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EVA/MINERVA 2007 Jerusalem Conference Preliminary Program

EVA/MINERVA 2007 Jerusalem Conference Preliminary Program

 

Tuesday, November 20

 

 

9.00-10.00                Registration

 

 

 

10.00-11.30

Parallel Morning Sessions

Pushing the cultural envelope: spatially and socially

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPR – Copyrights: Update on the Current Issues Challenging Us

 

 

Chair Moderator:  Amalyah Keshet           

Israel Museum, Coordinator of the MINERVA Israel WG on IPR

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel

Morning

Session

10:00 -11:30

 Introduction

Dr Kim Treiger-Bar-Am    bio
Bar Ilan University

Perils of Reproduction: Transformative Use and Moral Rights
The Natural History Museum in London prepared a catalogue for an exhibition about dinosaurs, and reproduced a series of cartoons made by the artist Bill Tidy.  In the catalogue, the cartoons were reproduced in reduced size and changed color.  The artist sued for copyright infringement and violation of moral rights.  Was the reproduction close enough to the original to be considered a copyright infringement?  Was it changed enough so as to constitute a moral rights violation?  Can it be a violation of both? 

Ethel Chait Stein     bio
Master of  Law  specializing in  Intellectual Property Law and ICT
Beware:  Shrink- Wrap & Click-Wrap Contracts

See presentation

Lital  Leichtag  bio and Netheniel Davidi bio

Center for Technology and Law, University of Haifa – CC Israel

Creative Commons  Licenses in Digital Works – Why and Howl

 

 

 

 

 

Thinking locally - acting globally

Chair: Dr. Yaara Bar On    bio
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel

Morning

Session

10:00 -11:30

Moshe Caine             bio

Expert in digital imaging, virtual reality and interactive communications

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem,

Dr Yusuf Natsheh    bio

Specialist in Islamic Architecture and the architectural heritage of Jerusalem’s Old City

Al Quds University

Prof. Michael Turner        bio

UNESCO Chair in Urban Design and Conservation Studies

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

The PUSH project: A tri-lateral regional project aimed at fostering mutual respect, dialogue, discovery and presentation of our cultural and natural heritage.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Yaarah Bar On  bio
Vice President, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

Art, Architecture and Design Archives - The National Art Register

Prof. Zvi Efrat
Architect, Head of the Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

Richard Rabnett       bio
Architect, Am-gar Project Management, Jerusalem

International Design Competition for   Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design new campus : A Digital Approach to Breaking the Participation Barrier and Promoting Cultural Diversity

http://www.bezalel-competition.org.il

Maria Teresa Natale           bio
MINERVA EC WP5 / Italian Association of Libraries

MINERVA EC for cultural websites: from the quality principles to the Handbook on cultural websites user interaction
              See presentation

The presentation will show what MINERVA Project has produced until now in the field of cultural websites. Work in progress of the Handbook on cultural websites user interaction will be introduced and commented.

 

 

 

 

Jerusalem and its hidden treasures

Chair: Dr. Merav Mack, University of London

 

 

 

Parallel

Morning

Session

10:00 -11:30

Jerusalem: preserving archives and libraries

http://www.writtenheritage.org/EN/index.html

See Abstract

Jerusalem stands at the heart of the religious and cultural heritage of millions of people throughout the world and the city's written treasures have enormous historical, cultural and educational value. The primary goal of this project is to carry out a survey of the archives, libraries and private collections of Jerusalem. The longer term vision is to see the written treasures of Jerusalem free from risks and properly preserved for future generations.

