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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.

The symposium "Scholarly Digital Editions, Tools and Infrastructure" held in The Hague between 19th and 20th of March stressed on promoting the tools used to create scholarly digital editions and to point out the importance of interoperability for the future. After many mass digitization initiatives for preservation reasons, it is now the moment to develop and apply specific tools to give comprehensive access to all this material. The main purpose of Interedition was to create a space where experienced professionals share their story and their ways of practice to their peers who might not have the knowledge or the resources to undertake such initiative regarding the textual heritage. The projects described here were considered as best practice experiences in the field of textual scholarship and there were presented to serve both the specialized communities and the general public. By deciphering old texts contributes to promoting historical treasures and to better understand them. Some good examples of such practices are the creation of a digital edition of Codex Supraliensis, a very important manuscript shared among 3 institutions, and the digital reunification of the oldest Bible, Codex Sinaiticus. Both project relied strongly on the collaboration between professionals from all over the world. The case of Polish Digital Libraries Federation served as a very good example of national collaboration to create a platform for all digital libraries in Poland. This federation create a space for the 79 Polish digital libraries and they studied how these institutions use the OCR methods to transcribe the digitized text. From building digital editions, to the digital tools and infrastructures that aid the digital scholarship from digital text analysis and annotation, to community role/involvement, the symposium offered valuable insights into the current textual research and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about the topics discussed during the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2010) held on February 23 to 26, 2010 in New Delhi, India is presented. Topics include developing the paradigm of digital information, the need to libraries to transform in digital form, and the preservation of digital content. The event featured several speakers including R. K. Pachauri, Smt D. Purandeswari, and V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai.

The article presents information concerning the symposium "Livre numérique: offres et usages," held on November 20, 2009 in Paris, France, sponsored by the Association des professionnels de l'information et de la documentation (ADBS). The focus centered around electronic book content and users. Electronic books such as the Nook were discussed. The symposium featured several speakers including delegate Ruth Martinez and author Thomas Parisot.

The article offers information from an August 11, 2008 meeting of a European commission in Brussels, Belgium, regarding plans to create a European digital library. If the plan is to reach completion, European countries must present material to be digitized and related issues must be settled, such as installing appropriate digital storage facilities and discussing copyright procedure. Countries already involved in preparations are noted, including Slovakia, Finland, and Lithuania.

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.

This is a report on the tenth annual Archival Education and Research Institute (AERI), which was held from July 9 to 13, 2018, and hosted by the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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.

The article covers Beyond Libraries--Subject Metadata in the Digital Environment and Semantic Web, a conference organized by the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Classification and Indexing Section and the National Library of Estonia held August 17-18, 2012 in Tallinn, Estonia. Noted speakers included Edward T. O'Neill, Kevin Clair, and Joan S. Mitchell and topic covered included subject access methods, digital libraries, and institutional repositories.

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.

Information about the 2012 National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) held in Kansas City, Missouri from September 19-23, 2012 is presented. The event was attended by five ethnic librarians associations affiliated with the American Library Association. Moreover, during the conference, speakers talked about digital communities.

Information regarding international events related to information development is presented which includes the April 2012 meeting of the IFLA International Newspaper Conference in Paris, France, the June 2012 conference for the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) taking place in Zadar, Croatia, and the Canadian Association for Information Sciences (CAIS-ACSI) Conference from May to June 2012.

A calendar of events related to libraries is presented, including the International Conference on Digital Library Management (ICDLM) in Kolkata, India from January 11-13, 2011, the International Conference of Asian Special Libraries (ICoASL) in Tokyo, Japan from February 10-12, 2011, and the International Conference on Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization (IDEK) in Gurgaon, Haryana, India from February 14-16, 2011.

The article announces that a digital library conference will be held in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from July 28, 2009 to August 5, 2009.

The article offers information on the seminar Digitization: Building Digital Library to be held in, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina on September 28, 2009.

The article offers information on several forums and conferences related on digitization and digital archiving. Digital Library Federation Fall forum deals on topics regarding digital humanities, digital resources for search engines and practices for metada sharing. It also cites 74th International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) General Conference and Council and the 2008 National Digital Forum that covers topics on digital preservation and digitization projects and digital archiving.

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.

The article presents a calendar of events including the 9th International Bielefeld Conference from February 3–5, 2009 in Bielefeld, Germany, the IFLA Libraries for the Blind Section Conference from August 17–20, 2009 in Belgium, and the Libraries in the Digital Age conference from May 25–30, 2009 in Dubrovnik and Zadar, Croatia.

The article offers information on various congresses related to information development, including the International Conference of Asian Special Libraries, the conference titled "International Conference: Empowering Knowledge for All: role of libraries" and the 76th International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) General Conference.

A calendar of world events and professional meetings related to library education and services for the year 2009 is presented which includes the International Conference European Digital Library Project in Frankfurt, Germany, the 19th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the International Conference on Knowledge Management in Cairo, Egypt.

The article offers information on several conferences including ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 18-23, 2007, Chicago Colloquium on "Digital Humanities and Computer Science" to be held in Illinois on October 21-22, 2007, and "Digital Humanities 2007" to be held in Champaign, Illinois on June 2-8, 2007.

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.