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Call for proposals in the programme of Community action on health promotion, information, education and training

Source: <http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/lis-european-programmes/1999-07/0003.html> (original posting from EBLIDA)
Further information: <http://europa.eu.int./comm/dg05/phealth/index_ph.htm>

The European Commission has announced a Call for proposals in the programme of Community action on health promotion, information, education and training within the framework for action in the field of public health (1996-2000). The deadline for proposal submission is 15 September 1999. The full text can be found at: <http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/1999/c_18419990630en.html>

Call for Proposals for activities on European integration

Source: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/lis-european-programmes/1999-07/0004.html (original posting from EBLIDA)
Further information: <http://europa.eu.int/en.comm/dg22/> ;

The European Commission has announced a Call for Proposals for activities on European integration. Subsidies are available for study and research centres, and for organisations, associations and networks bringing together teachers, researchers or students. Eligible activities involve preparing and organising activities on European integration, and publication or other means of exploiting the results of such activities. Priority will be given to initiatives relating to European citizen information and training on:
1. the main future developments in the EU (Agenda 2000)
2. Community policy closest to citizen: employment, environment, consumer affairs, education, training, culture
The deadline for proposal submission is 1 September 1999.
For the complete text see: >http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/1999/c_18419990630en.html<

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) publishes report on digitization of microfilms

Source: http://listserv.nlc-bnc.ca/cgi-bin/ifla-lwgate.pl/DIGLIB/archives/diglib.log9907/date/article-7.html
Further information: http://www.konbib.nl/metamorfoze/

The Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the national library of the Netherlands, published a state-of-the-art report on digitization of microfilms. The survey is one of the studies carried out within the remit of our national preservation program of the Netherlands, called Metamorfoze. The report is available in the Dutch language only and can be ordered: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, BCB-Metamorfoze, Postbus 90407, 2509 LK Den Haag-NL or metamorfoze@konbib.nl

Association of the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus to the Fifth Framework Programme

Source: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/lis-european-programmes/1999-06/0005.html (original posting from EBLIDA)

The Council of Research Ministers adopted the 11 decisions concerning the association of the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus to the Fifth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (1998-2002). The proposals for the Council decisions were published in the EC Official Journals for 18 March and 15 April (and 16 April) 1999. The CEEC countires are the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovak Republic. The participation of each conuntry will include funding for research cooperation in the area of libraries, archives and museums. Each country's participation will be subject to certain terms and conditions which are set out in the annex to each proposal.

Spanish translation of NEDCC's preservation manual available

Source: IWETEL mailing list
Further information: http://www.nedcc.org/

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) announced the availability of the Spanish translation of its publication, Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: A Manual. The major sections include: planning and prioritizing, the environment, emergency management, storage and handling, reformatting, and conservation procedures. The translation was made by the National Library of Venezuela, with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). NEDCC is located in Andover, Massachusetts, USA.

Events

ECDL'99: Third European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries

Location: Paris, France, September 22-24
Source: http://listserv.nlc-bnc.ca/cgi-bin/ifla-lwgate.pl/DIGLIB/archives/diglib.log9906/date/article-72.html, and http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/lis-european-programmes/1999-07/0019.html

The conference will be co-organized by BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) and INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) A temporary programme is available at: http://www-rocq.inria.fr/EuroDL99/

5th European Bielefeld colloquium: Quality gateways to global information - strategies for customer satisfaction

Location and Date: Bielefeld, Germany, 8-10 February 2000
Further information: 4th Bielefeld Colloquium, 1998 <http://archiv.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/veranstaltungen/1998/bielefeld.kolloquium.4/>
Source:Katarina Steinwachs, Head Information, The British Council, Köln, Germany
Email: katarina.steinwachs@britcoun.de

The British Council, the University Library Bielefeld and the Buchhaendlervereinigung des Boersenvereins are the organisers of the 5th European Bielefeld Colloquium; a conference focussing on European library developments which takes place every second year. The upcoming 5th European Bielefeld Colloquium will take place in Bielefeld, Germany. The venue will be Stadthalle. The conference languages will be German and English with simulataneous translation provided.

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