March 24-25, 2003
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC USA

This joint symposium, sponsored by RLG and the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and hosted by the Library of Congress, addressed the critical issues of selection and collaboration in preserving digital materials. Digital preservation is an international issue with many transferable lessons. Leading speakers from the USA and Europe described their experiences and future plans. Through presentations, discussion, and breakout groups, participants had opportunities to contrast different approaches, consider which approaches will be relevant for their own institution and interests, and further explore opportunities for collaboration in digital preservation across organizational and national boundaries. This event was the latest in a series of collaborations between JISC and RLG begun in 1996 and resulting in conferences, research projects and publications.

Day 1
11:00	Welcome - Neil Beagrie, JISC & Mark Roosa, Library of Congress
11:15	Opening Keynote: "Why Do We Need Selection Models?" —Reg Carr, University of Oxford
11:45	Influences on Selection Decisions (National Perspectives) Panel chair: Maggie Jones, JISC "From Form To Content, The New Selection Policy Of The National Library of the Netherlands" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Anne Katrien Amse, Koninklijke Bibliotheek "Building Universal Holdings: The Library of Congress Approach" [PDF] —Beacher Wiggins, Library of Congress "Digital Content and Life-cycle Collection Management: A British Library Perspective" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Clive Field, The British Library
2:15	Blending Local Interests and Consortial Strengths Panel chair: Paul Conway, Duke University "Thinking About a Local Digital Preservation Program" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] — Dale Flecker, Harvard University "Preservation in a Distributed World: Who Does What and Where?" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Sheila Anderson, Arts & Humanities Data Service
3:15	"Learning from Traditional Collaborative Models" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Robin Dale, RLG
4:00	"Update on the National Digital Information Infrastructure & Preservation Program (NDIIPP)" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Martha Anderson, Library of Congress
5:15	Summarizing Discussions
Day 2
9:15	Approaches to Content Selection Panel chair: Nancy Elkington "Selecting Digital Records: Past Realities, Future Possibilities" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Kevin Ashley, University of London Computing Centre  "Licensed E-journals - a Matter of Trust or a Matter of Time?" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Maggie Jones, JISC "Harnessing the Web: The MINERVA Program at the Library of Congress" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Diane Kresh, Library of Congress "Digital Preservation of E-prints"  [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Stephen Pinfield, University of Nottingham
11:00	International Challenges Panel chair: Neil Beagrie, JISC "International Challenges: What Lies Between Global and Local?" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Margaret Hedstrom, University of Michigan, School of Information "International Collaboration for Web Archiving"  [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation] —Michele Kimpton, Internet Archive and Julien Masanes, Bibliotheque nationale de France "Balancing Concerns of Libraries and the International Publisher" [PDF] [PowerPoint presentation]  —Karen Hunter, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Elsevier
12:00	Putting it all Together / Open Discussion (led by panel chairs and organizers)
12:30	Closing Keynote: Clifford Lynch