Dec 21, 2010

DL.org is deligthted to announce the Workshop on Digital Libraries & Open Access. Interoperability Strategies, 4 February 2011 at the British Academy in London, bringing insights from international experts.

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Posted by: stephanie

The DL.org Workshop in London will gather international experts on Digital Libraries and Open Access Repositories (OARs), providing a forum in which to:

• Trigger the multi-disciplinary debate about research on Digital Libraries and Open Access.
• Discuss the DL.org project results, and existing frameworks and best practices for interoperability within the communities of practice.
• Propose common strategies for interoperability: start discussing how to implement a mechanism for exchanging, sharing and integrating results between DLs and OARs communities.
• Create new connections and partnerships, and explore ways for a closer cooperation between researchers and the communities of practice.

Experts will shed light on Data Libraries: A matter of trust, reliability, quality, Hans Pfeiffenberger, Alfred Wegener Institute; The Sonex Workgroup on Interoperability, Pablo De Castro, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Open Repositories and interoperability challenges in UK, Peter Burnhill, EDINA - University of Edinburgh; The “many ways” to interoperability. Outcomes and challenges within DRIVER and OpenAIRE, Wolfram Horstmann, University of Bielefeld and Future scenarios on Open Access, Heather Joseph, SPARC U.S.

DL.org insights on the Reference Model and Cookbook, as well as Policy and Quality will be delivered by Vittore Casarosa and Leonardo Candela from the National Research Council of Italy and by Perla Innocenti and Giuseppina Vullo from the Univeristy of Glasgow, respectively.

The Workshop concludes with a Round Table chaired by Professor Seamus Ross, Dean of the Faculty of Information, Toronto University.

Participation is limited by venue capacity, so early registration is recommended. For more information.

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