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D-Lib Magazine
In Print
Ithaka Report: University Publishing In A Digital Age, by Laura Brown, Rebecca Griffiths, and Matthew Rascoff. Preface by Kevin Guthrie. Ithaka, July 26, 2007.
"This is the final report of an assessment of university-based publishing and the future role of the university in the scholarly publishing system."
For more information, please see <http://www.ithaka.org/strategic-services/university-publishing>.
Sustaining Public Access Computing Programs: Technology and Management Competencies, Betha Gutsche, Editor, published by WebJunction, April 13, 2007, Copyright 2007 OCLC.
"The objective of this report is to support library staff in maintaining public access computing programs. The report is divided into three sections. "Technology Competencies for Patron Assistance" defines skills that frontline library staff need to provide direct assistance to users on public computers. The "System Administration" section defines skills necessary to set up, configure and maintain public computers and networks. The "Management Competencies" are the umbrella over all, covering the master-planning, coordination and integration aspects of running a public access computing program."
For more information, please see <http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=15659>.
Preserving the digital heritage: principles and policies, ECPA report 19, edited by Yola de Lusenet and Vincent Wintermans, published by the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO and the European Commission on Preservation and Access, 2007.
From the Preface: "In November 2005, the Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO, in collaboration with the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) and UNESCO's Information Society Division, organized a conference entitled Preserving the Digital Heritage (The Hague, The Netherlands, 4-5 November 2005). It focused on two important issues: the selection of material to be preserved, and the division of tasks and responsibilities between institutions. This publication contains the four speeches given by the keynote speakers, preceded by a synthesis report of the conference....The Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO hopes that this publication will contribute to the ongoing discussion of the many thorny problems associated with the long-term preservation of the world's digital heritage."
For more information, please see <http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/publications.html>.
Papers from the 7th International Web Archiving Workshop, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 23, 2007.
"Papers from this workshop provide a cross domain overview on active research and practice in all domains concerned with the acquisition, maintenance and preservation of digital objects for long-term access, with a particular focus on web archiving and studies on effective usage of this type of archives. "
For more information, please see <http://www.iwaw.net/07/>.
WebWise 2007 Proceedings, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
"For the first time, the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is offering a publication highlighting proceedings of its signature Web Wise conference. The publication is available on the IMLS Web site as a PDF file and in print form by e-mailing email@example.com. The Proceedings contains summaries of each session, keynote speeches, project demonstrations, and brief biographies of the speakers. Also available for the first time are MP3 Podcasts of each conference session."
The Proceedings are located at <http://www.imls.gov/pdf/WebWiseProceedings2007.pdf>. The Institute has also provided links to additional materials at <http://www.imls.gov/news/events/webwise07.shtm>.
Memory of the World: Towards an Open Source Repository and Preservation System, Recommendations on the Implementation of an Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System and on Related Software Development, by Kevin Bradley, Junran Lei, and Chris Blackall, published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, June 2007.
From the Executive Summary: "This report defines the requirements for a digital archival and preservation system using standard hardware and describes a set of open source software which could used to implement it. There are two aspects of this report that distinguish it from other approaches. One is the complete or holistic approach to digital preservation. The report recognises that a functioning preservation system must consider all aspects of a digital repositories; Ingest, Access, Administration, Data Management, Preservation Planning and Archival Storage, including storage media and management software. Secondly, the report argues that, for simple digital objects, the solution to digital preservation is relatively well understood, and that what is needed are affordable tools, technology and training in using those systems."
The report can be downloaded in Word format: <http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/24700/11824297751towards_open_source_repository.doc/
In Their Own Words: Exploring the learner's perspective on e-learning, Copyright Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) on behalf of JISC, September 2007.
"A new JISC publication which looks at e-learning, its benefits, possibilities and challenges, from the perspective of the learner, was launched at the ALT conference in Nottingham....In Their Own Words includes video case studies of five learner 'voices', a CD-ROM with original reports, a series of short guides summarising key messages for different sectors and pull-out information sheets. Part of a two-phase strand of JISC's e-Learning Programme on 'Learner Experiences of e-Learning', the publication synthesises material gathered during the first phase of activities, providing striking insights into the ways in which digital learners use technologies for learning."
For more information, please see <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearningpedagogy/iowfinal.pdf>.
XML-based Office Document Standards (TSW0702), by Walter Ditch, JISC: Bristol, UK, August 2007. Copyright © Higher Education Funding Council for England .
"This TechWatch report...proposes that although the UK higher and further education sector has, for a long time, understood the interoperability benefits of open standards, it has been slow to translate this into easily understandable guidelines for implementation at the level of everyday applications such as office document formats. As far as education is concerned, the use of modifiable office document formats has now reached a crucial stage. There is an urgent need for co-ordinated, strategically informed action over the next five years, if the higher education community is to facilitate a cost effective approach to the switch to XML-based office document formats."
To make sure you are reading the latest version of this report, you should always download it from the original source at <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch>.
