English Corner
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-07.htm
Peter Suber's OA newsletter is online.
Excerpt:
Here's a less obvious but even more fundamental opportunity. Knowledge is "non-rivalrous" (to use a term from the economics of property). That means we can share it without dividing it, and consume it without diminishing it. My possession and use of some knowledge doesn't exclude your possession and use of the same knowledge. By contrast, familiar physical goods like land, food, and machines are all rivalrous. To share them, we must take turns or settle for portions.
We're very fortunate that knowledge is non-rivalrous. We can all know the same facts or ideas without my knowledge blocking yours or yours blocking mine. We're even more fortunate that speech is non-rivalrous, since this allows us to articulate and share our knowledge without reducing it to a rivalrous commodity. We can all hear the same spoken words without my listening blocking yours or yours blocking mine.
But for all of human history before the digital age, writing has been rivalrous. Written or recorded knowledge became a material object like stone, clay, skin, or paper, which was necessarily rivalrous. Even when we had the printing press and photocopying machines, and could make many copies at comparatively low cost, each copy was a rivalrous material object. Despite its revolutionary impact, writing was hobbled from birth by this tragic limitation. We could only record non-rivalrous knowledge in a rivalrous form, much as we could only translate one poem into a different poem.
Digital texts, however, are non-rivalrous. If we all have the equipment to support them, then we can all have copies of the same digital text without excluding one another, without multiplying our costs, and without depleting our resources. Digital writing is the first kind of writing that does not reduce recorded knowledge to a rivalrous object.
I've heard physicists refer to the prospect of room-temperature superconductivity as a "gift of nature". Unfortunately, it's not quite within reach. But the non-rivalrous property of digital information is a gift of nature that we've already grasped and put to work. We only have to stand back a moment to appreciate it. To our ancestors, the prospect of recording knowledge in precise language, symbols, sounds, or images without reducing the record to a rivalrous object would have been magical or miraculous. But we do it every day now and it's losing its magic.
The danger is not that we already take it for granted but that might stop short and fail to take full advantage of it. The point is not to marvel at its potential but to seize the opportunities it creates. It can transform knowledge-sharing if we let it.
We take advantage of this gift when we post information online and permit free access and unrestricted use for every user with an internet connection. But if we charge for access, enforce exclusion, create artificial scarcity, or prohibit essential uses, then we treat the non-rivalrous digital file like a rivalrous physical object, dismiss the opportunity, and spurn the gift.
Peter Suber's OA newsletter is online.
Excerpt:
Here's a less obvious but even more fundamental opportunity. Knowledge is "non-rivalrous" (to use a term from the economics of property). That means we can share it without dividing it, and consume it without diminishing it. My possession and use of some knowledge doesn't exclude your possession and use of the same knowledge. By contrast, familiar physical goods like land, food, and machines are all rivalrous. To share them, we must take turns or settle for portions.
We're very fortunate that knowledge is non-rivalrous. We can all know the same facts or ideas without my knowledge blocking yours or yours blocking mine. We're even more fortunate that speech is non-rivalrous, since this allows us to articulate and share our knowledge without reducing it to a rivalrous commodity. We can all hear the same spoken words without my listening blocking yours or yours blocking mine.
But for all of human history before the digital age, writing has been rivalrous. Written or recorded knowledge became a material object like stone, clay, skin, or paper, which was necessarily rivalrous. Even when we had the printing press and photocopying machines, and could make many copies at comparatively low cost, each copy was a rivalrous material object. Despite its revolutionary impact, writing was hobbled from birth by this tragic limitation. We could only record non-rivalrous knowledge in a rivalrous form, much as we could only translate one poem into a different poem.
Digital texts, however, are non-rivalrous. If we all have the equipment to support them, then we can all have copies of the same digital text without excluding one another, without multiplying our costs, and without depleting our resources. Digital writing is the first kind of writing that does not reduce recorded knowledge to a rivalrous object.
I've heard physicists refer to the prospect of room-temperature superconductivity as a "gift of nature". Unfortunately, it's not quite within reach. But the non-rivalrous property of digital information is a gift of nature that we've already grasped and put to work. We only have to stand back a moment to appreciate it. To our ancestors, the prospect of recording knowledge in precise language, symbols, sounds, or images without reducing the record to a rivalrous object would have been magical or miraculous. But we do it every day now and it's losing its magic.
The danger is not that we already take it for granted but that might stop short and fail to take full advantage of it. The point is not to marvel at its potential but to seize the opportunities it creates. It can transform knowledge-sharing if we let it.
We take advantage of this gift when we post information online and permit free access and unrestricted use for every user with an internet connection. But if we charge for access, enforce exclusion, create artificial scarcity, or prohibit essential uses, then we treat the non-rivalrous digital file like a rivalrous physical object, dismiss the opportunity, and spurn the gift.
KlausGraf - am Montag, 2. Juli 2007, 18:34 - Rubrik: English Corner
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ERIC is pleased to announce release of the first wave of content from the Microfiche Digitization Project. This first release provides full text access to more than 20,000 documents published on microfiche by ERIC between 1988 and 1992.
At
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
you can filter online resources in the advanced search. (Try e.g.: archival)
At
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
you can filter online resources in the advanced search. (Try e.g.: archival)
KlausGraf - am Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2007, 18:16 - Rubrik: English Corner
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KlausGraf - am Dienstag, 26. Juni 2007, 20:21 - Rubrik: English Corner
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International Conference on the History of Records and Archives
Perth, Western Australia 3-5 August 2008.
