Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:30:40 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [71.246.200.106] (HELO [192.168.27.20]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPS id 4169476 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:42:41 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-8-80251477 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: ARL and CNI to Cohost Fall Forum, "An Age of Discovery: Distinctive Collections in the Digital Age" X-Original-Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:44:34 -0400 References: <2FD48372-6B55-4D99-AE80-B31BD8DBCA06@cni.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) --Apple-Mail-8-80251477 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for =20 Networked Information (CNI) are co-hosting a Forum, =93An Age of =20 Discovery: Distinctive Collections in the Digital Age.=94 It will be =20= held October 15=9616, 2009, in Washington, DC, immediately following the = =20 ARL Membership Meeting. The Forum builds on the work of the ARL Special Collections Working =20 Group. The goal is to focus attention on opportunities available in =20 the digital environment for leveraging the strengths of special =20 collections, making them more widely accessible. The co-hosts seek to =20= bring together librarians, archivists, and others with =20 responsibilities for stewarding special and distinctive resources, and =20= to identify strategies for advancing this goal. Intended Audience The forum is open to all. In particular, directors of research and =20 academic libraries, archives, and historical societies are encouraged =20= to attend, along with other staff members who have responsibilities =20 that encompass special collections. Program sessions will address: * Why Are Special Collections Important? Exploring the Value =20 Proposition * Collaborative Strategies to Build Cross-Institutional Collections * Special Collections as Laboratories for Researchers and Students * Integrating Special Collections into the Enterprise * What Changes with Digital Content? The Fall Forum programs have a reputation for high quality engagement =20= of strategic issues and this year=92s program is no exception. We =20 recommend that Directors of research and academic libraries and =20 archives plan to attend the full Forum and consider doing so with a =20 member of their staff who has responsibilities for the library=92s =20 special collections. See the Forum Web site for speaker and program details: http://www.arl.org/events/fallforum/forum09/index.shtml Registration =96 Deadline September 25 Registration is $275 per person for individuals affiliated with an ARL =20= or CNI member institutions; $325 for all others. The registration =20 deadline is September 25. Fellowship Awards =96 Deadline September 14 With the generous support of the following sponsors, we are able to =20 offer a limited number of Fellowship Awards to assist Forum =20 participants with the costs of their travel and accommodations to =20 attend the Forum. Fellowship Award Sponsors * The Council on Library and Information Resources * Preservation Technologies * OCLC * EBSCO * Atlas, Inc. * Alexander Street Press See the Forum Website for information on Fellowship Awards. The =20 deadline for applications is September 14. For more information, contact: Sarah Segura Association of Research Libraries 202-296-2296 sarah@arl.org *********************************************** Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-5098 202-872-0884 (Fax) diane@cni.org --Apple-Mail-8-80251477 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The Association of Research = Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are = co-hosting a Forum, =93An Age of Discovery:  Distinctive = Collections in the Digital Age.=94  It will be held October 15=9616, = 2009, in Washington, DC, immediately following the ARL Membership = Meeting.

The Forum builds on the = work of the ARL Special Collections Working Group.  The goal is to = focus attention on opportunities available in the digital environment = for leveraging the strengths of special collections, making them more = widely accessible.  The co-hosts seek to bring together librarians, = archivists, and others with responsibilities for stewarding special and = distinctive resources, and to identify strategies for advancing this = goal. 

Intended = Audience

The forum is open to all. In = particular, directors of research and academic libraries, archives, and = historical societies are encouraged to attend, along with other staff = members who have responsibilities that encompass special = collections.

Program sessions will = address:

    * Why Are Special = Collections Important?  Exploring the Value = Proposition
    * Collaborative Strategies to = Build Cross-Institutional Collections
    * = Special Collections as Laboratories for Researchers and = Students
    * Integrating Special Collections = into the Enterprise
    * What Changes with = Digital Content?

The Fall Forum programs have a = reputation for high quality engagement of strategic issues and this = year=92s program is no exception. We recommend that Directors of = research and academic libraries and archives plan to attend the full = Forum and consider doing so with a member of their staff who has = responsibilities for the library=92s special = collections.

See the Forum Web site for speaker = and program details:

Registration =96 Deadline September = 25

Registration is $275 per person for = individuals affiliated with an ARL or CNI member institutions; $325 for = all others.  The registration deadline is September = 25.

Fellowship Awards =96 Deadline September = 14

With the generous support of the following = sponsors, we are able to offer a limited number of Fellowship Awards to = assist Forum participants with the costs of their travel and = accommodations to attend the Forum.

Fellowship = Award Sponsors

    * The Council = on Library and Information Resources
    * = Preservation Technologies
    * = OCLC
    * EBSCO
    * = Atlas, Inc.
    * Alexander Street = Press

See the Forum Website for information on = Fellowship Awards. The deadline for applications is September = 14.

For more information, = contact:
Sarah Segura
Association of Research = Libraries
202-296-2296

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Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications Coordinator
Coalition for Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-5098
202-872-0884 (Fax)
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