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Digital Libraries have been identified in
various countries as a national challenge and an area with potentially
wide impact on their citizens' well-being. Ambitious programs have been
launched by different entities with the aim to produce dramatic advances
in areas that may impact the rapid development of Digital Libraries.
The National Science Foundation and el
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y
Tecnología, in conjunction with ISTEC
seek to provide a forum for Mexican and United States representatives to
share information on Digital Library Initiatives.
Adicionalmente este workshop se realiza con los auspicios del
Consejo Interamericano para el Desarrollo Integral cidi.oas.org de la Organización de los
Estados Americanos con vistas a organizar eventos subregionales análogos
en Centroamérica, el Caribe y América del Sur, al igual que establecer una
actividad de capacitación a través de un foro virtual.
ict.udlap.mx/dl/dlmex
Mexican
Digital Library Program.
Overview of Program
In the United States, the
Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI), started in
1994 and now in its second phase, sponsored by the National Science
Foundation (NSF), the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Many other related
projects and programs have been started in the United States, Europe, and
Asia.
In México, interest in Digital Libraries
has also been increasing. Work in areas related to Digital Libraries has been conducted in higher
education institutions and research centers. However, only recently has
the research community started to develop a National Digital Libraries Program, intended to bring
researchers together and coordinate efforts in the area.
The main objectives of this workshop are:
to allow Mexican researchers to obtain first-hand insight of the
experiences of U.S. researchers in the
development of Digital Libraries projects;
provide a forum for the discussion of the Mexican National Digital Libraries Program in the light of experiences
with related projects; and to explore cooperation and collaboration
opportunities among U.S. and Mexican institutions in the area of Digital Libraries.
Format of the Workshop:
To allow for a rich interaction, participation in the workshop will be
limited to 30 Mexican Representatives - and 30 United States
Representatives, and will be restricted
to those researchers presenting their work and collaborative proposals
among Mexican and U.S. institutions.
Additionally, there will be a number of plenary presentations given by
invited keynote speakers.
Collaborative Themes:
Digital Library architectures
Digitization of large collections
User interfaces for Digital Libraries
Information retrieval mechanisms
Collaborative environments
Metadata standards
Multi-lingual interfaces
Social issues
Links for Visitors
- Links
from the ISTEC USA Page
UNM Highlights
- FORO Transfronterizo de
Bibliotecas 2000 23-25 March 1999
- University of New Mexico Centennial Science & Engineering
Library
- Herzstein Latin American
Reading Room
Digital Library Links
- Digital Libraries
Initiative (DLI) Six Prominent University Research Links.
- NSF-CONACyT
Collaborative Research Opportunities
- NSF
DIGITAL LIBRARIES INITIATIVE - PHASE 2
- dlib.org Magazine of Digital Library
Research
- CYBERSTACKS
centralized, integrated, and unified collection.
- Robert Wilensky
Berkeley Digital Library Project
- Library of Congress
National Digital Library Competition
- Library of
Congress
National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative
- DLI2
Workshop Web Page Mirror @ UDLAP
http://ict.udlap.mx/dl/workshop99/cfp.html
UDLAP, México Digital Library Links
- UDLAP
CENTIA Taller en Ciencias de la Computación
-
http://www.pue.udlap.mx/~centia/ReportNSFCONACyTPuebla.html
- UDLAP Digital Libraries
Resources
- Computer
Science Workshop Digital Libraries Working Group
- Agents
for Academic Collaboration Dr. Ramón Brena
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ISTEC Executive Office at the University of New
Mexico istec@eece.unm.edu
http://www.istec.org/Digital Library Linkages/jerome/dlform.html
