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The 3-D’s of Preservation: Disasters, Displays, Digitization

Symposium co-sponsored by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) - Preservation and Conservation Core Activity (PAC) and Section on Preservation and Conservation

March 8 - 10 2006 - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Site F.-Mitterrand²

3-D films have once again become popular, especially in the IMAX format. 3-D glasses put the viewer in the middle of the action, as the actors seem to emerge from the screen. In much the same way, certain issues in preservation seem to emerge above others and surround librarians and archivists, clamoring for attention of leaders in the field.

The Bibliothèque nationale de France, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC) invite you to attend a special symposium to talk about three of the leading concerns in preservation circles today. Recent disasters around the world have highlighted the need for better planning and preparation to ensure the survival of library collections and cultural materials. Increasing numbers of exhibitions of library and archival materials point to the need for standards and best practices to make certain displayed items are not damaged. Digitization of materials is burgeoning around the world, yet we are not certain of the status of preservation of these important files.

Preservation experts from around the world will gather at the Bibliothèque nationale de France on March 8-10, 2006, to present papers and discuss these issues with members of the IFLA PAC Regional Directors and members of the IFLA Standing Committee on Preservation and Conservation.

Registration is free of charge but compulsory. Seats are limited in number; please find below the registration form to send back before February 28, 2006 by email christiane.baryla@bnf.fr or isabelle.fornoni@bnf.fr or by fax: +33-1-53-79-59-80

the registration form

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Draft programme

This programme can be modified.

Organizing committee

• IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section
  • Nancy Gwinn, president
  • Per Cullhed, secretary
• IFLA/PAC Core Activity
  • Marie-Thérèse Varlamoff, PAC director
  • Dianne van der Reyden, PAC director, Regional Centre in Washington
• Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • Philippe Revol, acting director of Preservation Department
  • Catherine Lupovici, director of Digital Library Department

Wednesday 8 March 2006 – Belvédère (Tour des lois - 18th floor)

• 9h : Registration
• 9h30 :
  Welcome: Jean-Noël Jeanneney, President, Bibliothèque nationale de France
  Keynote : John McIlwaine, University College London, UK

• 10h30 - 12h : The first “D” - Disasters: The Difference Between Planning and Experience
  
  Moderator: Marie-Thérèse Varlamoff, PAC director
  • Ximena Cruzat, National Library of Chile
  • Per Culhed, University Library of Uppsala, Sweden
  • Sarah-Jane Jenner, British Library, UK
  • Josiane Laurent, Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • Randy Silverman, University of Utah, USA

Thursday 9 March 2006 – Petit auditorium (Hall Est)

• 9h30 - 10h00 : Visit of the exhibition "Livres de Parole : Torah, Bible, Coran"
• 10h15 - 12h30 : The second “D” - Displays: The Role of Preservation in Exhibition
  
  Moderator: Nancy E. Gwinn, Smithsonian Institution and Chair, IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section
  • Jocelyne Deschaux, Bibliothèque municipale de Toulouse, France
  • Anne-Hélène Rigogne and Brigitte Leclerc, Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • Dianne van der Reyden, Library of Congress, USA

Friday 10 March 2006 – Petit auditorium (Hall Est)

• 9h30 - 12h : The third “D”- Digitization: Safeguarding the Digital Heritage
  
  Keynote address : Deanna Marcum, Library of Congress, USA
  Moderator: Helen Shenton, British Library, UK
  • Ingeborg Verheul, Koninklijke Bibliotheek
  • Catherine Lupovici, Bibliothèque nationale de France
  • Hilda van Wijngaarden, Koninklijke Bibliotheek
  • Laura Campbell, Library of Congress, USA

Practical informations

For more informations about the access of the different places of the symposium:

the access plan to the site F.-Mitterrand

[fichier .pdf - 72 Ko]

the access plan to the Belvédère

[fichier .pdf - 112 Ko]

For your accommodation, a list of hotels is available:

possibility of accommodation

[fichier .pdf - 81 Ko]