The University of British Columbia
UBC - A Place of Mind
The University of British Columbia
Library
Library Home / About Us / 2012 / September / 26 / UBC hosts world’s experts on safeguarding digital assets

About Us

News Contacts

Amelia Nezil
Director, Communications & Marketing
UBC Library
Tel: 604 822 5142
amelia.nezil(at)ubc.ca

UBC hosts world’s experts on safeguarding digital assets

By Jessica Woolman on September 26, 2012

Conference ProgramConvening more than 120 speakers and 700 delegates from five continents, the UNESCO International Conference: Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation will foster vital exchange among sectors as diverse as academia, heritage institutions, the IT industry, business organizations and government.

Hosted by UBC and in collaboration with the University of Toronto, the conference will explore topics such as:
> Protecting intellectual property in the digital age;
> Maximizing the unprecedented potential of digital technologies to preserve and share scientific and cultural works; and,
> Enhancing digital creation and preservation, especially with “born-digital” records, documents, data and archives.

Experts from UBC Library and UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) will be participating in various sessions throughout the three day conference, which starts September 26 at the Sheraton Wall Centre hotel.

Media requesting interviews with UBC Library or SLAIS representatives on-site should contact either Lorraine Chan at 604.822.2644 or Linda Ong at 604.827.4831 for assistance. 

Posted in Events, General | Tagged with collections, conference, digitization, preservation, SLAIS, UNESCO

  • Previous
  • Next
,


Back to top
The University of British Columbia
  • Emergency Procedures |
  • Terms of Use |
  • Copyright |
  • Accessibility