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Responsible Stewardship towards Cultural Heritage Materials

Preconference of the IFLA Rare Book and Manuscripts Section

Hosted by the Kongelige Bibliotek Copenhagen

Thursday 11 – Friday 12 August 2005



Thursday 11 August (All day)


10:00	Registration, Coffee

10:30	Welcome
•	Erland Kolding Nielsen (Kongelige Bibliotek): Welcome on behalf of
the Kongelige Bibliotek
•	Susan Allen (RBMS): Welcome on behalf of the IFLA Rare Book and
Manuscripts Section
•	Video: Mister Bean in the Library

11:00	Session I  Stewardship of Cultural Property
•	Kristian Jensen (British Library): What does “Responsible
Stewardship towards Cultural Heritage” mean in the 21st century?
•	Ton Cremers (Museum Security Network): The risks of terrorist
attacks on cultural heritage
•	René Teygeler (Consultancy and Research Cultural Heritage): the
libary and archive situation in Iraq.
•	Alice Prochaska (Yale): Anglo-American attempts to protect cultural
heritage during WW II
•	General discussion with the speakers

13:00	Lunch / Visit to the H.C. Andersen exhibition

14:00	Session II  Legal issues
•	Sebastian Hauge Lerche (Bruun-Rasmussen International Auctions):
Buying, selling and auctioning cultural materials
•	Poul Jan Poulsen (Antikvariaat Aldus / International League of
Antiquarian Boolsellers): The ILAB line of policy regarding cultural
heritage materials of questionable origin
•	Guido Carducci (UNESCO): Legal Protection of Cultural Property
versus International Trade
•	Michael Thompson (Chicago attorney): Legal issues in the USA
•	General discussion with the speakers

15:30	Tea

15:45	Session III  Security
•	Guided library tour in KB Copenhagen with special attention to
security matters
•	Jesper Düring Jørgensen (KB Copenhagen): Security measures in the
Kongelige Bibliotek
•	Alvan Bregman (University of Illinois): Security measures in the USA
•	Theo Vermeulen (Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag): Axes and
databases. New developments on the protection of cultural heritage in The
Netherlands
•	General discussion with the speakers


17:30	Reception, sponsored by Bruun-Rasmussen International Auctions, in
the rooms of their auction house, Bredgade 33



Friday 12 August 

09:30	Session IV  Uniting collections & sharing cultural heritage via
digitization, joint databases and portals
•	Erik Petersen (KB Copenhagen / Comité International de
Paléographie): Presentation of the handling on Internet of the Copenhagen
manuscript fragments
•	Krister Ostlund (Uppsala University Library): Sharing the Waller
Collection via digitization
•	Marian Lefferts (CERL): Presentation of the Hand Press Book Database
and other initiatives of the Consortium of European Research Libraries
(CERL)
•	Youssef Ziedan (Bibliotheca Alexandrina): Highlights of the Latest
Activities of the Manuscript Center of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the
Field of Heritage Preservation
•	General discussion with the speakers


11:30	Coffee / Visit to the H.C. Andersen exhibition


12:00	Closing
•	Marc Dimunation (Library of Congress): Wrap-up of the Conference
•	Susan Allen (RBMS): Closing of the Conference


12:30	“Farewell drink” with snacks, offered by the Museum Tusculanum Press
(University of Copenhagen)

 
Responsible Stewardship towards Cultural Heritage Materials


Prior to the IFLA World Library and Information Congress the IFLA Rare Books
and Manuscripts Section organizes an exciting international preconference on

“Responsible Stewardship towards Cultural Heritage Materials”

This conference will take place on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 August and will
be hosted by the Kongelige Bibliotek in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Subscription fee is only Euro 75,- including lunch, coffee, tea and
receptions.

Register for this preconference by making a payment of Euro 75,- to the:

Jyske Bank
Filial 8109
Account: 0001011114
Name beneficiary: Kongelige Bibliothek, Copenhagen
IBAN: DK9881090001011114
BIC/Swiftcode: JYBADKKK
Payment details: “IFLA” + your name

Please confirm your registration by sending an e-mail to IFLA-RBMS Secretary
Jan Bos at jan.bos at kb.nl

Prereservations have been made in two hotels for 10-12 August. Both hotels
are in central Copenhagen, near the Kongelige Bibliotek.

 	Palace Hotel, www.palace-hotel.dk (single:1025 DKK; double: 1225
DKK; excl. breakfast)

Mermaid Hotel, www.mermaid-hotel.dk (single: 725 DKK; double: 925 DKK; incl.
breakfast)

Make your reservations at these hotels before 10 July, and refer to the
preresevations made for the IFLA Preconference.


For more information, contact:

IFLA-RBMS Information Coordinator:
Mark G. Dimunation
The Library of Congress
E-mail: mdim at loc.gov

or:

IFLA-RBMS Secretary
Jan Bos
National Library of the Netherlands
E-mail: jan.bos at kb.nl