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forwarded to the list by Kevin Ashley ULCC: > The DLM-forum is being held this year in Barcelona, 6-8 May. > Registrations are now open, but you'll need to be quick to > get the reduced rates: early registration closes on March 15th, > just over a week away. > > A draft programme has also been issued. You can find out more, > register, and view the draft programme at the local organising > committee's site at http://www.dlmforum2002.org/, although > the registration page appeared to be having some problems when > I looked at it earlier this morning. > > For those who aren't aware, DLM-forums have been held twice > before, in 1996 and 1999. They deal with a wide range of issues > related to digital records and digital preservation bringing > together users, IT industry, archivists, records keepers and academics. > I've found them of great value, primarily because of this > cross-disciplinary nature. > > The main DLM-forum page at > > http://europa.eu.int/historical_archives/dlm_forum/index_en.htm > > (english version) contains a now-rare example of that ephemeral > creature, the Y2K bug[1]. Following a ruthless extermination programme > in the late 1990s, scientists believed that this once-widespread > phenomenon was all but extinct. This solitary example may be > your last chance to see one in the wild. One hopes that the > DLM-forum committee will preserve it with the respect due to it. > > Kevin Ashley > Digital Archives Group Manager > ULCC. >