Minority reports: Indigenous and Community Voices in Archives
The general theme of this conference explores issues relating to the history of recordkeeping by and about Indigenous peoples, migrant communities, minority communities, forgotten and disappeared communities. This includes historical and contemporary responses by these groups to recordkeeping by dominant communities. This conference also welcomes discussion on the impact and histories of the destruction of archives relating to the above communities and peoples, and the role of records in human rights contexts, including slavery and reconciliation.
We invite submissions of proposals for papers that report on original research into topics and themes that have not been widely discussed in the archival literature. Papers may treat any time period, any format and any national jurisdiction.
Topics might include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• Cultural provenance / virtual repatriation
• Collecting against the grain
• Representation and self representation
• Approaches to keeping cultural memory
• Expanding definitions of archives beyond traditional formats
• Reading traditional records to tell new stories
• Historical and contemporary approaches to outreach and access
• Absences and silences in archives and cultural institutions
We encourage cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives on issues relating to the scope of the conference.
Proposals may be for individual papers or for whole sessions which may consist of 2-3 papers and a panel discussion.
Papers by people from Indigenous, migrant, minority and forgotten communities are particularly welcome.
Proposals for papers
Abstracts should be approximately 300 words and in word or RTF format. All papers will be refereed.
Proposals should be sent to ichora4@ecu.edu.au by 14 July 2007. We will advise on acceptance by the end of October 2007
The language of the conference is English.
I-CHORA (4) Conference Programme Committee
Joanna Sassoon (SROWA)
Karen Anderson (ECU)
Toby Burrows (UWA)
Carly Lane (UWA)
Michael Piggott (UMelb)
Kirsten Thorpe (SRNSW)
Adrian Cunningham (NAA)
This conference is timed to be directly after the ICA Congress in Kuala Lumpur, and just prior to the Australian Society of Archivists Conference, Perth, Western Australia 7-9 August 2008. A call for papers for the Australian Society of Archivists Conference will be made in a few months.
For further information in the meantime please contact Dr Karen Anderson k.anderson@ecu.edu.au
Perth, Western Australia 3-5 August 2008.
Minority reports: Indigenous and Community Voices in Archives
The general theme of this conference explores issues relating to the history of recordkeeping by and about Indigenous peoples, migrant communities, minority communities, forgotten and disappeared communities. This includes historical and contemporary responses by these groups to recordkeeping by dominant communities. This conference also welcomes discussion on the impact and histories of the destruction of archives relating to the above communities and peoples, and the role of records in human rights contexts, including slavery and reconciliation.
We invite submissions of proposals for papers that report on original research into topics and themes that have not been widely discussed in the archival literature. Papers may treat any time period, any format and any national jurisdiction.
Topics might include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• Cultural provenance / virtual repatriation
• Collecting against the grain
• Representation and self representation
• Approaches to keeping cultural memory
• Expanding definitions of archives beyond traditional formats
• Reading traditional records to tell new stories
• Historical and contemporary approaches to outreach and access
• Absences and silences in archives and cultural institutions
We encourage cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives on issues relating to the scope of the conference.
Proposals may be for individual papers or for whole sessions which may consist of 2-3 papers and a panel discussion.
Papers by people from Indigenous, migrant, minority and forgotten communities are particularly welcome.
Proposals for papers
Abstracts should be approximately 300 words and in word or RTF format. All papers will be refereed.
Proposals should be sent to ichora4@ecu.edu.au by 14 July 2007. We will advise on acceptance by the end of October 2007
The language of the conference is English.
I-CHORA (4) Conference Programme Committee
Joanna Sassoon (SROWA)
Karen Anderson (ECU)
Toby Burrows (UWA)
Carly Lane (UWA)
Michael Piggott (UMelb)
Kirsten Thorpe (SRNSW)
Adrian Cunningham (NAA)
This conference is timed to be directly after the ICA Congress in Kuala Lumpur, and just prior to the Australian Society of Archivists Conference, Perth, Western Australia 7-9 August 2008. A call for papers for the Australian Society of Archivists Conference will be made in a few months.
For further information in the meantime please contact Dr Karen Anderson k.anderson@ecu.edu.au
Agnes E.M. Jonker - am Montag, 25. Juni 2007, 15:01 - Rubrik: English Corner
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http://www.universeum.de can actually only found by using the Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/*/www.universeum.de or
Google's cache.
The Declaration of Halle, 16 April 2000
Academic Heritage and Universities - Responsibility and Public Access
Universities must acknowledge their wide cultural roles. Academic collections and museums provide special opportunities for experiencing and participating in the life of the University. These collections serve as active resources for teaching and research as well as unique and irreplacable historical records. In particular, the collections of the oldest European universities provide windows for the public on the role of the university in helping to define and interpret our cultural identity. By valuing and promoting this shared academic heritage, our institutions demonstrate a commitment to the continued use of these resources by a broad public.
The Programme
The representatives of collections and museums of several European universitites assembled at Halle agree to found a network, "Academic Heritage and Universities". The network is open to interested academic institutions with similar collections and will collaborate closely with other relevant initiatives.
The objective of the network is to share knowledge and experiences among its members and to undertake joint projects with the aim of enhancing access to the collections at all levels. In particular, the network will pursue the following objectives:
1. to establish a directory of collections in the respective academic units which contains information about the extent and nature of the holdings in order to enhance access to and use by those collections by students, academics and a broad public;
2. to stimulate public awareness of the collections by facilitating the production of travelling exhibitions and the exchange of material, including loans, and to promote understanding of the collections through scholarly research and teaching;
3. in view of the growing use and potential of electronic media for cultural expression the network will particularly explore the use of the World Wide Web and the creation of "virtual" museum resources to promote access to the academic heritage;
4. to organise conferences and symposia on topics of common interest and, where appropriate, to facilitate the exchange and enhancement of technical skills and expertise amongst members.
