Archiving 2008 (4-5 Dec 2008, Berlin)

02 September 2008, 12:10pm

Archiving 2008

“Preserving and Enabling Permanent Access to Cartographic Cultural Heritage”

Workshop on Archiving in Digital Cartography and Geoinformation

Berlin, Germany, 4-5 December, 2008

DGfK Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie, Sektion Berlin-Brandenburg

Venue

Berlin State Archive / Landesarchiv Berlin
Eichborndamm 115-121
13403 Berlin
Germany

Submit Abstracts until September 12, 2008

Scope

The fields of cartography and geoinformation, like other fileds of Science and Technology, face a growing eed for preservation and archiving policies, methodologies, procedures and practices.

This workshop brings together international and national experts to discuss

- state-of-the-art digital archiving
- technological, organizational, and legal prerequisites
- creation of archive input data
- document and multimedia archiving
- database archiving
- digital archive organisation, digital archive prototypes, archives management
- archive use, permanent and long-term accessibility

and other topics related to the application of digital archiving in the fields of cartography and geoinformation.

On the first day, international aspects will be discussed (English language), on the second day presentations and discussions will be in German language. On both days, there will be plenary discussions for compiling recommendations to international actors (Dec. 4), and to national organisations (Dec. 5).

Program Committee

• William L. Anderson, Austin, Tx., U.S.A.
• Markus Heinz, State Library, Berlin, Germany
• Bernhard Horst, DGfK Hannover, Germany
• Markus Jobst, HPI Potsdam, Germany
• Stefan Klink, GI/EMISA WG on Digital Libraries, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Horst Kremers, DGfK and CODATA-Germany, Berlin, Germany
• Evangelos Livieratos, Int. Cartographic Assoc., Thessaloniki, Greece

Workshop Chairs

Horst Kremers, Berlin
Markus Jobst, Vienna

Contact Workshop Chair:

Horst Kremers
DGfK Berlin-Brandenburg
P.O. Box 20 05 48
D- 13515 Berlin
Germany
office@horst-kremers.de

Archiving 2008 web site

Flyer (English) (pdf)

Flyer (German) (pdf)

CODATA Germany

Geo: International