[PADG:1412] LIBER Think Tank on the future value of the book as artefact and the future value of digital documentary heritage

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LIBER Think Tank on the future value of the book as artefact and the future value of digital documentary heritage

24-25 May 2007 National Library of Sweden, Stockholm

The programme and registration for this two day event are now available at

http://abm-centrum.se/ThinkTankPresentation.htm

 

The future of the book is in question. The future of the digital cultural heritage is under debate. The role of the printed text as the physical carrier of information and human thought is being challenged by digital technology. Concepts such as value and authenticity are traditionally based on physical objects and collections. Has the artefactual value increased or decreased with digital developments? The value and authenticity of virtual information carriers are increasingly being discussed. Has the critical mass of "born digital" and digitised material created a new digital cultural documentary heritage?

 

An international panel of speakers from across the cultural heritage and literary worlds has been posed with these questions. The aim of this two day Think Tank is to examine and discuss whether it is possible to arrive at a common understanding of these concepts regardless of whether the format is physical or virtual. The intention is to hold a broad, inter-disciplinary, participatory debate, with an audience drawn from the academic sector, libraries, archives and those concerned with managing the future cultural documentary heritage.

The meeting is being organized by the LIBER Preservation Division and Collection Development Division. It will be held at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th May 2007. The proceedings and discussion will be published by the National Library of Sweden. The language of the meeting is English.

Speakers and topics

• Gunnar Sahlin
  National Librarian, National Library of Sweden
  Introduction

• Pentti Vattulainen
  IFLA Acquisition and Collection Development section, Director, National Repository Library, Helsinki
  The Last Copy Approach, Impact and Implications

• Lorcan Dempsey
  Vice President/Chief Strategist, OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
  The virtual cultural heritage, trends and developments

• Stephen G. Nichols
  Prof., John Hopkins University, Chairman of the Task force on the artefact in library collections, CLIR (Council on Library and Information Services)
  What qualities of an original are necessary to retain?

• Helen Shenton
  Chair LIBER Preservation Division, Head, Collection Care, British Library
  Moderator

• Jan Paris
  Conservator, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  The decision process in digital projects

• Yola de Lusenet
  Director, ECPA (the European Commission on Preservation and Access)
  Strategies for preserving and accessing the documentary heritage in a digital age

• Carla Montori
  Preservation Projects Librarian, University of Michigan
  The Google Experience

• Per S. Ridderstad
  Prof. Book History, University of Lund
  Physical and virtual carriers of information

• Lars Björk
  Preservation Coordinator, National Library of Sweden
  Authenticity and the role of the original

• Ola Larsmo
  

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