In view of the continuing need to promote the use and understanding of the academic heritage the network will continue to meet to develop joint projects which meet these objectives. Help for these initiatives will be sought from the EU-Program "Culture 2000".
http://web.archive.org/*/www.universeum.de or
Google's cache.
The Declaration of Halle, 16 April 2000
Academic Heritage and Universities - Responsibility and Public Access
Universities must acknowledge their wide cultural roles. Academic collections and museums provide special opportunities for experiencing and participating in the life of the University. These collections serve as active resources for teaching and research as well as unique and irreplacable historical records. In particular, the collections of the oldest European universities provide windows for the public on the role of the university in helping to define and interpret our cultural identity. By valuing and promoting this shared academic heritage, our institutions demonstrate a commitment to the continued use of these resources by a broad public.
The Programme
The representatives of collections and museums of several European universitites assembled at Halle agree to found a network, "Academic Heritage and Universities". The network is open to interested academic institutions with similar collections and will collaborate closely with other relevant initiatives.
The objective of the network is to share knowledge and experiences among its members and to undertake joint projects with the aim of enhancing access to the collections at all levels. In particular, the network will pursue the following objectives:
1. to establish a directory of collections in the respective academic units which contains information about the extent and nature of the holdings in order to enhance access to and use by those collections by students, academics and a broad public;
2. to stimulate public awareness of the collections by facilitating the production of travelling exhibitions and the exchange of material, including loans, and to promote understanding of the collections through scholarly research and teaching;
3. in view of the growing use and potential of electronic media for cultural expression the network will particularly explore the use of the World Wide Web and the creation of "virtual" museum resources to promote access to the academic heritage;
4. to organise conferences and symposia on topics of common interest and, where appropriate, to facilitate the exchange and enhancement of technical skills and expertise amongst members.
In view of the continuing need to promote the use and understanding of the academic heritage the network will continue to meet to develop joint projects which meet these objectives. Help for these initiatives will be sought from the EU-Program "Culture 2000".
KlausGraf - am Montag, 25. Juni 2007, 14:40 - Rubrik: English Corner
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http://chcul.fc.ul.pt/act_ii/universeum-2007.htm
University Heritage: Universal Heritage?
Universeum Network Meeting
Lisbon, Portugal, 6th - 8th July 2007
> Download the programme as a PDF document here. [225kB]
Museum of Science,
University of Lisbon - MCUL
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56
1250-102 Lisbon
Programme
> Friday, 6th July
> Observatory, AOL
> Saturday, 7th July
> Sunday, 8th July
> Post-conference excursions
Friday, 6th July
Amphitheatre of Chemistry, MCUL
* 9.30 h - Registration (Museum Entrance)
* 10.00 h - Opening Session
Ana Eiró, Director of the Museum of Science;
Maria Amélia Martins-Loução, Vice-Rector of the University of Lisbon (to be confirmed);
Ana Simões, Centre for the History of Science, University of Lisbon;
Marta C. Lourenço, Organising & Programme Committee.
* Opening Addresses
Chair: Ana Eiró, Museum of Science.
o 10.30 h - Steven de Clercq, ICOM/UMAC, Universeum: Where to from Now? Reculer pour mieux sauter (15+5 min)
o 10.50 h - Sofia Talas, University of Padua;
Marta C. Lourenço, University of Lisbon,
From Europe to the World: Common characteristics and ‘strong points’ of European university museums (30+10 min)
* 11.30 h - Coffee Break
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* University Heritage Moving Beyond Traditional Borders
Chair: Steven de Clercq, ICOM/UMAC.
o 12 h - Nuno R. Lopes & João Marujo, University of Coimbra,
The University of Coimbra, A Candidate to UNESCO World Heritage
o 12.30 h - Sébastien Soubiran, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg,
What paths for university museums and collections: universities’ showcases, communication tools, research and teaching objects, cultural artefacts?
* 13 h - Lunch
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* University Archives
Chair: Pedro Sousa Dias, University of Lisbon.
o 14.30 h - Menno S. Polak, University of Amsterdam,
University archives and research data
o 15 h - Conceição Tavares, University of Lisbon,
The D. Luiz Meteorological Observatory: University heritage as a source for the history of geophysics
o 15.30 h - Josje Calff, Leiden University,
The paper heritage: the Special Collections of Leiden University Library
o 16 h - Coffee-Break
*
University Heritage as a Source for Learning
Chair: Thomas Bremer, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
o 16.30 h - Luisa Arruda, University of Lisbon,
The Faculty of Belas Artes in Lisbon: Art heritage
o 17.00 h - Marisa L. Monteiro; Luís Bernardo & José M. Araújo, University of Porto,
Teaching keepsakes in the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto
Laboratory of Physics Cyrillo Soares, MCUL
* 17.30 h - Poster Session
o Graça Bachmann & Alexandra Melão, Technical University of Lisbon,
Mechanical systems at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o José Pedro d’Amorim; Alexandra Melão & Pedro M. de Abreu, Technical University of Lisbon;
Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon,
The legacy of astronomical instruments at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o Rita Gomes Batista, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon;
Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon,
The archival legacy of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
* 17.45 h - Visit to the Laboratorio Chimico, Museum of Science, with Marta C. Lourenço, University of Lisbon
* 18.30 - Welcome Cocktail
Information
For any information you may contact Marta C. Lourenço, mclourenco(at)fc.ul.pt
Registration
Call for papers and registration are now closed.
