Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:50:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [71.163.135.114] (HELO [192.168.0.100]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTPS id 16254274 for cni-announce@cni.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:00:32 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org X-Original-Message-Id: <8b5be3ca178bfc49e317c2772fc29f4e@cni.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-1062906184 From: Joan K. Lippincott Subject: De Lange Conference X-Original-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:46:23 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624) --Apple-Mail-1-1062906184 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed De Lange Conference VI Emerging Libraries Date: March 5-7, 2007 Host: Rice University via the Fondren Library and Computer and=20 Information Technology Institute (CITI) Site: Alice Pratt Brown Auditorium, Shepherd School, Rice University,=20= 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas Rice University's 2007 De Lange Conference Aims to Describe How=20 Knowledge Will Be Accessed, Discovered, and Disseminated in the Age of=20= Digital Information Speakers will include John Seely Brown, Harold Varmus, James=20 Duderstadt, Paul Ginsparg, and Donald Kennedy. The traditional concept of a library has been rendered obsolescent by=20 the unprecedented confluence of the Internet, changes in scholarly=20 publication models, increasing alliances between the humanities and the=20= sciences, and the rise of large-scale digital library projects. The old=20= ways of organizing and preserving knowledge to transmit our cultural=20 and intellectual heritage have converged with the most advanced=20 technologies of science and engineering and research methodologies.=20 Such rapid and overwhelming changes to a millennia-old tradition pose=20 significant challenges not only to university research libraries but to=20= every citizen. If the traditional library is undergoing a profound=20 metamorphosis, it is not clear what new model will take its place. More=20= information has been produced in the last several years than in the=20 entire previous history of humanity, and most of this has been in=20 digital format. Libraries are not storage places any more; they are=20 less and less a place. The critical issues now include: How can that=20 information be efficiently accessed and used? How do we extract=20 knowledge from such an abundance of often poorly organized information?=20= How might these enormous digital resources affect our concept of=20 identity, our privacy, and the way we conduct business in the new=20 century? Insight from many disciplines and perspectives is requisite to=20= begin to understand this phenomenon to identify ways to help chart a=20 future course. The De Lange 2007 Conference will examine the transformational=20 influences these astonishing emerging libraries may entail. A planning=20= committee, led by Rice University's Fondren Library and Computer and=20 Information Technology Institute (CITI), now seeks a rich mix of=20 subject specialists with unique perspectives who will enliven and=20 enrich this exploration. The De Lange Conference will also have a=20 historical perspective as well as be forward-looking and=20 self-reflective; the conference will reveal that the emerging library=20 is of enormous consequence and relevant to the rethinking of=20 fundamental assumptions that structure our understanding of the world=20 and facilitate new discovery. The following topics will be addressed by some of the world's foremost=20= thinkers: 1 The history of knowledge organization; major periods = during which=20 the organization of knowledge substantially changed, and the=20 implications of those changes 2 The rise and evolution of academic disciplines and their = structure=20 during the last 150 years: Why does the university look like it does=20 today? Why is the library organized like it is today? 3 Current disciplinary changes in method and practice: how = knowledge=20 is acquired, transmitted, and used in fields such as genomics,=20 proteomics and computational biology 4 The emergence of genuinely hybrid disciplines = (archaerometrics;=20 archaeogenetics; music informatics; 3-D laser capture/analysis of art=20 history objects) 5 Large-scale (global) collaborative research (Sloan = Digital Sky=20 Survey; Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO);=20 Fermilab particle research; Large Hadron project) 6 Large-scale digital library projects (US, Australia, UK, = EU,=20 China): goals and implications 7 Does the current organization of departments and = programs inhibit=20 progress? 