[LINK] Digital scholar's workbench, ANU, 13 Sep 2006

[Tom Worthington]

If you are interested in e-documents, XML tools, digital repositories 
and all that stuff, then do not miss this talk by Ian Barnes 
<http://cecs.anu.edu.au/seminars/showone.pl?SID=257>.

He used the tools he will be talking about to produce the 
accompanying paper in PDF and HTML 
<http://www.apsr.edu.au/publications/preservation_of_word_processing_documents.html>. 


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DCS SEMINAR SERIES

Preservation of Word Processing Documents and the Digital Scholar's Workbench
Ian Barnes, DCS (ANU)

DATE: 2006-09-13
TIME: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
LOCATION: CSIT Seminar Room, N101, Computer Science and Information 
Technology Building, ANU, Canberra

ABSTRACT:
Word processing documents are a problem for digital repositories. As 
they are not suitable for long-term storage, they need to be 
converted into an archival format for preservation. Seems simple, but 
behind this lie serious questions about work practices. How do we get 
authors to convert and deposit their work? I believe part of the 
answer lies in bundling conversion and deposit with other features 
into an online environment that brings together many useful 
document-related services in the one place. I will demonstrate an 
early prototype of this digital scholar's workbench, and discuss 
planned further developments.

BIO: Ian Barnes is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science. 
He recently completed a one-year secondment to Digital Resource 
Services in the Division of Information, where he worked on 
preservation of word-processing documents for the DEST-funded 
Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories.
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