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A panel entitled "Future Directions for Digital Library Initiatives: Addressing the Challenges of Collaboration and Sustainability" will be held at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. This panel will be held on Monday, June 26 from 1:30 - 4:30 PM at the Royal Sonesta Hotel at 300 Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and will include the following presenters: 1. Katherine Kott (Aquifer Director) will discuss the activities now underway in the DLF Aquifer project to create a next generation digital library environment. URL: http://www.diglib.org/aquifer 2. Laura Campbell (Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress) will describe the strategies envisioned for sustaining the collaborative efforts underway in the National Digital Information and Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP). URL: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov 3. Kaye Howe (NSDL Deputy Director) will present on the accomplishments and sustainability plans for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). URL: http://nsdl.org This panel will be a great opportunity to hear from leaders of three of the largest digital library initiatives in the country concerning strategies for addressing the key challenges of collaboration and sustainability. This panel is sponsored by the ALA LITA Digital Libraries Technology Interest Group (DLTIG) which will hold its open business meeting immediately afterwards at 4:30 PM to elect new officers (volunteers are solicited). Please come join us for what should be an intriguing and valuable conference panel. Best regards, Martin Halbert, PhD, MLIS Director for Digital Programs and Systems Robert W. Woodruff Library 540 Asbury Circle Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 (ph) 404-727-2204 (fax) 404-727-0827 (web) http://martin.library.emory.edu "Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Really smart people with reasonable funding can do just about anything that doesn't violate too many of Newton's Laws!" - Alan Kay, 1971