DiPP2014

The Fourth International Conference on Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage—DiPP2014 aims at presenting innovative results, research projects and applications in the field of digitisation, documentation, archiving, representation and preservation of global and national tangible and intangible cultural and scientific heritage. The main focus is to provide open access to digitised cultural heritage and to set up sustainable policies for its continuous digital preservation and conservation. The priority area is the digital presentation and preservation of cultural and historical objects under conditions of risk, including those from the Veliko Tarnovo region. The forum will demonstrate innovative technologies and prototypes, including digital repositories, digital archives, virtual museums and digital libraries, which result from established practices and achievements in the field. Representatives of public and specialised libraries, museums, galleries, archives, centres, both national and foreign research institutions and universities are invited to participate and exchange experiences, ideas, knowledge and best practices of the field.

DiPP2013

The Third International Conference on Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage–DiPP2013 was held from 18 to 21 September 2013 in the Regional Museum of History and the P.R. Slaveykov Regional Public Library in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. The forum was attended by more than 90 people from all over the world. 33 papers and numerous national and international projects on digitisation and digital preservation of cultural and scientific heritage were presented. The forum was attended by more than 15 young researchers and PhD students, including 10 with papers. Leading experts in the field of digital presentation and preservation of the cultural and historical heritage from the United States, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Russia, Greece, Romania, Ukraine, etc., gave talks at the conference.

DiPP2013 is organized under the patronage of UNESCO and is partly funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria. Special attention was given to the session "Veliko Tarnovo - a candidate for European capital of culture 2019", which will present the initiative to promote the region on the European and international cultural scene.

The DIPP2013 papers were published in a volume of proceedings of the conference as well as online at the official web site of the conference: http://dipp2013.math.bas.bg. The web site also contains information on the objectives and subject areas of the conference, accompanying events, programme, programme committee, participants, etc.

DiPP2012

The Second International Conference on Digital Preservation and Presentation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage–DiPP2012 was held from 18 to 21 September 2012 in the Regional Museum of History and the P.R. Slaveykov Regional Public Library in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. The forum was attended by 85 people, 31 papers and 6 national and international projects on digitisation and digital preservation of cultural and scientific heritage were presented. The papers were published in a volume of proceedings of the conference as well as online at the official web site of the conference: http://dipp2012.math.bas.bg. The web site also contains information on the objectives and subject areas of the conference, accompanying events, programme, programme committee, participants, etc.

DiPP2011

The First International Conference on Digital Preservation and Presentation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage–DiPP2011 was held from 11 to 14 September 2011 in the Regional Museum of History and the P.R. Slaveykov Regional Public Library in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. The forum was attended by 65 people, 25 papers and 8 national and international projects on digitisation and digital preservation of cultural and scientific heritage were presented. The papers were published in a volume of proceedings of the conference as well as online at the official web site of the conference: http://dipp2011.math.bas.bg. The web site also contains information on the objectives and subject areas of the conference, accompanying events, programme, programme committee, participants, etc.