[Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support

[María Mercedes MacLean]

Good Egbert
They are good new, and that there is not money... it is already a topic to 
which we are accustomed. But something is something, at least we begin... 
again. And they won't abandon Isis.

What is not been that it is AlphaIsis
FAO, do I know, do they have a soft?
Good, really, thank you to be in charge of and to give us the news that are 
positive, but there of a new beginning and it is it is good that ABCD sinks. 
For the libraries with single librarians to position is we necessary.
A hug
Maria Mercedes MacLean
gaspyy at infovia.com.ar
3m at proyectoleonardo.com.ar
3m at bibliotecalista.com.ar
3m at mamercedesmaclean.com.ar

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "De Smet Egbert" <egbert.desmet at ua.ac.be>
To: <isis-users at iccisis.org>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:17 PM
Subject: [Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support


> Dear colleagues,
>
> at the end of March we had a meeting at UNESCO, for which up to today 
> still no formal report (to be authorized by UNESCO... sorry !) was 
> available. For this reason I have not yet reported about it at all - bear 
> with me please.
>
> Today I got, after some insisting from my side, a reply from Mr. Banerjee, 
> Director of the Knowledge Societies Division of UNESCO.
>
> Here is his reply, certainly positive and giving some hope for improvement 
> of UNESCO's support, which I quote literally  :
>
> " Dear Dr De Smet,
>
> During your meeting with me, Davide and the other Isis experts at
> UNESCO, we have agreed on the following three actions:
>
> - Help the Isis Community to organize itself as an international
> association or a foundation, bearing in mind the several attempts that
> were done in the past. This help could come from the Open Source world
> in particular from the recent experience of LibreOffice and the newly
> created Document Foundation.
>
> - Organize an international public event on Isis at UNESCO: after the 3
> world meetings in Latin America, mainly organized by BIREME/PAHO, that
> would be the first time that UNESCO hosts a public international event
> on Isis in Paris. The occasion could be the 20th anniversary of the
> adoption of Isis at the Ecole du Louvre.
>
> - Work on the "image" of Isis through a restyling of UNESCO's Isis page
> which would put forward the different ongoing Isis activities/projects
> worldwide (mainly: the ABCD software, J-Isis and FAO's AlphaIsis).
>
> Since then, Davide has worked with our Web Team in order to prepare the
> Isis web Page which has not been updated as you know since a very long
> time. Clearly this exercise does not take much time per se but, as the
> whole UNESCO CI Sector web is being migrated on a new (Open Source) CMS
> the Web Team is overwhelmed and was not able to make it. I have asked
> Davide to take care himself of the migration/update of the webpage: I am
> sure he will rapidly come up with an up-to-date site. I also asked him
> to call upon the Isis Community for posting Isis related news on the
> website.
>
> Concerning the creation of an International Association for Isis, Davide
> got in touch with the Document Foundation people. At the end of May they
> will come to UNESCO for an expert meeting on languages and we'll be able
> to discuss with them about this subject.
>
> Davide has also contacted FAO in order to know more about their
> AlphaIsis project whose license terms has still to be cleared by FAO.
>
> As for the event, I am asking Davide to get in touch with the Ecole du
> Louvre as well as you, the Isis Community and other potential partners
> (Bireme?, FAO?) to see the possibilities for organizing such a user
> meeting, giving our budgetary constraints.
>
> We are very much committed not to leaving Isis and the Isis Community
> and we look forward to working together with this Community towards a
> sustainable future for Isis.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Indrajit  Banerjee "
>
> Egbert de Smet
> Antwerpen, Belgium
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