DSpace Symposium: MIT Libraries

"Scholarly Communication in the Digital World" Symposium November 4

"Scholarly Communication in the Digital World", a symposium to celebrate the worldwide launch of DSpace, will take place Monday, November 4, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p. m. at the Bartos Theatre, E15-070. DSpace is an open source institutional digital repository developed by the MIT Libraries and the Hewlett-Packard Company.

Speakers will include Hal Abelson, Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a founding member of the DSpace Advisory Board, and Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, and formerly director of Library Automation for all of the University of California campuses. A third speaker is James Boyle, Professor at Duke University School of Law and a specialist in intellectual property in the information age. Boyle is on the board of Creative Commons, which is working to facilitate the free availability of information, scientific data, and art and cultural materials by developing innovative, machine-readable licenses that individuals and institutions can attach to their work.

The discussion will consider the significance of digital repository systems from the perspectives of faculty, libraries, academic institutions, and publishers. Speakers will address policy issues as well as the current legal and regulatory landscape for publishing and distribution of scholarly materials.

The public is invited to this event, which begins with a continental breakfast from 8:30 to 9:00am. The symposium takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. If you plan to attend, notify libevents@mit.edu or 617-253-9323 by Wednesday, October 30, 2002. For more information about DSpace, see: http://www.dspace.org/

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