CNI Podcast: Digital Scholarship and the National Endowment for the Humanities - An Interview with Suzanne Lodato

gbayne — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:19:03 -0500

This 17 minute podcast features an interview with Suzanne Lodato, Director of the Division of Preservation and Access for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Our conversation was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Before coming to the NEH in 2007, Suzanne Lodato served at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as an associate program officer in the Scholarly Communications Program starting in June 2000. At the Mellon Foundation, she worked on a wide range of grants that spanned library technology, cataloging, electronic publishing, scholarly electronic resources, and research concerning current trends and issues in scholarly communication. Ms. Lodato is a founding member and vice-president of the International Association for Word and Music Studies (WMA). She has edited two WMA proceedings volumes, published a number of articles on song and song cycle analysis, and authored entries for The New Grove History of Music and Musicians (second edition), the Reader’s Guide to Music: History, Theory, and Criticism, and the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Europe: 1914-2004. Ms. Lodato received a B.M. from San Jose State University, an M.A. from Hunter College, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2008 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

2007 Policy Conference: Why Higher Education Advocacy Matters on IT Policy

gbayne — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:58:28 -0500

The closing keynote speech at the 2007 Educause Policy Conference was delivered by James X. Dempsey, Policy Director at the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, DC. The key concerns of higher education examined at the 2007 Policy Conference are also among the priorities of the Center for Democracy and Technology, which seeks to promote user empowerment, open access, and free expression. This speech, entitled "Why Higher Education Advocacy Matters on IT Policy", examines how and why the university and academic communities should continue their advocacy on these issues, with the goal of promoting innovation, trust, and access to information. This podcast has a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.

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CNI Podcast: Digital Scholarship and the National Endowment for the Humanities - An Interview with Suzanne Lodato

2007 Policy Conference: Why Higher Education Advocacy Matters on IT Policy