Some items that crossed my path from a list called "Preservation / Conservation of documentary Heritage in Europe [log in to unmask] -- of interest to those of you working on digital preservation and cultural heritage issues. David ******************************************************************* 1. National Library of New Zealand Preservation Metadata Schema 2. JISC Digital Preservation development programme for 2002-3 now available 3. Archiving E-Publications: Outline of JISC study now available 4. Workshop on digitization for cultural and heritage professionals, Chapel Hill (USA), 11-16 May 2003 5. NISO Publishes RFP Writer's Guide to Standards 6. AMIA 2003 Annual Conference, Vancouver (Canada), November 18-22, 2003: Call for proposals 7. The "Freedom of expression in the Information Society" report now available, in English and French 8. Comma - Archives, Memory, and Knowledge in Central Europe - Call for Papers 9. EAD 2002 - RELEASED 10. Presentation Cultural Heritage trial projects: Luxembourg 13-14 February 2003 ******************************************** 1. National Library of New Zealand Preservation Metadata Schema The National Library of New Zealand/Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa is pleased to announce the release of its Preservation Metadata Schema. The schema can be accessed through the NLNZ website at http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/whatsnew/4initiatives.html - meta. It is one of a range of activities at the Library aimed at incorporating the business processes related to collection of digital material into the Library's core business. Long-term preservation of digital objects is emerging as a key issue for organizations like the National Library that have responsibility for caring for heritage collections in perpetuity. Rapid changes in storage and access technology need to be addressed if the Library's mandate 'to collect, preserve and make available recorded knowledge, particularly that relating to New Zealand' is to be achieved in an environment increasingly characterized by electronic resources. Preservation metadata will support the long-term retention of digital information by: . identifying digital objects for which preservation responsibility has been assumed . storing information about decisions and actions relating to preserved objects . documenting preservation processes, such as migrations, transformations and emulations . recording the effects of those preservation processes . supporting processes ensuring the authenticity of digital objects over time. The Preservation Metadata Schema details data elements needed to support the preservation of digital objects, as well as elements needed to manage the metadata record itself. The document has been developed in light of international research, including a discussion draft from the National Library of Australia, the UK-based CEDARS program, OCLC/RLG activities and the emerging consensus around the OAIS Reference Model. The Library has tried to strike a balance between the principles of preservation metadata as expressed through this international research, and the practical need to implement a working set of preservation metadata for the increasing quantities of electronic material coming into the Library. Other preservation related work currently underway at the National Library includes researching tools to automatically extract metadata from the headers of digital files and development of a repository for the collected preservation metadata. For more information about the Preservation Metadata Schema, please contact Dave Thompson ([log in to unmask]). Sam Searle Digital Library Projects Leader National Library of New Zealand Tel: +64 4 474 3032 *****End of forwarded message***** 2. JISC Digital Preservation development program for 2002-3 now available These pages have recently been added to the JISC Website and open out onto recent or current project and activities undertaken or supported by the JISC Digital Preservation Focus as part of its development program. This program supports implementation of the <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/dpstrategy2002b.html">JISC Continuing Access and Digital Preservation Strategy 2002-5</A>. Details and deliverables for the program will continue to be added and announced individually - a full list of projects and areas of ongoing work available from the main program pages is given below. Feasibility and Scoping Studies <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/e-pub.html"> Archiving E-Publications: Outline of JISC Consultancy</A> <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/webarchiving.html"> Web-archiving : Outline of JISC and Wellcome Trust Consultancy </A> <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/eprints.html"> Archiving of E-prints: Outline of JISC Consultancy</A> <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/escience.html"> e-science audit: Outline of JISC Consultancy</A> Archiving of E-learning: Outline (forthcoming) Digitization: retention criteria and long-term preservation Outline (forthcoming) Services, Advice and Support <A HREF="http://www.dpconline.org/">Digital Preservation Coalition</A> Digital Curation Centre (forthcoming) <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub02/c09_02.html">Institutional Records Management</A> (community call November 2002) <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/fileformating.html">File Format and Rendering Project</A> <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/recordslifecycle.html"> Revision of Records Life Cycle Report </A> <A HREF="http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/handbook/index.html"> Preservation Management of Digital Materials Handbook</A> Pilot Project Web-archive (forthcoming) RLG/JISC/LC conference (forthcoming) Workshops (forthcoming) *************************************** 3. Archiving