Library of Congress Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS)

The Preservation Directorate of the Library of Congress announces the
57th presentation in the Topics in Preservation Series (TOPS):

Donald J. Waters, "Library Conservation and Scholarly Communication"

West Dining Room, Madison Building, 6th floor
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20540
Thursday, February 10, 2011
11:00-11:30 am

The lecture will also be available via live Webcast

Donald J. Waters, Program Officer for Scholarly Communications at
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will characterize the rapid changes
in modes of scholarly communication that affect the roles,
priorities, and collections of research libraries, and especially
research library contributions to the conservation of academic and
cultural heritage.  He will also discuss the challenges and
opportunities for creating a more robust environment for heritage
conservation in research libraries. Particular attention will be
given to institutional differences among research libraries in the
investment in and organization of heritage conservation, mechanisms
for achieving economies of scale, the training and employment
pipeline, and the role of scientific research.

Donald J. Waters is the Program Officer for Scholarly Communications
at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Before joining the Foundation in
1999, he served as the first Director of the Digital Library
Federation and as Associate University Librarian at Yale University.
He co-chaired the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information
created by the Commission on Preservation and Access and the
Research Libraries Group in 1994 and served on the Library of
Congress Section 108 Study Group, a select committee of copyright
experts charged with reexamining the Copyright Act with respect to
the balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and
the needs of libraries and archives. He is a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Steering
Committee of the Coalition for Networked Information, and of the
National Digital Strategy Advisory Board of the Library of Congress.
He has authored numerous articles and presentations on libraries,
digital libraries, digital preservation, and scholarly
communications. Waters holds a Bachelor's degree in American Studies
from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from Yale University.

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at
202-707-6362 or ADA<-a t->loc< . >gov

To register for the live Webcast, send an email at least three
business days in advance to mwilson<-a t->loc< . >gov

The Topics in Preservation Series lectures are free and open to the
public.  For further details and updated information about the
series, please visit

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Dianne van der Reyden
Director for Preservation
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4500
202-707-5213


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