Source: Posting to lis-european-programmes Mailbase List (9 Dec 1999).
Further information: See the
RAPID Press Release or
eEurope An Information Society for All (PDF file)
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The European Commission has launched an initiative entitled "eEurope An Information Society for All", which proposes ambitious targets to bring the benefits of the Information Society within reach of all Europeans. The initiative focuses on ten priority areas, from education to transport and from healthcare to the disabled. The initiative is a key element in the President's strategy to modernise the European economy. |
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Source: Silicon.com web site The European Commissioner for Enterprise and IT, Erkki Liikanen, has hinted that he will front an EC initiative for a dot-eu domain name. |
Source: Posting to lis-european-programmes Mailbase list (13 Dec 1999)
Further information: Nora Kondratiev
<nora@incolsa.net>
A first discussion list for Russian speaking librarians - RAL! Whether you work in US, Russia, or any other country, join for sharing, information, questions and answers, ideas. The language of the list is Russian. To subscribe, please send a message to: majordomo@incolsa.net
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Source: Posting to the
lis-european-programmes Mailbase list (15 Dec 1999)
According to a mailing to EBLIDA members, on 9 December 1999 the European Parliament and the Council of Culture Ministers reached an agreement on the budget for the Culture 2000 programme during the conciliation process. The Council position was for a budget of 167 million euro over five years (2000 to 2004) but the EP voted for a budget of 250m euro. Agreement has now been reached for a budget of 167m euro. For more information on Culture 2000 contact the appropriate Cultural Contact Point. The UK Cultural Contact Point is EUCLID: contact details on the Web at: <http://www.euclid.co.uk/> |
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Source: Posting to the
lis-european-programmes Mailbase list (15 Dec 1999) Further information: See <http://www.cordis.lu/en/> Consolidating the European Library Space, a major and final Telematics for Libraries concertation meeting, took place in Luxembourg from 17th-19th November 1999. Over 120 participants and speakers from all over Europe attended the three day conference. The proceedings of the conference are available at <http://www.cordis.lu/en/> |
Source: Posting to the lis-european-programmes Mailbase list (10 Nov 1999)
Please note, that with effect from 3 November 1999 all e-mail addresses for the European Commission have changed. The individual name remains the same, but please replace @lux.dg13.cec.be or @dg13.cec.be with @cec.eu.int
Source: Posting to the
lis-european-programmes
Mailbase list (20 Dec 1999)
Further information: See <http://www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/NCUACS/case.htm>
CASE is a group of colleagues in seven European countries interested in the exchange of information and working together on common problems. The latest CASE Newsletter (no.4) is now available on the CASE website which is hosted by the NCUACS at the University of Bath.
Its contents include the following reports:
A. Scientific Archives in Catalonia: New Servei d'Arxius de Ciencia
B. The Dutch Centre for Science Archives at the Rijksarchief in Noord Holland at Haarlem
C. Collaboration between the Archives of Imperial College London and the Institut Pasteur Paris
D. The Sciences Archives in the European Integration - International Conference, Archives of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2-4 December 1999
E. Information et acces dans les archives scientifique. Le CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, France)
F. Archives receive grants for collections in physics and allied fields
G. Seminar at the Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen on issues surrounding Michael Frayn's play Copenhagen, November 1999.
Location: Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland,
24-26 January 2000
Source: Posting to lis-european-programmes
Mailbase list (13 Dec 1999)
The 8th International BOBCATSSS Symposium on Library and Information Science focuses on the opportunities and limitations of intellectual property versus the right to knowledge in a number of ways: accessibility, legal and political aspects and technology.
For further information look at the web site: <http://www.bobcatsss.com/>
Location: Lisbon, 18-20 September 2000
Source: Ecdl2000-announce@listas.bn.pt mailing list
ECDL2000 - The Fourth European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries will be held in Lisbon on 18-20 September 2000. The deadline for proposals is 1 May 2000. Further information is available at: <http://www.bn.pt/org/agenda/ecdl2000/>
Location: Russian State Library, Moscow
Date: 18-19 April 2000
Source: Posting to DIGLIB@infoserv.nlc-bnc.ca list (13 Dec 1999).
The international conference on "Managing the Digital Future of Libraries" will mark the final phase of the European Union - Russian State Library project. The project, due to finish after 18 months on 9th June 2000, will result in the implementation of the cataloguing and OPAC modules of a state-of-the art fully integrated library system. Local and remote users will have access via LAN and Internet to an RSL catalogue database created by converting existing machine-readable databases and retro-conversion of catalogue cards.
The aims of the conference are:
Further information is available at: <http://www.rsl.ru/tacis/webdraff.htm>
Location: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date: 11-12 September 2000
Source: Posting to SCRAN Mailbase list (9 Dec 1999).
The purpose of the conference is to focus on issues connected with the administration of copyright and neighbouring rights in the cultural sector; the arts, heritage and the cultural industries (film, broadcasting, sound recording, multi media, etc).
Papers are invited on any of the above-mentioned topics. Please submit a 100 word abstract by email to Oostvogels@fhk.eur.nl with your name, affiliation, paper should be ready for circulation by 15th July.
Location: Lisbon
Date: 22-24 May 2000
Source: Posting to wg-all@terena.nl list (9 Nov 1999).
For the past four years, the Web Caching Workshop has been the major research-oriented conference that brings together academic researchers, industry practitioners and service providers who are interested in Web caching and Web performance. This year, we broaden the topic of the workshop to look at the bigger problem of content delivery on the Web, of which caching is just one mechanism.
The 5th International Web Caching and Content Delivery Workshop is organised by TERENA, the Trans-European Research and Education Networking.
Paper Submission: The official language of the workshop is English and all papers must be submitted in English. Full papers (maximum 10 pages single-spaced) should be submitted to TERENA by 20 February 2000 following the instruction given in the Call for Paper at <http://www.terena.nl/conf/wcw/cfp.html>
Location: Bradford
Date: 10-13 April 2000.
The British Computer Society Computer Graphics and Displays Group will hold an international two day meeting on the theme of "Digital Content Creation" to take place in the UK, 10-13 April 2000.
Selection of papers for presentation at the meeting will be by invitation or by review of extended abstracts (up to 4 pages). Chapters for the book will be selected by review of full papers. Papers can be research, experiments/trials, social implication/philosophical aspects, applications. Papers are invited which describe original research in these areas as well as applications.
For further information see the call for papers at: <http://www.eimc.brad.ac.uk/news/confer/>
Location: Stadthalle Bielefeld
Date: February 8 - 10, 2000
Source: Posting to SCRAN Mailbase list (15 Dec 1999).
After four successful conferences the 5th European Bielefeld Colloquium (now known as the Bielefeld 2000 Conference) will be held in February 2000.
Information supply via Internet is the main subject of the Bielefeld 2000 Conference: Qualified access to qualified information. We feature papers from highly qualified experts and representatives from Europe and North America.
The conference will be held in English and German with simultaneous translation.
The programme is also available on the web site: <http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/aktuell/2000conf/prog-eng.htm>
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