[SOA] [Fwd: Oberlin Symposium on the Future of the Book]

[Janet Carleton]

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Subject: 	[Ohiolink] Oberlin Symposium on the Future of the Book
Date: 	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:24:44 -0400
From: 	Ray English <ray.english at oberlin.edu>
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*Symposium on the Future of the Book*

On Saturday, April 4 the Oberlin College Library will host a one-day 
Symposium on the Future of the Book under the auspices of the Harold 
Jantz Memorial Lectureship.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will explore a variety 
of developments that are emerging – or are likely to emerge – as more 
and more books transition from print to electronic formats and become 
available through networked technologies.  Topics to be covered include 
considerations related to readers and reading devices, authorship and 
peer review, teaching and learning, research and scholarship, academic 
and research libraries, publishing and book markets, and *mass 
digitization* of older books.

The symposium, which will begin at 9 a.m. and end mid-afternoon, will 
feature three prominent outside speakers as well as a panel with the 
speakers and three members of the Oberlin College faculty.

The outside presenters are *James Neal*, University Librarian at 
Columbia University; *Robert Stein*, Executive Director of the Institute 
for the Future of the Book; and *Niko Pfund*, Vice President and 
Academic Publisher for Oxford University Press USA.

The Oberlin faculty panelists are *Anne Trubek*, Associate Professor of 
Rhetoric and Composition; *Gary Kornblith*, Professor of History; and 
*Julia Christensen*, Luce Visiting Assistant Professor of the Emerging Arts.

Schedule and speaker biographies are available online at:
http://www.oberlin.edu/library/friends/symposium/Default.html

To register in advance and reserve a complimentary box lunch
for the symposium, call Marla Thompson at 440-775-5042 no later than
Monday, March 31.

The symposium will be held in Craig Lecture Hall, Oberlin College 
Science Center, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074.  Guests coming 
from out of town may also contact Ms. Thompson regarding room reservations.


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Janet M. Carleton - carleton at ohio.edu - 740.597.2527
Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's & Gender Studies Librarian
Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio
Digital Media - http://media.library.ohiou.edu/
Library - http://www.library.ohiou.edu/