INTERNATIONAL EVENTS - 2004 Back to Events ELAG 2004 - Interoperability: new challenges and solutions: 28th Library System Seminar Trondheim, Norway, 9-11 June 2004 http://www.elag2004.no ELAG, the European Library Automation Group, brings together once a year people involved in library automation in the leading European libraries and information centres. The organization counts 450 members in 27 countries all over Europe. The meetings aim at in depth discussions of particular library automation topics and at the promotion of informal exchange of ideas and experience. The topics covered are technical and meant for participants with a computing background. LIBER - 33rd Annual Conference St Petersburg, National Library of Russia, 29 June-2 July 2004 http://www.nlr.ru:8101/tus/290604/index.html This annual event is organised by LIBER, League of European Research Libraries, the principal association of the major research libraries in Europe. Founded in 1971 under the auspices of the Council of Europe (CEC), actively promotes co-operation with all library-related organizations. This year, the conference will focus on the theme of "Integrating Europe! New Partnership across Old Borders" European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) 2004 University of Bath, United Kingdom, 12-17 September 2004 http://www.ecdl2004.org ECDL 2004 is the 8th in the series of European Digital Library Conferences. ECDL has become the major European forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, organisational and social issues. Digital library research brings together a number of disciplines and practitioner communities, creating a stimulating environment for debate and an opportunity for establishing collaboration. ECDL provides a forum for the exchange of ideas between scientific disciplines and fosters joint initiatives with application communities. Involvement of researchers and practitioners from computing and information science disciplines is well established at ECDL. Digital Futures Academy: from digitization to delivery King's College London, United Kingdom, 13-17 September 2004 http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kdcs/digifutures.htm King's College London and OCLC-PICA are pleased to announce the first Digital Futures Academy, a five day intensive training and seminar content for managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors. The Academy will focus on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Anyone looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitization to delivery should consider attending this course. 10 Years of Connectivity: Libraries, the World Wide Web, and the Next Decade (Sponsored by LITA/ALA - Library and Information Technology Association/American Library Association) Sheraton Westport Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, 7-10 October 2004 http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaevents/litanatforum/litanational.htm Over the last 10 years, libraries have established a significant presence on the Web, and have developed new methods for delivering expanded and innovative services using new technologies. Over the next decade, libraries will continue to expand their reach, redefine their roles, and face emerging issues that are radically different from traditional library issues of the past. The Forum Committee is particularly interested in presentations that highlight specific technology implementations in any type of library. ICOLC Fall' 04 (6th European meeting) Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 October 2004 http://www.cbuc.es/icolc04bcn     In October 2003, the IOSSPL project worked out by CONTACT NET (Romania) gained an international projects contest launched by the Italian government - the Ministry of Productive Activities, under the framework of the Italian Law 212/1992. The official launching of the IOSSPL project was announced on June 1st, 2004. The Ministry of Productive Activities, by the General Direction for the Promotion of Exchanges – Division IV – ROMA, approved, by the Decree of the Ministry of Productive Activities issued on 29/12/2004, the IOSSPL Project (cod 212/03/ROM15) to be financially sustained under the Law 212/92 D.M. n. 171 from 19/04/2001, by 50% co-funding. CONTACT NET involvement: - project preparation for the auction - project coordination for 2 years timeframe The Italian partner is PROGETTO SOFTWARE (Ragusa, Italy).   © IOSSPL 2004. All Rights Reserved.