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Hi everyone, Recently I returned from an enjoyable one week Summer Institute on 'Electronic Texts and Images' organized by UNB's Electronic Text Centre (http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/). The presenter was David Seaman, Executive Director of the Digital Library Federation (http://www.diglib.org) from the Council on Library and Information Resources (http://www.clir.org/). Suffice to say David was a superb presenter - presentation abilities that combine a sophisticated technical know-how with an informed sense of the academic library milieu, considering various user needs, and requisite managerial expectations for creating and maintaining digital collections, is very rare these days. Further, when the material is conveyed with continued patience and a sense of humor, what else can you ask for? I highly recommend the Institute for your consideration next year. If you haven't read the attached piece re. 'Deep Sharing: A Case for the Federated Digital Library' by David Seaman, I thought it might provide some further reflection on collaboratively pooled academic library content for online users. I know this is a contentious issue for some, but here comes the future! APLA might want to look at having David Seaman speak to this vision at a future conference(?). Cheers, Leo -- ____________________________________ Leo J. Deveau, M.Ed, MLIS. Research and Communications Nova Scotia Round Table for Post-Secondary Disability Service Providers, c/o NSCC Halifax Campus 1825 Bell Rd., Rm. 126 Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3H-2Z4 Cell: 902-452-3517 Halifax office: 902-424-0073 Home office: 902-542-3908 Fax: 902-424-0027 [log in to unmask]