First announcement
LIBER Think Tank on the future value of the book as artefact and the future value of digital documentary heritage.
24-25 May 2007
National Library of Sweden, Stockholm
The future of the book is in question. The future of the digital cultural heritage is under debate. The role of the printed text as the physical carrier of information and human thought is being challenged by digital technology. Concepts such as value and authenticity are traditionally based on physical objects and collections. Has the artefactual value increased or decreased with digital developments? The value and authenticity of virtual information carriers are increasingly being discussed. Has the critical mass of "born digital" and digitised material created a new digital cultural documentary heritage?
These questions are bubbling up from a variety of disciplines, ranging from Collection Development, Collection Care and e-Strategists within the library and archive world; to cultural historians, textual critics, philosophers and authors.
The aim of this two day Think Tank is to examine and discuss whether it is possible to arrive at a common understanding of these concepts regardless of whether the format is physical or virtual.
A panel of international speakers from across the cultural heritage and literary worlds is being posed with these questions. The intention is to hold a broad, inter-disciplinary, participatory debate, with an audience drawn from the academic sector, libraries, archives and those concerned with managing the future cultural documentary heritage.
The meeting is being organized by the LIBER Preservation Division and Collection Development Division. It will be held at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th May 2007. The proceedings and discussion will be published by the National Library of Sweden. The language of the meeting is English.
A second announcement with application details will be ready later in the autumn
To input further ideas during the initial stage, please contact Lars Bjork by 30th October 2006.
Organisers
Lars Bjork
LIBER Preservation Division member
Head of Preservation
National Library of Sweden
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Helen Shenton Trix Bakker
Chair; LIBER Preservation Division Chair; LIBER Collection Development Division
Head of Collection Care Director Humanities Library
British Library University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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LIBER is the Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche
Alison Walker
Head
National Preservation Office
British Library
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