Organisation
> MCUL - Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa
> CHCUL - Centro de História das Ciências - Universidade de Lisboa
Special Programme
at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda
[Please confirm your participation with Marta C. Lourenço, mclourenco(at)fc.ul.pt. Meeting point: bus outside the Museum of Science at 19.45 h]
* 20.30 h - Pedro M. de Abreu, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon,
Appropriation and innovation in the architectonic process of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
* 21.00 h - Tour of the Observatory and the Collection, with
Rui J. Agostinho, director of the Observatory
* 22.00 h - Observing the Sky of Lisbon … with real telescopes
* 23.00 h - Return to Museum of Science
Saturday, 7th July
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* University Heritage as a Source for Communicating with Society I
Chair: Daniel Raichvarg, Université de Bourgogne.
o 9.30 h - Pedro Casaleiro, University of Coimbra,
Collection care and exhibition at the Laboratorio Chimico, Museum of Science, University of Coimbra
o 10.00 h - Panu Nykänen, Helsinki University of Technology,
How the History for engineers differs from the History for scientists – the exhibitions of HUT100
o 10.30 h - Roland Wittje, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Reverberations from the 1930s: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology collections and the history of modern soundscape
o 11.00 h - Coffee-Break
* University Heritage as a Source for Communicating with Society II
Chair: Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra (to be confirmed).
o 11.30 h - Diana Gasparon & Nathalie Nyst, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
A University Network around the Elephant Man
o 12 h - Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon;
José P. d’Amorim & Pedro M. de Abreu, Technical University of Lisbon,
The astronomical instruments collection at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o 12.30 h - José Duarte Gorjão Jorge, Technical University of Lisbon,
Architecture of science/science of architecture
o 13 h - Lunch
* University Heritage: Current Dilemmas
Chair: Reet Mägi, Tartu University.
o 14.00 h - Cláudia Garradas & Lúcia Almeida Matos, University of Porto,
The Fine Arts Museum of the University of Porto: Current concerns and strategies
o 14.30 h - Judit Szilágyi, University of Debrecen,
The University Museum of Debrecen
o 15 h Stanisław Waltoś, Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow,
Changing faces of university museums
o 15.30 h - Stanisław Waltoś & Ewa Wyka, Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow,
Presentation of UNIVERSEUM 2008: University of Krakow (10 min)
o 15.45 h - Coffee-Break
* 16.15 h - Visits to the Museums of Science & National Museum of Natural History University of Lisbon
* 20.00 h - Dinner at Restaurante Trindade (Rua Nova da Trindade, 20-B) - Registration necessary before June 20th.
[Meeting point at the Museum of Science at 19.30 h]
Programme Committee
> Marta Lourenço, University of Lisbon
> Ana Simões, Centre for the History of Science, University of Lisbon
> Ana Eiró, Museum of Science, University of Lisbon
> Liba Taub, Cambridge University
> Sofia Talas, University of Padua
> Steven de Clercq, ICOM-UMAC
> Sébastien Soubiran, University of Strasbourg Louis Pasteur
> Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra
> Manuel Janeira, University of Porto
Sunday, 8th July
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* 9.00 h Portuguese University Heritage
Chair: to be assigned
o 9.15 h - Ana Eiró, University of Lisbon,
The Heritage of the University of Lisbon
o 9.35 h - Luisa Fernandes, University of Porto,
The Heritage of the University of Porto
o 9.55 h - Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra,
The Heritage of the University of Coimbra
o 10.15 h - Coffee Break
o 10.45 h - Discussion: Is there a future for university museums & collections in Portugal?
o 11.30 h - Universeum: What next? Preliminary results of the Reflection Group
N.B.
Time for presentations is limited to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion (unless stated otherwise).
POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS
Monday, 9th July
University of Coimbra
* 11.00 h Visits to: Museum of Science of the University of Coimbra (at the Laboratorio Chimico) Museum of Physics
* 13.00 h Break for lunch
* 15.00 h Visits to: King John Library & Grand Hall Botanical Garden and Museum
Download the programme here.
Tuesday, 10th July
University of Porto
* 10.00 h Visits to: Abel Salazar House Museum Museum of the History of Medicine
* 14.00 h Break for lunch
* 16.00 h Visits to: Museum of Science Museum of Natural History
Download the programme here.
The representatives of collections and museums of several European universitites assembled at Halle, on 16th April 2000, agreed to found a network, "Academic Heritage and Universities". The network is open to interested academic institutions with similar collections and collaborates closely with other relevant initiatives. The objective of the network is to share knowledge and experiences among its members and to undertake joint projects with the aim of enhancing access to the collections at all levels.
University Heritage: Universal Heritage?
Universeum Network Meeting
Lisbon, Portugal, 6th - 8th July 2007
> Download the programme as a PDF document here. [225kB]
Museum of Science,
University of Lisbon - MCUL
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56
1250-102 Lisbon
Programme
> Friday, 6th July
> Observatory, AOL
> Saturday, 7th July
> Sunday, 8th July
> Post-conference excursions
Friday, 6th July
Amphitheatre of Chemistry, MCUL
* 9.30 h - Registration (Museum Entrance)
* 10.00 h - Opening Session
Ana Eiró, Director of the Museum of Science;
Maria Amélia Martins-Loução, Vice-Rector of the University of Lisbon (to be confirmed);
Ana Simões, Centre for the History of Science, University of Lisbon;
Marta C. Lourenço, Organising & Programme Committee.