E-Publications: Outline of JISC study now available Archiving E-Publications: Outline of JISC Consultancy (May 2002 - April 2003) This study is being undertaken as part of the 2002-3 Development program for the JISC Digital Preservation Strategy 2002-5. The outline and interim outputs are available on the JISC Website at <A HREF="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/e-pub.html"> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/e-pub.html</A> The long-term archiving of scholarly publications is a key concern of many academic authors and customers of STM publishers. Subscribers to e-journals, particularly academic libraries whose core business depends on being able to cite and ensure future access to published works, are also deeply concerned with ensuring provision for continuing access to licensed publications. The transition from purchasing print journals, which are then owned by libraries, to licensing access to content controlled by publishers, requires planning and collaboration to provide an assurance of continued access at an affordable price. In terms of licensed e-journals, the JISC National Electronic Site Licensing Initiative (NESLI) model license attempts to address the requirements of libraries by the incorporation of three clauses relating to continued access following termination of the license. After several years in operation, it is now timely to explore the practical effect of these licensing clauses. The Cedars project funded by JISC established a number of technical approaches which can be applied to long-term preservation of electronic publications. The project evaluation highlighted the need for further appraisal of service and business models. JISC has therefore funded a one-year follow-on consultancy by Maggie Jones to evaluate previous licenses; explore with publishers and other stakeholders archiving and access provisions; and evaluate future options for archiving of licensed e-journals and access arrangements. Interim deliverables from the study are being made available from the JISC Website: <A HREF= "http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/pdf/digeste-publications.pdf"> Digest of Desk-top Research (October 2002)</A>, 55kb pdf <A HREF= "http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/preservation/pdf/NESLILibrariesQuestSum.pdf" > Summary of Questionnaire Responses from UK Higher and Further Education Libraries (October 2002)</A>, 36kb pdf ********************************************** 4. Workshop on digitization for cultural and heritage professionals, Chapel Hill (USA), 11-16 May 2003 The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in conjunction with the Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, University of Glasgow, and Rice University's Fondren Library is pleased to announce the fourth Digitization for Cultural and Heritage Professionals course, May 11th - May 16th, 2003. The course ran at Rice University, Houston in 2000 and 2001 and at UNC-Chapel Hill in March of 2002. Full information, course details, and an online registration form can be found on the SILS web pages at: <URL:http://www.ils.unc.edu/DCHP/>. The one-week intensive course will consist of lectures; seminars; lab-based practicals (offering both guided tuition, as well as an opportunity for individual practice) and visits to the UNC and Duke University libraries. The teaching team includes Drs. Seamus Ross and Ian Anderson from Glasgow, Dr. Helen Tibbo from UNC-CH, Dr. Lisa Spiro from Rice University, Dr. Paul Conway from Duke University, and Steven Weiss, head of UNC-CH's Southern Folklife Collection. Enrollment is limited on the course, so please register early to confirm a place. Costs, Registration, and Deadlines. Course Fees (including study materials, mid-morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea breaks, not including accommodation): * Advanced booking price: $675 (if a place is booked and the course fees are paid by March 1, 2003). * Normal price: $775 (if a place is booked and the course fees are paid after March 1, 2003) Please register online at <URL:http://www.ils.unc.edu/DCHP/> Or for registration questions, contact: Ms. Ann Lambson School of Information and Library Science Manning Hall CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 919-963-8366 Fax: 919-962-8071 [log in to unmask] For course content questions, contact: Dr. Helen R. Tibbo School of Information and Library Science Manning Hall CB#3360 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 919-962-8063 Fax: 919-962-8071 [log in to unmask] **************************************************** 5. NISO Publishes RFP Writer's Guide to Standards FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Patricia Harris Executive Director NISO (301) 654-2512 Email: [log in to unmask] NISO Publishes Guide to Standards for Library Systems Bethesda, Md., USA - (December 19, 2002) - The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of The RFP Writer's Guide to Standards for Library Systems, a manual intended to aid library system Request for Proposal (RFP) writers and evaluators in understanding the relevant standards and determining a software product's compliance with standards. The widespread use of Integrated Library Systems (ILS), global communications via the Internet, and growing numbers of digital library initiatives have made the need for compliance with standards more critical than ever. Implementing information products and systems that support standards can ensure that libraries will be able to: * integrate electronic content products from multiple vendors; * resource share on a wider geographic scale, even globally; * participate in more cooperative programs with other organizations, including ones outside the library community; * speed up the "time to market" of library materials, i.e. the time to acquire, catalog, process, and circulate an item; * provide remote access to library