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DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE III:
FINDING AIDS AND ANALYSIS TOOLS IN ARCHIVES AND MEMORY INSTITUTIONS
11 - 14 July 2001, Maastricht
Introduction
All over the world, the titles and contents of the great libraries, museums,
art galleries and archives are becoming available on-line. While
interoperable, technological standards are emerging, problems of
interoperable applications, tools, interfaces and usability remain.
The Maastricht McLuhan Institute (MMI) was set up to study and develop
methods for knowledge organisation and knowledge management in a digital,
distributed, multimedia world. The aim of the MMI is to create comprehensive
strategies for searching, structuring, using and presenting digital
resources more coherently and efficiently; to integrate past knowledge and
to produce ordered knowledge that leads to new understanding and insights.
This year's seminar is concerned with integrating developments in finding
aids (virtual reference rooms) with innovations in text and other analysis
tools which will allow the most varied and rich access to cultural and
historical information and knowledge. Following on from the experience
gained in the last two cycles which focused on implications of
digitalisation (1999) and interoperability of content (2000), this seminar
will continue to explore how multimedia is transforming learning, knowledge
organisation and knowledge management and will focus on archives.
The cycle of attention given to all three kinds of memory institutions
(museum, library, archive) is conceived to be a building and integrative
process. The seminar provides an opportunity to gain exposure to the most
recent developments in cultural heritage science and to interact with other
professionals who share similar concerns.
The conference will be limited to a maximum of fifty persons, with speakers
and discussions in the morning and small workshops with a maximum of fifteen
in the afternoons. A general foundation will be laid in the opening session
by the Scientific Director of the MMI, Kim Veltman. This will be followed by
treatment of finding aids and analysis tools, as they are used or projected
for archives and other memory institutions. Among others, speakers will
include Peter Horsman from the Netherlands State Archives Service, Manfred
Thaller from the University of Cologne and author or KLEIO, Michele Paoli
from the Information Research Center on Culture, Pisa, and Pat Young of the
Canadian Heritage Information Network and Chair of CIDOC (International
Committee for Documentation of the International Council of Museums). On the
last day a synthesis of the different topics will be offered by experts who
will take a broader perspective on cultural heritage preservation and
access. The afternoon discussion groups will be divided among those
interests relevant to the current work of those in attendance. All seminars,
presentations and debates will be in English.
The seminar will take place at the Maastricht McLuhan Institute, Grote
Gracht 82, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Application & Registration
The application fee of NLG 1500 (Euro 681) includes access to the complete
programme, daily lunches and refreshments, and admission to the cultural
evening programme of the Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University. For more
information including application procedures, please contact Alana Henry,
[log in to unmask], Amsterdam Maastricht Summer University, P.O. Box 53066, 1007
RB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, tel: +31 20 620 0225, fax.: +31 20 6249368.
Information will also be available on our website: www.amsu.edu after
January, 2001.
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