Conference
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9:00am – 4:00pm
Columbia University
Come One, Come All!
Not the Last Word, But the Best Word to Date:
A Digital Public Library of America: Perspectives and Directions
Fourth Annual International Conference Sponsors:
Columbia University Libraries & Harriman Institute
ILIAC (International Library Information and Analytic Center; Offices in Moscow & Washington D.C.)
The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTM Librarian
Columbia University
School of International and Public Affairs
Kellogg Center, 15th Floor
420 West 118th Street
New York City
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9:00am – 4:00pm
Registration:
Early Bird Special (by September 15th: $90
METRO, LACUNY, NYLA Connecticut Library Association, NJLA, AAP, member: $100
Unaffiliated: $115
U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*DTM Librarian Subscriber: $100
The top three people in the country to speak on the issues of:
- a national digital public library
- the legal ramifications of the Google BookSearch Settlement—most especially copyright and the digital objectives of libraries
- the perspective of U.S. publishers
They are respectively,
Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library
Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information Management at the University of California, Berkeley, and
Tom Allen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Publishers
Also, Yakov Shrayberg, [Шрайберг Яков Леонидович], Director General of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology and ILIAC (co-sponsor organization) President, Moscow, Russia, will speak about digital libraries in Russia and their availability to the public.
http://unabashedlibrarian.com/ul-conferences/2011-conference
For further information or questions, contact Mitch Freedman.