[Web4lib] webcast of the U. Michigan Mass Digitization Symposium

[Jim Campbell]

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> Subject: NCLIS News Release: Webcast of Mass Digitization Symposium - 
> March 10-11, 2006
>
>
> News Release
> Contact:
> Information Officer
> 1-202 606 9200
> press at nclis.gov
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> Webcast of Mass Digitization Symposium March 10-11, 2006
>
> Washington, D.C. March 8, 2006- The U.S. National Commission on 
> Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) and the University of 
> Michigan announced today that anyone who wishes may watch all or part 
> of a Webcast of the Symposium on Scholarship and Libraries in 
> Transition: A Dialogue about the Impacts of Mass Digitization 
> Projects" on March 10 and 11, 2006.  The event is taking place at the 
> Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
>
> Instructions for logging onto the Webcast are at 
> http://lib.umich.edu/mdp/symposium/webcast.html. Details about the 
> schedule of events and speakers are available at:
> http://lib.umich.edu/mdp/symposium/
>
> The goal of the symposium is to explore the impact of mass 
> digitization projects, such as the Google partnership, on libraries, 
> universities, government, information policy, publishing, and 
> education. By investigating these topics, NCLIS and the University of 
> Michigan hope to stimulate thinking about this changing information 
> environment and to identify the challenges and opportunities shaping 
> future directions for libraries and scholarly communication -- at both 
> the local and national level.
>
> According to Beth Fitzsimmons, NCLIS Chairman, this symposium is "an 
> extraordinary opportunity to bring together many experts and different 
> points of view in regard to key issues in mass digitization projects, 
> and to set the agenda for further exploration of implications for 
> information policies."
>
> About NCLIS
>
> The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
> (NCLIS) is a permanent, independent agency of the Federal government 
> charged by Public Law 91-345 to advise the President and Congress on 
> national and international library and information resources and 
> services, and to develop overall plans for meeting national library 
> and information needs.
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> Kim A. Miller
> Special Assistant - Technical
> U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science 1800 M 
> Street, NW; Suite 350 North Tower Washington, DC 20036-5841 
> 202-606-9200; Fax 202-606-9203 kmiller at nclis.gov www.nclis.gov 
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