Sofia 2006: Globalization, Digitization, Access, and Preservation of Cultural Heritage

The paper seeks to provide an overview of the Sofia 2006: Globalization, Digitization, Access and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Conference held in Bulgaria, in November 2006.

The paper presents a description of the environment and social setting of the conference together with a selection from the conference content and comments regarding the future of the conference.

This was the largest Globenet conference to date, with participants from more than 30 nations.

This brief conference report will be of value to library and information professionals worldwide.