DiPP 2014

Dates:

September 18-21, 2014

Place:

Regional Museum of History in Veliko Tarnovo
and P.R. Slaveykov Regional Public Library in Veliko Tarnovo

Principal Organiser:

  Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 

Conference website:

http://dipp2014.math.bas.bg/

under the patronage of UNESCO and
with the support of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science
Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, September 18-21, 2014

The Fourth International Conference on Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage — DiPP2014 aims at presenting innovative results, research projects and applications in the field of digitisation, documentation, archiving, representation and preservation of global and national tangible and intangible cultural and scientific heritage. The main focus is to provide open access to digitised cultural heritage and to set up sustainable policies for its continuous digital preservation and conservation. The priority area is the digital presentation and preservation of cultural and historical objects under conditions of risk, including those from the Veliko Tarnovo region. The forum will demonstrate innovative technologies and prototypes, including digital repositories, digital archives, virtual museums and digital libraries, which result from established practices and achievements in the field. Representatives of public and specialised libraries, museums, galleries, archives, centres, both national and foreign research institutions and universities are invited to participate and exchange experiences, ideas, knowledge and best practices of the field.

In the frame of the Fourth International Conference on Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage—DiPP2014 an autumn training school Development and Promotion of Open Access to Scientific Information and Research (OA School) will be organized.