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    FRIDAY - March 1, 2002
.AM:   8:00-9:00   Registration, Special Events Room, McKeldin Library Room 6137

 

 

9:00  Welcome
        Charles Lowry, Dean, University of Maryland Libraries,
        Bruce Dearstyne, Acting Dean, College of Information Studies

 


9:15  Books and 'the Iniquity or Wearing of Time'
        Eric Lindquist, Librarian and Adjunct Professor, College of Information Studies

    9:45   Some Thoughts on the Race Against Time and Inherent Vice:
        Library Preservation in the Late 20th Century

        Mark Roosa, Director for Preservation at the Library of Congress

    10:15   Break

   

10:30  Digital Demand vs. Paper Pleas
A faculty roundtable discussing the various ways that information is delivered and the different format needs of different disciplines.

        Moderator:
        Martha Nell Smith, English Department,
        Director of Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH)

        Participants:
        Stephen Brush, History Department and
        Neil Fraistat, English Department
        Jordon Goodman, Physics Department
        John Newhagen, Journalism Department

.PM:   12:00 Lunch

    2:30   Enduring Value
A panel of experts in preservation and rare materials will debate how to best preserve library and archival materials in a milieu of limited resources and diverse formats

        Moderator:
        Abby Smith, Director of Programs, Council on Library and Information Resources

        Participants:
        Walter Cybulski, Head, Quality Assurance Unit, National Library of Medicine
        Phyllis Franklin, Executive Director, Modern Language Association
        Anne Kenney, Co-director, Cornell Institute for Digital Collections
        Doug McElrath, Curator, Marylandia and Rare Books, University of Maryland
        Nancy Schrock, Chief Collections Conservator, Harvard College Library

   

4:30  Reception, Hornbake Library Lobby