OPEN ACCESS TO HIDDEN RESOURCES(2nd Open Archives Forum Workshop)

[jingyuan wang <jingyuan.wang _at__ rz.hu-berlin.de>]

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"Open Access to Hidden Resources" - the 2nd Open Archives Forum
Workshop, Lisbon, 6-7 December, 2002 - will bring together European
organisations working in the archival and library fields in order to
explore whether, and under what conditions, the open archive approach
is viable for these organisations, and to promote new collaborative
links aimed at building interoperable infrastructures. Registration is
now open at http://www.oaforum.org/workshops/ , with a booking deadline
of 1 November. In addition, an introductory tutorial on the Open
Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) is
offered on the afternoon of 5 December.

The objective of this workshop is to bring together organizations that
work in the archival and library fields in order explore whether, and
under what conditions, the open archive approach is viable for these
organisations. It also intends to promote the establishment of new
collaborative links aimed at building interoperable infrastructures
for supporting the dissemination of both archival and library
resources. A tutorial on the implementation of the Open Archives
Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) will be held the
afternoon before the workshop for those people who are not familiar
with this protocol.

The workshop will consist of both presentations given by invited
speakers and small groups' breakout sessions where the participants
can discuss key issues, such as:
* How far OAI-PMH is applicable to the electronic records of
traditional archives, whether historical or "born digital";
* To what extent OAI-PMH and Dublin Core have been tried out and
accepted in the library community;
* Can OAI-PMH enable innovative ways of cross-domain collaboration
between archival and library communities?
* How far OAI-PMH crosses over with other interoperability standards
and concepts, such as Z39.50 and web services.



Jingyuan Wang



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