Joint RLG and NPO Preservation Conference

Guidelines for Digital Imaging
28 - 30 September 1998

PROGRAMME

MONDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER

13.00 - 14.00	Registration
14.00 - 14.15	Conference opening and welcome Vanessa Marshall, Director, National Preservation Office, UK
14.15 - 15.00	Keynote address Guidelines Versus Guidance for Digital Imaging: the Opportunity Before Us Anne R. Kenney, Associate Director for Preservation, Cornell University, US
15.00 - 15.15	Conference scope and objectives Robin Dale, Program Officer, Research Libraries Group, US
15.15 - 15.45	Refreshment break
15.45 - 16.45	Guidelines for Selection Moderator: Julia Walworth, Special Collections/Rare Books, University of London, UK US Speaker: Janet Gertz, Director for Preservation, Columbia University, US UK Speaker: Paul Ayris, Director of Library Services, University College, London, UK
16.45 - 17.00	Questions and Discussion Julia Walworth
17.00 - 17.15	Close of Day Comments Vanessa Marshall
19.00	Dinner

TUESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER

09.00 - 09.05	Opening comments/logistics Robin Dale
09.05 - 10.00	Guidelines for Preparation Moderator: Alison Horsburgh, Head of Preservation Services, National Archives of Scotland, UK US Speaker: Ann Swartzell, Senior Preservation Program Officer, Harvard University, US UK Speaker: John McIntyre, Head of Preservation, National Library of Scotland, UK
10.00 - 10.15	Questions and discussion Alison Horsburgh
10.15 - 10.45	Refreshment break
10.45 - 12.30	Guidelines for image capture Moderator: Robin Dale US Speaker: Stephen Chapman, Preservation Librarian for Digital Initiatives, Harvard University, US UK Speaker: Jane Williams, Technical Advisory Service for Images, UK
12.30 - 12.55	Questions and discussion Robin Dale
12.55 - 13.00	Midday Comments Nancy Elkington, Program Officer, Research Libraries Group, US
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	Small group discussions (part 1)
15.30 - 16.00	Refreshment break
16.00 - 17.30	Small group discussions (part 2)
17.30	Close of Day Comments Vanessa Marshall
19.00	Reception and conference dinner After-dinner speaker: David Whitaker

WEDNESDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER

09.00 - 09.15	Opening comments Vanessa Marshall
09.15 - 09.45	Small group reports
09.45 - 10.15	Questions and discussion Julia Walworth, Alison Horsburgh, Robin Dale
10.15 - 10.45	Refreshment break
10.45 - 11.15	Issues and Approaches to Preservation Metadata Michael Day, Research Officer (Metadata), UKOLN, University of Bath, UK
11.15 - 11.45	Issues and Approaches to Digital Archiving Margaret Hedstrom, Associate Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan
11.45 - 12.15	Final questions and discussion Robin Dale
12.15 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 14.30	International reaction panel Seamus Ross, Director of Humanities, Computing & Information Management, University of Glasgow Karen Turko, Head of Preservation Services, University of Toronto, Canada Colin Webb, Manager of Information Preservation, National Library of Australia
14.30 - 14.45	Weaving the threads Peter Fox, University Librarian, University of Cambridge, UK
14.45 - 15.30	Refreshment break and departure