Webcast of Directions for the Digital Landscape now available!
Jane Neale
nealej at nylink.suny.edu
Wed May 22 11:58:17 EDT 2002
This message has been cross-posted. Please excuse any duplication.
Dear Web4Lib member,
The webcast of Directions for the Digital Landscape, the sold-out Nylink
Annual Meeting, is available for viewing!
The archived video webcast of some segments of the Nylink Annual Meeting,
Directions for the Digital Landscape, which was held on Monday-Tuesday,
April 29-30, 2002 at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York,
is available for viewing until mid-August.
Here's a great opportunity to see internationally known speakers without
leaving your office!
Watch Keynote Speaker Roy Tennant speak about the future of the digital
landscape for libraries. His provocative talk challenges librarians to
provide users with an easy, effective information retrieval tool.
In the panel on linking technologies, Amy Brand of CrossRef, Oren Beit-Arie
of SFX and Albert Simmonds of OCLC's Open Names Service discuss linking
services and how they are relevant to libraries.
Jay Jordan, CEO and President of OCLC discusses new initiatives taking place
in the library community.
A panel discussion including all of the above speakers covered a variety of
topics relevant to the library landscape.
Attendees said the following about the meeting:
"This was an extremely worthwhile two-day program. I'm very glad I came."
"Overall, this was an excellent program with lots of food for thought as
well as a strong take-home message. Good job!"
"This was an excellent meeting- lively, informative and well-organized."
"The conference had very interesting, relevant content and "big name "
speakers. Thanks very much!"
"Excellent! Challenging, timely..."
"Excellent program- high level, visionary, world-class thinking exercise
delivered by outside speakers"
More information on the webcast, including registration information, can be
found at http://nylink.suny.edu/amwebcast.htm
<http://nylink.suny.edu/amwebcast.htm> .
We hope you can join us online!
Thanks very much,
Jane
Jane C. Neale
Information Technology Coordinator
Nylink
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Albany, NY 12246
e-mail: nealej at nylink.suny.edu <mailto:nealej at libmail.sysadm.suny.edu>
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