MINERVAeC Final Conference
European standards and guidelines for the access to digital cultural content

Leipzig - Germany, 24-26 September 2008

organised by MINERVAeC, in cooperation with:
- Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
- Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

Venue:
Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
Alte Börse
Naschmarkt
04109 Leipzig
www.stadtgeschichtliches-museum-leipzig.de

Programme overview

Wednesday, 24 September 2008

15,00: Guided tours to museums in Leipzig

Thursday, 25 September 2008

9.30 Registration

10,00 Welcoming

• Introduction and scope of the conference
• EC strategy for Digital Libraries: recommendations, guidelines and implementation
• Key note speeches

Afternoon

Session 1: Good practices in digitisation
Presentation of good practices on the adoption of the MINERVA technical guidelines, the application of the MINERVA quality principles and GIS

Friday, 26 September 2008

Morning

Session 2: Standard and guidelines applied in Germany

Session 3: New MINERVA products
Presentation of the new edition of the MINERVA Technical guidelines; MINERVA Guide to Intellectual Property Rights and Other Legal Issues; Handbook on cultural web user interaction

Afternoon

Session 4: MINERVA impact
National representatives will discuss about national strategies and programmes influenced by MINERVA, the promotion of standards at national level, the reasons for a MINERVA follow up

Session 5: How to go forward supporting cooperation and coordination in the digital world

Conclusions

5 p.m. Closing remarks

 

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