Monat: Juni 2007

ERIC is pleased to announce release of the first wave of content from the Microfiche Digitization Project. This first release provides full text access to more than 20,000 documents published on microfiche by ERIC between 1988 and 1992.

At
http://www.eric.ed.gov
you can filter online resources in the advanced search. (Try e.g.: archival)

http://www.scriptorium.columbia.edu/highlights

International Conference on the History of Records and Archives
Perth, Western Australia 3-5 August 2008.

Minority reports: Indigenous and Community Voices in Archives

The general theme of this conference explores issues relating to the history of recordkeeping by and about Indigenous peoples, migrant communities, minority communities, forgotten and disappeared communities. This includes historical and contemporary responses by these groups to recordkeeping by dominant communities. This conference also welcomes discussion on the impact and histories of the destruction of archives relating to the above communities and peoples, and the role of records in human rights contexts, including slavery and reconciliation.
We invite submissions of proposals for papers that report on original research into topics and themes that have not been widely discussed in the archival literature. Papers may treat any time period, any format and any national jurisdiction.

Topics might include, but are not limited to the following areas:
• Cultural provenance / virtual repatriation
• Collecting against the grain
• Representation and self representation
• Approaches to keeping cultural memory
• Expanding definitions of archives beyond traditional formats
• Reading traditional records to tell new stories
• Historical and contemporary approaches to outreach and access
• Absences and silences in archives and cultural institutions

We encourage cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural perspectives on issues relating to the scope of the conference.

Proposals may be for individual papers or for whole sessions which may consist of 2-3 papers and a panel discussion.

Papers by people from Indigenous, migrant, minority and forgotten communities are particularly welcome.

Proposals for papers
Abstracts should be approximately 300 words and in word or RTF format. All papers will be refereed.
Proposals should be sent to ichora4@ecu.edu.au by 14 July 2007. We will advise on acceptance by the end of October 2007

The language of the conference is English.

I-CHORA (4) Conference Programme Committee
Joanna Sassoon (SROWA)
Karen Anderson (ECU)
Toby Burrows (UWA)
Carly Lane (UWA)
Michael Piggott (UMelb)
Kirsten Thorpe (SRNSW)
Adrian Cunningham (NAA)

This conference is timed to be directly after the ICA Congress in Kuala Lumpur, and just prior to the Australian Society of Archivists Conference, Perth, Western Australia 7-9 August 2008. A call for papers for the Australian Society of Archivists Conference will be made in a few months.
For further information in the meantime please contact Dr Karen Anderson k.anderson@ecu.edu.au

http://www.universeum.de can actually only found by using the Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/*/www.universeum.de or
Google’s cache.

The Declaration of Halle, 16 April 2000

Academic Heritage and Universities – Responsibility and Public Access

Universities must acknowledge their wide cultural roles. Academic collections and museums provide special opportunities for experiencing and participating in the life of the University. These collections serve as active resources for teaching and research as well as unique and irreplacable historical records. In particular, the collections of the oldest European universities provide windows for the public on the role of the university in helping to define and interpret our cultural identity. By valuing and promoting this shared academic heritage, our institutions demonstrate a commitment to the continued use of these resources by a broad public.

The Programme

The representatives of collections and museums of several European universitites assembled at Halle agree to found a network, “Academic Heritage and Universities”. The network is open to interested academic institutions with similar collections and will collaborate closely with other relevant initiatives.

The objective of the network is to share knowledge and experiences among its members and to undertake joint projects with the aim of enhancing access to the collections at all levels. In particular, the network will pursue the following objectives:

1. to establish a directory of collections in the respective academic units which contains information about the extent and nature of the holdings in order to enhance access to and use by those collections by students, academics and a broad public;

2. to stimulate public awareness of the collections by facilitating the production of travelling exhibitions and the exchange of material, including loans, and to promote understanding of the collections through scholarly research and teaching;

3. in view of the growing use and potential of electronic media for cultural expression the network will particularly explore the use of the World Wide Web and the creation of “virtual” museum resources to promote access to the academic heritage;

4. to organise conferences and symposia on topics of common interest and, where appropriate, to facilitate the exchange and enhancement of technical skills and expertise amongst members.

