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Electronic Records Forum

Dear STAMAsters,

Apologies if you have seen this before (this will be my fourth receipt) but
we should be thorough about these things.

Cheers ... Gavan



FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
                      DLM FORUM (ELECTRONIC RECORDS)
                             Co-operation Europe-wide
 19th-20th December 1996

Brussels, Belgium


A multidisciplinary Forum on Electronic Records will be held 19-20
December
1996, at the Borschette Centre in Brussels Belgium.  The Forum is hosted
by
the European Union Member States and the European Commission
(Secretariat
General, DG XII Science, Research and Development).


Participating specialists and executives are coming from the Member
States
and abroad.  Actors involved in the information Flow and Electronic
Records
Management of their departments/services/organisations will bring
expertise
and debate on Possibilities for wider co-operation  in the framework of
the
European Union concerning management storage, conservation and retrieval
of
Electronic Records.  The parties mainly concerned are:

 Public administrations

 Archivists

 Industry suppliers

 Researchers

The objective of  the Forum is to Prepare a set of guidelines for best
practice on Electronic
Records and to investigate possibilities for wider co-operation between
the
various parties
involved with Electronic Records, between Member States and at
Community=
 level.

The Forum will consist of plenary sessions and parallel working party
meetings. The main
topics include:

                SESSION
*       Information Flow/Work Flow
*       Lifecycle of Electronic Records
*       Relationship between creators, users and custodians of
information
*       Terms and concepts
*       Co-operation Europe-wide


        Working party meetings include three main streams:


STREAM 1: Conception, Creation  and Management of Electronic Records

*       Conception of an Electronic Records Strategy
*       Responsibility and transfer of responsibility
*       Public Administration and Archival Experiences on Electronic
Records
*=D7    Appraisal of Electronic Records
=D7*    Co-operation Europe-wide

STREAM 2: Short and Long Term Preservation

Experience of preservation of Electronic Records=20
Definition of needs for long term preservation=20
Cost of preservation and who pays ?
Standards for preservation
Co-operation Europe-wide

STREAM 3: Information Access and Use

*       Experience of usage of Electronic Records (local and remote)
*       Dissemination and Accessibility
*       Awareness (availability of information)
*       Security and openness: Authentication, confidentiality
*       Standards for the dissemination of information
*       Co-operation Europe-wide

Call for papers

The DLM Forum encourages submissions of original papers, and it
welcomes
participation of experts in the field of Public Administration,
Archives,
Industry and Research.

Programme Committee

The Programme Committee of the DLM FORUM consists of representatives of
the
European Union Member States and the European Commission.  The
Programme
Committee will evaluate the replies to the above mentioned call for
papers.

Submission of  Papers

Submissions consist of an extended abstract (600-1200 words, 1-2 pages)
in
one of the working languages of the DLM  Forum (see below).  Complete
papers
(3000-6000 words, 5-1 0 pages) accompanied by an abstract in the
working
languages are also accepted- Submissions should include name(s) of
authors
and full address.  Each submission will be examined on the basis of its
clarity, quality and adherence to the general theme of the DLM Forum-
Selected papers will be presented in twenty minutes sessions.

The working languages of the forum will be: English, French and German.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in these three languages.

Date limit for the submission of papers : 25 June 1996
(In camera ready paper format or preferably in electronic format)

Please submit your papers to:
Mrs Christina Beckers
European Commission SG 1-AH (Office : SDME 5/72)
200, rue de la Loi B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM
Tel: +32-2-296 08 27;  +32-2-296 26 47   Fax: +32-2-296 10 95
=
=20

Email: dim-forum@sg.cec.be    =20
           archis@sg.cec.be



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*   Gavan McCarthy - Chief Archivist                          
*    Australian Science Archives Project                         
*     University of Melbourne                                         
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