Dr.Ramesh C.Gaur Librarian & Head (KN) Tele: 23385442 F.No. KN/RL/Admn.1(33)/2009 Dated: 3rd January, 2009 Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) - a premier Academic and Research Institute in the field of Art and Culture is organizing a two days Seminar on "Digital Preservation and Access to Indian Cultural Heritage with special reference to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources" during 31st January and 1st February, 2009 (Saturday and Sunday). During the Seminar following topics will be discussed:- (i) In-house Digitization & Digital Library Initiatives at IGNCA. (ii) Development of Digital Repository/Digital Archive. (iii) Electronic Gateways to Indian Cultural Heritage Resources. (iv) Open access to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources. (v) Digital Preservation Challenges. (vi) Metadata Standards. (vii) Discussion on National Electronic Manuscript Library. (viii) Copyright issues concerning Tangible and Intangible Cultural Resources. (ix) Panel discussion on Digital Preservation and Access to Indian Cultural Heritage with Special reference to IGNCA Cultural Knowledge Resources. The Experts in the field of digitization digital preservation, digital archiving and digital libraries from all over India have been invited to speak on above topics. Some of the Eminent Speakers are as given below:- (i) Dr. Jadgish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET, Ahamdabad (ii) Dr. H.K.Kaul, Director, DELNET (iii) Dr. R.K.Chaddha, Joint Secretary, Parliament of India, New Delhi (iv) Dr. A.L.Moorthy, Director, DESIDOC (v) Prof. G.C.Tripathi, Professor, IGNCA, New Delhi. (vi) Dr. Usha Munishi, Librarian, I.I.P.A (vii) Mr. N.V.Satyanarayan, Bangalore. (viii) Dr. ARD Prasad, Associate Professor, DRTC, Bangalore. (ix) Dr. Ramesh C.Gaur, Librarian & Head (KN), IGNCA, New Delhi (x) Shri P.Jha, Director, CIL, IGNCA, New Delhi (xi) Mr. Aditya Jha, BHU, Varanasi. (xii) Mr. Dalal, Advocate (xiii) Dr. Uma Kanjilal, IGNOU (xiv) Dr. Kalpana Dasgupta, Former Director, CSL, New Delhi (xv) Shri Sukumar Das, Publisher (xvi) Dr. S. Majumdar, Librarian Delhi University. (xvii) Dr. Devika, DRTC, Bangalore (xviii) Some more Speakers from IT Industry (xix) Demonstration of International Digital Archiving Systems. The some of the objectives of the Seminar are as given below:- a. On the basis of above discussions preparation of a comprehensive plan for Development of Digital Archive. b. To draft a proposal for National Electronic Manuscripts Library c. To draft a proposal for Digital Preservation Policy. d. To explore the possibilities of creation of Electronic Information Gateway. e. To discuss Open Access vis-a-vis restricted access. Participation to the Seminar is open to all Library & Information Professionals in India, however, preference will be given to the Libraries who are engaged in such issues and Libraries dealing with Art and Humanity as a subject. The participation will be on first come first basis. The last date for receiving of registration form is 24th January, 2009. There will be no travel support available for the participants. However, we may help them in getting some Guest House accommodation, if request is received well in advance. The detailed programme will be sent soon. All presentations are invited presentations only, however we may consider few presentations based on case studies dealing with digital archiving/Digital Repository/Open Access etc. All Heads of Libraries may depute their staff or Interested Professionals may send their names to the undersigned or to Dr. O.N.Chaubey, through e-mail, fax or by post in a prescribed registration form as given below:- __________________________________________________________________________ INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS First Name: .. ........... ...................... LastName: ..................................... Title/Designation:.................. Sex:....... Type of Organization:............................... Mailing Address:.................................. City: ........................ Postal Code: ................................... State:........................Country:............. Telephone: (O) .................... (Res) .......................... Mobile:...................... Fax: .......................... Website:........................................ E-Mails.................................. Date:............................ Signature of Participant ______________________________________________________________________________________ Please mail the completed Registration Forms to: Dr. Ramesh C.Gaur, Librarian & Head (Kala Nidhi Division) Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) (An Autonomous Body under Ministry of Culture, Government of India). No. 5, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110 001 Ph. No. 23385442 Fax No. 23385884 Mobil No. 9810487158 E-mail: gaur@ignca.nic.in; rcgaur@bol.net.in or Dr. O.N.Chaubey Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) (An Autonomous Body under Ministry of Culture, Government of India). No. 5, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi - 110 001 Ph. No. 23385442 Fax No. 23385884 Mobil No. 9868103286 E-mail: onchaubey@gmail.com; onchaubey@yahoo.com With best regards, Yours sincerely, (Ramesh C.Gaur) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.