DLF Aquifer MODS Guidelines Levels of Adoption, latest update 8/06/07.
"The Digital Library Federation / Aquifer Implementation Guidelines for Shareable MODS Records provide guidance on the use of MODS for metadata intended to be contributed to the DLF Aquifer initiative. The Guidelines, however, are a record-centric view of Aquifer's goals, whereas it is often helpful to set priorities for metadata creation with a user- and use-centric view. This document, the Digital Library Federation Aquifer MODS Guidelines Levels of Adoption, describes five general categories of user functionality that are likely to be supported by following specific recommendations from the Guidelines. It attempts to provide additional guidance to MODS implementers in the planning process by documenting what sorts of functionality is possible when certain elements of the Guidelines are followed."
For more information, please see <http://wiki.dlib.indiana.edu/confluence/display/DLFAquifer/MODS+Guidelines+Levels+of+Adoption>.
Student Expectations Study: Key findings from online research and discussion evenings held in June 2007 for the Joint Information Systems Committee, Ipsos MORI, July 2007.
"JISC commissioned Ipsos MORI to undertake research among prospective university students to understand:
"These objectives explored the hypothesis that there is a mismatch between student expectations of what they will be able to do in Higher Education (HE) institutions and what HE institutions can and do offer in terms of ICT."
For more information, including a link to download the report, please see <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/studentexpectations>.
International Journal of Digital Curation, Vol.2, issue 1, 2007. ISSN: 1746-8256
"The second issue of the International Journal of Digital Curation, Vol. 2, issue 1, 2007, was published on 27 July. A range of peer-reviewed papers and general articles on a variety of digital curation issues provides much material for consideration and debate. The IJDC is published by UKOLN at the University of Bath and is a publication of the Digital Curation Centre."
For more information, please see <http://www.ijdc.net/ijdc/issue/current>.
Ariadne, Issue 52, July 2007.
"Ariadne is a Web magazine for information professionals in archives, libraries and museums in all sectors....It is published by UKOLN every three months across the year beginning in January. Ariadne generally seeks to inform readers with a variety of articles in each issue, some technical, some of a more strategic nature, in the anticipation that most readers will find something of relevance to their work or interests in every issue."
For more information, please see <http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/>.
Webology, Volume 4, Number 2, June, 2007, ISSN 1735-188X.
"Webology is an international peer-reviewed journal in English devoted to the field of the World Wide Web and serves as a forum for discussion and experimentation. It serves as a forum for new research in information dissemination and communication processes in general, and in the context of the World Wide Web in particular. Concerns include the production, gathering, recording, processing, storing, representing, sharing, transmitting, retrieving, distribution, and dissemination of information, as well as its social and cultural impacts. There is a strong emphasis on the Web and new information technologies."
For more information, please see <http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/toc.html>.
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Number 51, Summer 2007.
"ISTL publishes substantive material of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share details of successful programs, materials for the delivery of information services, background information and opinions on topics of current interest, to publish research and bibliographies on issues in science and technology libraries, and to communicate in more depth than the STS-L mailing list."
For more information, please see <http://www.istl.org/>.
JISC Inform, Issue 18, Summer 2007, July 23, 2007.
"JISC inform raises awareness of the use of ICT to support further and higher education in the UK. Contributing authors include members of the JISC family of services and initiatives, JISC's partners and staff working in the FE and HE sectors."
For more information, please see <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/inform18.aspx>.
Point to Point
Papers and Podcasts from the 4th International Evidence Based Library & Information Practice Conference, Details.
"Full papers from the recent Evidence-based Library and Information Practice conference, on the EBLIP4 website. Please visit <http://www.eblip4.unc.edu/> to download excellent works by Suzanne Grefsheim, Denise Koufogiannakis, and many others - and keep checking back, because podcasts of keynote speakers (including Andrew Booth, Jonathan Eldredge, and more will be also be made available through the conference site."
Using Metadata Standards in Digital Libraries: implementing METS, MODS, PREMIS and MIX, presentations available.
"At the Annual 2007 American Library Association conference in Washington in June, the LITA Standards Interest Group sponsored a program entitled "Using Metadata Standards in Digital Libraries: implementing METS, MODS, PREMIS and MIX". This session explored how libraries are using emerging standards to manage and provide navigation for digital library objects."
The Library of Congress has made the presentations available at <http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/presentations/litaprogram-an2007.html>.
Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control, Library of Congress.
"Advances in search-engine technology, the popularity of the Internet and the influx of electronic information resources have greatly changed the way libraries do their work. To address those changes, the Library of Congress has convened a Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control to examine the future of bibliographic description in the 21st century."
The Working Group web site offers summary reports of meetings and web casts, as well as other resources.
For more information, please see <http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/>.
Virtual Research Environment (VRE) Programme, JISC.
"JISC released two videos which explain how projects from the first phase of its Virtual Research Environments (VRE) programme are bringing researchers together through VREs to tackle complex research questions in a wide range of subject areas. The videos and links to other resources are located at the programme web site."
For more information, please see <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_vre/projects>.
