Some of you may be interested in this workshop to be held in Glasgow, UK, at the end of June 2005:
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On Behalf Of Joy Davidson Sent: 19 May 2005 15:47 To: MCG@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: DCC Workshop on Persistent Identifiers - Registration now open
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DCC Workshop on Persistent Identifiers 30 June 1 July 2005 Wolfson Medical Building, University of Glasgow http://www.dcc.ac.uk/piworkshop.html
Registration is now open at http://www.dcc.ac.uk/piregistration.html
The Digital Curation Centre is pleased to announce that it will be delivering a two-day workshop on long term-curation and persistent identifiers. This event will be held in Glasgow from 30 June 1 July 2005. This event is being held in cooperation with the Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network (ERPANET), the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), the Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards (CETIS) and UKOLN.
The persistent identification of digital information can play a vital role in enabling its long-term accessibility and re-use. In recent years, there have been fragmented attempts to define a set of basic requirements for persistently identifying digital information. While workshops by CETIS and ERPANET have helped to highlight some of the major issues involved with persistent identification over time, widespread agreement on basic requirements has yet to be achieved. In an attempt to build upon the
results
of these two events and to help coordinate future efforts, the DCC,
ERPANET,
NISO, and CETIS are working together to deliver a series of related events which aim to establish wider agreement of some common requirements for creating globally unique, persistent identifiers. The results of this event will be used as a starting point for the upcoming NISO pre-standards workshop on the same topic (to be held in September 2005).
Benefits of Attendance The workshop will benefit anyone who creates or manages access to digital resources including librarians, archivists, scientists, publishers and staff from higher and further education and government institutions. Participants will help to set the agenda for the future development of persistent identifiers and help to draft an initial model for the
assignment
and long-term maintenance of persistent identifiers.
Dates This workshop will be held over two days starting on Thursday 30 June and finishing on Friday 1 July 2005.
Format The workshop will provide a series of focused case studies, presentations and interactive breakout sessions. A handbook of additional resources will be made available to participants outlining international projects, tools and identification systems.
Key themes include: -Shared understanding key terms and concepts -Use cases from a range of perspectives -Developing workflow and conceptual models for the assignment and maintenance of persistent identifiers -Ensuring persistence over time
Speakers for this event include: -Peter Buneman, DCC Associate Director - Research, School for Informatics, University of Edinburgh -Charles Duncan, Director, Intrallect -David Giaretta, DCC Associate Director - Development, Space Data, Space Science and Technology Department, CCLRC -Stefan Gradmann, Head of the Virtual Library Unit at Hamburg University -John Kunze, Preservation Technologies Architect, California Digital
Library
-Michael Lautenschlager, Director, World Climate Data Centre at the Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie -Norman Paskin, Director, International DOI Foundation (IDF) -Andy Powell, Assistant Director and Team Leader, Distributed Systems and Services Team, UKOLN -Sean Reilly, Research Scientist, Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) -Rick Rodgers, National Library of Medicine -Mackenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology, MIT Libraries -Henry Thomson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh and W3C Team -Stuart Weibel, Consulting Research Scientist, Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC)
Programme Committee: -Peter Burnhill, Director, EDINA, UK -Joy Davidson, Training Coordinator, Digital Curation Centre (DCC), UK -Lorna Campbell, Assistant Director SIGs and Content, CETIS, UK -Pat Harris, Director, National Information Standards Organization (NISO), USA -John Kunze, Preservation Technologies Architect, California Digital Library, USA -Lawrence Lannom, Director of Information Management Technology Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), USA -Norman Paskin, Director International DOI Foundation, UK -Rick Rodgers, National Library of Medicine, USA -Seamus Ross, DCC Associate Director Services, UK -Stuart Weibel, Consulting Research Scientist, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), USA
Venue This event will be held at the Wolfson Medical Building, University of Glasgow. Travel information, campus and city maps may be found at http://www.gla.ac.uk/general/maps/index.html.
Registration Registration fees for this two-day workshop are £75 for DCC Associate Network members and £125 for non-members. These fees include all workshop materials and handouts, lunch and refreshments for both days. Membership of the DCC Associates Network is free and more information on becoming a
member
can be found at http://www.dcc.ac.uk/network.html.
Register for this Workshop at http://www.dcc.ac.uk/piregistration.html.
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Joy Davidson DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) George Service House, 11 University Gardens, University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QJ Scotland Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592 Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788 http://www.dcc.ac.uk http://www.erpanet.org