From: RLG Primary Sources Discussion
[mailto:RLG-PRIMARY-SOURCES-L@OCLC.ORG] On Behalf Of Proffitt,Merrilee
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:34 PM
To: rlg-primary-sources-l
Subject: Digitization and the Humanities: an RLG Programs Symposium
As primary source materials move online, in both licensed and freely
available form, what will be the impact on scholarship? On teaching and
learning practice? On the collecting practices of research libraries?
These are questions we are hoping to explore in the third day of our
annual meeting <http://www.oclc.org/programs/events/2008-06-02.htm>
(June 4th). This symposium, which we're calling "Digitization and the
Humanities: Impact on Libraries and Special Collections," will feature
perspectives from scholars on how digital collections are impacting both
their research and teaching practice. We'll also have perspectives from
university librarians (Paul Courant, University of Michigan and Robin
Adams, Trinity College Dublin) on the potential impact on library
collecting practices.
We're fortunate that our Philadelphia-area partners are terrific hosts.
The symposium will be held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
<http://www.chemheritage.org/library/library.html> , and on Tuesday
evening (June 3rd), the Philadelphia Museum of Art
<http://www.philamuseum.org/library/> will host a reception for
attendees. It should be a great event and a thought provoking
conversation, and we hope you will join us. RLG Partners may register
online
<https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=2008RLGPA
nnualMeeting> .
I hope that this symposium will be of particular interest to those of
you in the primary sources community. While you're at it, check out the
program for our Annual Meeting! As always, please feel free to contact
me with questions, or for further information.
Merrilee
Merrilee Proffitt, Program Officer
OCLC Programs and Research
Suite 550
777 Mariners Island Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94044
Voice: +1-650-287-2136
Fax: +1-650.964.1461
Merrilee blogs at...
www.hangingtogether.org
<http://www.hangingtogether.org/>