be accessible via the ERPANET site following the event. Please note: University College Cork has offered a discount rate for accommodation on campus. To register The registration fee is 100 Euros. Please go to http://www.erpanet.org and follow the links to register. For additional information, please contact [log in to unmask] www.erpanet.org