Managing Digital Assets:
Strategic Issues for Research Libraries- October 28
We want to call your
attention to a one-day forum on "Managing Digital
Assets: Strategic Issues for
Research Libraries" sponsored by ARL, CNI, CLIR, and DLF. This important
forum will take place Friday, October 28, 2005, at the Mayflower Hotel in
Washington, DC, immediately following the ARL Membership Meeting.
The forum will explore the
strategic implications of repositioning research libraries to manage digital
assets for their institutions.
Donald J. Waters, Program
Officer, Scholarly Communication, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will open
the forum with a broad overview of several issues and developments surrounding
Digital Asset Management.
Three program sessions will
follow to address and engage the audience in discussions of institutional
policies, emerging federal policies for asset management, and the state of
tools available to take on these roles. The focus of this forum is on strategic
issues of concern to senior decision makers in research institutions, including
provosts and vice presidents for research and academic affairs, directors of
research libraries and senior library managers, and CIOs and other senior
information technology managers.
Plan now to attend and to
bring a colleague from your institution to what promises to be an excellent
opportunity to learn and exchange ideas with colleagues.
A schedule is available on
the ARL Web site at http://www.arl.org/forum05/schedule.html
The registration deadline is
October 14. Register at https://db.arl.org/forum05/