The conference aims to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents on the web from an international perspective, and bring together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners, providing a forum for the discussion and dissemination of the selected themes. Internet continues to have an impressive impact on cultural heritage and humanist communities by affecting the way they work, use, exchange and produce knowledge. New architectures and radically different paradigms arise continuously engendering a deep rethinking of traditional roles and tasks.

The second day of the conference foresees two parallel sessions related to relevant themes as: digital library applications, interactive web, and
sustainable policies for digital culture preservation. Invited authors outline the users and communities framework in digital libraries design and
development. Several considerations will be also addressed to the improvement of collaborative tools introducing new capabilities for cooperation, knowledge creation, and collective intelligence.

SATELLITE EVENTS:

- MONDAY 14th DECEMBER TUTORIAL: LONG TERM PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL ASSETS:
BASIC CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES
Palazzo Incontri – Sala Verde
Via dei Pucci 1, Firenze

- THURSDAY 17th DECEMBER TUTORIAL: DUBLIN CORE - BUILDING BLOCKS FOR
INTEROPERABILITY
Auditorium dell’Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze
Via Folco Portinari 5, Firenze