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To: ohiolink@ohiolink.edu<br>
From: Timothy Robson <timothy.robson@case.edu><br>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:01:13 -0400<br>
Subject: [Ohiolink] Digital Library Lecture at CWRU: Digital Libraries
and Cyberinfrastructure<br><br>
Dear Colleagues,<br><br>
On Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 1:30 pm, Kelvin Smith Library at Case
Western Reserve University will present the second in this year's series
of Digital Library Lectures, with MARK KORNBLUH, Director of MATRIX, the
Center for the Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences at Michigan
State University. I would like to invite you to attend the
lecture. The lecture will take place in the Dampeer Room at
KSL. The lecture is open to all, and seating is on a first-come,
first-serve basis.<br><br>
Mark Kornbluh's lecture is entitled "Digital Libraries and
Cyberinfrastructure."<br><br>
Cyberinfrastructure,” a word coined by the National Science Foundation,
may be an awkward choice of language, but the underlying concept that it
represents has profound implications for all aspects of academy. We are
at a moment in time where two decades of dramatic changes in computing
and information is enabling paradigmatic changes in research and teaching
across all fields. Just as physical libraries were cornerstones of
twentieth-century universities, digital libraries are essential to
e-research and e-teaching. Th is talk will look at the challenges posed
by this transformation and the opportunities that it presents for
libraries.<br><br>
Mark Kornbluh is Director of MATRIX, the Center for the Humane Arts,
Letters, and Social Sciences, the largest digital humanities center in
the United States at Michigan State University, where he is also
Professor and Chairperson of the History Department and Professor of
Computer Science. He has directed a wide range of digital library
research projects including the National Gallery of the Spoken Word and
the African Online Digital Library and served on the National Academy of
Science’s Advisory Committee on the National Archives electronic records
project.<br><br>
For questions, please call the Kelvin Smith Library Administration Office
at 216-368-2992.<br><br>
--<br>
Timothy Robson<br>
Deputy Director, Kelvin Smith Library<br>
Case Western Reserve University<br>
Cleveland, OH 44106<br>
timothy.robson@case.edu<br><br>
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