[Web4lib] Google Libraries at ALA: A panel discussion with Google and the original Google Five Libraries

[Maurice York]

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Please join us on Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C. for this
exciting discussion about the Google Library partnership and the
landscape of mass digitization in libraries.

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The Google Five Libraries: Two Years, Six Months, and Seven Days in
the Life of Google Library Project

ALA Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
Saturday, June 23
4pm - 5:30pm
Renaissance Washington, Grand Ballroom

The landscape of mass digitization and digital library initiatives has
undergone seismic shifts since the first announcement of the Google
Library Project rattled the library world in December of 2004. This
program will bring the project managers back from Google and the
original library partners for a discussion about how the project has
developed, the new questions and posibilities it has opened, the
criticisms it has weathered, and the future of mass digitization in
libraries.

Speakers:
Adam Smith, Google Inc;
Rebecca Dunkle, University of Michigan
Catherine Tierney, Stanford University
Dale Flecker, Harvard University Library
John Balow, New York Public Library
Sarah Thomas, Bodleian Library

This program is sponsored by the LITA Emerging Technologies Interest
Group. Please contact me with any questions about the program.

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Maurice York
Associate Head, Information Technology
NCSU Libraries
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695

maurice_york at ncsu.edu
Phone: 919-515-3518