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Information on The Personal Digital Archiving Conference hosted by the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program of the New York University (NYU) from April 24-26, 2015 is presented. Topics include the opening keynote regarding family album given by writer and producer Don Perry, the dissertation "How Online Sociality and Free Terabytes are Shaping Personal Digital Archives" presented by Jessica Bushey of the University of British Columbia, and the poster presentations about digitization.

During the International Conferences on Digital Libraries, several experts felt the need for a primary research journal in the field of digital libraries which will not only cover the knowledge network of global digital library experts, but also project Indian research on digital libraries, technologies and case studies. Thus, the journal World Digital Libraries (WDL) started in 2008. This paper describes the genesis of the WDL, coverage in terms of themes, contribution of authors, subscription and future projections of WDL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers news briefs related to education. Isko Biennial Conference, a two -day event is going to be held on July 8-9, 2013 in London, England. Participants of 10th Northumbria Conference which will be held on July 22-25, 2013, can register with or without accommodation. The call for tutorials is open for the 17th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries which will be held on September 22-26, 2013.

The article provides news briefs as of 2012 on education. The 3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World (IMCW2012), organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacetteepe University, is September 19-21, 2012 in Ankara, Turkey. An Information Management MBA master's degree program was launched at Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen, Scotland. The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is open to paper submissions.

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the main contents of the 18th BOBCATSSS Symposium, held in Parma, Italy in January 2010, dedicated to the main theme "Bridging the digital divide: libraries providing access for all?" Design/methodology/approach - The report provides a concise presentation of the main themes discussed during the conference. Findings - The topics presented focused mainly on the fields of access and delivery, community support and collections, with some others focusing on leadership and management. Originality/value - This symposium is one of the few conferences in the world where students are the main characters and participate as organisers, reviewers and presenters of the contributions. Reports on such conferences are of interest to both students and to teachers and professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on various conference proceedings and reports. It states that the "Museums and the Web 2008" focuses on the use of mobile devises at heritage sites, K-12 issues, and a host of Web 2.0 applications such as Second Life, YouTube, and Wikis. On the other hand, the full streaming video and slide presentations from "WebWise 2008" are available for viewing at http://webwise2008.fcla.edu/. It is also posed that full-text papers of the presentations which were presented during this conference will be featured in a forthcoming issue of the online journal "First Monday."

The article offers information on the 9th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries that was held in Kyoto University, Japan in November 27-30, 2006. The conference consisted of presentations of papers on digital libraries, keynote speeches, and panel discussions. The keynote speakers include Makoto Nagao, Jun Adachi, and Daniel Clancy.

Announces a job vacancy, and several conferences on information services. Qualifications needed for a faculty position at the Department of Library and Information Science in National Taiwan University; Suggested topics for research papers to be submitted during the meeting of the American Society for Information Science Special Interest Group on Classification Research; Focus of the Second Asian Digital Libraries Conference.

Looks at the highlights of the Elsevier Science Digital Libraries Symposium held on January 10, 1998 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Functionality and mission of the emerging digital library; Metadata and access tools; Archiving; Impact on end users; Measurement of efficiencies and end-results.

Presents highlights of several conferences on the digitization of libraries. Description of current projects in digitization; Need for more emphasis on group projects and group learning; Impact of digital communication on libraries and publishers; Development of new methods of delivering the journal products; Examination of preparations for the implementation of electronic data interchange.

Presents information about library science. Details on the Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries by the European Union in September 1998; Information on the Professional Development Workshops of the University of Pittsburg School of Information Sciences; Details on the Educational Research Project at the Robert Gordon University.

Purpose – This paper aims to present a report on the 2015 Charleston Conference. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on information gained at the conference. Findings – Areas covered are privacy, the importance of the article, open access and electronic resources. Originality/value – Conference of value to those interested in collection development, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a meeting on digital libraries that was sponsored by the Asian Library Association and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) that was held in IIM, Indore from April 14-16, 2016.

The article offers information for conferences on digital libraries including the Digital Book World conference to be held at New York City from March 7 to 9, 2016 and the JCDL 2016: Big Libraries, Big Data, Big Innovation conference to be held at Newark, New Jersey from June 19 to 23, 2016.

A calendar of events related to digital libraries in 2014 is presented including the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Lyon, France from August 16-22, the 10th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Antalya, Turkey from November 24-26, and the International Conference on the Convergence of Libraries, Archives and Museums (ICLAM) in New Delhi, India from November 27-29.

A calendar of events related to digital libraries for 2014 is presented which includes the Digital Book World Conference & Expo, the Third International Conference on E-Learning and E-Technologies in Education, and the 3rd Spanish Conference on Information Retrieval.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the preservation of artworks, the issues involving digitization and preservation of form-instant photographs, and the Personal Digital Archiving Conference at the New York University.

A calendar of events in information technology is presented including the Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions to be held at Punjab University in Chandigarh, India from February 8 to 10, 2007. The International Conference on Semantic Web and Digital Libraries will be held from February 21 to 23, 2007 in Bangalore, India.

Introduces the papers delivered at the IEEE International Forum on Research and Technology Advances in Digital Libraries in 1997. Use of Daubechy wavelet transforms for image indexing; Extension of the Stone Li algorithm for handling occlusions in images; Error-tolerant structure extraction strategy for semistructured textual documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A calendar of events related to digital library in 2015 is presented including International Library Conference on What’s Next in Libraries? Trends, Space, and Partnerships, 10th International Digital Curation Conference, and 4th International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL 2015).

This section offers news briefs related to information science in Africa. The new editorial board for the "African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science" has been constituted with effect from January 1, 2013. The first set of students at the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria has graduated. The 3rd International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives will be held at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

The article offers information related to African library science. Professor Paul Sturges has received the 2011 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) medal award. The 2nd International Conference on African Digital Libraries and Archives (ICADLA-2) will be held on November 14,-18, 2011. The XXth Standing Conference of Eastern Central and South Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL) 2012 will be held on June 4-8, 2012.

The article offers information on the International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, which will be held in Beijing, China on October 24 to 27, 2011.

The article presents information on several conferences. The conference papers that were presented at the 2007 National Preservation Office Conference held at the British Library include topics such as large-scale scanning projects, the future of microfilm, and three case studies. The WebWise Conference gathered 300 museum and library professionals to discuss the development of technological and digital resources and their impacts on museums, libraries and other cultural organizations.

The article presents a list of participants in the Statewide Digitization Planners meeting held in Chicago, Illinois on June 2005, including Ruth Dukelow of Michigan Library Consortium, Claudia Fraser of Drake University, Dottie Hiebing of Metropolitan New York Library Council, Erin Kinney of Wyoming State Library, Michael Seadle of Michigan State University, Bill Walker of Amigos Library Services, Susan Malbin, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Bill Mischo of University of Illinois.

The article offers information on the Symposium on Free Culture and the Digital Library to be held at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia on October 14, 2005.

Editorial. Describes several papers presented at the Second European Conference on Digital Libraries held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece from September 21 to 23, 1998. `Building HyperView Wrappers for Publisher Websites,' by L. C. Faulstich and M. Spiliopoulou; `A Framework for Performance Monitoring, Load Balancing, Adaptive Timeouts and Quality of Service in Digital Libraries,' by S. Kapidakis et al.; `An Open Electronic Marketplace Through Agent-based Workflows: Moppet,' by S. Arpinar et al.; `Soft Navigation in Product Catalogs,' by M. Stolze. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]