[Please excuse cross-postings] The International Conference on the Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2006) will be held October 8-10, 2006 at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY U.S.A. The theme of this year's iPRES is Words to Deeds: Collaboration in the Realm of Digital Preservation. Following on the successful iPRES 2005 held September 14-16 in Goettingen, Germany, iPRES 2006 will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada. Plenary Sessions will explore topics in Preserving Multimedia Objects, E-Journal Preservation, Certification, and National Efforts in Digital Preservation. Concurrent sessions on Tools of the Trade, eScience, Repositories, and New Initiatives will also be held. We are pleased to announce our list of featured speakers for iPRES 2006. Svein Arne Brygfjeld, National Library of Norway Robin Dale, Program Officer, RLG Marc Dantzker, Curator, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Susanne Dobratz, Head of University Library, Humboldt-University Berlin Eileen Fenton, Executive Director, Portico Carl Fleishhauer, Project Coordinator, Office of Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress Andrew McHugh, Advisory Services Manager, Digital Curation Centre Erik Oltmans, Head e-Depot, National Library of the Netherlands Vicky Reich, Director of LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Resources Seamus Ross, Director HATII University of Glasgow and Associate Director Digital Curation Centre (UK) Barbara Signori, Swiss National Library Ken Thibodeau, Head of the Electronic Records Division, US National Archives and Records Administration David Thomas, Director of Government and Technology, The National Archives, UK Ian Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada Zhang Xiaolin, Director, Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences (LCAS) The deadline for early registration is September 1, 2006. For details about the iPRES 2006 agenda and to register, please visit our web site: http://ipres.library.cornell.edu/ . Peter B. Hirtle IRIS Technology Strategist and CUL Intellectual Property Officer Note New Mailing Address & Fax: Instruction, Research, and Information Services Division Cornell University Library 215 Olin Library Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 [log in to unmask] t. 607.255-4033 f. 607/255-2493 A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>