IMPRIMATUR Special Interest Group Meeting
American Library Association Conference
Washington Convention Centre, Sunday 28 June 1998
Room 6, 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Libraries as Gatekeepers: the future for libraries in the electronic
age
As the electronic era becomes a reality libraries will inevitably have
to undergo radical changes in the way they act, the services they
provide and in the way they think. The purpose of the IMPRIMATUR
Special Interest Group meeting is to consider possible scenarii of the
future, to identify the challenges that libraries are likely to face,
and to discuss how best to cope with the change.
The IMPRIMATUR Project is funded under the ESPRIT Programme of the
European Commission. The aim of the project is `to agree, within a
forum representing the widest range of information industry
organisations, a swift and practical response based on a mutual
understanding of the problems arising at the interface between IT,
telecommunication and IPRs: and to identify and develop a set of tools
to address those problems in the business, technological, standards
and legal areas.' The SIG to be held at the ALA allows the debate to
be opened up, and gives librarians outside Europe a chance actively to
participate in this consensus building process and to ensure that
their views are made known to other actors in the information industry
worldwide.
Light refreshments will be served in order to stimulate relaxed but
enthusiastic discussion of the issues.
To reserve a place please contact Pauline Connolly:
email [log in to unmask]
fax +44 1937 546478.
Some background information on which discussion will be based will be
sent to you with a confirmation of your reservation. There will also
be places available on the day on a first come first served basis.
Further information about the IMPRIMATUR project can be found on the
web site:
http://www.imprimatur.alcs.co.uk
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