In view of the continuing need to promote the use and understanding of the academic heritage the network will continue to meet to develop joint projects which meet these objectives. Help for these initiatives will be sought from the EU-Program “Culture 2000”.

http://chcul.fc.ul.pt/act_ii/universeum-2007.htm

University Heritage: Universal Heritage?

Universeum Network Meeting
Lisbon, Portugal, 6th – 8th July 2007

> Download the programme as a PDF document here. [225kB]

Museum of Science,
University of Lisbon – MCUL
Rua da Escola Politécnica 56
1250-102 Lisbon

Programme
> Friday, 6th July
> Observatory, AOL
> Saturday, 7th July
> Sunday, 8th July
> Post-conference excursions

Friday, 6th July
Amphitheatre of Chemistry, MCUL

* 9.30 h – Registration (Museum Entrance)
* 10.00 h – Opening Session
Ana Eiró, Director of the Museum of Science;
Maria Amélia Martins-Loução, Vice-Rector of the University of Lisbon (to be confirmed);
Ana Simões, Centre for the History of Science, University of Lisbon;
Marta C. Lourenço, Organising & Programme Committee.
* Opening Addresses
Chair: Ana Eiró, Museum of Science.
o 10.30 h – Steven de Clercq, ICOM/UMAC, Universeum: Where to from Now? Reculer pour mieux sauter (15+5 min)
o 10.50 h – Sofia Talas, University of Padua;
Marta C. Lourenço, University of Lisbon,
From Europe to the World: Common characteristics and ‘strong points’ of European university museums (30+10 min)

* 11.30 h – Coffee Break

Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL

* University Heritage Moving Beyond Traditional Borders
Chair: Steven de Clercq, ICOM/UMAC.
o 12 h – Nuno R. Lopes & João Marujo, University of Coimbra,
The University of Coimbra, A Candidate to UNESCO World Heritage
o 12.30 h – Sébastien Soubiran, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg,
What paths for university museums and collections: universities’ showcases, communication tools, research and teaching objects, cultural artefacts?
* 13 h – Lunch

Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL

* University Archives
Chair: Pedro Sousa Dias, University of Lisbon.
o 14.30 h – Menno S. Polak, University of Amsterdam,
University archives and research data
o 15 h – Conceição Tavares, University of Lisbon,
The D. Luiz Meteorological Observatory: University heritage as a source for the history of geophysics
o 15.30 h – Josje Calff, Leiden University,
The paper heritage: the Special Collections of Leiden University Library
o 16 h – Coffee-Break
*

University Heritage as a Source for Learning
Chair: Thomas Bremer, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
o 16.30 h – Luisa Arruda, University of Lisbon,
The Faculty of Belas Artes in Lisbon: Art heritage
o 17.00 h – Marisa L. Monteiro; Luís Bernardo & José M. Araújo, University of Porto,
Teaching keepsakes in the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto

Laboratory of Physics Cyrillo Soares, MCUL

* 17.30 h – Poster Session
o Graça Bachmann & Alexandra Melão, Technical University of Lisbon,
Mechanical systems at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o José Pedro d’Amorim; Alexandra Melão & Pedro M. de Abreu, Technical University of Lisbon;
Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon,
The legacy of astronomical instruments at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o Rita Gomes Batista, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon;
Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon,
The archival legacy of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
* 17.45 h – Visit to the Laboratorio Chimico, Museum of Science, with Marta C. Lourenço, University of Lisbon
* 18.30 – Welcome Cocktail

Information
For any information you may contact Marta C. Lourenço, mclourenco(at)http://fc.ul.pt

Registration
Call for papers and registration are now closed.

Organisation

> MCUL – Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa

> CHCUL – Centro de História das Ciências – Universidade de Lisboa

Special Programme
at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda

[Please confirm your participation with Marta C. Lourenço, mclourenco(at)http://fc.ul.pt. Meeting point: bus outside the Museum of Science at 19.45 h]

* 20.30 h – Pedro M. de Abreu, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University of Lisbon,
Appropriation and innovation in the architectonic process of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
* 21.00 h – Tour of the Observatory and the Collection, with
Rui J. Agostinho, director of the Observatory
* 22.00 h – Observing the Sky of Lisbon … with real telescopes
* 23.00 h – Return to Museum of Science

