[Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support

[Mauricio Brito]

This is a very good news...

Regards,

Mauricio

> From: gaspyy60 en gmail.com
> To: egbert.desmet en ua.ac.be; isis-users en iccisis.org
> Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:22:52 -0300
> Subject: [Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support
> 
> 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
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "De Smet Egbert" <egbert.desmet en ua.ac.be>
> To: <isis-users en 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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