* Opening Addresses
Chair: Ana Eiró, Museum of Science.
o 10.30 h - Steven de Clercq, ICOM/UMAC, Universeum: Where to from Now? Reculer pour mieux sauter (15+5 min)
o 10.50 h - Sofia Talas, University of Padua;
Marta C. Lourenço, University of Lisbon,
From Europe to the World: Common characteristics and ‘strong points’ of European university museums (30+10 min)
* 11.30 h - Coffee Break
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* University Heritage Moving Beyond Traditional Borders
Chair: Steven de Clercq, ICOM/UMAC.
o 12 h - Nuno R. Lopes & João Marujo, University of Coimbra,
The University of Coimbra, A Candidate to UNESCO World Heritage
o 12.30 h - Sébastien Soubiran, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg,
What paths for university museums and collections: universities’ showcases, communication tools, research and teaching objects, cultural artefacts?
* 13 h - Lunch
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* University Archives
Chair: Pedro Sousa Dias, University of Lisbon.
o 14.30 h - Menno S. Polak, University of Amsterdam,
University archives and research data
o 15 h - Conceição Tavares, University of Lisbon,
The D. Luiz Meteorological Observatory: University heritage as a source for the history of geophysics
o 15.30 h - Josje Calff, Leiden University,
The paper heritage: the Special Collections of Leiden University Library
o 16 h - Coffee-Break
*
University Heritage as a Source for Learning
Chair: Thomas Bremer, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
o 16.30 h - Luisa Arruda, University of Lisbon,
The Faculty of Belas Artes in Lisbon: Art heritage
o 17.00 h - Marisa L. Monteiro; Luís Bernardo & José M. Araújo, University of Porto,
Teaching keepsakes in the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto
Laboratory of Physics Cyrillo Soares, MCUL
* 17.30 h - Poster Session
o Graça Bachmann & Alexandra Melão, Technical University of Lisbon,
Mechanical systems at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o José Pedro d’Amorim; Alexandra Melão & Pedro M. de Abreu, Technical University of Lisbon;
Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon,
The legacy of astronomical instruments at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o Rita Gomes Batista, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon;
Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon,
The archival legacy of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
* 17.45 h - Visit to the Laboratorio Chimico, Museum of Science, with Marta C. Lourenço, University of Lisbon
* 18.30 - Welcome Cocktail
Information
For any information you may contact Marta C. Lourenço, mclourenco(at)fc.ul.pt
Registration
Call for papers and registration are now closed.
Organisation
> MCUL - Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa
> CHCUL - Centro de História das Ciências - Universidade de Lisboa
Special Programme
at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda
[Please confirm your participation with Marta C. Lourenço, mclourenco(at)fc.ul.pt. Meeting point: bus outside the Museum of Science at 19.45 h]
* 20.30 h - Pedro M. de Abreu, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon,
Appropriation and innovation in the architectonic process of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
* 21.00 h - Tour of the Observatory and the Collection, with
Rui J. Agostinho, director of the Observatory
* 22.00 h - Observing the Sky of Lisbon … with real telescopes
* 23.00 h - Return to Museum of Science
Saturday, 7th July
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* University Heritage as a Source for Communicating with Society I
Chair: Daniel Raichvarg, Université de Bourgogne.
o 9.30 h - Pedro Casaleiro, University of Coimbra,
Collection care and exhibition at the Laboratorio Chimico, Museum of Science, University of Coimbra
o 10.00 h - Panu Nykänen, Helsinki University of Technology,
How the History for engineers differs from the History for scientists – the exhibitions of HUT100
o 10.30 h - Roland Wittje, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Reverberations from the 1930s: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology collections and the history of modern soundscape
o 11.00 h - Coffee-Break
* University Heritage as a Source for Communicating with Society II
Chair: Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra (to be confirmed).
o 11.30 h - Diana Gasparon & Nathalie Nyst, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
A University Network around the Elephant Man
o 12 h - Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon;
José P. d’Amorim & Pedro M. de Abreu, Technical University of Lisbon,
The astronomical instruments collection at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o 12.30 h - José Duarte Gorjão Jorge, Technical University of Lisbon,
Architecture of science/science of architecture
o 13 h - Lunch
* University Heritage: Current Dilemmas
Chair: Reet Mägi, Tartu University.
o 14.00 h - Cláudia Garradas & Lúcia Almeida Matos, University of Porto,
The Fine Arts Museum of the University of Porto: Current concerns and strategies
o 14.30 h - Judit Szilágyi, University of Debrecen,
The University Museum of Debrecen
o 15 h Stanisław Waltoś, Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow,
Changing faces of university museums
o 15.30 h - Stanisław Waltoś & Ewa Wyka, Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow,
Presentation of UNIVERSEUM 2008: University of Krakow (10 min)
o 15.45 h - Coffee-Break
* 16.15 h - Visits to the Museums of Science & National Museum of Natural History University of Lisbon
* 20.00 h - Dinner at Restaurante Trindade (Rua Nova da Trindade, 20-B) - Registration necessary before June 20th.
[Meeting point at the Museum of Science at 19.30 h]
Programme Committee
> Marta Lourenço, University of Lisbon
> Ana Simões, Centre for the History of Science, University of Lisbon
> Ana Eiró, Museum of Science, University of Lisbon
> Liba Taub, Cambridge University
> Sofia Talas, University of Padua
> Steven de Clercq, ICOM-UMAC
> Sébastien Soubiran, University of Strasbourg Louis Pasteur
> Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra
> Manuel Janeira, University of Porto
Sunday, 8th July
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL
* 9.00 h Portuguese University Heritage
Chair: to be assigned
o 9.15 h - Ana Eiró, University of Lisbon,
The Heritage of the University of Lisbon
o 9.35 h - Luisa Fernandes, University of Porto,
The Heritage of the University of Porto
o 9.55 h - Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra,
The Heritage of the University of Coimbra
o 10.15 h - Coffee Break
o 10.45 h - Discussion: Is there a future for university museums & collections in Portugal?
o 11.30 h - Universeum: What next? Preliminary results of the Reflection Group
N.B.