Calls for Participation
Personal Information Management: PIM 2008, CHI 2008 Workshop, 5 - 6 April 2008, Florence, Italy. Call for papers. The submission deadline is 15 October 2007.
"The traditional desktop computer and even the desktop computing metaphor may soon be relics of our digital information past. Many people now rely primarily on mobile computers, docking only on occasion to a larger keyboard and display. Other people do not rely on a single device, but rather access, organize, and manage their personal information through any device that provides access the Web. A rush of developments with mobile and Web-based computing are pulling the traditional digital desktop apart. As this happens, we face new challenges and opportunities in personal information management. PIM 2008 will provide a forum for discussion of a wide range of PIM-related issues. However, in keeping with the "disappearing desktop" theme, special focus will be given to challenges and opportunities created by an ongoing revolution in mobile and Web-based tools and technologies for information management."
For more information, please see <http://www.pim2008.org/>.
Internet of Things 2008: International Conference for Industry and Academia , 26 - 28 March 2008, Zurich, Switzerland. Call for workshop, tutorials, and demo proposals, which are due 20 October 2007.
"This conference brings leading researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry together to facilitate sharing of applications, research results, and knowledge. [Organizers] are particularly interested in work addressing real-world implementation and deployment issues."
For more information, please see <http://www.iot2008.org/cfp/index.html>.
National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Request for Proposals, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 45.149. Proposals must be received by 1 November 2007.
"NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) is soliciting proposals from institutions to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). Ultimately, over a period of approximately 20 years, NDNP will create a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers from all the states and U.S. territories published between 1836 and 1922. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress (LC) and be freely accessible via the Internet."
For more information, please see <http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/ndnp.html>.
The 10th International Conference of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, 5 - 8 August 2008, Montreal, Canada. Call for papers. The submission deadline for abstracts is 9 November 2007.
"The Conference theme is: Culture and Identity in Knowledge Organization. The proposed research topics for this edition include:
For more information, please see <http://www.ebsi.umontreal.ca/isko2008/>.
10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 12 - 16, June 2008, Barcelona, Spain. Call for papers. The submission deadline is 10 November 2007.
"The purpose of the 10th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. Five simultaneous tracks will be held, covering different aspects of Enterprise Information Systems Applications, including Enterprise Database Technology, Systems Integration, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, Internet Computing, Electronic Commerce and Human Factors."
For more information, please see <http://www.iceis.org/>.
Goings On
ASIS&T 2007 Annual Meeting: Joining Research and Practice: Social Computing and Information Science, 19 - 24 October 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
"Web 2.0 and social computing are changing the way people use information for work, play, research, and everyday activities. Sponsored by ASIS&T, the premier society for information science, the 2007 Annual Meeting is devoted to the discussion of Social Computing and Information Science. More than sixty sessions of contributed papers, panel discussions, poster sessions, etc. have been planned. They will address a wide variety of topics, ranging from tagging, online communities, information seeking behavior, web log and transaction log analysis to research directions, education, and ethical practice for information professionals in the new world of social computing."
For more information, please see <http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM07/>.
Second Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science, 21 - 22 October 2007, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
"This event is jointly sponsored by the Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago. The theme for this colloquium will be 'Exploring the scholarly query potential of high quality text and image archives in a collaborative environment.'"
For more information, please see <http://dhcs.uchicago.edu/>.
The International Conference in Trends for Scientific Information Professionals (ICIC 2007), 21 - 24 October 2007, Sitges (Barcelona), Spain.
"The ICIC meeting covers trends in the field of scientific and professional information with an impressive line-up of significant figures in the information world."
For more information, please see <http://www.infonortics.com/chemical/index.html>.
2nd International Conference on the Pragmatic Web, 22 - 23 October 2007, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
"The Pragmatic Web Conference is a unique forum to envision and debate how the emerging social, semantic, multimedia Web mediates the ways in which we construct shared meaning. While there is much research and development into topics relevant to this challenge such as collaboration, usability, knowledge representation, and social informatics, the Pragmatic Web conference provides common ground for dialogue at the nexus of these topics"
For more information, please see <http://www.pragmaticweb.info/>.
EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference, 23 - 26 October 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA.
"Focused on the theme 'Information Futures: Aligning Our Missions,' the diverse EDUCAUSE 2007 program offers a variety of ways to gather information, meet with peers in the higher education IT community, and hear from leading figures in the field including preconference seminars; track and poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops."
For more information, please see <http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/2007>.
Symposium on Information Management in the Changing World, 24 - 26 October 2007, Ankara, Turkey.
"The Symposium on Information Management in the Changing World aims to bring together both researchers and practitioners to discuss the current information management issues, and present ideas, theories, approaches and methods to tackle them."
For more information, please see <http://www.sempozyum2007.hacettepe.edu.tr/english/index.php>.