Saturday, 7th July
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL

* University Heritage as a Source for Communicating with Society I
Chair: Daniel Raichvarg, Université de Bourgogne.
o 9.30 h – Pedro Casaleiro, University of Coimbra,
Collection care and exhibition at the Laboratorio Chimico, Museum of Science, University of Coimbra
o 10.00 h – Panu Nykänen, Helsinki University of Technology,
How the History for engineers differs from the History for scientists – the exhibitions of HUT100
o 10.30 h – Roland Wittje, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Reverberations from the 1930s: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology collections and the history of modern soundscape
o 11.00 h – Coffee-Break
* University Heritage as a Source for Communicating with Society II
Chair: Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra (to be confirmed).
o 11.30 h – Diana Gasparon & Nathalie Nyst, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
A University Network around the Elephant Man
o 12 h – Rui J. Agostinho, Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon;
José P. d’Amorim & Pedro M. de Abreu, Technical University of Lisbon,
The astronomical instruments collection at the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
o 12.30 h – José Duarte Gorjão Jorge, Technical University of Lisbon,
Architecture of science/science of architecture
o 13 h – Lunch
* University Heritage: Current Dilemmas
Chair: Reet Mägi, Tartu University.
o 14.00 h – Cláudia Garradas & Lúcia Almeida Matos, University of Porto,
The Fine Arts Museum of the University of Porto: Current concerns and strategies
o 14.30 h – Judit Szilágyi, University of Debrecen,
The University Museum of Debrecen
o 15 h Stanisław Waltoś, Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow,
Changing faces of university museums
o 15.30 h – Stanisław Waltoś & Ewa Wyka, Jagiellonian University Museum Krakow,
Presentation of UNIVERSEUM 2008: University of Krakow (10 min)
o 15.45 h – Coffee-Break
* 16.15 h – Visits to the Museums of Science & National Museum of Natural History University of Lisbon
* 20.00 h – Dinner at Restaurante Trindade (Rua Nova da Trindade, 20-B) – Registration necessary before June 20th.
[Meeting point at the Museum of Science at 19.30 h]

Programme Committee

> Marta Lourenço, University of Lisbon
> Ana Simões, Centre for the History of Science, University of Lisbon
> Ana Eiró, Museum of Science, University of Lisbon
> Liba Taub, Cambridge University
> Sofia Talas, University of Padua
> Steven de Clercq, ICOM-UMAC
> Sébastien Soubiran, University of Strasbourg Louis Pasteur
> Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra
> Manuel Janeira, University of Porto

Sunday, 8th July
Auditorium Manuel Valadares, MCUL

* 9.00 h Portuguese University Heritage
Chair: to be assigned
o 9.15 h – Ana Eiró, University of Lisbon,
The Heritage of the University of Lisbon
o 9.35 h – Luisa Fernandes, University of Porto,
The Heritage of the University of Porto
o 9.55 h – Paulo Gama Mota, University of Coimbra,
The Heritage of the University of Coimbra
o 10.15 h – Coffee Break
o 10.45 h – Discussion: Is there a future for university museums & collections in Portugal?
o 11.30 h – Universeum: What next? Preliminary results of the Reflection Group

N.B.

Time for presentations is limited to 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion (unless stated otherwise).

POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS
Monday, 9th July
University of Coimbra

* 11.00 h Visits to: Museum of Science of the University of Coimbra (at the Laboratorio Chimico) Museum of Physics
* 13.00 h Break for lunch
* 15.00 h Visits to: King John Library & Grand Hall Botanical Garden and Museum

Download the programme here.
Tuesday, 10th July
University of Porto

* 10.00 h Visits to: Abel Salazar House Museum Museum of the History of Medicine
* 14.00 h Break for lunch
* 16.00 h Visits to: Museum of Science Museum of Natural History

Download the programme here.

The representatives of collections and museums of several European universitites assembled at Halle, on 16th April 2000, agreed to found a network, “Academic Heritage and Universities”. The network is open to interested academic institutions with similar collections and collaborates closely with other relevant initiatives. The objective of the network is to share knowledge and experiences among its members and to undertake joint projects with the aim of enhancing access to the collections at all levels.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/23/arts/design/23libr.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

http://hughw36.blogspot.com/2007/06/danish-church-books.html
http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/English/default.aspx

The Danish State Archives Filming Centre digitises parish registers and population censuses in order to make them accessible via the Internet.