Time for presentations is limited to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion (unless stated otherwise).
POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS
Monday, 9th July
University of Coimbra
* 11.00 h Visits to: Museum of Science of the University of Coimbra (at the Laboratorio Chimico) Museum of Physics
* 13.00 h Break for lunch
* 15.00 h Visits to: King John Library & Grand Hall Botanical Garden and Museum
Download the programme here.
Tuesday, 10th July
University of Porto
* 10.00 h Visits to: Abel Salazar House Museum Museum of the History of Medicine
* 14.00 h Break for lunch
* 16.00 h Visits to: Museum of Science Museum of Natural History
Download the programme here.
The representatives of collections and museums of several European universitites assembled at Halle, on 16th April 2000, agreed to found a network, "Academic Heritage and Universities". The network is open to interested academic institutions with similar collections and collaborates closely with other relevant initiatives. The objective of the network is to share knowledge and experiences among its members and to undertake joint projects with the aim of enhancing access to the collections at all levels.
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http://hughw36.blogspot.com/2007/06/danish-church-books.html
http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/English/default.aspx
The Danish State Archives Filming Centre digitises parish registers and population censuses in order to make them accessible via the Internet.
http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/English/default.aspx
The Danish State Archives Filming Centre digitises parish registers and population censuses in order to make them accessible via the Internet.
KlausGraf - am Montag, 25. Juni 2007, 01:36 - Rubrik: English Corner
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Peter Suber has blogged the press release fo the Wellcome Trust (UK):
http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/News.html
Teachers, students, academics and the public can now download and use images depicting 2,000 years of mankind and medicine for free, thanks this newly launched website from the Wellcome Trust.
Launched on 15 June 2007, 'Wellcome Images' is the world's leading source of images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine. All content has been made available under a Creative Commons Licence, which allows users to copy, distribute and display the image, provided the source is fully attributed and it is used for non-commercial purposes.
First, it is not a good idea to exclude commercial use. See my arguments at:
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/3493112/
(One can add that Nature Precedings recently has also choosen the CC-BY-License http://precedings.nature.com/ )
Wikipedia is one of the most influential websites and cannot use pictures licensed with CC-NC.
Secondly, there is clear evidence that the Wellcome "Terms of Use" are Copyfraud as well as a breach of the CC licenses.
http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=b1198185
The images on this site are, unless otherwise stated, © Wellcome Trust, and in this situation, users may copy, distribute and display the freely downloadable version of the image under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial version 2.0 licence for England & Wales (the "Creative Commons Licence", for details see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) and the additional conditions set out below.
There is no statement that the Baldung image is clearly in the Public Domain. There was no court decision in England and Wales denying that the examination of English law by the NY court in Bridgeman v. Corel (1999) was wrong. A simple reproduction of a 2-D picture lacks originality. For that reason it is Copyfraud to claim a copyright for a XVIth. century picture.
Next point: Where Wellcome Trust is not the copyright holder, users may copy, distribute and display the freely downloadable version of the image under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial No-Derivatives version 2.0 licence for England & Wales (the "No Derivatives Licence", for details see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/) and the additional conditions set out below.
It is in no way allowed to offer a license for works made by other. Only the copyright holder has the right to allow the publicly display of its protected works. Wellcome trust can show the pictures in the internet only if there is a consent of the rights holder or according the fair dealing provisions of UK right (but there are serious doubts that these provisions allow the internet presentation). The rights holder is the only person who can license the content. Therefore the CC-BY-NC-ND license has to be ignored.
Here is the UK legal code of the CC-BY-NC license:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/legalcode
It is clearly forbidden to set additional conditions like the Wellcome Trust ("and the additional conditions set out below").
"You must not:
* impose any terms on the use to be made of the Work, the Derivative Work or the Work as incorporated in a Collective Work that alter or restrict the terms of this Licence or any rights granted under it or has the effect or intent of restricting the ability to exercise those rights" (CC legal deed)
Non-commercial covers existing copyright law exceptions, termed 'fair dealing' which includes:
* private study and non-commercial research
* criticism and review
in the above this applies only where there are no multiple copies made.
This is clearly wrong. CC licenses and fair dealing are independent and CC licenses don't restrict fair dealing.
"This Licence does not affect any rights that the User may have under any applicable law, including fair use, fair dealing or any other legally recognised limitation or exception to copyright infringement." (CC)
No user of CC licenses has the right to impos his own definition of "commercial use". The definition is given in the legal deed (1 lit. e):
""Non-Commercial" means "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or private monetary compensation". The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works."
A court has to take in account only this definition not the desires of the licenser.
The examples given by the Wellcome for NC use trust are clearly too narrow:
Other uses for which reproduction fees are waived by us for Wellcome-owned images are:
* examination papers
* reproduction in an academic publication, being a book, monograph or professional journal article publishing the results of original research, with critical apparatus (notes etc.)
* thesis submitted by a student at a higher or further education institution for the purposes of securing a degree
* reproduction in teaching materials created in any medium by a teacher or lecturer at an educational establishment for the purposes of teaching. This includes making printed copies of such materials for students and promoting and making such teaching materials available in electronic form , for example, via a virtual learning environment.
* use in exhibitions by not-for-profit organisations including accompanying printed catalogue material (not including promotional merchandise offered for sale).
