When Nations Remember will be held on 11 & 12 October 2010 in Singapore. Take part in the conference if you would like to gain new insights into the creation and preservation of memories for the future. The two-day conference is organised by the National Library Singapore, supported by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the Library Association of Singapore (LAS). This inaugural conference is designed to share and to discuss memory-building initiatives from international and community perspectives.

Learn from renowned international speakers their best practices in the preservation of national memories and memory-building initiatives.

The keynote speaker is Dr Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress who will talk about how the Library of Congress began to think about ways in which world cultures could be represented in a digital format.

Some of the distinguished speakers are:

Ms Penny Carnaby
National Librarian and Chief Executive, National Library of New Zealand
There are rich memories in all nations and National Libraries around the world have a crucial role in ensuring that these memories, which are increasingly digital, are not lost, but kept in perpetuity for all generations to appreciate, access and reuse…

Dr J.S.M (Bas) Savenije
Director General, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of Netherlands)
The Memory of the Netherlands is a national program for the digitisation of the Dutch cultural heritage.
It was started in the 90s in order to digitise parts of the cultural heritage…

Mr Gene Tan
Programme Director, Singapore Memory Project
The Singapore Memory Project (SMP) is a national project to collect, preserve and access Singapore’s knowledge assets to tell the Singapore Story. It is a sustained long-term national knowledge initiative…

Ms Joie Springer
Senior Programme Specialist, Memory of the World Programme, UNESCO
Ensuring access to knowledge is one of UNESCO’s main priorities, and over the years, the Organization has become increasingly concerned about the disappearance of huge portions of the world’s memory…

Join us and get up close and personal with our speakers! To register, download the registration form at www.wnr.sg. Closing date: 20 September 2010. For inquiries, please email memory@nlb.gov.sg.

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