This may be of interest. [This message has been forwarded to padiforum-l. Please excuse cross-posting.] The second multidisciplinary European DLM Forum on short- and longterm access to electronic information was held in Brussels, Belgium, in October 1999. The final plenary session which was closed by the Member of the European Commission for the Information Society, Mr Erkki LIIKANEN, unanimously adopted a message to ICT industry. In this message specialists from archives / documentation services, administration and research asked industry for close cooperation in the development and implementation of hard- and software solutions for short- and longterm preservation and access to electronic records. The demand for ICT industry's involvement in training programmes was presented as well as the huge market potential. One of the world-wide leading ICT industry associations (AIIM-Europe) as well as a couple of independent industry experts responded to this message. They sent their proposals to the European Commissioner for the Information Society, Erkki LIIKANEN, and the Secretary General of the European Commission, David O'SULLIVAN. The experts particularly propose a couple of concrete measures to be taken by the European Union's and the Member States' institutions in order to proceed in the field of safeguarding information society's memory. The message as well as ICT industry's response are available on the DLM-Website (http://www.ispo.cec.be/dlm/dlm99/industry_p1.htm). We invite you to check the page and send us your observations. ******************************************** DLM-Forum Secretariat c/o European Commission - SG-1/AH Office JECL 3/46 Wetstraat 200 B-1049 BRUSSELS Belgium Fon: +32 2 299 59 00 Fax: +32 2 296 10 95 e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.dlmforum.eu.org/ ******************************************** <<SG DLM-FORUM.vcf>> --- End Forwarded Message --- ---------------------- Dr. Alicia Wise Asst. Director, Collections and Communication DNER Office Joint Information Systems Committee c/o King's College London Old Library Strand, London WC2R 2LS [log in to unmask] (020) 7848 2937 office (020) 7848 2556 direct line (020) 7848 2939 fax