* personal use by private individuals
* use in Wellcome Trust funded projects
The CC-license allows e.g. to put the content in other repositories or non-commercial homepages.
Wellcome Trust (WT) has accepted the BBB definitions of Open Access. He has supported OA a lot in the past time. Paradoxically Welcome Images' "Terms of Use" are definitively not according the principles of the BBB definitions (these do NOT exclude commercial use).
CC should not accept that such a research giant like WT is 'clearly breaking the CC licenses making them legally invalid for users.
WT should change the license in the OA-standard-license CC-BY (CC-BY-NC-ND is not necessary because it is, as I have shown, not allowed to put a license on not-own content).
WT should mark Public Domain content and forgo copyfraud.
Images are scholarly "data" which should be OA without restrictions. It is great that these pictures are online free of cost but WT should avoid unnecessary restrictions and permission barriers regarding the re-use of the pictures.
http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/News.html
Teachers, students, academics and the public can now download and use images depicting 2,000 years of mankind and medicine for free, thanks this newly launched website from the Wellcome Trust.
Launched on 15 June 2007, 'Wellcome Images' is the world's leading source of images on the history of medicine, modern biomedical science and clinical medicine. All content has been made available under a Creative Commons Licence, which allows users to copy, distribute and display the image, provided the source is fully attributed and it is used for non-commercial purposes.
First, it is not a good idea to exclude commercial use. See my arguments at:
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/3493112/
(One can add that Nature Precedings recently has also choosen the CC-BY-License http://precedings.nature.com/ )
Wikipedia is one of the most influential websites and cannot use pictures licensed with CC-NC.
Secondly, there is clear evidence that the Wellcome "Terms of Use" are Copyfraud as well as a breach of the CC licenses.
http://catalogue.wellcome.ac.uk/record=b1198185The images on this site are, unless otherwise stated, © Wellcome Trust, and in this situation, users may copy, distribute and display the freely downloadable version of the image under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial version 2.0 licence for England & Wales (the "Creative Commons Licence", for details see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) and the additional conditions set out below.
There is no statement that the Baldung image is clearly in the Public Domain. There was no court decision in England and Wales denying that the examination of English law by the NY court in Bridgeman v. Corel (1999) was wrong. A simple reproduction of a 2-D picture lacks originality. For that reason it is Copyfraud to claim a copyright for a XVIth. century picture.
Next point: Where Wellcome Trust is not the copyright holder, users may copy, distribute and display the freely downloadable version of the image under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial No-Derivatives version 2.0 licence for England & Wales (the "No Derivatives Licence", for details see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/) and the additional conditions set out below.
It is in no way allowed to offer a license for works made by other. Only the copyright holder has the right to allow the publicly display of its protected works. Wellcome trust can show the pictures in the internet only if there is a consent of the rights holder or according the fair dealing provisions of UK right (but there are serious doubts that these provisions allow the internet presentation). The rights holder is the only person who can license the content. Therefore the CC-BY-NC-ND license has to be ignored.
Here is the UK legal code of the CC-BY-NC license:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/legalcode
It is clearly forbidden to set additional conditions like the Wellcome Trust ("and the additional conditions set out below").
"You must not:
* impose any terms on the use to be made of the Work, the Derivative Work or the Work as incorporated in a Collective Work that alter or restrict the terms of this Licence or any rights granted under it or has the effect or intent of restricting the ability to exercise those rights" (CC legal deed)
Non-commercial covers existing copyright law exceptions, termed 'fair dealing' which includes:
* private study and non-commercial research
* criticism and review
in the above this applies only where there are no multiple copies made.
This is clearly wrong. CC licenses and fair dealing are independent and CC licenses don't restrict fair dealing.
"This Licence does not affect any rights that the User may have under any applicable law, including fair use, fair dealing or any other legally recognised limitation or exception to copyright infringement." (CC)
No user of CC licenses has the right to impos his own definition of "commercial use". The definition is given in the legal deed (1 lit. e):
""Non-Commercial" means "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or private monetary compensation". The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works."
A court has to take in account only this definition not the desires of the licenser.
The examples given by the Wellcome for NC use trust are clearly too narrow:
Other uses for which reproduction fees are waived by us for Wellcome-owned images are:
* examination papers
* reproduction in an academic publication, being a book, monograph or professional journal article publishing the results of original research, with critical apparatus (notes etc.)
* thesis submitted by a student at a higher or further education institution for the purposes of securing a degree
* reproduction in teaching materials created in any medium by a teacher or lecturer at an educational establishment for the purposes of teaching. This includes making printed copies of such materials for students and promoting and making such teaching materials available in electronic form , for example, via a virtual learning environment.
* use in exhibitions by not-for-profit organisations including accompanying printed catalogue material (not including promotional merchandise offered for sale).
* personal use by private individuals
* use in Wellcome Trust funded projects
The CC-license allows e.g. to put the content in other repositories or non-commercial homepages.
Wellcome Trust (WT) has accepted the BBB definitions of Open Access. He has supported OA a lot in the past time. Paradoxically Welcome Images' "Terms of Use" are definitively not according the principles of the BBB definitions (these do NOT exclude commercial use).
CC should not accept that such a research giant like WT is 'clearly breaking the CC licenses making them legally invalid for users.
WT should change the license in the OA-standard-license CC-BY (CC-BY-NC-ND is not necessary because it is, as I have shown, not allowed to put a license on not-own content).
WT should mark Public Domain content and forgo copyfraud.
Images are scholarly "data" which should be OA without restrictions. It is great that these pictures are online free of cost but WT should avoid unnecessary restrictions and permission barriers regarding the re-use of the pictures.
