The Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) cordially invites you to participate in the 11th ECDL conference to be held in Budapest, Hungary on 16-21 September 2007. ......More

The 2007 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library and hosted by first lady Laura Bush, features more than 70 award-winning authors, poets and illustrators. The event is free and open to the public and will be held rain or shine.......More

The e-Social Science 2007 program committee announces four invited panels to be held during the October conference (panel times will be announced shortly).

1. "Strategies for funding e-social science"

2. "Flagship projects in e-social science"

3. "Science and Technology Studies views of e-social science"

4. "Relationship between traditional and e-social science"

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The 24th APAN Meeting will be held from August 27 to August 31, 2007 in Xi'An, China. This 5-day event will highlight tutorials, oral presentations and demonstrations covering advanced network technologies and applications.......More

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) is a non-profit professional and educational association that promotes the effective and ethical use of spatial information and information technologies for the understanding and management of urban and regional systems. It is a multidisciplinary association where professionals from all parts of the spatial data community can come together and share concerns and ideas.

URISA’s 45th Annual Conference will generate discussion and debate about the most serious topics faced by those trying to improve our urban and regional environments through the use of information technology. Beginning on Monday with full-day, comprehensive workshops, followed by three full days of educational sessions and networking opportunities, URISA 2007 is a complete conference — thought-provoking, unbiased and worthwhile.

Since 1963, URISA has been the professional home of choice for Public Sector GIS and IT Executives throughout the United States, Canada and other countries worldwide.

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American Treasures Gallery
Thomas Jefferson Building
February 22 - August 18, 2007
Monday - Saturday
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Shakespeare's presence in the American consciousness is long-standing and pervasive. Versions of his plays have been produced by Hollywood, and theaters from New York to Washington to Ashland, Oregon, present them to a wide and varied public. Popular culture such as cartoons, television, and advertising is full of references to Shakespeare and his influence.

Reflecting America's long interest in Shakespeare, the Library of Congress collections contain a wealth of Shakespeare-related material. As part of the "Shakespeare in Washington" Festival, the Library presents this selection of items. They include mementoes of famous actors and actresses, such as notes on roles, prompt books, playbills, performance photographs, and theatrical posters; costume designs from the 1930s Federal Theater Project; political cartoons from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and manuscripts of classical and popular music related to Shakespeare's plays.

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American Treasures Gallery
Thomas Jefferson Building
February 22 - August 18, 2007
Monday - Saturday
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Since 1907, the MacDowell Colony has offered a creative sanctuary to visual artists, writers, and composers. Founded by American composer Edward MacDowell and his wife Marian, the Colony’s underlying philosophy is that artists working in different disciplines can benefit from contact with one another. This agenda along with the promise of quiet, solitude, and time and freedom to create has attracted hundreds of artists to the Colony over the years. The Colony counts among its alumni some of the most distinguished names in American arts and letters, including Milton Avery, James Baldwin, Leonard Bernstein, Willa Cather, Aaron Copland, Benny Andrews, and Thornton Wilder. Today the MacDowell Colony continues as a vital thriving artists’ colony. A special installation within the American Treasures gallery, this exhibition, drawn from collections across the Library, provides an opportunity to appreciate the MacDowell experience, from its most recent fellows to its earliest colonists.

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Admire 200 works from the Neolithic period to the 20th century in this exquisite art exhibition......More

World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council

"Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships"

19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa 

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Over the last decade the annual Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts (DRHA) conferences have constructed an unusual kind of meeting place for the Humanities: a space in which researchers, curators, and distributors of digital resources could meet and share perspectives on their complementary agendas.......More

This E-Newsletter is a communicating approach between all the projects and sub-projects of NDAP. [Resounding] is a special column for the readers to share their experiences which contributions related to digital archives are always welcomed. It would be better if the contributors are knowledgeable and interesting. In addition to general discussion and report, topics which are explorative, debated, even controversial are also welcomed. ......More

[Digital Gallery] chiefly introduces digitized archives. In addition to display the achievements of NDAP, [Digital Gallery] also wishes to bring the audiences visual feast on the attractiveness of digital archives. ......More