Performing Arts Digital Collections: ECLAP.
Opportunities, Advantages, Experiences

ECLAP , the European Collected Library of Artistic Performance, is the new online archive for all performing arts in Europe,  co-funded through the ICT Policy Support Programme of the European Commission. For the first time, the collections of the most important European performing arts institutions and archives are available online through the ECLAP Portal, as well as through Europeana, the European digital library. ECLAP also provides innovative and unique solutions and tools to help performing arts institutions manage and make their collections accessible.

Performing Arts Digital Collections: ECLAP. Opportunities, Advantages, Experiences is the second in the series of  international events planned by ECLAP.

This event will take in Rome on 20 October2011, thanks to Centro Teatro Ateneo of Sapienza, University of Rome, and with collaboration of University of Florence (ECLAP Coordinator), CompagniaTeatrale Fo-Rame, Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale and Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.

Special guests will be Nobel Laureate Dario Fo & Franca Rame. They will present their archive, which features unique videos, images and texts representing more than 50 years of activity of the Dario Fo and Franca Rame theatre company. The remarkable items of the archive are being made available to EUROPEANA, for the first time thanks to ECLAP.

“In our partnership with the ECLAP Digital Library, we intend  to support ECLAP in its program of preservation , enhancement  and social use of the artistic heritage through the provision of a unique access portal to the performing arts that will converge with Europeana”

                                                                      
                                                                       (Dario Fo & Franca Rame)

Primary objectives of the event:                                     

• Raising awareness of ECLAP, its content and its tools

• Presenting ECLAP to the Italian public

• Enticing new content providers to affiliate themselves with ECLAP

• Promoting and encouraging networking activities and collaborative work with stakeholders, scholars/experts etc outside ECLAP Project

• Informing decision and policy-makers in the performing arts, Chief Information Officers and Curation IT staff of salient challenges concerning the performing arts digital content and ECLAP.

Registration

Participation in the event is free of charge but space is limited.

The language of the event is Italian.
If you have any further inquiries or require additional information about this event, please contact: info@eclap.eu .
Alternatively, you may leave  a comment on this page for Registered Users.
If you are not registered on the ECLAP portal, you may do so by following this link. 
Registration is free of charge.
 

Performing Arts Digital Collections: ECLAP.
Opportunities, Advantages, Experiences

Date & Venue

20 October 2011
Aula Magna

Sapienza, University of Rome
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5
00185 Rome

How to reach Sapienza, University of Rome:
 

Metro B (Castro Pretorio, Policlinico, Termini)
Bus 310 - 649
 

See the event agenda with slides and videos here

Kindly register here

Registration Deadline: 

Registration is open through October 18th, 2011.
Participation in the event is free of charge but space is limited.
If you are not registered on the ECLAP portal, you may do so by following this link.