ALCTS/PARS/RBMS session on print collections

Strategic Future of Print Collections
Washington Convention Center
Room 206
Sunday, 27 June 2010
10:30am - Noon

This program is sponsored by ALCTS: PARS and RBMS.

A cascade of white papers and reports confirm that libraries are in
a transition to mixed print and screen based services and that this
transition is not yet completed. Accordingly, demand for direct
access to books is projected to diminish as screen delivered copies
prove popular. What implications can this transition have for the
continuing role of print in the context of its digital delivery? Do
attributes of the paper book suggest a new interdependence between
print and screen access?

Three outstanding speakers will address issues of the strategic
future of print. These are Walt Crawford, editor of the journal
Cites and Insights, Shannon Zachary, Preservation Librarian from the
University of Michigan, and Jeanne Drewes from the Preservation
Directorate of the Library of Congress.

This program, co-sponsored by PARS and RBMS, will be of interest to
those concerned with long term access to and status of print
collections. A summary bibliography will be provided.

Debra S. Nolan, CAE
Executive Director
LBI
4440 PGA Boulevard, Suite 600
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Fax: 561-745-6821, 561-472-8401


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