Programme now available for IFLA RBSCS Mid-term conference!
The programme for the IFLA Rare Books & Special Collections section mid-term conference has now been published! You can view it below or download it here.
Libraries in the sky
large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections
National Library of Norway (Oslo), 12 April 2018
09:00: Coffee, welcome and opening:
- Hege Stensrud Høsøien, National Library of Norway
- Helen Vincent, Chair of IFLA RBSC section
09:30-10:30 Digital Discovery of Cultural Heritage Treasures
- V. Zupan: Legacy Treasure of the “Svetozar Markovic” university library in Belgrade: Experience from a Digital Environment
- P. Granholm: Manuscripta – a Digital Catalogue of Manuscripts in Sweden
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-12:00 Large-scale collection development, discovery and access
- E. MacGlone: Development of a UK sports collection for the UK Legal Deposit Web Archive
- J. Simmons: Global Discovery of Special Collections and Archives via the SNAC
- A. Baillot, F. Vignale: Exploring the cultural heritage of reading: the READ-IT project
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Improving access through technology: user experience and IIIF
- A. Angeletaki: Archives and libraries brought into the 21st century through the use of technology. Lessons learned and challenges to reflect upon.
- M. Mcgrattan: Digirati: cloud-based infrastructure and services for digital content delivery and content enrichment, centred around the use of IIIF and other open APIs
- S. Brumfield, J. Howard: Round Trip to Paradise: using IIIF to connect disparate library systems
14:30-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-15:15 Sharing and using collections digitally
- R. Mouren: The ReACH Project: Promoting universally the Reproduction, storage and sharing of works of Art and Cultural Heritage through digital technologies
- R. Di Cresce, A. Bolintineanu: Using IIIF to Teach Rare Books, Special Collections and Digital Humanities
15:15-16:15 Open session for comments and conclusion, chaired by H. Vincent
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Registration is free for this conference, however advanced booking is essential. Please email Nina Korbu (National Library of Norway) to book your place.
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IFLA Rare Books & Special Collections Section (February 27, 2018). Programme now available for IFLA RBSCS Mid-term conference! Rare & Special: News from the Rare Books and Special Collections Section of IFLA. Retrieved July 17, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/pvl1