Beginning of the end of MARC?

Link to LC studies on the state of play of MARC structure

"Record Report Recommendations the Library of Congress
Should Pursue Over the Next Four Years: Report to the
Associate Librarian for Library Services, OTR Report
Implementation Working Group"

and

"Library of Congress Study of the North American MARC
Records Marketplace, R2 Consulting LLC (www.r2consulting.org),
Ruth Fischer, Rick Lugg (October 2009)"

link here

EU agrees

EU adopts statement on copyright and the digital economy.

11 page pdf available here (COM(2009) 532 final)

Archive Forum Conference in London, January 2010. Click here for details.

Says "save £100". Wow, it costs more than a £100 to register. No wonder it doesn't mention that it's suitable for archivists.

Jobs - Europeana

Three very interesting (and well paid) jobs at Europeana.

A third of European cinemas to close?

The European Commission today launched a public consultation
of professionals from the EU's audiovisual industry on how to
best seize the opportunities and address the challenges of the
'digital revolution' in the EU film sector. Digital cinema
can make distribution of films cheaper and more flexible, enabling
more European films to travel. 'Going digital' however requires high
investments. One third of European cinemas could be threatened with
closure due to the high cost of digital equipment – unless new business
models and viable public support schemes are developed now.
Feedback from cinema and audiovisual professionals as well as
national film agencies and other interested parties during the 2 month
consultation opened by the Commission today will feed into a
Communication early next year setting out the Commission's policy
on digital cinema.
The questionnaire available in English, French and German:
 English version here

Info via EFG, (thanks)

BFI National Film Centre

BFI National Film Centre gets the green light
 
DCMS pledges £45 million capital spend
 
* Everyone in Britain to benefit from new centre for film
* Visionary new digital hub you can plug into from home
 
The BFI announces today that it is proceeding with its
plan to build a visionary new film centre on London's South
Bank. The decision to move forward comes as the Culture
Secretary, Ben Bradshaw, announced a £45 million capital
investment from Government in the project.
 
The BFI¹s ambition is to create a world-leading centre for
the study, enjoyment and celebration of film and television.
The money pledged from Government follows an earlier
investment promise of £5 million in the project from the
London Mayor through the LDA. It secures the next phase of
the project which is to design and planning, and will go
towards helping fund the construction of the new centre
which is to be developed on the site of Hungerford car park.
 
Amanda Nevill, director of the BFI, said:
 
"This is hugely exciting news for film culture in Britain, for
the whole of the British film industry and a positive turning
point in the history of the BFI. Film is one of the greatest art
forms of today and universally popular. It is also a British
success story - London and the UK are at the centre of
the global film industry.
 
We will be creating something that doesn't exist anywhere
else in the world, precisely because we can. It will build on
the BFI's 75 year legacy, bringing together the greatest
collections of film on earth with all the excitement and
stimulation of emerging cinema into the most creative and
inclusive programmes. It will be a digital hub, working with
partners across the UK to share and exchange those
programmes. We are a step closer in our ambition to inspire
and excite audiences everywhere in a new digital
Britain."
 
John Woodward, chief executive of the UK Film Council which
funds the BFI, said:
 
"This is a key milestone on the road towards the UK Film
Council and the BFI's shared objective of transforming the
cultural film offering to UK citizens in the digital age.
Not only will film now have a fitting home on the best arts
campus in the world, but the development will use digital to
open up the archive and all the other film treasures that the
BFI holds for the benefit of everyone in the UK."

IPR toolkits

The Strategic Content Alliance has brought together the references for its IPR toolkits, here.

These include information

for archivists and librarians & digitisation project leaders

for Human Resources staff

for Senior Managers