Digital Libraries and Libraries and Technology

In this 20 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Jim Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University. He provides leadership for university academic computing and network services as well as a system of twenty-five libraries. He also works with the Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC) and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL). He serves on key academic, technology, budget and policy groups at the University.

Neal has also represented the American library community in testimony on copyright matters before Congressional committees and was an advisor to the U.S. delegation at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) diplomatic conference on copyright. He has worked on copyright policy and advisory groups for universities and professional and higher education associations. He was selected the 1997 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year by ALA's Association of College and Research Libraries.

In this 18 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Roger C. Schonfeld, Manager of Research at Ithaka, an independent not-for-profit organization with a mission to accelerate the productive uses of information technologies for the benefit of higher education worldwide.

The MetaArchive Cooperative has established a new mailing list for discussion of distributed/federated digital preservation issues and strategies. This list will work toward building cross-community relationships for a variety of federated digital preservation organizations.

I put this up earlier today and the list was not quite ready for subscription.

However, you can now subscribe at:
http://listserv.emory.edu/wa.exe?SUBED1=distributed-preservation-l&A=1

This week the Committee on Insititutional Cooperation (CIC) announced a new deal with Google that will put millions of books online from the research libraries of the University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

For more info see http://tinyurl.com/yuez5e

 

In this 13 minute recording, we'll hear from Cornell's Bill Arms.  Listen in as he shares some thoughts on the evolving landscape of digital libraries. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Fall Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 17 minute recording, we'll hear from Cal State's Director of Academic Technology Research, Glenda Morgan.  Listen in as she shares some thoughts about her research into faculty use of technology, intellectual property, and a range of other topics.  

Today I am at a symposium being hosted by the Emory University Libraries on sustainability issues in digital libraries. This short but informative day on DL sustainability has been well worth the trip. Highlights of the day were the panel sessions (which were far ranging in types of speakers - Chris Greer (OCI)-Charles Henry (ACLS)-Martha Anderson (LoC) - Daryl Donakowski (ICPSR) - Robyn Asbury (BookSurge) - David Seaman (DLF)) - as well as a great opener by Greg Crane of the Perseus Project and Paul Courant who is currently working with LC on their NDIIPP initiative.

The thought of the day from this event for me was raised by Greg Crane when he asked why are we looking at sustaining digital libraries and not looking at sustaining libraries? This was right on target in my book and gives me a good lead into promoting another event that was held in September at the University of Texas on the Future of the Research Library (audio files available).

Any ideas about what Endeca's patent covering guided navigation means for innovation in the library sector and elsewhere?  I believe that I read that the eXtensible Catalog (XC) project had hoped to create similar functionality ... and what about SIMILE (and the semantic web more broadly)?  I haven't read the patent filing yet, but it should make for interesting fodder for discussion going forward.

In this 20 minute recording, we'll hear from Joyce Ray, Deputy Director for Library Services at the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.  Among other things, we'll talk about their work with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, their Librarians for the 21st Century program, and the conference they hosted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org

In this 14 minute recording, we'll hear from Nancy Eaton, Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications at The Pennsylvania State University.  We'll talk about her unique role at Penn State, DPubS, Google books, and more. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org