KlausGraf - am Donnerstag, 21. Juni 2007, 19:50 - Rubrik: English Corner
From Archives-L:
Dear Colleagues,
Many of us may think of Archival Solidarity as archivists from richer nations volunteering to help archivists and archives in poorer countries. But Archival Solidarity is also about institutions and associations in all parts of the world sharing their skills, knowledge and resources to assist archive institutions in need. We rarely hear of the many varieties of assistance and relationships that occur between archival institutions throughout the world. But there are endless examples.
Assistance can take the form of technical cooperation or the provision of essential supplies. For example the National Archives of Australia has a long history of helping institutions in the Pacific region. The National Archives of France recently helped Cambodia draft their archives and records legislation and it also has various programs of cooperation with the National Archives of Vietnam. The Government of Vietnam through the National Archives of Vietnam has a long history of assisting its impoverished neighbor Cambodia. Vietnamese archivists arrived in war-ravaged Cambodia in 1983 following the ouster of the genocidal Pol Pot regime to provide support to the National Archives of Cambodia. Recently Vietnam has provided further support to Cambodia and to Laos to develop their audiovisual archives.
Malaysia, through the National Archives of Malaysia, has for many years provided an outstanding outreach program. Each year a selection of archivists and librarians from around the world are invited to Malaysia for a three month all-expense-paid course in either book binding and repair, or records and archives management. Similarly the National Archives of Japan invited a trainee from the National Archives of Ghana for six months of professional training in repair techniques under an invitation program of the Japan Foundation.
Universities such as Cornell and Yale conduct projects together with libraries and archives in Southeast Asia to microfilm and digitize collections. For several years Cornell University library hosted a very successful all-expense-paid six-month conservation internship for individuals from developing countries.
Even the various national associations of archivists and their chapters rally to raise funds to support their colleagues. For example the New South Wales chapter of the Australian Society of Archivists has raised funds for archives in Ethiopia, Timor, and Cambodia and the Society of American Archivists has donated professional publications.
In many cases the funding for these projects is initiated in a country through various embassies as part of their overseas bilateral aid programs. It can also be the work of a dedicated individual, (often a volunteer) who assists an institution in need to make the connection to a supporting institution or foundation. What is clear though is that the world of archives possesses a special attribute of coming together to share and help our colleagues in less fortunate situations.
If you have participated in any such projects please share with others interested in international outreach how the project was organized and/or how it went. Please post your comments or questions to the ICA Listserve. Or you can let us know what you would be interested in hearing about. If you are not a member of the ICA Listserve it's easy and free to join. Instructions for doing so are available in many languages at:
http://www.mailman.srv.ualberta.ca/mailman/listinfo/ica-l
We look forward to hearing from you and we will keep in touch.
Nancy Marrelli
Chair, Archival Solidarity Committee
Director of Archives
Concordia University
Montréal, Québec
Canada
Dear Colleagues,
Many of us may think of Archival Solidarity as archivists from richer nations volunteering to help archivists and archives in poorer countries. But Archival Solidarity is also about institutions and associations in all parts of the world sharing their skills, knowledge and resources to assist archive institutions in need. We rarely hear of the many varieties of assistance and relationships that occur between archival institutions throughout the world. But there are endless examples.
Assistance can take the form of technical cooperation or the provision of essential supplies. For example the National Archives of Australia has a long history of helping institutions in the Pacific region. The National Archives of France recently helped Cambodia draft their archives and records legislation and it also has various programs of cooperation with the National Archives of Vietnam. The Government of Vietnam through the National Archives of Vietnam has a long history of assisting its impoverished neighbor Cambodia. Vietnamese archivists arrived in war-ravaged Cambodia in 1983 following the ouster of the genocidal Pol Pot regime to provide support to the National Archives of Cambodia. Recently Vietnam has provided further support to Cambodia and to Laos to develop their audiovisual archives.
Malaysia, through the National Archives of Malaysia, has for many years provided an outstanding outreach program. Each year a selection of archivists and librarians from around the world are invited to Malaysia for a three month all-expense-paid course in either book binding and repair, or records and archives management. Similarly the National Archives of Japan invited a trainee from the National Archives of Ghana for six months of professional training in repair techniques under an invitation program of the Japan Foundation.
Universities such as Cornell and Yale conduct projects together with libraries and archives in Southeast Asia to microfilm and digitize collections. For several years Cornell University library hosted a very successful all-expense-paid six-month conservation internship for individuals from developing countries.
Even the various national associations of archivists and their chapters rally to raise funds to support their colleagues. For example the New South Wales chapter of the Australian Society of Archivists has raised funds for archives in Ethiopia, Timor, and Cambodia and the Society of American Archivists has donated professional publications.
In many cases the funding for these projects is initiated in a country through various embassies as part of their overseas bilateral aid programs. It can also be the work of a dedicated individual, (often a volunteer) who assists an institution in need to make the connection to a supporting institution or foundation. What is clear though is that the world of archives possesses a special attribute of coming together to share and help our colleagues in less fortunate situations.
If you have participated in any such projects please share with others interested in international outreach how the project was organized and/or how it went. Please post your comments or questions to the ICA Listserve. Or you can let us know what you would be interested in hearing about. If you are not a member of the ICA Listserve it's easy and free to join. Instructions for doing so are available in many languages at:
http://www.mailman.srv.ualberta.ca/mailman/listinfo/ica-l
We look forward to hearing from you and we will keep in touch.
Nancy Marrelli
Chair, Archival Solidarity Committee
Director of Archives
Concordia University
Montréal, Québec
Canada
KlausGraf - am Mittwoch, 20. Juni 2007, 22:50 - Rubrik: English Corner
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