International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting, 24 - 26 October 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
"ICHIM continues its tradition of meeting every two years to survey the changing synergies of culture, heritage and informatics. This tenth meeting visits digital culture in the age of Web 2.0, contributed content, open source, broadband services, and ubiquitous computing. From one perspective all seems new, while another draws a direct line from the videodisk of 1991, through the CD-ROMs of 1993, and the Web of 1995 to e-commerce, e-government, and social computing."
For more information, please see <http://www.archimuse.com/ichim07/>.
Unlocking Audio: Sharing Experience of Mass Digitisation, 26 - 27 October 2007, London, United Kingdom.
"Unlocking Audio is an international conference exploring the planning and strategies required for the successful execution of large-scale audio digitisation projects, and the technical and practical issues involved. Aimed at actual practitioners, sharing best practice and looking at emerging standards, the event will be held at the British Library in London."
For more information, please see <http://www.bl.uk/unlockingaudio>.
K-CAP 2007: The Fourth International Conference on Knowledge Capture, 28 - 31 October 2007, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
"The Fourth International Conference on Knowledge Capture, K-CAP 2007 will feature invited Talks, Technical Papers, Posters and Demos on a range of topics including:
For more information, please see <http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/kcap07/>.
Second International Conference on Digital Information Management ICDIM 2007, 28 - 31 October 2007, Lyon, France.
"The International Conference on Digital Information Management is a multidisciplinary conference on digital information management, science and technology. The principal aim of this conference is to bring people from academia, research laboratories and industry and offer a collaborative platform to address the emerging issues and solutions in digital information science and technology."
For more information, please see <http://icdim.insa-lyon.fr/>.
Internet Librarian 2007: 2.0: Info Pros, Library Communities, & Web Tools, 29 - 31 October 2007, Monterey, California, USA.
"Information Today, Inc. returns to Monterey in 2007 to present the 11th annual Internet Librarian the only conference for information professionals who are using, developing, and embracing Internet, Intranet, and Web-based strategies in their roles as information architects and navigators,Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators and developers, taxonomists, searchers, community builders, information providers, trainers, guides, and more."
For more information, please see <http://www.infotoday.com/il2007>.
eLearning Summit 2007 'Tools for SCORM® What We Have and What We Need', 30 - 31 October 2007, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. (A preconference will be held 29 October.)
"This meeting will bring together eLearning organizations and experts from around the world to highlight some of the latest technologies and project areas for growth and development in SCORM(r). Open discussions will be held about successes and challenges in several areas of tool development including content production, content repository/reuse, tool interoperability/integration and tools for assembling and disassembling SCO's. In addition, a pre-conference workshop titled Implementing SCORM(r) will introduce basic concepts, provide effective language and strategies for dialogue, and open collaborative exchange between programmers and designers about implementing SCORM-conformant learning."
For more information, please see <http://els.workforcecolab.org/>.
TEI@20: 20 Years of Supporting the Digital Humanities, 31 October - 3 November 2007, College Park, Maryland, USA.
"[This event offers] three days of invited speakers, panels, presentations, poster sessions, software and tools demonstrations, special interest group meetings, plus the TEI business meeting and elections. There will also be one day of pre-meeting workshops."
For more information, please see <http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/events/teiconference/>.
International Conference on Digital Preservation at the occasion of the retirement of Johan Steenbakkers, 1 - 2 November 2007, The Hague, The Netherlands.
"The conference is organised at the occasion of the retirement of Johan Steenbakkers, the KB's director of e-Strategy & Property Management. Tools and Trends will feature international speakers who will present newest developments of Tools for digital preservation and the latest Trends in long-term archiving."
For more information, please see <http://www.kb.nl/nieuws/2007/toolstrends-en.html>.
Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data, 1 - 2 November 2007, Dallas, Texas, USA.
"The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and Amigos Library Services will host a forum on Understanding the Data Around Us: Gathering and Analyzing Usage Data....This two-day event asks library and information service providers to think about what kinds of usage data for e-resources, print, and more can be used to help improve the provision of information services, what data might be missing, and ways all parties involved (libraries, publishers, aggregators, and system vendors) can best use the data collected. The event includes speakers who will discuss issues of gathering, analyzing, and applying usage data, and encourages the audience to engage with questions of their own."
For more information, please see <http://www.niso.org/news/events_workshops/usage07/>.
7th Annual Brick and Click Libraries, 2 November 2007, Maryville, Missouri USA.
"The Brick & Click Libraries Symposium is sponsored by Northwest Missouri State University in order to offer academic librarians a forum for sharing practical information. It provides a small, collegial atmosphere in which to discuss diverse topics, current issues, and solutions."
For more information, please see <http://www.brickandclick.org/>.
DMCA, P2P Filesharing and Campus Responses, 5 - 16 November 2007 (early registration by October 19). Online workshop.
"This workshop will consider new legal and policy developments related to peer-to-peer file sharing , user-generated content, and Congressional evaluations of the response of the higher education community to copyright infringing activities."
For more information, please see <http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/ipa/workshops.shtml#DMCA>.
KMWorld & Intranets, 6 - 8 November 2007, San Jose, California, USA.
