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Speaker Series: Culture Memory Institutions in a Digital World
As part of the "Leaders in the Field" speaker series,
Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and Library and Archives Canada present
Clifford Lynch
Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information
"Cultural Memory Institutions in a Digital World"
Library and Archives Canada
Auditorium, 395 Wellington, Ottawa
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
10:30 a.m. - Noon
Abstract
This talk will explore new opportunities, risks and obligations of libraries, museums and archives in a digital environment, with emphasis on the implications of the changing nature of cultural records and the shifting relationships between these institutions, the scholarly world, and the public.
Biography
A respected thinker and speaker in the field of digital information and scholarly communication, Clifford Lynch has been the Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) since 1997. Lynch, who holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, is an adjunct professor at Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems and currently serves on the National Digital Preservation Strategy Advisory Board of the Library of Congress. He was a member of the U.S. National Research Council committees that published The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Infrastructure and Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits, and now serves on the NRC committee on digital archiving and NARA (National Archives and Records Administration).
About CNI
CNI, jointly sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and EDUCAUSE, includes about 200 member organizations concerned with the use of information technology and networked information to enhance scholarship and intellectual productivity.
Session will be in English. Simultaneous translation will be available.
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