Programme
4th Conference of LIBER Manuscript Librarians Group
“Meeting with manuscripts, today and tomorrow”
26-28 May 2010
Wednesday, 26 May
12.00 – 14.00
Registration
The exhibition
Iter Europaeum. Exploring the manuscripts of the Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma
will take place during the Conference
14.00 – 15.00
Opening session
Welcome by Osvaldo Avallone, Director of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
Presentation of the Conference by André Bouwman (Leiden University Library), chair of LIBER Manuscript Librarians Group and Jutta Weber (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz), secretary of the Group, on behalf of the organizing committee
Francesca Niutta (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma)
The National Library of Rome and its manuscript collections
15.00 - 17.20
Session 1. Sharing information in Europe: National Reports
Chair: André Bouwman (Leiden University Library)
In this session ten ‘reporters’ will outline manuscript activities in their countries, focusing on two or three major events or developments. The short presentations are based on the national background and progress reports that will be published on the website (http://liber-manuscripts.kb.nl/index.html). Countries without presentations at the Berlin Conference of 2007 will be given priority.
15.00 – 16.00
Introduction and five presentations:
Denmark (Ivan Boserup, Kongelige Bibliotek, København)
Norway (Tone Modalsli, National Library of Norway)
Lithuania (Jolita Steponaitiene, Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania)
Belgium (Ann Kelders, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussel)
Netherlands (Ad Leerintveld, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag)
16.00 – 16.20
Coffee break
16.20 – 17.20
Five presentations and conclusion:
Bulgaria (Elisaveta Musakova, St. Cyril and St. Methodius National Library)
Portugal (Ana Cristina Silva, National Library of Portugal)
Czech Republic (Zdeněk Uhlír, National Library of the Czech Republic)
Switzerland (Barbara Roth, Bibliothèque de Genève)
Vatican Library (Ambrogio Piazzoni)
Visit to the Biblioteca Nazionale and to the exhibition Visioni Celesti
18.30 – 20.00
Welcome cocktail offered by the Biblioteca Nazionale
Thursday, 27 May
9.15 – 11.10
Session 2. Born-digital materials
Chair: Ivan Boserup (Royal Library, Copenhagen)
9.15 –9.30
Keynote of the chair
9.30 -9.50
Susan E. Thomas (Bodleian Library, Oxford)
Curating born-digital archives at the Bodleian Library
9.50 – 10.10
Giovanni Bergamin - Paola Pirolo (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze)
The conservation of born digital works: the Italian experience and perspectives
10.10 – 10.30
Jamie Andrews (British Library, London)
The “Digital lives” project
10.30 – 10.50
Claus Jensen (Royal Library, Copenhagen)
A pragmatic solution to the acquisition and archiving of born-digital material: letting scholars auto-archive
10.50 – 11.10
Discussion
11.10 – 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00
Session 3. Networks of medieval and modern manuscripts within and outside their context: new cooperation models for librarians, archivists and scholars
Chair: Jutta Weber (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
11.30 - 11.40
Keynote of the chair
11.40 – 12.00
Thierry Delcourt (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris)
The Roman de la Rose digital library and Europeana Regia : collaborative projects about medieval manuscripts
12.00 - 12.20
Toni Bernhart (Universität der Künste zu Berlin)
Alexander von Humboldt and the network of his correspondents
12.20 – 13.00
Discussion
16.00 – 17.15
Visit to historical libraries and archives in Rome
17.45– 19.00
Visit to a special site.
20.00
Conference dinner
Friday, 28 May
9.30-10.40
Session 4. Old and new audiences for manuscripts
Chair: Scot McKendrick (British Library, London)
9.30 – 9.40
Keynote of the chair
9.40 – 10.00
Marco Palma (Università di Cassino)
Which audiences for manuscripts?
10.00– 10.20
Roger Walshe (British Library, London)
The Real Thing: teaching and learning with manuscripts
10.20 – 10.40
Discussion
10.40 – 11.00
Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30
Session 5. Training of manuscript librarians
Chair: Bernard Meehan (Trinity College Library, Dublin)
11.00 – 11.10
Keynote of the chair
11.10 – 11.30
Peter Kamber (Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, Luzern)
Training skills for curators of medieval manuscripts in Europe
11.30 – 11.50
Isabella Ceccopieri (Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma)
Modern manuscripts: old and new skills for curators
11.50 – 12.10
Discussion
12.10 - 13.10
Closing session
