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apologies for any cross posting A reminder about the next upcoming public lecture at UCL on Digital Resources in the Humanities on Wednesday 3rd May at 6pm: All welcome! Please note change of venue this year to Chadwick lecture theatre in UCL (different lecture theatre from that last year!) and directions below. C21st Curation: access and service delivery Why is digital information different?: Designing digital resources in the humanities Recent funding opportunities have led to the creation of digital content within institutions, such as libraries, archives and publishing houses, which previously functioned as intermediaries and managers of existing information. Unlike books, which are static and inflexible physical objects, digital resources, especially those representing humanities primary material, offer almost unlimited flexibility. How can that flexibility be harnessed to meet the needs of the 21st century? Imitating books limits the functionality of digital resources, but what else do users want to do with them? What new systems are needed to handle integrated metadata and content? How far should the librarian, archivist or publisher go in interfering with the intellectual content by enhancing images or encoding text? What will the world of humanities research and teaching be like when users no longer go to the library and the information world is dominated by Google and Amazon? Public Lecture Series 26 April - 11 May 2006 University College London School of Library, Archive and Information Studies Chadwick Lecture Theatre, Gower Street, London WC1 Following the highly successful inaugural series of C21st Curation public lectures earlier this year, The University College London School of Library, Archives, and Information Studies is pleased to announce details of a second series of public lectures for 2006. The lectures by eight leading speakers, will be open to students, professionals and general public and will be held in the Chadwick lecture theatre in University College London, from 6.00 -7.15pm. Each event will be followed by a reception sponsored by Tessella, to which speakers and the audience are invited. The dates, sessions, and speakers, in the series will be: 26 April 2006 Scholarly Communication David Brown (British Library) and Astrid Wissenburg (ESRC) 3 May 2006 Digital Resources in the Humanities Prof Susan Hockey (UCL) and Suzanne Keene (Institute of Archaeology) 10 May 2006 Service Delivery in National Institutions Natalie Ceeney (The National Archives) and Jemima Rellie (Tate) 17 May 2006 Curation and Access for Scientific Data Neil Beagrie (British Library/JISC) and Prof. Michael Wadsworth (UCL) Please advertise the lecture series widely amongst professional organisations in the museums, library, archive, scientific research,information and academic sectors, current staff, students, and interested individuals. Background We wish to raise awareness and interest in digital curation amongst current students, professionals, and the general public though this series of high profile public lectures. The future of an Information Society and the knowledge economy will be built around electronic access to information. The enormous benefits of electronic information and resources for innovation and communication are already being realised in schools, universities, homes, business, industry, and government. A growing and significant part of the record and culture of the UK is now in digital form. The lives of staff working in our institutions, current students, and private individuals will increasingly be impacted by these trends and associated issues. Notes to editors: 1) The School of Library, Archives, and Information Studies University College London is a leading centre for research in knowledge organization, archives and records management, especially electronic records, digital technologies in the humanities, preservation management and the history of the book. 2) Tessella Support Services plc specializes in the application of innovative software solutions to scientific, technical and engineering problems, and its offices in the UK, US, and the Netherlands have built long-term relationships with organizations at the leading edge of the scientific and engineering world (www.tessella.com). 3) Further information about the lecture series can be obtained from the organisers: Neil Beagrie (British Library) email: [log in to unmask] tel: 0709 204 8179 Andrew Flinn (UCL) email: [log in to unmask] tel: 0207 679 2481 Helen Forde (UCL) email [log in to unmask] tel 01295 811247 Elizabeth Shepherd (UCL) email [log in to unmask] tel: 0207 679 2945 Geoffrey Yeo (UCL) email [log in to unmask] tel: 0207 679 2481 4) Directions and a map to UCL and the Chadwick lecture theatre (on right of Main Entrance from Gower Street) are available at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/about-ucl/location/ ). ****************************************************************************** ******* Neil Beagrie FRSA publications: www.beagrie.com BL/JISC Partnership Manager email: [log in to unmask] The British Library, urls: www.bl.uk 96 Euston Road, www.jisc.ac.uk London NW1 2DB Tel/Fax/Voicemail :+44 (0)709 2048179 ****************************************************************************** *******