"The 11th annual KMWorld & Intranets Conference and Exhibition offers a wide-ranging program especially focused to meet the needs of executives and strategic business and technology decision makers. This is a must-attend for those concerned with improving their organization's bottom line, business processes and productivity, as well as streamlining operations and accelerating development and innovation in their evolving enterprises."
For more information, please see <http://www.kmworld.com/kmw07/>.
Streaming Media West 2007, 6 - 8 November 2007, San Jose, California, USA.
"Attended by more than 2,500 executives last year, Streaming Media West is the only show that covers both the business of online video and the technology of streaming, downloading, Webcasting, Internet TV, IPTV, and mobile video. Covering both corporate and consumer business, technology, and content issues in the enterprise, advertising, media and entertainment, broadcast, and education markets, Streaming Media West is about more than just streaming"
For more information, please see <http://www.streamingmedia.com/west/>.
INFuture2007: 'Digital Information and Heritage', 1st International Conference The Future of Information Sciences (INFuture), 7 - 9 November 2007, Zagreb, Croatia.
"Future of Information Sciences (INFuture) is a series of international conferences aimed at researchers and professionals from the broad field of information studies and related professions. The objective of the conference is to provide a platform for discussing both theoretical and practical issues in information organization and information integration. INFuture explores how developments in information and communication technology influence the future of the field of information studies. Education and research in information science and its interdisciplinary scope and application is of particular interest to this conference."
For more information, please see <http://infoz.ffzg.hr/INFuture/index.aspx>.
Museum Computer Network (MCN) 2007 Annual Conference - Building Content, Building Community: 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology, 7 - 10 November 2007, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
"This year in Chicago, MCN will revive the cross-disciplinary vision of 40 years ago and explore its promise in the present day, encouraging participation from institutions across the museum spectrum. How we are the same? How are we different? How have we dealt, successfully and unsuccessfully, with the overlapping efforts in documentation, professionalism, and use of technology across the museum community? What are we doing right, and what do we need to do better?"
For more information, please see <http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp>.
The 6th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2007) and the 2nd Asian Semantic Web Conference, 2007 (ASWC 2007), (Combined conference) 11 - 15 November 2007, Busan, Korea.
"To foster the exchange of ideas and collaboration, the International Semantic Web Conference brings together researchers in relevant disciplines such as artificial intelligence, databases, social networks, distributed computing, web engineering, information systems, natural language processing, and human-computer interaction."
For more information, please see <http://iswc2007.semanticweb.org/>.
International Workshop on Greenstone Digital Library Software, 26 November - 1 December 2007, IIM Kozhikode, India.
"The objective of the Workshop is to conduct a 6-day high-end training programme on Digital Libraries on the Open Source Software 'Greenstone' at IIM Kozhikode. Greenstone is a top of the line and internationally renowned Open Source Software system for developing digital libraries, promoted by the New Zealand Digital Library project research group at the University of Waikato. Greenstone is now promoted worldwide, especially among developing countries, by the UNESCO."
For more information, please see <http://www.iimk.ac.in/FDPBrochures/WGDLNov26.htm>.
Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets 28 - 29 November 2007, Seattle, Washington, USA.
"This conference, taught by leading experts in digital preservation, addresses the question of managing and preserving digital assets over the long term. Institutions are rapidly acquiring collections of digitized and born-digital resources. Without intervention, these materials will not survive even a single human career. This conference will highlight evolving best practices for digital preservation and will help institutions take the next steps to preserve their investment."
For more information, please see <http://www.nedcc.org/education/conferences/pom/description.php>.
Ontology for the Intelligence Community (OIC 2007): Towards Effective Exploitation and Integration of Intelligence Resources, 28 - 29 November 2007, Columbia, Maryland, USA.
"This conference will bring together experts on ontology-based technology with particular experience in the problems facing the intelligence community. It will feature invited talks from prominent ontologists and intelligence community leaders, as well as submitted papers focusing especially on the creation of public-domain ontology resources to support the work of intelligence analysts."
For more information, please see <http://ncor.us/oic2007>.
Online Educa Berlin 2007, 28 - 30 November 2007, Berlin, Germany.
"Online Educa Berlin is the key annual networking event for the international technology-supported learning and training industry. It is the industry's largest international forum, attracting high-level decision makers from education, business and government sectors. Attendees forge essential cross-industry contacts and partnerships, and enhance their knowledge and expertise."
For more information, please see <http://www.online-educa.com/the-conference>.
International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, 3 - 12 December 2007. (This is a online conference based at the University of Bridgeport.)
"CISSE 2007 provides a virtual forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of the-art research on computers, information and systems sciences and engineering. CISSE 2007 is the third conference of the CISSE series of e-conferences. CISSE is the World's first Engineering/Computing and Systems Research E-Conference....The virtual conference will be conducted through the Internet using web-conferencing tools, made available by the conference. Authors will be presenting their PowerPoint, audio or video presentations using web-conferencing tools without the need for travel. Conference sessions will be broadcast to all the conference participants, where session participants can interact with the presenter during the presentation and (or) during the Q&A slot that follows the presentation. This international conference will be held entirely on-line."
