Conference programme

Curating Research: e-Merging New Roles and Responsibilities in the European Landscape

17 April 2009, The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek,The Netherlands

                             Programme
08.30 – 09.15 Registration and coffee
09.15 – 09.20 Welcome by Hans Jansen, Director e-Strategy Koninklijke Bibliotheek
09.20 – 09.40 The issue of digital objects: scale and complexity of the problem of long term preservation & access, possible solutions. Eileen Fenton, Executive Director, Portico, USA
09.40 – 10.00 Production, dissemination and preservation of digital content in the European research landscape. Jeffrey van der Hoeven/Tom Kuipers, Parse-insight Project/Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Netherlands
10.00 –10.20 Questions & answers
10.20 – 10.50 Coffee break
10.50 – 11.10 Problems and policy: European initiatives for long-term preservation in Europe, an overview of international projects. Dale Peters, Scientific Technical Manager DRIVER II, State and University Library Goettingen, Germany
11.10 – 11.30 The choice for research libraries – do it yourself or rely on trusted third parties: policy considerations, preconditions (technical, organisational and financial infrastructure) and implementation. Maria Heijne, Librarian, TU Delft Library/Chair UKB, Dutch Consortium of Research Libraries, The Netherlands
11.30 – 11.50 Questions & answers
11.50 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 16.30 Two identical (I and II) sets of concurrent workshops
1. Policy, preconditions and costs: opportunities and pitfalls in long-term digital preservation. Neil Beagrie, Director Charles Beagrie Limited & Marcel Ras, Head of the e-Depot, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Netherlands
2. National and international roles and responsibilities in long-term digital preservation. Keith Jeffery, Director IT and International Strategy, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Great Britain & Peter Wittenburg, Technical Director at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
3. e-Science: requirements for and impact on scholarly communication. Paul Wouters, Chair in Knowledge Dynamics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands & Kurt de Belder, Librarian Leiden University, The Netherlands
4. Digital preservation of e-merging new publication models: ongoing development of preservation strategies. Paul Rutten, Chair in Book and Digital Media Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands & Barbara Sierman, Team Leader Digital Preservation Research, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Netherlands
13.30 – 14.45 Workshops Part I (select one)
14.45 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.30 Workshop Part II (select one)
16.30 – 18.30 Concluding session and drinks