For immediate release:
March 22, 2011

For more information, contact:
Sue Baughman
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
sue@arl.org

Register Now for the New Roles for Research Libraries Digital Curation for Preservation Webcast

To complement the recently released report in the New Roles for New Times series, "Digital Curation for Preservation," the Association of Research Libraries is offering a free and open webcast, “New Roles for Research Libraries: Digital Curation for Preservation." The webcast will feature a reactor panel that will explore and expand on key findings and recommendations in the report. The deadline for registration is April 4, 2011.

Background

Authored by Tyler Walters and Katherine Skinner, "Digital Curation for Preservation" looks at how libraries are developing new roles and services in the arena of digital curation for preservation. The authors consider a “promising set of new roles that libraries are currently carving out in the digital arena,” describing emerging strategies for libraries and librarians and highlighting collaborative approaches through a series of case studies of key programs and projects. They also provide helpful definitions and offer recommendations for libraries considering how best to make or expand their investments in digital curation. Issues and developments within and across the sciences and humanities are considered. This is the first report in the New Roles for New Times series.

To download the free report, please visit: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/nrnt_digital_curation17mar11.pdf.

Webcast Details

Date/Time

April 7, 2011, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EDT

Featured Speakers

Tyler Walters, Virginia Tech - Host

Martha Anderson, LC/NDIIPP
Jeremy York, HathiTrust
Oya Rieger, Cornell
Trisha Cruse, CDL

Registration

Registration for the free webcast is required. To register, please visit http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=77636.

For more information on the webcast, please contact Tricia Donovan at tricia@arl.org.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/.