DIAL '06
April 27th 2006 - April 28th 2006
IEEEE
Lyon, France
http://liris.cnrs.fr/dial2006/index.html
The rapid spread of Digital Libraries (DL) across the world motivates research in computer vision and especially in Document Image Analysis (DIA). The DL and DIA research community share common object... [More]

C21st Curation Public Lecture: Scholarly Communication
April 26th 2006
University College London School of Library, Archive and Information Studies
Chadwick Lecture Theatre, Gower Street, London WC1
http://www.slais.ucl...s#news20051123114300
Following the highly successful inaugural series of C21st Curation public lectures earlier this year, The University College London School of Library, Archives, and Information Studies is pleased to a... [More]

SLU Workshop on Critical Issues for the Preservation of Datasets
April 26th 2006 - April 27th 2006
SLU (the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
SLU, Uppsala, Sweden
http://www-conferenc...servation/index.html
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Digital preservation of scientific databases, and datasets in general, is a problem for many universities and research institutions. Fourteen Swedish universities are involved and share costs for a jo... [More]

Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to Digital Printing and Digital Photography
April 24th 2006 - April 25th 2006
The Institute of Physics and The University of the Arts London
The Institute of Physics, London
http://conferences.iop.org/PPP/
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The Institute of Physics and The University of the Arts London Third International Conference on Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to Digital Printing and Digital Photography. F... [More]

LIFE conference
April 20th 2006
Life Cycle Information for E-Literature (LIFE) project
The British Library, London
http://www.ucl.ac.uk...ect/conference.shtml
Bringing digital preservation to LIFE. The JISC funded LIFE project reports its eagerly awaited findings on what it really costs to manage, store and preserve digital collections. In what will be a... [More]

TAPE Workshop on Management of Audiovisual Collections
April 19th 2006 - April 25th 2006
European Commission on Preservation and Access / Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
http://www.tape-online.net/courses.html
Librarians, archivists and curators in charge of audiovisual collections need to know about the role of new technology in collection management. Digitisation offers unprecedented opportunities for acc... [More]

Institutional Repository Workshop
April 19th 2006
University of Bergen
Bergen, Norway
http://dsug2006.uib.no/index.php?p=ir
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This satellite Institutional Repository workshop will address policy, advocacy and open access concerns for institutions working on IRs. The theme is 'making knowledge available'. This meeting can be ... [More]

DLF Spring Forum 2006
April 10th 2006 - April 12th 2006
DLF - Digital Library Federation
Austin, Texas
http://www.diglib.org/forums/spring2006/
Papers, panel discussions, and posters will be presentation on areas of interest that include the following: * User communities - partnerships with users to build content and context; * Production -... [More]

Open Source and Sustainability
April 10th 2006 - April 12th 2006
OSS Watch
Said Business School, Oxford
http://www.oss-watch...vents/2006-04-10-12/
What does sustainability mean if you are running an open source software development project or if your business is built around open source software? How do different models of sustainability affect ... [More]

EVA 2005 Florence: Digital Imaging & the Electronic Arts
April 4th 2006 - April 7th 2006
EVA
Florence, Italy
http://www.evaflorence.it/
The key aim of this Event is to provide a forum for the user, supplier and scientific research communities to meet and exchange experiences, ideas and plans. Participants receive up to date news on ne... [More]

DPC Briefing Day on OAIS Model
April 4th 2006
Digital Preservation Coalition
York Innovation Centre, York
http://www.dpconline...0404dpcbriefing.html
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The intention of this briefing day is to provide an informal but in-depth look at the practical implementation of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model in the UK. OAIS is a high-level refe... [More]

UK Serials Group 29th UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition
April 3rd 2006 - April 5th 2006
United Kingdom Serials Group
University of Warwick, Warwick
http://www.uksg.org/events/annualconf06.asp
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The venue for the UKSG 2006 Annual Conference and Exhibition is the University of Warwick, an attractive parkland campus with a rural aspect just three miles from Coventry city centre. This major even... [More]