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FYI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kim Miller Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NCLIS News Release: Webcast of Mass Digitization Symposium - March 10-11, 2006 News Release 3/8/06 may also be viewed in Adobe pdf format by linking to this url: http://www.nclis.gov/news/pressrelease/pr2006/MassDigitizationSymposium-2006 -03.pdf News Release Contact: Information Officer 1-202 606 9200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nclis.gov <http://www.nclis.gov/>
