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A reminder about the upcoming public lecture series at UCL:  All welcome!


C21st Curation: access and service delivery


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 last year, 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/ ).