The RLG Partnership is running a 2-day conference for its European Partners at St Anne’s College, Oxford, on 22-23 April. See the programme at http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2010-04-22.htm . We would be delighted to extend a welcome to colleagues in RLUK who are not in RLG Partner institutions. The cost of the event for non-Partners is £150 per person, including all meals but not including accommodation in Oxford on the night of 23 April. Non-Partners are able to register by following the link above to the registration form.

We have put together an excellent programme of European and North American speakers. The main presentations are listed below. We have built in discussion periods to allow participants to put forward their own views and concerns, and to consider the implications for their own institutions with the help of colleagues.

RLG European Partnership Meeting, Oxford, 22-23 April: Moving the Past into the Future: Special Collections in a Digital Age

Moving the Past into the Future
Alice Prochaska, Yale University
Kurt De Belder, Leiden University
Refactoring and Reframing Collecting in a Digital Age
Richard Ovenden, Oxford University
Norman James, The National Archives
David Pearson, City of London
Andrew Pettegree, University of St Andrews
Doing More with Less
Dennis Meissner, Minnesota Historical Society
James Eason, University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Flinn, University College London
Stella Butler, University of Manchester
Special Collections and the Law
Peter Hirtle, Cornell University
Tim Padfield, The National Archives
Management of Collections: Working with Donors, Building Collections Now and for the Future
Mark Greene, American Heritage Center
Stella Halkyard, University of Manchester
Susan Thomas, Oxford University
Titia van der Werf, International Institute for Social History