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On the occasion of this International Conference, TILTs PrivacyNetwork organizes an Evening Event entitled "Reasonable Expectations of Privacy After 9/11", in Brussels (Belgium), location: deBuren, on Friday 12 October 2007, from 7.00-9.11 p.m. More information:

On 12-13 October 2007, the Centre de Recherches Informatique et Droit (CRID, University of Namur), the research group on Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT, University of Tilburg) and the Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren organize an International Conference "Reinventing Data Protection" in Brussels (Belgium), location: deBuren. More information and subscription:

The presentations of the International Conference Reinventing Data Protection (12-13 October, 2007) are now available. The webpage is not complete yet (some presentations are already in our possesion but must still be uploaded, some did not reach us yet). The presentations can be found at:

We proudly present our new book: "Reasonable Expectations of Privacy? Eleven Country Reports on Camera Surveillance and Workplace Privacy", that has recently been published by the T.M.C. Asser Press (The Hague) and distributed by the Cambridge University Press. Distribution starts at the end of July. To order a copy, please visit the Cambridge University Press website. The book (364 pp) is edited by dr. Sjaak Nouwt, Berend de Vries and prof. Corien Prins. with contributions by: Paolo Balboni, Robin M. Bayley, prof. Colin J. Bennett, Dorus van der Burgt, Lilian Edwards, Sonja Eustergerling. prof. Giussella Finocchiaro, Robert Gellman, dr. Frank Hendrikx, prof. Paul de Hert, prof. Thomas Hoeren, Roel Loermans, Mieke Loncke, David J. Phillips, dr. Mate Szabo, dr. Ivan Szekely, and Berend R. de Vries Abstract In 1967, Justice John Marshall Harlan introduced the litmus test a reasonable expectation of privacy in his concurring opinion in the US Supreme Court case of Katz v. United States. Privacy, regulations to protect privacy, and data protection have been legal and social issues in many Western countries for a number of decades. However, recent measures to combat terrorism, to fight against crime, and to increase security, together with the growing social acceptance of privacy-invasive technologies can be considered a serious threat to the fundamental right to privacy. What is the purport of reasonable expectations of privacy? Reasonable expectations of privacy and the reality of data protection is the title of a research project being carried out by TILT, the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. The project is aimed at developing an international research network of privacy experts (professionals, academics, policymakers) and to carry out research on the practice, meaning, and legal performance of privacy and data protection in an international perspective. Part of the research project was to analyse the concept of privacy and the reality of data protection in case law, with video surveillance and workplace privacy as two focal points. The eleven country reports regarding case law on video surveillance and workplace privacy, are the core of the present book. The conclusions drawn by the editors are intended to trigger and stimulate an international debate on the use and possible drawbacks of the reasonable expectations of privacy concept.

Reasonable Expectations of Privacy?

Als zweiter Band in der Schriftenreihe „nestor edition“ ist die überarbeitete Fassung der Diplomarbeit von Thorsten Wetzenstein, „Digitale Langzeitarchivierung unter dem Aspekt des Access“, erschienen. Die Arbeit steht hier zum Download bereit. Die Schriftenreihe „nestor edition“ präsentiert in loser Folge ausgewählte wissenschaftliche Arbeiten mit dem Schwerpunkt Langzeitarchivierung. Der erste Band, „Funktionale Langzeitarchivierung digitaler Objekte - Erfolgsbedingungen des Einsatzes von Emulationsstrategien“ von Dirk von Suchodoletz erschien Ende 2008.

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Einführung in die Prinzipien, Strategien und Methoden, die von Bibliothekaren und Schriftgutverwaltern für die Erhaltung von digitaler Information gegenwärtig angewendet werden. Hierzu werden auch praktische Fallstudien aus der Bibliothekspraxis, aus den Bereichen Bestandsverwaltung, audiovisuelle Archivierung, Datenarchivierung und geospatiale Gesellschaften vorgestellt.

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As you may have noticed, my new graduate assistant/colleague Angela posted some thoughts earlier today regarding her experiences installing Archivematica (this was a task/learning experience I inflicted on her as a training exercise).

What can we take away from her experience? Basically, that even the simplest possible tools require a level of knowledge that will likely confuse all but developers or those who have ‘power user’ type IT experience. Over the past year, I’ve come to firmly believe that every practicing archivist and archivist in training needs to get a grip on basic IT concepts at both a conceptual and also a practicing technical level.   I’d like to suggest a two ways to do that:

• It is important that any digital preservation/curation curriculum include some training in basic IT skills.  Maybe “Information Technology for Archivists” should be a required course in every archives education program.   Angela is a fairly skilled computer user (in spite of her protestations),  but some of the conventions used in the Archivematica documentation threw her for a loop, at least until  I explained them.  .  Otherwise, “you literally don’t know what you don’t know,” as Angela put it to me this morning.  And, as I’ve discovered over the years, one thing that holds many graduates back from getting jobs is a sophisticated knowledge of technology.  A few years ago, I read a book (unfortunately I can’t recall the title or author) that systematically walked through every basic computer concept from input/out put, microcomputer hardware, networking, and programming concepts at a conceptual level.  Something like that is needed for archivists, in today’s idioms and expressions.  If you can’t take a class, Exploring the Digital Domain by Ken Abernethy and Tom Allen looks like a good place to start.
• The best way to begin making headway in preserving electronic records is to dive into software testing.  When you do so, and when you report your results back to a project, you do two things.  First, you begin to build your own competence. But more importantly, you provide critical feedback to developers, who have no way of knowing about problems, unless someone points them out.  In this respect, Angela’s post show me that she will have much more to contribute over the upcoming months, as she continues to work on projects to refine and implement my recommendations.

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