Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Webinar: Past, Present, and Future of Digital Libraries, August 3, 2021

This webinar, Past, Present, and Future of Digital Libraries, is free and open to all. It will be on August 3, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

Libraries have historically been trusted hubs to equalize access to credible information, a crucial role that they should continue to fill in the digital age. However, as more information is born-digital, digitized, or digital-first, libraries must build new policy, legal and public understandings about how advances in technology impact our preservation, community, and collection development practices.

This panel will bring together legal scholars Ariel Katz (University of Toronto) and Argyri Panezi (Stanford University) to discuss their work on library digital exhaustion and public service roles for digital libraries. They will be joined by Lisa Radha Weaver, Director of Collections and Program Development at Hamilton Public Library (Canada), who will discuss how library services have been transformed by digital delivery and innovation. The panel will be moderated by Lila Bailey of Internet Archive and Kyle Courtney of Library Futures and Harvard University.

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