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Folks -- Please pardon my forwarding this message to the general listserv for DLF. It was meant for the directors of your libraries. Nancy Eaton >Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 23:40:43 -0500 >From: "Nancy L. Eaton" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: LOCKSS meeting at ALA >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >To: DLF Digital Library Announcements <[log in to unmask]> >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 >X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-sophos >X-PSU-Spam-Flag: NO >X-PSU-Spam-Hits: 0 >X-SPAM-Software: PreciseMail V2.1-1 [050106] (psulias.psu.edu) >X-SPAM-Allowed: Message allowed by system rule > > >Colleagues -- > >I are pleased to invite any of you who are interested to a small working >group breakfast at ALA-Midwinter with Vicky Reich, Director of the LOCKSS >program, to discuss the LOCKSS program's current status and short and long >term goals. Since we have discussed LOCKSS at a number of DLF meetings, I >thought you might be interested in attending. LOCKSS is an initiative >of the Andrew Mellon Foundation and has been largely developed at Stanford >University. The intent of this meeting is to provide a forum for library >directors to ask questions and to discuss LOCKSS future needs and >directions if LOCKSS is to become a member-driven strategy for >perpetuation of digital collections. Penn State has decided to continue >to support this program for two more years, as have a number of other >research libraries. This is an opportunity to look at how LOCKSS might >fit into your library's future plans. An update on LOCKSS development >plans for the next two years will be provided. It is important for >as many libraries as possible to join the LOCKSS Alliance in order to >solidify its future. > >The breakfast will be held on Monday, January 17, at 8:00 a.m. at the >Apropos Restaurant, Sheraton Boston Hotel, Prudential Center, 39 Dalton Street. > >If you are able to attend, please RSVP as soon as possible to Vicky Reich >at "[log in to unmask]"