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1st International Digital Curation Conference

29-30 September 2005

Hilton Bath City, Bath, UK


The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is pleased to announce the dates of
the 1st International Digital Curation Conference which will be held at
the Hilton Bath City 29th-30th September 2005.

The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is jointly funded by the JISC (Joint
Information Systems Committee) and the EPSRC (Engineering & Physical
Sciences Research Council) on behalf of the UK Research Councils. The DCC
provides a focus on research into digital curation expertise and best
practice for the storage, management and preservation of digital
information to enable its use and reuse over time.

The overarching aim of the DCC is to provide leadership in digital
curation and data preservation. The conference will provide an important
forum, helping to raise awareness of the key issues and encouraging active
participation and feedback from all stakeholder communities. The
programme, which includes Keynote Speakers, will provide an overview of
the work of the DCC and an opportunity via a "Symposium" to discuss the
concepts and principles of Digital Curation. There will also be a series
of parallel sessions, which will look in more detail at specific topics
including Socio-Legal Issues, Format Registries, Storage Media, Training &
Staff Development and Certification.

Who should attend?

The Conference will be of interest to individuals, organisations and
institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the
creation, use and management of digital data from researchers and curators
through to policy makers and funders.

Programme:

Confirmed Speakers
  a.. The Conference will be chaired by Chris Rusbridge, the Director of
      the DCC, with contributions from the DCC Directorate
    a.. Professor Peter Buneman - DCC Research Director
    b.. Dr David Giaretta - DCC Associate Director - Development
    c.. Dr Liz Lyon - DCC Associate Director - Outreach & Community Support
    d.. Professor Seamus Ross - DCC Associate Director - Services
  b.. Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Information
      (CNI) will provide the closing address

Further details can be found on the Draft Programme.

Venue:

The conference will be held at the Hilton Bath City hotel. The Hilton Bath
is located in the heart of the city centre, the ideal place for exploring
this historic City and only half a mile from the railway station and a
30-minute drive from Bristol Airport.

Accommodation is available at the Hilton Bath City but there are only a
limited number of rooms. These will be able to be booked directly with the
hotel once registration for the conference is open.

For accommodation elsewhere in the city please use the accommodation
booking service available at http://www.visitbath.co.uk

Further information:

For further information regarding the conference please contact
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Michael Day
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Research Officer
UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)1225 383923  Fax: +44 (0)1225 386838
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