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The Library in the Digital Age: Communities, Collections, Opportunities

We invite you to join nine of the leading thinkers in information science for a symposium exploring the places of libraries in the digital age.

October 18, 2013
1:00 - 5:30 p.m.
 
Klein Hall, Room 1E
1719 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA

Presentation highlights include:

  • The Net Needs What Libraries Know
    David Weinberger, Senior Researcher, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
  • Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone: The Intersection of Legacy and Innovation Defines the 21st Century Academic Research Library
    Jim Neal, Vice President for Information Services, Columbia University
  • Strategies for Urban Relevance: The Free Library in the New Century
    Siobhan Reardon, President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia
  • From Collecting to Connecting: Engaging the Academic Community
    Nancy Kranich, Lecturer, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University
  • The Network Changes Everything: Libraries/Librarians Without Borderss
    Rachel Frick, Director, Digital Library Federation Program, Council on Library and Information Resource
  • Friends in New Places: Special Collections in Special Communities
    Anne R. Kenney, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, Cornell University
  • Never Waste a Good Crisis
    Bryn Geffert, College Librarian, Amherst College
  • Finding Common Ground: Libraries and Presses in the Scholarly Communication Ecosystem
    Charles Watkinson, Director of Purdue University Press/Head of Library Publishing Services, Purdue University
  • After Alexandria: Library Buildings in the 21st Century
    Craig Dykers, Principal, Snøhetta

Register today

For more information and to register, visit: www.temple.edu/provost/symposia/

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