services; * reduce the need for user training; * operate successfully with their parent organization's computing infrastructure; * migrate cost effectively to newer systems; and * more easily adopt new technologies. The RFP Writer's Guide to Standards for Library Systems identifies critical standards in the areas of Bibliographic Formats, Record Structure, Character Sets, Exchange Media, Serials Identifiers, Binding, Circulation Protocols, Barcodes, Interlibrary Loan (ILL), Electronic Documents, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Information Retrieval, Metadata, and Web Access. For each standard, the applicability to libraries is described, sample RFP language is provided, and compliance assessment issues are discussed. "Having recently participated in writing an RFP, I wish I'd had this Guide in hand," stated Priscilla Caplan, Assistant Director of Digital Library Services at the Florida Center for Library Automation. "It's easy to rattle off a list of standards to be supported, but another thing altogether to specify standards compliance in a way that discriminates between different vendor implementations." Copies of the guide are available in print from NISO Press or for free download from NISO's website (http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/RFP_Writers_Guide.pdf). ************************************************* 6. AMIA 2003 Annual Conference, Vancouver (Canada), November 18-22, 2003: Call for proposals AMIA 2003 ANNUAL CONFERENCE - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (NOVEMBER 18-22, 2003) Conference Program Proposal Forms for the Association of Moving Image Archivists' Annual 2003 conference, scheduled to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia (Nov. 18-22, 2003), are now available on the AMIA web-site: http://www.amianet.org/04_Annual/Annual.html Conference Program Proposals are due on Monday, February 3, 2003. Please send your proposal(s) to the AMIA Office at: 1313 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90028; Fax: 323-463-1506; Email: <[log in to unmask]> ********************************************** 7. The "Freedom of expression in the Information Society" report now available, in English and French The "Freedom of expression in the Information Society" report now available 19/12/2002 - A true information society cannot be conceived without guaranteeing freedom of expression and in particular freedom of the press and the media. This is one of the main conclusions issued from the "Freedom of Expression in the Information Society" symposium final report that is now available both in French and English versions. http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=6869&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTI ON=2 01&reload=1040396276 ************************************************ 8. Comma - Archives, Memory, and Knowledge in Central Europe - Call for Papers In 2004, an issue of the International Council on Archives journal Comma will be devoted to the theme of "Archives, Memory, and Knowledge in Central Europe." This issue will appear mid-2004, in anticipation of the ICA Congress in Vienna, from August 23 to 27, 2004. The journal's thematic issue will help set the stage for discussion, debate, and reflection in Vienna and beyond. The editorial board of Comma is seeking contributions from authors, in particular from archivists, historians, political analysts, cultural anthropologists, teachers of archival studies, state administrators, and other observers of Central Europe. For further information see: <http://www.ica.org> www.ica.org ***************************************************** 9. EAD 2002 - RELEASED EAD 2002 has been officially launched. The official site is at: http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.html See also Robin Cover's announcement which has many related links and info: http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2002-12-20-a.html ******************************************************* 10. Presentation Cultural Heritage trial projects: Luxembourg 13-14 February 2003 Cultural Heritage trial projects Exploitation Event Luxembourg, 13 - 14 February 2003 TRIS is a European Commission Accompanying Measure coordinating 25 EC-funded trial projects to increase their impact and exploit their results. Involving more than 80 institutions all over Europe, including libraries, museums, archives, historic sites, educational and research institutions, local authorities and IT companies, the trials are stimulating the implementation of innovative products and services in the cultural heritage sector by experimenting with, and testing the application of existing technologies in the cultural field. After more than one year following the launch of the 25 trial projects, with most of them completed, the Cultural Applications Unit of DG Information Society of the European Commission in co-operation with TRIS, is organizing a workshop aimed at discussing the results of the projects and their exploitation by third parties interested in cultural heritage applications. During the event, which will be held in Luxembourg on 13 and 14 February 2003, at the European Commission's Jean Monnet Building, 24 trial projects will present their results to key players from the Cultural Heritage sector. The aim is to provide a forum for discussion on the commercial and social exploitation of the trials' results. The workshop also aims to provide participants with an opportunity to learn about some of the most innovative approaches and technologies for the cultural domain, and to network with their European counterparts and European Commission's representatives. The updated agenda of the event and the registration form are available on-line at: http://www.trisweb.org/tris/trisportalpro/luxembourg/default.asp. These pages also provide information about the venue of the conference, transportation, accommodation etc.