The Googlization of Everything

Google and Libraries Conference - March 10, 2008 « LACUNY Blog

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Google and Libraries

An International Conference Sponsored by ILIAC,
The Harriman Institute and Columbia University Libraries, and METRO

School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive

Monday, March 10, 2008, 8:30AM – 4:30PM

Program & Speakers

Keynote: Google and the Libraries of Russia & the CIS. Yakov Shrayberg, Director of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology (Moscow), and President of ILIAC (http://www.iliac.org/)

Reference Retooled: How Google Tools Strengthen and Streamline Reference Service. Jill Cirasella, Assistant Professor and Computational Sciences Specialist, Brooklyn College Library (http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/cirasella/)

Google, Digitization Projects, & Library Contracts. Laura Quilter, Attorney-at-Law, Librarian, and Consultant on Open Source Licensing, Employee Intellectual Property Rights, and Related Topics (http://lquilter.net/)

The Googlization of Everything. Siva Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Law, University of Virginia; author of Rewiring the Nation: The Place of Technology in American Studies (2007) (http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/Faculty.nsf/PrFHPbW/sv2r; http://www.sivacracy.net/; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siva_Vaidhyanathan)

What hath Google wrought? Is Google a boon or threat to libraries, librarians, and support staff?

What will become of access to library collections after they have been scanned by Google, Microsoft, and the Digital Archive? Who will “own” them and what kind of access will there be? Is there a future for libraries, librarians, and support staff? What will become of the print medium and the rest of the information that does not, or cannot be made to, reside on the Web? What is the impact of Google on the libraries of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), especially in view of the importance to them of Cyrillic and other non-Roman alphabet information?

Google and Libraries originated as part of a 2008 ILIAC study tour for librarians from Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to meet and exchange ideas with Slavic librarians. Google and Libraries has been broadened so that there is a greatly expanded focus on U.S. Google-related issues. If you want to know more about the impact of Google on the future of libraries and library work, you should attend Google and Libraries.

Registration

Please register by using the link Google and Libraries, on the METRO web site:
http://metronylibrary.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010

Attendance Charge (includes refreshments and lunch):

Columbia University Libraries Staff: $50
METRO Member Library Staff: $75
Non-METRO Library Staff & Others: $90