CIDL Activities

CIDL activities centre on the following areas of digitization:

• Digitization best practices
• Roles and responsibilities for long-term archiving
• Access policies and practices
• Metadata
• Digital preservation issues
• Coordinated use of gateways and exchange protocols
• Rights management practices
• Communication strategies and resources
• Sponsorship of learning opportunities
• Funding issues
• Promotion and Advocacy
• Identification of potential collaborative digital library projects such as www.OurRoots.ca - Canada's Local Histories Online.

2004

• Open Meeting Winnipeg June 3, 2004

2003

• Assessment of Organizational Options for CIDL, Godolphin Report April 2003

2002

• Open Meeting Quebec City November 1, 2002
• Canadian Newspapers Online: National Consultation October 7-8, 2002 (National Library of Canada)

2000

• Consultation Session on Electronic Theses December 4, 2000 (National Library of Canada)
• CIDL Membership Survey 2000