For more information, please see <http://www.cisse2007online.org/>.
International Conference on Semantics and Digital Media Technologies (SAMT) , 5 - 7 December 2007, Genova, Italy.
"The international conference on Semantics And digital Media Technologies (SAMT) targets to narrow the large disparity between the low-level descriptors that can be computed automatically from multimedia content and the richness and subjectivity of semantics in user queries and human interpretations of audiovisual media The Semantic Gap."
For more information, please see <http://samt2007.ge.imati.cnr.it/>.
The Second International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT (LSPI)., 5 - 7 December 2007, Beijing, China.
"The International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL), the National Culture Trade Research Base of China, Communication University of China and the Tsinghua University Internet Behavior Research Institute invite you to participate in the Pre-Olympics Conference on legal, security and privacy issues in information technology law. The Conference is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants to come together, exchange ideas, and discuss emerging issues in IT law and the emerging technological environment."
For more information, please see <http://www.lspi.net/>.
Ninth International Conference on Grey Literature, 10 - 11 December 2007, Antwerp, Belgium.
"GL9 will survey the information landscape by exploiting newfound and existing grey resources, by utilizing tools developed in part or whole for processing grey literature, and by clearly demonstrating uses and applications for research and policy driven settings. "
For more information, please see <http://www.textrelease.com/gl9conference.html>.
10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL 2007), 10 - 13 December 2007, Hanoi, Vietnam.
"The International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL) is the leading event in Asia in digital libraries research. Through a series of nine annual conferences, with focus on the development, implementation and utilization of digital libraries, the ICADL has gained its reputation as an important and well-known international event in the field of computer science and library and information science. It provides an effective forum for IT and information professionals to share and discuss latest development of digital libraries. The Conference has shown a significant impact not only in Asian countries in particular, but also in the whole world in general. "
For more information, please see <http://icadl2007.vista.gov.vn/>.
3rd International Digital Curation Conference "Curating our Digital Scientific Heritage: a Global Collaborative Challenge", 11 - 13 December 2007, Washington, DC, USA.
"In conjunction with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the 3rd International Digital Curation Conference will be held, entitled "Curating our Digital Scientific Heritage: a Global Collaborative Challenge," which will focus on emerging strategy, policy implementation, leading-edge research and practitioner experience, and comprise a mix of peer-reviewed papers, invited presentations and keynote international speakers. This event will follow on from the Fall 2007 CNI Task Force Meeting on 10-11 December 2007 at the same venue, the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel"
For more information, please see <http://www.iiconference.org/>.
3rd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-07), 17 - 19 December 2007, Pune, India.
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In the words of Ron Burgundy, that escalated quickly.
Not long after we mentioned Vontae Davis's perhaps-accidental, perhaps-hacked declaration that Dolphins free agent cornerback Sean Smith was talking to the Chiefs well in advance of the league's sanctioned tampering period, Smith himself has taken to a longer form of the medium to defend the sanctity of the process.
After an initial "Whoa! No I didn't," Smith expounded in a way that makes perfect sense.
"Ok this is getting out of hand," Smith began, on a message that went way over 140 characters. "I've never talked to any other team besides the Miami Dolphins. Yes I talked to vontae and I told him Al Harris (our former coach) got the job up in KC and that I talked to him a few days ago to tell him congrats. That's it! Now why he interpreted that as "talking to KC" idk but there is NOTHING going on! This is ridiculous"
He also tried to take poor Davis off the hook, saying: "Lol He panicked, tried to help… not the best idea but I appreciate it."
Smith presents a reasonable and realistic version of events, that I'm perfectly willing to accept — more than Davis's claim that hackers got to him.


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Interview Date: 02/28/2010
Run Date: 03/11/2010
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So many questions, so little time. That's how we felt when we were given the opportunity to chat with "The Most Interesting Man in the World," otherwise known as actor Jonathan Goldsmith. Really, what could you possibly ask a man whose personality is so magnetic that he can't carry credit cards? Who, every time he swims dolphins appear? Who can speak French…in Russian? We were fortunate enough to sit down with the Dos Equis man himself to ask him a variety of questions, including how he was able to deliver a letter to us without a postage stamp and whether or not we could grow a beard as magnificent as his. We also asked Jonathan how he got involved doing the Dos Equis' commercials, what is the one role he'd love to play outside of "The Most Interesting Man in the World" and what his favorite TV programs are.
Bullz-Eye.com: Hey, Jonathan!
Jonathan Goldsmith: Anthony! How are you?
BE: Great, how are you?
JG: Great. Now, if I slip and call you Tony is that all right?
BE: (Laughs) Yeah, that's not a problem!
JG: That's my best friend's name.
BE: You have a great best friend then – or at the very least, he has a great first name.
JG: Where are you?
BE: I'm in Chicago – how about yourself?
