Excitement permeates our offices as we prepare for the 10th annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World. The free conference, which is ‘sold out’ as usual, brings together 300 museum and library professionals from across the country to address the development of technological and digital resources and their impact on museums, libraries, and other cultural organizations. Read more
WebWise
2009: Digital Debates
The
10th annual WebWise
Conference will be held in
Washington, DC, February 25-27, 2009. Sessions will feature
library and museum leaders as well as experts outside of the
cultural heritage community who will stimulate conversation
and reflect on the challenges posed by emerging technologies.
Read more.
International Strategic Partnership Initiative
We live in a global society and American libraries and museums
have so much to share with, and learn from, people engaged
in library and museum work throughout the world. Read
more about our international strategic partnership initiative.
Civil Rights Digital Libraries Enhance Americans’ Understanding of Important Era
The Civil Rights Digital Library by the University of Georgia in Athens gathers together many of the nation’s civil rights collections through its ambitious Web portal, while the Crossroads to Freedom Digital Library at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, uses its hometown collections to stimulate a community conversation on the impact of the civil rights movement on Memphians. The projects demonstrate how digital libraries can preserve and extend access to important historical collections and serve as a valuable resource for teaching, learning, research, and community engagement. Read more
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