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

[Suzanne M. Gray]

Archived webcasts of the Scholarship and Libraries in Transition 
Symposium speakers and panels are now available via the Symposium web site 
at:

http://www.lib.umich.edu/mdp/symposium/

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Suzanne Gray
Web Services Manager
University Library
University of Michigan
sgray at umich.edu
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Jim Campbell wrote:

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PLRSNet-owner at nclis.gov [mailto:PLRSNet-owner at nclis.gov]On
>> Behalf Of Kim Miller
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:23 AM
>> To: NCLISMedia at nclis.gov; NCLIS-COSLA at nclis.gov;
>> FormerCommissioners at nclis.gov; plrsnet at nclis.gov
>> 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.
>> # # #
>>
>> *************************************
>> 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
>> <http://www.nclis.gov/>
>
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