[Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support

[rafael.antonio at sapo.pt]

Dear friends,

For me is very good to know egbert de smet' efforts near UNESCO.
The meeting could be a strategic time to discuss all questions concerning ISIS family, and much more.
Do you have any ideia about planed date ?

Regards,

Rafael António

Citando Mauricio Brito <mbr__123 at hotmail.com>: 

> This is a very good news...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mauricio
> 
> > From: gaspyy60 at gmail.com
> > To: egbert.desmet at ua.ac.be; isis-users at 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
> > 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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