Google and Libraries Conference – March 10, 2008

Register Now for Google and Libraries, on the METRO web site:
http://metronylibrary.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010

Google and Libraries

An International Conference Sponsored by ILIAC,
The Harriman Institute and Columbia University Libraries, and METRO

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive

Monday, March 10, 2008, 8:30AM – 4:30PM

Program & Speakers

Keynote: Google and the Libraries of Russia & the CIS. Yakov Shrayberg, Director of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (Moscow), and President of ILIAC (http://www.iliac.org/)

Reference Retooled: How Google Tools Strengthen and Streamline Reference Service. Jill Cirasella, Assistant Professor and Computational Sciences Specialist, Brooklyn College Library (http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/cirasella/)

Google, Digitization Projects, & Library Contracts. Laura Quilter, Attorney-at-Law, Librarian, and Consultant on Open Source Licensing, Employee Intellectual Property Rights, and Related Topics (http://lquilter.net/)

The Googlization of Everything. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Law, University of Virginia; author of Rewiring the Nation: The Place of Technology in American Studies (2007) (http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/Faculty.nsf/PrFHPbW/sv2r; http://www.sivacracy.net/; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva_Vaidhyanathan)

What hath Google wrought? Is Google a boon or threat to libraries, librarians, and support staff?

What will become of access to library collections after they have been scanned by Google, Microsoft, and the Digital Archive? Who will “own” them and what kind of access will there be? Is there a future for libraries, librarians, and support staff? What will become of the print medium and the rest of the information that does not, or cannot be made to, reside on the Web? What is the impact of Google on the libraries of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), especially in view of the importance to them of Cyrillic and other non-Roman alphabet information?

Google and Libraries originated as part of a 2008 ILIAC study tour for librarians from Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to meet and exchange ideas with Slavic librarians. Google and Libraries has been broadened so that there is a greatly expanded focus on U.S. Google-related issues. If you want to know more about the impact of Google on the future of libraries and library work, you should attend Google and Libraries.

Registration

Please register by using the link Google and Libraries, on the METRO web site:
http://metronylibrary.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010

Attendance Charge (includes refreshments and lunch):

Columbia University Libraries Staff: $50
METRO Member Library Staff: $75
Non-METRO Library Staff & Others: $90

Sponsors:

The International Library, Information, and Analytical Center (ILIAC) is a non-profit US-based corporation of international status set up with the goal to contribute to the development of educational, scientific, cultural and business cooperation between Russia and CIS countries, and the USA and other developed countries. As part of its educational program, ILIAC promotes the regular exchange of teachers, students, and professionals. In attendance will be two-dozen or more English-speaking Russian and CIS librarians who are visiting study-tour participants.

The Harriman Institute and Columbia University Libraries, formerly the Russian Institute, has maintained its position as a leading center for the advancement of knowledge in the field of Russian and Eurasian studies through the research conducted by its faculty, students, fellows and visiting scholars and the training of scholars and professionals. The Harriman Institute, through its programs, conferences, lectures, and publications, seeks to create a forum for intellectual exchange and the further enhancement of our students’ education.

The Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) is a non-profit organization working to develop and maintain essential library services throughout New York City and Westchester County. METRO’s services are developed and delivered with broad input and support from an experienced staff of library professionals, the organization’s member libraries, an active board of trustees, government representatives and other experts in research and library operations.

Google and Libraries Planning Committee:

Members: Jenna Freedman, Coordinator of Reference Services and Zine Librarian, Barnard College Library; Jared Ingersoll, Director, Central Library, Vanderbilt University; Ksenia Volkova, Senior Researcher, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (Moscow), and ILIAC Representative

Chair, Maurice J. Freedman, Publisher, The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D^TM Librarian, the ‘how I run my library good’^SM letter; and Past President, American Library Association