COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 20 (U.S. Newswire) -- The National Archives and Records Administration will host its 18th annual preservation conference on Thursday, March 27, 2003. This year's theme will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of digital and analog formats in the context of reformatting archival information
from one medium to another - such as paper to microfilm or to digital images - for the purpose of preserving permanently valuable information. The conference is open to interested members of the public and the media.

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ALBANY, NY (February 20, 2003)- "Scholarly Publishing and Archiving on the Web: New Opportunities"  will be held on April 7, 8:45 am-4 pm, at UAlbany's Campus Center. Reservations for the symposium are due Tuesday, April 1, 2003.
  The day-long symposium will focus on the changing nature of academic publishing and scholarly communication.  Digital full-text and image files are becoming the norm for academic communication. Scholars now use world-wide networks to distribute articles, data, and images to colleagues. Commercial publishing is no longer the only option for disciplinary peers and the scholarly community.
  This symposium, the fifth in the last several years to be offered by Albany's University Libraries, will explore emerging models for Web publishing and archiving electronic scholarship using institutional venues. The symposium will present several  options to facilitate self-publishing and institutional  archiving by scholars.  Aditionally, speakers will discuss various implications and issues surrounding scholarly electronic publishing and the creation of repositories.
  Speakers will include Professor Steven Harnad , Director of  the Cognitive Sciences Centre of the University of  Southampton, who will present the keynote talk regarding scholarly publishing and archiving. Other speakers include: Simeon Warner, from Cornell University; Nancy Harm, from Luna Imaging Inc.; Professor Rob Kling, from Indiana  University; Maria Bonn, Director of the Scholarly Publishing  Office of the University of Michigan ; Susan Gibbons from the  University of Rochester Institutional Repository System; Catherine Candee, from the California Digital Library; and  Professor Timothy Stephen, from the University at Albany Communications Department.

Source: Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List, 24 Feb 02003

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Sun is now announcing the launch of its Knowledge Enterprise Special
Interest Group (KESIG), a forum for Sun to communicate with
institutions and firms worldwide involved in E-Learning, Portals,
Digital Libraries, and Content Management. KESIG members will get
periodic messages from Sun on relevant Sun and third party
technologies, new publications, and leading edge projects in Higher
Education. All communications will be screened and moderated by Sun to
avoid spamming and inappropriate advertisements. To join please go to:

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/commofinterest/elearning/sig/

Source: Part of DIGLIB mailing list message colophon, 2003-02-24.

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