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This is a very good news...<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Mauricio<br><font face="Courier New"></font><br>> From: gaspyy60@gmail.com<br>> To: egbert.desmet@ua.ac.be; isis-users@iccisis.org<br>> Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:22:52 -0300<br>> Subject: [Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support<br>> <br>> Good Egbert<br>> They are good new, and that there is not money... it is already a topic to <br>> which we are accustomed. But something is something, at least we begin... <br>> again. And they won't abandon Isis.<br>> <br>> What is not been that it is AlphaIsis<br>> FAO, do I know, do they have a soft?<br>> Good, really, thank you to be in charge of and to give us the news that are <br>> positive, but there of a new beginning and it is it is good that ABCD sinks. <br>> For the libraries with single librarians to position is we necessary.<br>> A hug<br>> Maria Mercedes MacLean<br>> gaspyy@infovia.com.ar<br>> 3m@proyectoleonardo.com.ar<br>> 3m@bibliotecalista.com.ar<br>> 3m@mamercedesmaclean.com.ar<br>> <br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "De Smet Egbert" <egbert.desmet@ua.ac.be><br>> To: <isis-users@iccisis.org><br>> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:17 PM<br>> Subject: [Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support<br>> <br>> <br>> > Dear colleagues,<br>> ><br>> > at the end of March we had a meeting at UNESCO, for which up to today <br>> > still no formal report (to be authorized by UNESCO... sorry !) was <br>> > available. For this reason I have not yet reported about it at all - bear <br>> > with me please.<br>> ><br>> > Today I got, after some insisting from my side, a reply from Mr. Banerjee, <br>> > Director of the Knowledge Societies Division of UNESCO.<br>> ><br>> > Here is his reply, certainly positive and giving some hope for improvement <br>> > of UNESCO's support, which I quote literally :<br>> ><br>> > " Dear Dr De Smet,<br>> ><br>> > During your meeting with me, Davide and the other Isis experts at<br>> > UNESCO, we have agreed on the following three actions:<br>> ><br>> > - Help the Isis Community to organize itself as an international<br>> > association or a foundation, bearing in mind the several attempts that<br>> > were done in the past. This help could come from the Open Source world<br>> > in particular from the recent experience of LibreOffice and the newly<br>> > created Document Foundation.<br>> ><br>> > - Organize an international public event on Isis at UNESCO: after the 3<br>> > world meetings in Latin America, mainly organized by BIREME/PAHO, that<br>> > would be the first time that UNESCO hosts a public international event<br>> > on Isis in Paris. The occasion could be the 20th anniversary of the<br>> > adoption of Isis at the Ecole du Louvre.<br>> ><br>> > - Work on the "image" of Isis through a restyling of UNESCO's Isis page<br>> > which would put forward the different ongoing Isis activities/projects<br>> > worldwide (mainly: the ABCD software, J-Isis and FAO's AlphaIsis).<br>> ><br>> > Since then, Davide has worked with our Web Team in order to prepare the<br>> > Isis web Page which has not been updated as you know since a very long<br>> > time. Clearly this exercise does not take much time per se but, as the<br>> > whole UNESCO CI Sector web is being migrated on a new (Open Source) CMS<br>> > the Web Team is overwhelmed and was not able to make it. I have asked<br>> > Davide to take care himself of the migration/update of the webpage: I am<br>> > sure he will rapidly come up with an up-to-date site. I also asked him<br>> > to call upon the Isis Community for posting Isis related news on the<br>> > website.<br>> ><br>> > Concerning the creation of an International Association for Isis, Davide<br>> > got in touch with the Document Foundation people. At the end of May they<br>> > will come to UNESCO for an expert meeting on languages and we'll be able<br>> > to discuss with them about this subject.<br>> ><br>> > Davide has also contacted FAO in order to know more about their<br>> > AlphaIsis project whose license terms has still to be cleared by FAO.<br>> ><br>> > As for the event, I am asking Davide to get in touch with the Ecole du<br>> > Louvre as well as you, the Isis Community and other potential partners<br>> > (Bireme?, FAO?) to see the possibilities for organizing such a user<br>> > meeting, giving our budgetary constraints.<br>> ><br>> > We are very much committed not to leaving Isis and the Isis Community<br>> > and we look forward to working together with this Community towards a<br>> > sustainable future for Isis.<br>> ><br>> > Best regards,<br>> ><br>> > Indrajit Banerjee "<br>> ><br>> > Egbert de Smet<br>> > Antwerpen, Belgium<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > isis-users mailing list<br>> > isis-users@iccisis.org<br>> > To manage your own subscription options go to: <br>> > http://lists.iccisis.org/listinfo/isis-users<br>> > Or contact Henk Rutten: hlrutten@xs4all.nl <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> isis-users mailing list<br>> isis-users@iccisis.org<br>> To manage your own subscription options go to: http://lists.iccisis.org/listinfo/isis-users<br>> Or contact Henk Rutten: hlrutten@xs4all.nl<br> </body>
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