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REMINDER - THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR THIS. ************************************************************************** On May 11th the Nova Scotia Provincial library will be hosting a College of DuPage teleconference on “The Relevance of Libraries in a Digital Age”. This event will be co-sponsored with the Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services (CASLIS) Atlantic Chapter. James G. Neal, the Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University, will assemble a panel to discuss the future relevance of libraries as we know them. The digital age has been with us long enough to make some practical predictions of how traditional roles of libraries will change in information selection, acquisition, synthesis, navigation, dissemination, interpretation and archiving. New responsibilities in information aggregation, publishing education, research and development and policy advocacy will be explored. It promises to be a lively and provocative session. James G. Neal works with the Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC) and the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL). He serves on key academic, technology, budget and policy groups at the University. Jim is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, consultant and published researcher with a focus in the areas of scholarly communication, intellectual property, digital library programs, organizational change, staff turnover, and fundraising. He has worked on the editorial boards of journals in the field of academic librarianship, and has worked on copyright policy and advisory groups for universities and professional and higher education associations. Following the broadcast David McDonald, Systems and Library Technology Manager, Nova Scotia Legislative Library and Past-President of CASLIS Atlantic, will speak about the concept of an electronic depository or archive for Nova Scotia electronic documents. TELECONFERENCE DETAILS: Date: Friday, May 11th, 2007, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Place: Nova Scotia Provincial Library (Classroom), 3770 Kempt Road, Halifax Registration is free. Parking is available in front of the building. To register contact Carol Morris at 424-2477 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask] ************************************************************ We respectfully request that you refrain from wearing any scented products, including perfume, hair spray, cologne, deodorant, etc. and we thank you for your cooperation. ************************************************************