NSF Workshop on Data Archival and Information Preservation to be held March 26-27, 1999 in Washington, DC

随着国家将越来越多的信息和数据资源转化为数字形式，确保为子孙后代存储重要记录和信息至关重要。针对这些问题的NSF数据归档和信息保存研讨会由加州大学洛杉矶分校的Christine Borgman、斯坦福大学Hector Garcia-Molina的密苏里-哥伦比亚大学的陈素成(联席主席)、斯坦福大学的Ken Thibodeau、NARA的Ken Thibodeau和斯坦福大学的Gio Wiederhold(联席主席)组织，于1999年3月26-27日在华盛顿特区举行。该讲习班的目的是提供有关数据存档和信息保存的各个方面的研究方向。其目标是为档案管理员、系统开发人员、组织和技术专家提供一份具有远见的报告，将不同方面汇聚在一起。将讨论的主题包括：信息保存及其要求；信息媒体和存储媒体；系统和技术；工作流程、信息保存和数据存档过程；以及政策和可用性。为研讨会编写的材料以及研讨会的最后报告将提交给国家科学基金会并广泛传播，包括在研讨会的网站http://www-db.stanford.edu/LIC/preservation.html和http://cecssrv1.cecs.missouri.edu/NSFWorkshop.html上分发。

As the nation commits more and more of its information and data resources to digital form, the assurance that vital records are stored and information is preserved for future generations is essential. The NSF Workshop on Data Archival and Information Preservation addressing these issues is organized by Christine Borgman, UCLA; Su-Shing Chen, University of Missouri-Columbia (Co-Chair), Hector Garcia-Molina, Stanford University; Ken Thibodeau, NARA and Gio Wiederhold, Stanford University (Co-Chair) and is held on March 26-27, 1999 in Washington DC. The goal of this workshop is to provide research directions concerning with various aspects of data archival and information preservation. The objective is to converge different aspects to a visionary report for archivists, system developers, organizations, and technologists. Topics to be discussed include: Information Preservation and its Requirements; Information Media and Storage Media; System and Technology; Workflow, Information Preservation and Data Archiving Processes; and Policy and Usability. The material prepared for the workshop, and, at the conclusion, the final report of the workshop will be submitted to NSF and disseminated widely, including at the workshop Web sites at http://www-db.stanford.edu/LIC/preservation.html andand http://cecssrv1.cecs.missouri.edu/NSFWorkshop.html .