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museumexperts.com is a Web site for Museum and Cultural Heritage Professionals. It offers both a museum directory listing almost 200 European Museums and a directory of Museum professionals. The site also provides general Museum News and information about calls for tender in the Museum world. museumexperts.com has recently gone bilingual, all the pages now appear in French and English.
Further Information?: Visit the Museum Experts site
or contact Jean Francois Grunfeld
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SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) is pleased to announce the introduction of a new section dedicated to European Studies.
The new EuroStudies gateway will provide access to Internet resources about Europe as a region, ranging from issues of international security to the introduction of the Euro. In addition, it will cover information provided by individual European countries, with a particular emphasis on those located in Central and Eastern Europe, which are generally under-represented on the Web.
Further Information?: To access the new gateway, go to the SOSIG site
or contact Debra Hiom
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On the surface the performance of e-learning over the last two years looks good. A 70% year-on-year increase in revenues earned by suppliers suggests that we are all taking to e- learning. While that may be true in some countries, in others the growth is comparatively slow. Furthermore a large number of teachers and trainers are seriously worried about their ability to make the most of new technologies.
This mixture of good and bad news typifies the information in two surveys on e-learning published by Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training), the European Union’s centre for information on vocational training. Respondents to the survey E-learning and training in Europe indicate that e-learning is now responsible for over 30% of the earnings of private and public sector training suppliers, compared to 18% two years ago. Figures gathered from a range of e-learning suppliers and consumers across the European Union show Finland, France, Germany and Spain adopting the new methods of learning with enthusiasm but in other countries they are not so popular.
Further Information?: Extracts from both surveys can be found on the European Training Village Web site
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Gunnel Stjernvall originator of the Renaissance Library Calendar is looking for jokes about librarians and libraries. for example:
"Do you know how many librarians it takes to screw in a light bulb?
No, but I know where you can look it up!"
Further Information?: You can either email your jokes and cartoons to Gunnel
or send them by post:
Ms Gunnel Stjernvall
ISIM
Stora Vstergatan 45
SE-271 45 Ystad
Sweden.
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Where?: Central / West London venue, UK
When?: 20 - 24 May 2002
80% of audio and video archive content is at risk, according to the results of EC project PRESTO (Preservation Technology a project about new technology and processes to make preservation projects more cost effective). Unless preservation procedures are funded and implemented quickly unique heritage and commercially valuable material will be lost. This workshop will provide, in a concentrated three days, the combined experience of ten major European broadcast archives, and the new technology developed by PRESTO.
The workshop will cover funding, selection-criteria, monitoring, the preservation factory, quality, metadata, new technologies, asset management and much more. You will also get tours of actual preservation projects for audio, video and film in the London area and a copy of the PRESTO Multimedia Preservation Handbook.
The cost will be 250 euros for the three days, which includes three lunches and one formal dinner, but does NOT include accommodation. For members of PRESTO, IASA (International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives), and FIAT (International Federation of Television Archives) the cost of the conference itself is free but there will be a 50 euros charge for the lunches and dinner.
Further Information?: Email Richard Wright
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Where?: Central / West London venue, UK
When?: 29 - 30 April 2002
In addition to print media, which are likely to retain their importance in many areas, networked publications, interactive and multimedia products and services will play an increasingly important role over the next few years. In order to structure the vast flood of information for the benefit of the individual scholar and decision-maker, and ultimately for every private citizen, WWW gateways and portals will need to be created and continuously upgraded. This task requires international co-operation on both technology and content.
Nine European national libraries together with the Conference of European National Librarians are constructing the basis for such a portal concept in the project “The European Library” (TEL). “The European Library” (TEL) is an accompanying measure within the framework of the Key Action 3 of the IST-Programme (Information Societies Technologies) of the EU.
On the basis of the decentralized digital and conventional holdings of the participating national libraries the technical, legal and context platform of a pan-European information server shall be created. In future the users can search all online catalogues of the European national libraries simultaneously with a single inquiry, proceeding from there to access their digital and conventional holdings and services. Definition and clarification of legal issues concerning copyright and licensing as well as a business model play an important role.
The results of the first half period are going to be presented at the international conference. External speakers are going to supplement and to comment the Tel presentations in five topics.
The topics:
Participation is free of charge.
Further Information?: Visit the European Library site
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Date of Page: 11 February 2001
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ISSN 1471-3225 |