JG: I'm out here in L.A. – 80 degrees, dolphins jumping, oranges on the trees…
BE: Ah, man – that sounds like the life!
JG: How much snow do you have on the ground, you poor bastard?
BE: (Laughs) Probably about three or four inches, you know…today.
JG: Oh my goodness.
BE: Yeah, so soak it up out there, my friend. So what does "The Most Interesting Man in the World" do on a mid-week afternoon?
JG: Well, on this particular afternoon we have eight interviews, but otherwise I'd be working on my boat that we live on, and/or sailing.
BE: I have to ask you, I have yet to be vaccinated for your charm and I hear it's quite contagious.
JG: Well, you're safe on the phone.
BE: I'm safe on the phone? Thank God, because that was one of my concerns.
JG: I can understand that. Do you have any cheesecloth?
BE: Cheesecloth? No.
JG: Ah, you should put it over the receiver.
BE: If we pause for a second I might be able to go get some.
JG: That's all right.
BE: (Laughs) I find it interesting that every time you go for a swim, dolphins appear. What's that like?
JG: It's wonderful. As a matter of fact, yesterday they did appear but we didn't go into the water because it was too cold.
BE: Too cold in L.A.?
JG: Yep, 62 degrees.
BE: So much for global warming. As "The Most Interesting Man in the World," is there anything you can do about that?
JG: Oh, there is no such thing don't you know?
BE: Yeah, where's Al Gore?
JG: Exactly.
BE: (Laughs) Now, I got a letter in the mail from you the other day but get this, no postage was on it.
JG: Sure, that's possible.
BE: How does that work?
JG: With pigeons.
BE: Pigeons?! How do you get them to come to you?
JG: They can't help themselves – they're drawn to me like a lot of animals.
BE: That is amazing.
JG: Yep, same with Tigers.
BE: Can you teach me how to grow one of those spectacular beards or does that just come to you naturally?
JG: It's just in the DNA Tony, so it just might not work for you. But you have to understand something: I am not "The Most Interesting Man in the World" - I'm just the actor that is fortunate enough to play him.
BE: (Laughs) How did you get involved in doing these commercials, Jonathan?
JG: Well, it was just one of those days when I got a call, as I do frequently, from my agent who said they were looking for someone that was going to be good with an improvisation. And the ending to the line, no matter what you were talking about, had to be: "And that's how I arm wrestled Fidel Castro."
BE: (Laughs) Do you enjoy doing these commercials? They're hilarious.
JG: I love them and I will tell you that the best ones are yet to come. We finished them a couple months ago and they're supposed to debut in March and while I think the other ones are funny, I really love the new ones. These writers get better and better and better, so I believe the best is yet to come.
BE: I really enjoy them. Do you like being recognized for playing this character?
JG: (Laughs) Yeah, especially after a long career – I did a lot of stuff! I get recognized sometimes and of course, they don't necessarily know my name, but what has happened now has really been a phenomenon unlike I've ever enjoyed before. It's amazing wherever we go, cars stop us…you know, it's wonderful.
BE: As you were saying, your resume is impressive: Knight Rider, Dallas, Murder She Wrote…but you're recognized by this character and it's okay for you?
JG: Oh it's fine! Well, it wasn't okay before.
BE: (Laughs) Sure.
JG: I had a lot of "almosts" and "maybes" for major stuff. You know, I did a couple of big pilots for big people that just didn't sell, which is usually the case. Like most actors, the golden ring has just been out of reach for me. You get to touch it, but you don't necessary have it – "almosts" and "maybes." And now finally it has turned around completely and everything that had escaped me for all of those years is just now coming to me. Doors are open that were not open before.
BE: This is probably an obvious question but would you like to do other roles?
JG: Sure I do. I would prefer to do what I've always wanted to do but was never allowed to and that's comedy. That's what I want to do. I've played heavies for most of my career.
BE: Well, you're hilarious so hopefully you'll land more roles. Do you want to do TV or film?
JG: Well, if it were the right fit, I'd love to do a TV series. I would certainly like to do a film, but for the first time in my life we're able to pick and choose and if the project is right, I am certainly agreeable and would love to do it.
BE: I'm envisioning a Dos Equis TV series. Would that work or is it only good in small doses?
JG: You know, I don't really know. I know for a long time, and I can certainly understand it, they didn't want me to make appearances on television. We had the biggest opportunities to do so and I felt they were correct because it's not a character that one could sustain. I don't want to be known only as that character.
BE: For sure. What's your most interesting moment in life?
JG: The most interesting moment in life for me was the day my son was born.
BE: Some say that's a pretty good day.
JG: Ah, it was a great day. It was a great day.
BE: If I said to you right now, Jonathan, you can play any role you choose. What role would you like to play?
