Hi Leslie: I will be attending JCDL also (just listening, not presenting). If you like, I could provide some information on the way in which our design requirement to integrate digital and analog holdings and services informed the LDI architecture and implementation. At 04:04 PM 4/2/2003 -0500, you wrote: >All, > >I have been asked last-minute to coordinate a panel for JCDL in May >(specifically on May 29) on the theme of "hybrid libraries -- bringing the >physical and digital together." I am soliciting speaker suggestions to >fortify my own. > >I am focusing on two aspects of this topic: > >1. The technological infrastructure and user services that we need to >develop that provide integrated access to physical and digital collections, >whether local or licensed; and > >2. The cultural change that is necessary for a library to work with both >physical and digital collections in local collection building, cataloging, >collections access, and reference. > >I am also potentially interested in case studies, e.g., "How I succeeded in >successfully creating some aspect of a hybrid library." > >Thanks in advance, >Leslie --- Stephen L. Abrams Digital Library Program Manager Harvard University Library, Office for Information Systems 1280 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 404 Cambridge, MA 02138 T (617) 495-3724 F (617) 495-0491 E [log in to unmask] W http://hul.harvard.edu/~stephen/