[OAI-implementers] invitation to open archives forum workshop in europe, May 13.-14. Pisa, Italy
Susanne Dobratz
susanne.dobratz@rz.hu-berlin.de
Mon, 08 Apr 2002 20:44:48 +0200
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Dear OAI-implementers Members,
apologies for cross-posting.
I'd like to invite you to a workshop about OAI usage and experience in
Europe.
The organizing committee is very pleased to invite you to take part
in the 1st Open Archive Forum Workshop that will be held in Pisa on May
13-14, 2002 . The workshop aims to set up a European forum on the open
archive activities. In particular, it intends to bring together
organizations which works in the field in order to favor the exchange of
information and the establishment of new collaborative links.
Best wishes,
Susanne Dobratz.
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Dear OAI-implementers Members,</span></font></p>
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apologies for cross-posting.<br>
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I'd like to invite you to a workshop about OAI usage and experience in Europe.</span></font></p>
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The organizing committee is very pleased to invite you to take part <span class="200085813-03042002"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New" color="#000000">
in</font> </font></span>the 1st Open Archive Forum Workshop that will
be held in </span></font><st1:city><st1:place><font face="Courier New"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
Pisa</span></font></st1:place></st1:city><font face="Courier New"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
on </span></font><st1:date year="2002" day="13" month="5"><font face="Courier New"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
May 13-14, 2002</span></font></st1:date><font face="Courier New"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
. The workshop aims to set up a European forum on the open archive activities.
In particular, it intends to bring together organizations which works in
the field in order to <span class="SpellE">favor</span> the exchange of
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Best wishes,<o:p><br>
Susanne Dobratz.</o:p></span></font>
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The “open archives” approach is gaining popularity in the scientific, cultural
and learning communities. The technology adopted makes it possible to disseminate
and exploit content that is currently not accessible to the wider public
at a relatively low cost. If the full potential of this approach is fulfilled,
it will have a significant impact on the building of new and more powerful
service provision.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The Open Archives Forum (OA-Forum) is an EC 5th Framework Accompanying
Measure for supporting the dissemination of information about European activities
that adopt an open-archives based approach. OA-Forum aims at building a forum
where European and national initiatives that use this approach can share
their experiences and co-ordinate the development of software tools and
infrastructures. Special attention is dedicated to those initiatives which
are implementing or using the Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting
Protocol (<</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><a href="http://www.openarchives.org/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font color="#000000">
http://www.openarchives.org</font></span></a>
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>)<span class="200085813-03042002">, </span> but the forum is also
<span class="200085813-03042002">alert </span>to other emerging solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The First OA-Forum Workshop seeks to bring together researchers, technical
implementers and project managers who are experimenting, or are willing to
experiment, <span class="200085813-03042002">with </span>the open archives
approach. The goal of the Workshop is to set up the basis of a European
forum for sharing experiences and solutions<span class="200085813-03042002">
, </span> and encouraging networking among projects. In order to achieve
this objective<span class="200085813-03042002">, </span> the workshop
will consists of presentations given by invited speakers <span class="200085813-03042002">
as well as </span>small <span class="GramE">group</span> sessions
where participants can discuss key issues, possibly raised during the workshop
itself. Possible topics are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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* Communities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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What communities can benefit from the open archive approach? Do incentives,
technical and organisational challenges, etc. differ in different communities?
Which communities are already implementing the Open Archive Initiative Metadata
Harvesting Protocol or other solutions? What kinds of services are emerging?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
* Definition of the key vocabulary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Can we agree <span class="GramE">on<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>basic</span> terminology? What are the main concepts that are used
in the open archive everyday activity<span class="GramE">?</span> Do these
concepts differ for different communities? Are the definitions of these concepts
clear? Can we jointly build a <span class="GramE">glossary<span class="200085813-03042002">
? </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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* Organizational Issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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What lessons about organisational <span class="GramE">issues,</span> both
barriers to adoption and positive factors, can we learn from early adopters?
Which <span class="GramE">are</span> the business models adopted? Are there
issues related to subject-based archives as opposed to institutional-based
archives? Can organisations reach consensus on metadata formats?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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* Technical issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Which kind of software tools are needed to support the open archives approach?
What tools are already being used? Who is developing them? <span class="GramE">
In </span></span><st1:place><span class="GramE"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
Europe</span></span></st1:place><span class="GramE"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
?</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
Elsewhere? Are they available to other implementers? Is there an appropriate
“Open Source” environment for these tools?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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* Building services in an open archive environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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What lessons have been learned by early-adopters of the open archives approach
in the context of service provision? Can we extend openness to services?
How can this be supported? <span class="200085813-03042002">What </span>
kind of organizational and technical infrastructures are needed to facilitate
this development?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The discussions and results of the Workshop will be summarised in a Workshop
report that will be published on the OA-Forum Website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Who should <span class="GramE">attend</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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People from organisations or projects that implement, or are considering
<span class="GramE"><span class="200085813-03042002">implementing</span></span>
, open archives. Technical, research and project managers who are interested
<span class="200085813-03042002">in </span>the open archives approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Invited Speakers (to be completed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Fabio Asnicar, International School For Advanced Studies, Italy -- </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span class="320030110-03042002"><span class="200085813-03042002">
</span></span>Francoise<span class="200085813-03042002"> Genova </span>
, Strasbourg Astronomical Data <span class="SpellE">Center</span>, France<span class="320030110-03042002">
-- </span>Michael Nelson, Old <span class="SpellE">Dominon</span>
University, USA <span class="320030110-03042002"> -- </span></span><st1:personname><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
Umberto <span class="SpellE">Straccia</span></span></st1:personname><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
, IEI-CNR, Italy <span class="320030110-03042002"> -- </span>
Martin <span class="SpellE">Veseley</span>, CERN, Switzerland <span class="320030110-03042002">
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13-14th <span class="SpellE">May</span>, 2002<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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CNR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Area della Ricerca di Pisa,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Via G. <span class="SpellE">Moruzzi</span>, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pisa (<span class="SpellE">Italy</span>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The registration form and the workshop agenda <span class="200085813-03042002">
are available </span>on the Project Website (</span><a href="http://www.oaforum.org"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><font color="#000000">
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Booking deadline: </span><st1:date year="2002" day="19" month="4"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; ">
19 April 2002</span></st1:date><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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castelli@iei.pi.cnr.it</font></a>
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