ALA Annual Program: LOCKSS, June 26, 1.30-3.30 pm

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Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) : A Solution for Archiving and
Accessing Web Materials

ALA Annual, Orlando
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: Renaissance Orlando Resort, Crystal Ballroom E

Librarians have always been concerned with ensuring permanent access to
our collections.  We know that easy access to information often depends
on redundancy - i.e., "lots of copies".  The shift to electronic
materials that are often leased rather than owned has increased our
concerns about long-term access.

A new system called LOCKSS enables libraries to collect and locally
store, preserve, and archive authorized content by creating low-cost,
persistent digital caches of authoritative versions of web-based
content.  Through LOCKSS, librarians have the opportunity to retain
local control of electronic content while preserving its original
functionality.

This program, co-sponsored by the ALCTS Serials Section Education
Committee and the LITA Open Source Systems Interest Group, will present
an overview of LOCKSS, including its philosophy, technology, and current
development.  The program will explain why LOCKSS is so important, what
it can do for libraries, and how libraries can participate.  The
featured speaker will be Thomas Robertson, Technical Manager, LOCKSS
Program, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Resources.  He will
be followed by two panelists, Martin Halbert (Director for Library
Systems, Emory University) and Thomas Izbicki (Collection Development
Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University).  Jeffrey Horrell (Associate
Librarian of Harvard College Collections, Harvard University) will serve
as moderator.

We hope that librarians who work in collection development,
serials/acquisitions, metadata and digital resources, preservation,
systems, or library administration, as well as publishers and
information vendors- really, anyone interested in long-term access to
electronic resources - will be able to attend. 

More information on LOCKSS can be found at http://www.lockss.org


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