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# RLG Programs 2008 Annual Partners Meeting Agenda ## June 2-4, 2008 Philadelphia ### Day 3 Wednesday, June 4 Digitization and the Humanities: Impact on Libraries and Special Collections Symposium Venue: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Ullyot Meeting Hall An overview and interpretation of perspectives provided at this symposium are available in the following report: Proffitt, Merrilee and Jennifer Schaffner. The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship: Reflections on a Symposium about Digitization and the Humanities.(.pdf: 70K/10 pp.)
Time | Event
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8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast
9:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks (.mp3: 19.77 MB/57 min.) Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner, RLG Programs Presentation: On the Road...(or, Where in the Heck is Tony Grafton When You Need Him?) (.pdf: 1,021K/11 pp.)
9:45 | Scholars Perspectives: Impact of Digitized Collections on Learning and Teaching (.mp3: 21.39 MB/1 hr. 2 min.) David Harrington Watt Director of General Education Program Associate Professor of History Temple University Paper: How has the Availability of Digitized Primary Source Materials Changed the way Teachers Teach and Students Learn? (.pdf: 559K/12 pp.) Zachary Lesser Assistant Professor Department of English University of Pennsylvania Presentation: Primary Sources, Digital Facsimilies and Analytic Databases (.pdf: 38K/7 pp.)
11:00 | Break
11:15 | Scholars Perspectives: Impact of Digitized Collections on Research (.mp3: 21.28 MB/1 hr. 1 min.) Anke Timmermann Historian Chemical Heritage Foundation Presentation: What do they Think they're Doing? History, Alchemy and the Digitization of Manuscripts (.pdf: 472K/10 pp.) Douglas S. Reed Associate Professor Department of Government Georgetown University Presentation: Of Locker Rooms and Silos: What if We Had Digital Archives in Places No One Expects Them? (.pdf: 1MB/20 pp.)
12:30 p.m. | Lunch (on your own)
2:30 | Librarian Perspective: Impact on Collections (.mp3: 28.18MB/1 hr. 22 min.) Paul N. Courant University Librarian and Dean of Libraries University of Michigan Robin Adams Librarian and College Archivist Trinity College Dublin Presentation: Impact of Digitization on Libraries and Special Collections (.pdf: 1.95MB/20 pp.)
3:30–4:00 | Wrap Up / Future Directions

Click here for the RLG Programs Annual Partners Meeting agenda for Days 1 & 2 (Monday and Tuesday, June 2 and 3).

Click here for the Thursday, June 5 Optional Half-day Institution Visits agenda.