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IOSSPL LAUNCHING
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The main events of the project were the launching and the finalization events.
During the project development some other events were organized, and we have
also ensured presence and communications to international and national
conferences, seminaries, and professional meetings in the field of library
automation, including the annual ELAG meetings and conferences in 2004, 2005,
and 2006.
The finalization of the project was realized with the participation of all the
partners, and was organized in synergy with the participation to the ELAG 2006
international conference, the annual conference of the European Library Automation
Group, this year focused on the theme "New tools and new library practices"
(http://www.cimec.ro/elag/).
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 annual meetings aim at in depth discussions of particular library automation topics and at the promotion of informal exchange of ideas and experience.
We have presented the project and the system to the international audience
attending the conference by exposing the system at the IOSSPL stand, by live
demonstrations and technical discussions with the library specialists from
several countries as well as local experts.
Communication activities were performed during the event, discussions with the
mass-media representatives and software demonstrations.
During the ELAG 2006 conference we have also discussed the opportunity to
establish synergies with international projects under way in the libraries
automation and integration field. IBLA Soft is intended to be further involved
in international R&D projects with Italian and Romanian participation, with
the aim to extend the system in some innovative directions and to establish
scientific collaborations with research teams from different fields and different
countries.
There is also high potential for further addressing the Educational Libraries
environment, independently as well as under the framework of the educational
development projects.
Further to the presence and presentation at the
ELAG 2006 conference, and following our mas-maedia communication, we have
received several expressions of interest from Educational Libraries and
Institutions that would like to be included in the wider initiative that
will naturally continue the IOSSPL project, together with the Public Libraries.
The Educational Libraries representatives will contribute to the new analysis
process for the identification of the particular requirements for adjusting
and customizing the IBLA Soft core system to the particularities of the
libraries in the educational field, to the testing of the system, professional
formation of the personnel, and potential collaborations in R&D future projects.
Moreover, the successful finalization of the IOSSPL project was highly welcomed
as valuable support for other national programmes under way. A new synergy
was extablished between the national cultural programme and the national
Knowledge Economy Programme coordinated by the Ministry of IT and Communications.
CONTACT NET being a consultant to the Knowledge Economy Programme, we ensure
a point of convergence and we are prepared to participate to the extension of
the IOSSPL system in new areas of application, in synergy with both national
programmes, within the wider goal to promote the Information Society in Romania.
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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).
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