The European-funded project focuses on future enhancement
of digital cinema technology within three areas of interest:
Ed-cine consists of a sixteen partner consortium, which includes
four universities and research centers, ten companies, and as end
user partners, a film archive and the town of Nancy in France.
The project commenced in July 2006 and lasts to June 2009.
Digital access to Cultural Heritage - EU Conference
May 26, Prague
The conference wishes to give a larger overview on digitalization
policy in Europe, work already done and to be achieved not
only in data production area, but especially in provision of
online access provided to users in Europe and worldwide.
In a more specific detail, the conference is focused on case
studies from several selected European national libraries able
to provide a good example of programmes and projects, that
have reached certain stability and positive results, which are
good to follow. Together with presentation of big projects, such
as the French Gallica or Hispanic Digital Library, selected
activities from Austria, Lithuania, Sweden, and the Czech Republic
will be presented as well.
Invitation to Planets Outreach and Training event,
22-24 June 2009
You are invited to participate in the Planets Outreach
and Training event, 'Digital Preservation - the Planets way'
at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark,
on 22-24 June 2009.
The event will consider the challenges of digital
preservation and how the Planets tools and framework
can assist national institutions with digital preservation.
Registration is now open, and a full event programme and
registration form is available on the Planets website
Day 1 of the event explores the challenges of digital
preservation and introduces the Planets tools and services.
On Days 2 and 3 delegates will gain hands-on experience of
working with Planets and a scenario (sample collection) to
develop a preservation plan and preserve digital objects.
The event will include plenty of opportunity for discussion,
sharing ideas and best practice and to ask questions.
The event is aimed at CEOs, Heads of IT, Curation and
Preservation, IT staff, digital librarians and archivists,
curators, policy managers and other staff
preparing to or involved in preserving digital content.
You can register for either Day 1 only at a cost of 80 EUR,
or for all three days at a cost of 175 EUR.
Due to the nature of the event there is an upper capacity of 60
delegates on Day 1 and 40 delegates on Days 2 and 3.
Final closing date for all registrations is 11 June 2009.
This event is the first in a series of outreach and training events
to be hosted at venues across Europe between
June 2009 and May 2010.
Planets (Preservation and Long-Term Access through Networked
Services) is a four-year project co-funded by the European Union
under Framework Programme 6 to address core digital preservation
challenges. Planets is building practical tools and services to help
ensure long-term access to our digital cultural and scientific assets.
For more information about Planets, please visit the Planets site.
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