This article from Jewish Ideas Daily Insider may be of interest to many of us. To see the full article, click on People of the Byte. For information about the conference it speaks (which occurred already) of follow the second link.
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/11/15/main-feature/1/people-of-the-byte/e People of the Byte by Alex Joffe Jews have long been the People of the Book. But as computers replace books and possibly libraries, museums, and universities, will they soon be the People of the Byte? If so, what will happen to their understanding of their history? These were the questions raised by a recent two-day conference at the Center for Jewish History titled "From Access to Integration." At the sessions, librarians, archivists, and scholars explored the cutting edge of the Jewish digital world. Sherry Wasserman, Volunteer Librarian Congregation B'nai Moshe West Bloomfield, MI 48322 stwasserman @sbcglobal.net --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org