The LIBER-EBLIDA Workshop on Digitization was held at the Royal Library in Copenhagen from 24 to 26 October 2007.

Further information on the outcomes of the workshop as well as PowerPoint presentations can be found at http://www.libereurope.eu/1st-liber-eblida-workshop-on-digitisation-of-library-material-in-europe-october-2007.

Please find here an updated list of delegates. The document is password-protected to avoid email harvesting. The password is "digitisation" (without quotes)

See the DRAFT Programme below. For abstracts, click here!

See here a list of recommended reading material

	Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Royal Library Denmark)	OCLC PICA (European-based library and information systems supplier)			JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee)

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DRAFT Programme

PowerPoint presentations can be found at http://www.libereurope.eu/node/264! 

Wednesday 24 October 2007 - General Introduction
Time:  13h30- 17h45

The meeting will take place at the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark

TIME                        ITEM
13h30-13h45           Welcome, Opening and Introduction by LIBER President Hans Geleijnse, University Library, Tilburg, The Netherlands

13h45-14h00 Policy paper about digitisation of library material in Europe by Erland Kolding Nielsen, Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark

14h00-14h45 Overview of EU strategies with respect to digitisation by Pat Manson, European Commission

14h45-15h15  Overview of work already performed (or in progress) by Hans Petschar, Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria

15h15-16h00    The cost of digitisation and preservation (LIFE) by Richard Davies, Project Officer, British Library, London, UK

16h00-16h30        Coffee break

16h30-17h55   Session on registries of digitization (Chair Stefan Gradmann, Hamburg University, Germany):

16h30-16h50      a. EROMM and the Registry of Digital Masters (Werner Schwartz, Göttingen University Library, Germany)

16h50-17h10 b. Central registry for digitized objects: Linking production and bibliographic control (Ralf Stockmann, Göttingen University Library, Germany)

17h10-17h40       c. Automating registration of digital preservation copies - the place of registries in the digitisation workflow (Bill Carney, Product Manager, Business Development Division, OCLC)

17h40-17h55       d. Discussion

17h55                     Closure of day one

19h30 Conference dinner at Søren K

Thursday 25 October 2007

The meeting will take place at the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark

TIME                        ITEM
09h00-12h00   Session on barriers to access and conditions for successful digitisation (Chair Stuart Dempster, JISC, London, UK):

09h00-09h30   Legal issues of digitisation (Toby Bainton, SCONUL, London, UK)

09h30-10h00   Private sector initiatives - the Danish example (Jesper Holm, Ebog, DK)

10h00-10h30 Interoperability issues for digitization projects (Stefan Gradmann, Hamburg University, Germany)

10h30-11h00       Coffee Break

11h00-11h30   Digitisation on demand (Gunter Muhlberger, University Library Innsbruck, Austria)

11h30 -12h00  Mass digitisation (Astrid Verheusen, Royal Library, The Hague, The Netherlands)

12h00 – 13h30    Lunch

13h30-15h00 Session on identifying priorities for digitisation and lobbying for funding (Chair Bas Savenije, University Library, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

13h30-13h45         a. Inga Grinfelde, National Library, Riga, Latvia
13h45-14h00         b. Paola Marchionni, JISC, London, UK
14h00-14h15         c. Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard, State and University Library, Aarhus, Denmark
14h15-14h30         d. Dolors Lamarca, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
14h30-15h00         e. Panel discussion

15h00 – 15h30   Coffee break

15h30 – 17h00  Session on strategic alliances in Europe (Chair Jill Cousins, EDL, Royal Library, The Hague, The Netherlands):

15h30-16h00     a. The strategic e-content alliance (Stuart Dempster, JISC, London, UK)
16h00-16h20     b. Google Book Search (Jens Redmer, Google, Hamburg, Germany)
16h20-16h40     c. Proquest (Dan Burnstone, Proquest, Chadwyck-Healey, Cambridge, UK)
16h40-17h00     d. Panel discussion

17h00 – 17h30      Preparation of the breakout group discussions of tomorrow: division of participants in groups; introduction to the discussion topics

17h30                   Closure of day two

Friday 26 October 2007

The meeting will take place at the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark

TIME                        ITEM

09h00 – 10h45     Breakout in 4 groups to discuss and formulate recommendations for plenary session

10h45 – 11h15      Coffee break

11h15 – 12h45         Formulation of a set of recommendations and proposals for further action (Chair Paul Ayris, Library Services, University College London, UK)

12h45 – 13h00         Closure of conference by Bas Savenije, EBLIDA and LIBER Board Member

13h00 – 14h00      Lunch