NSF Workshop on Research Challenges in Digital Archiving: Towards a National Infrastructure for Long-Term Preservation of Digital Information

 

AGENDA

Thursday, April 11

5:00 p.m. - Arrival of Out of Town Participants/Registration, Airlie House front desk
6:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Buffet Dinner, Airlie Room
  Light boxed meals available for late arrivals.

Friday, April 12

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, Airlie Room
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration, Airlie House front desk
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Opening Plenary Session, Federal Room
  Welcome from our Sponsors
    Larry Brandt, National Science Foundation, Digital Government
    Steve Griffin, National Science Foundation, Information and Intelligent Systems
    Laura Campbell, Library of Congress
  Why are we here? Overview of Goals and Objectives
    Margaret Hedstrom, University of Michigan
  The Bit Stream Interpretation Problem
    Raymond Lorie, IBM Almaden Research
  Introduction to Morning Discussion Topics
Topic A: Architecture for Repositories, Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Topic B: Attributes of Archived Collections, Margaret Hedstrom
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Small Group Discussions:
  Topic A: Architecture for Repositories -- Group 1, North Room and Group 2, South Room
Topic B: Attributes of Archived Collections -- Group 3, West Room and Group 4, Foxes' Den
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Report out from small groups, Federal Room
Reaction -- Open Discussion
12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Lunch, Airlie Room
1:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Reconvene Plenary Session, Federal Room
  Introduction of Topics for Afternoon Discussion
Topic C: Policy and Economic Models, Don Waters, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Topic D: Tools and Technology, Jim Gray, Microsoft Research
2:00 p.m.- 3:15 p.m. Small Group Discussions:
  Topic C: Policy and Economic Models -- Group 1, North Room and Group 2, South Room
Topic D: Tools and Technology -- Group 3, West Room and Group 4, Foxes' Den
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Report Out from Small Groups/Summary/Issues Arising, Federal Room
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Summary/Plans for Saturday, Federal Room
5:00 p.m. Close
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Posters and Informal Presentations, Federal Room
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Reception with cash bar, East Room
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Workshop Dinner, East Room


Saturday, April 13

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, Airlie Room
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m Plenary Session, Federal Room
  Reactions to the First Day -- Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
Discussion
Instructions for Small Group Discussions -- Margaret Hedstrom
10:15 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.- 11:30a.m. Small Group Discussions:
  What are the current priorities for research? - Group 1, North Room
How might future scenarios impact research priorities? -- Group 2, South Room
What constitutes an infrastructure for long-term preservation? -- Group 3, West Room
How can research be transferred into practical applications? -- Group 4, Foxes' Den
11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Reports from Small Groups and Discussion, Federal Room
12:30 p.m.- 1:30 p.m. Lunch, Airlie Room
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Final Working Session, Federal Room
Plenary discussion and Recommendations
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Next Steps -- Organizing Committee, Federal Room
3:30 p.m. Adjourn

 

 

NSF Digital Government Program NSF Division of Information and Intelligent Systems Library of Congress

For more information contact:  Jen Lee