8 Copyright and intellectual property in the digital age 9 The emerging library as the new (virtual) campus 10 The rise of undergraduate research and its effects on = libraries and=20 curricula 11 Exemplary innovation: digital libraries and teaching = (Connexions) 12 What the future might hold (wide-open possibilities, pro and = con) 13 The end of traditional scholarly publishing 14 The economics of information: Who will pay for these major = changes=20 in tradition? For more detailed information about the speakers and program, see =A0http://delange.rice.edu/conferenceVI.cfm Charles Henry,Ph.D. Vice Provost and University Librarian Rice University P.O. 1892 Houston, Texas 77251-1892 voice: 713.348-4022 fax: 713.348-5258 --Apple-Mail-1-1062906184 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 ArialDe Lange Conference = VI ArialEmerging = Libraries ArialDate: March 5-7, = 2007 Arial Host: Rice University via the Fondren Library and Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI) Arial Site: Alice Pratt Brown Auditorium, Shepherd School, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas ArialRice University's 2007 De Lange Conference Aims to Describe How Knowledge Will Be Accessed, Discovered, and Disseminated in the Age of Digital = Information ArialSpeakers will include John Seely Brown, Harold Varmus, James Duderstadt, Paul Ginsparg, and Donald Kennedy. ArialThe traditional concept of a library has been rendered obsolescent by the unprecedented confluence of the Internet, changes in scholarly publication models, increasing alliances between the humanities and the sciences, and the rise of large-scale digital library projects. The old ways of organizing and preserving knowledge to transmit our cultural and intellectual heritage have converged with the most advanced technologies of science and engineering and research methodologies. Such rapid and overwhelming changes to a millennia-old tradition pose significant challenges not only to university research libraries but to every citizen. If the traditional library is undergoing a profound metamorphosis, it is not clear what new model will take its place. More information has been produced in the last several years than in the entire previous history of humanity, and most of this has been in digital format. Libraries are not storage places any more; they are less and less a place. The critical issues now include: How can that information be efficiently accessed and used? How do we extract knowledge from such an abundance of often poorly organized information? How might these enormous digital resources affect our concept of identity, our privacy, and the way we conduct business in the new century? Insight from many disciplines and perspectives is requisite to begin to understand this phenomenon to identify ways to help chart a future course. ArialThe De Lange 2007 Conference will examine the transformational influences these astonishing emerging libraries may entail. A planning committee, led by Rice University's Fondren Library and Computer and Information Technology Institute (CITI), now seeks a rich mix of subject specialists with unique perspectives who will enliven and enrich this exploration. The De Lange Conference will also have a historical perspective as well as be forward-looking and self-reflective; the conference will reveal that the emerging library is of enormous consequence and relevant to the rethinking of fundamental assumptions that structure our understanding of the world and facilitate new discovery. ArialThe following topics will be addressed by some of the world's foremost thinkers: 1 ArialThe history of knowledge organization; major periods during which the organization of knowledge substantially changed, and the implications of those = changes 2 ArialThe rise and evolution = of academic disciplines and their structure during the last 150 years: Why does the university look like it does today? Why is the library organized like it is today? 3 ArialCurrent disciplinary = changes in method and practice: how knowledge is acquired, transmitted, and used in fields such as genomics, proteomics and computational = biology 4 ArialThe emergence of = genuinely hybrid disciplines (archaerometrics; archaeogenetics; music informatics; 3-D laser capture/analysis of art history objects) 5 ArialLarge-scale (global) = collaborative research (Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO); Fermilab particle research; Large Hadron project) 6 ArialLarge-scale digital = library projects (US, Australia, UK, EU, China): goals and = implications 7 ArialDoes the current = organization of departments and programs inhibit progress? 8 ArialCopyright and = intellectual property in the digital age 9 ArialThe emerging library as = the new (virtual) campus 10 ArialThe rise of undergraduate = research and its effects on libraries and curricula 11 ArialExemplary innovation: digital libraries and teaching (Connexions) 12 ArialWhat the future might hold (wide-open possibilities, pro and con) 13 ArialThe end of traditional = scholarly publishing 14 ArialThe economics of information: = Who will pay for these major changes in tradition? For more detailed information about the speakers and program, see = =A00000,0000,EEEEhttp://delange.rice.edu/conferenceV= I.cfm Times New RomanCharles = Henry,Ph.D. Times New RomanVice Provost and University Librarian Times New RomanRice = University Times New RomanP.O. = 1892 Times New RomanHouston, Texas 77251-1892 Times New Romanvoice: = 713.348-4022 Times New Romanfax: = 713.348-5258 --Apple-Mail-1-1062906184--