Dr. Merav Mack, Survey of Archives and Libraries of Jerusalem, Institute of Historical Research, University of London       bio

Peter Jacobsen, Survey of Archives and Libraries of Jerusalem, Institute of Historical Research, University of London       bio

Qasem abu Harb , Researcher of the Palestinian Libraries and Archives, Survey of Archives and Libraries of Jerusalem , Institute of Historical Research, University of London   bio

Khader  Salameh, Director of Al Aqsa Library

Daniel Alemu, Researcher of the Ethiopian libraries, Survey of Archives and Libraries of Jerusalem , Institute of Historical Research, University of London bio

Yehuda Horovitz, Researcher of the Ultraorthodox libraries and archives, Survey of Archives and Libraries of Jerusalem , Institute of Historical Research, University of London   bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.30-13.00

Plenary Session

Stitching it all up: The European Digital Library and the role of National Libraries in the Digital Age

 

 

 

Chair:

Dov Winer, Coordinator MINERVA Israel Network

opening address

 

 

Bernard Salome       bio

Special Representative of the Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

 

 

Keynote address

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina: its historical background, digitization activities and collaboration on European projects and frameworks.

http://www.bibalex.org/

See Abstract

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the New Library of Alexandria, is dedicated to recapture the spirit of the original. It aspires to be:

  • The World’s window on Egypt;
  • Egypt’s window on the world; 
  • A leading institution of the digital age;
  • and above all  -  A center for learning, tolerance, dialogue and understanding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rossella Caffo          bio

Coordination of Project MICHAEL and MINERVA EC

Director of the Library of Modern  and Contemporary History - Rome

Ministry of Culture (MIBAC) - Italy

MICHAEL and the European Digital Library

See presentation

http://www.michael-culture.org

MICHAEL aims to provide simple and quick access to the digital collections of museums, libraries and archives from different European countries. Work began in June 2004, with the focus on implementing an innovative multi-lingual open source platform that will be equipped with a search engine. By 2007, the MICHAEL platform will be capable of retrieving digital collections that are dispersed across Europe.

The services will also support cultural tourism, the creative industries and other interests. The project consortium includes members from the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom with representatives from public authorities, research institutions and private companies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jill Cousins    bio

Director, The European Library, The Netherlands

The European Library – how it connects with and what steps are being undertaken to get to the European Digital Library?

http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org

The European Library is a free services that offers access to the resources of the 47 national libraries of Europe. Currently the European Library gives access to 150 million entries across Europe. A national library is the library specifically established by a country to store its information database. National libraries usually host the legal deposit and the bibliographic control centre of a nation. The European Library is a central pillar of the envisioned European Digital Library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shmuel Har Noy

Director, The Jewish National and University Library (JNUL)

 

 

The Israel National Library –  an old vision finds its best expression in the digital age

http://jnul.huji.ac.il     See presentation

The decision to establish a National Library for the Jewish People was taken in 1897. Consolidated in 1925 and affiliated to the Hebrew University, the library is now being established as an autonomous authority. The legislation is now being completed by the Israeli Parliament which will bestow on it statutory status and the tools it will need to carry out its mission. The digitization projects in which it has been engaged over the last years, have had a strategic role in this process. The digitized treasures of the library will continue to play a critical role towards the integration of Israel not only into the international community of the Jewish People, but also within the Mediterranean and Europe communities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.00 -14.30            Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.30-16.00

Parallel Afternoon Sessions

Crossing boundaries, past, future and the physical

 

 

 

 

 

Workshop: Long-term preservation of digital records

 

 

Chair: Prof. Kenneth Preiss, Ben Gurion University

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel

afternoon

sessions

14:30 -16:00

The workshop will present the work being carried out at the main European projects dealing with long term preservation and accessibility to digital records: CASPAR,  PLANETS and DPE.

Proliferation of digital content has resulted in an increasingly urgent need for commercial organisations, the public sector and individual users to protect their digital resources from the risk of getting lost. To a much greater extent as this is the case with analogue materials, the rapid pace of change of electronic devices and formats for recording, storage and use represents a threat to the long-term accessibility of digital objects.

Digital Preservation Europe (DPE): http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/

Planets: http://www.planets-project.eu/

CASPAR: http://www.casparpreserves.eu/

Maurizio Lunghi
Scientific Director, Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale – DPE Partner

Introduction of the EC-funded framework, policies, programmes and the cooperation among the three projects