Agenda

8 may

09.00–09.30
Registration

09.30–09.45
Welcome by Mr. Ádám Horváth, Director of Informatics, National Széchényi Library of Hungary

09.45–10.30
Session 1 – The European Library and TEL-ME-MOR: goals, activities, impact & results
The European Library – Jill Cousins, Head of Office, The European Library

TEL-ME-MOR: The European Library: Modular Extensions for Mediating Online Resources – Barbara Morganti, Eremo srl

10.30–11.00
Coffee break

11.00–12.30
Session 2 – Current trends in cultural heritage and ICT research in the European national libraries
Research activities of the European national libraries in the domain of cultural heritage and ICT - Zinaida Manžuch, Vilnius University/National Library of the Czech Republic; Adolf Knoll, Deputy Director, National Library of the Czech Republic

OPEN DISCUSSION
The discussion will aim to formulate recommendations as to how the EU R&D (Research and Development) agenda can lead to improving access to cultural and scientific resources via participation in future IST projects.

12.30–13.30
Sandwich lunch

13.30–15.00
Session 3 – Opportunities for New Member States to participate in the EU R&D activities

• The European Commission and the Digital Libraries Initiative – Barbara Morganti, Eremo srl
• eContentplus Programme (2005–2008) – Ágnes Bereczki, MATISZ (Hungarian Association for Content Industry)

15.00–15.30
Coffee break

15.30–16.30
Session 4 – Related EU projects & networks

MICHAEL: The multilingual catalogue of digital cultural heritage in Europe – Antonella Fresa, Project Technical Coordinator, Italy
DELOS: Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries – Vittore Casarosa, ISTI-CNR (The Institute of Information Science and Technologies), Italy

16.30–16.45
Conclusions

19.30
Conference dinner at the "Kárpátia" restaurant

9 may

09.30–10.00
Summary of conclusions of previous day's discussions

10.00–11.00
Session 5 – Examples of national initiatives

• Hungarian participation in the IST Priority of the 6 th Framework Programme – Vilmos Bognár and Edina Németh, IST National Contact Point
• Cultural and scientific digitisation – Iván Rónai: Ministry of Cultural Heritage
• Participation in European digitisation projects and activities – István Moldován, National Széchényi Library

11.00–11.30
Coffee break

11.30–13.00
Session 5 – Examples of national initiatives (continued)

• E-taster – Dániel Molnár, COEDU kft.
• The National Audiovisual Archive – Bálint András Kovács (NAVA)
• Present and future of a digital library – Dávid Kitzinger, John von Neumann Digital Library and Multimedia Centre
• "Ask the Internet Librarian!": Introducing LibInfo, the online information service of Hungarian libraries – Zoltán Mező, National Széchényi Library 

OPEN DISCUSSION

13.00–14.00
Final discussion, conclusions and recommendations
Representatives from various sectors, who participated in the workshop, will present final statements with regard to the research requirements in the New Member States, with particular reference to building the European Digital Library in order to draw conclusions and make recommendations as to how to take them into account in the shaping of future EU Research Programmes.

14.00
Sandwich lunch