JG: Well, I actually used to love restoration comedy, but it's hard to say because it's so diverse. I don't know if you've ever heard of it, but there used to be a show called Utopia and it was a marvelous show. I love stuff from the Guinness Art Theater, I love sophisticated comedies, things like Goodfellas – I don't know if you'd call that a comedy - but I just enjoy comedy. Charles Grodin is a very talented actor. Burt Reynolds has done some good stuff. I would love to host a show to tell you the truth. I would love to do a show where I interview people, because I've been in the business so long and actors' lives are filled with comedic times and tough times. The whole industry itself is genuinely funny. Entourage is marvelous show – I think it's the best show on television. I would love to do something like that. There's a whole range of stuff – comedy is comedy. It doesn't matter if it's 14th Century or if it's something like Entourage, which is something I would love to do.
BE: What other current TV shows do you enjoy outside of Entourage? Do you watch The Office?
JG: No, I don't. I don't really watch a lot of television because I'm more of a news junkie to tell you the truth. I love politics. I love to watch MSNBC because some of my favorite pundits are on that if you will. CNN is wonderful, I like Nightline because it's very current and interesting, the CNN specials, Christiane Amanpour is delightful, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann…those are the shows and people I spend my time watching. Oh, and The Food Channel is sheer entertainment and I would love to do something like that.
BE: Do you follow sports being out in L.A.?
JG: Oh sure, I love to watch sports. I used to play football until I was tackled, and then that was that.
BE: (Laughs)
JG: It's no place for a Jewish boy.
BE: (Laughs) I hear L.A. may get a football team in 2011. What are your thoughts?
JG: Well I hope so – and I hope it's all female.
BE: (Laughs) I don't know how the female athletes would like playing against the rest of the NFL.
JG: Well, that's why we have to have an all-female league and I'm pushing for that.
BE: I don't blame you. Maybe "The Most Interesting Man in the World" could be the league's spokesperson.
JG: Spokesperson, head coach, trainer and physical therapist.
BE: (Laughs) Well Jonathan, I don't want to keep you too much longer because I know you have a lot of interviews today. I really appreciate your sitting down and talking with us and just sharing your thoughts.
JG: Sure. Sometimes I get to Chicago, if so, I'd like to say hello to you and shake your hand. You're a delight to work with.
BE: Well, I appreciate that – thank you. I would love to sit down with you and just talk careers someday. I love the Dos Equis "careers" commercial when you tell people to figure out what they can't do and then don't do it.
JG: (Laughs) Send money, I'll come, stay a couple of days, we'll hit The Palmer House, The Buttery if that's still around and my favorite steak house in the world, which sounds like Gloria Leogettis but that's not it. Georgia something?
BE: Gene & Georgetti?
JG: That's it! Best steak I've ever had in the Midwest.
BE: You should come out for the Taste of Chicago – you'll get to try everything.
JG: Ok, we'll work out something.
BE: Thanks, Jonathan!
JG: My pleasure, Anthony.
BE: Take care.
JG: Take care, bye.
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Brisbane hosted its first Ana and Vlade Divac Humanitarian Foundation cocktail evening fundraiser
International Basketball star Vlade Divac was back in Australia to raise money for his humanitarian projects as part of the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation.
For the first time this Cocktail Fundraiser was held in Brisbane on Thursday, 30 January at the FireWorks Gallery in conjunction with Theme and Variations Piano Services and 'balkanbeatsbrisbane'. This fundraiser, as all such humanitarian endeavours held on behalf of the Divan Foundation, will enable better living conditions for the refugee families and internally displaced people in Serbia. 'Collective Centres' were established 20 years ago as a safe alternative to a war zone but now in 2014 the living conditions are no longer considered acceptable and funds raised will provide housing for the remaining 143 (out of 515) families still in these centres.
It was Serbian-born, Australian-based, internationally renowned operatic mezzo soprano Milijana Nikolic, who was so moved by the organisation's mission for improving the lives of those still affected by the war, that she initiated this Brisbane fundraising event. "I lived in Serbia at the time of the last war and understand the feeling of hopelessness and the struggle for survival", she said. "I also know what it means when you give someone a new chance that may forever change their life for the better and that's why I wanted to support the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation". Milijana and her husband, Italian-Australian tenor, Rosario La Spina performed arias from the opera Carmen and Rigoletto, as well as popular Italian canzone and selected works by Serbian composers at the successful cocktail evening, which gathered a diverse crowd, including many Serbian young adults.
"In the last two years I have met so many wonderful people in Australia, both from the Serbian Diaspora and people born in Australia", said Vlade Divac, former NBA player, who always looks forward to returning to Australia. "With your help, we managed to provide homes for 505 families in Serbia". He greatly enjoyed the ability to meet people for the first time in Brisbane and making even more friends in Australia. His Grace Bishop Irinej of the Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand added to the evening with his presence and by speaking from his personal experience in witness to the many accomplishments of the Divac Foundation. Also present was Ms Ana Koeshall, Director of the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation from Belgrade. The evening was graciously hosted by Danica Majstorovic and Michael Eather, owners of the Fireworks Gallery. The guests enjoyed a wonderful selection of traditional Serbian food and drinks, followed by a Silent Auction.
Source: soc.org.au