For those of you attending the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago June 27-July 2, 2013, here is an interesting meeting on digital humanities and how it is changing the work of humanities librarians. My friend Colin McCaffrey, Classics Librarian at the Yale University Classics Library, is co-chairing the program.
Literary Texts and the Library in the Digital Age: New Collaborations for European and American Studies.
Presented by WESS, LES, and SEES with the generous support of Librairie Internationale Touzot/ Aux Amateurs de Livres and Digitialia
Saturday June 29, 2013
1-2:30pm
McCormick Place Convention Center
1-2:30pm
McCormick Place Convention Center
Digital technologies are opening up new
possibilities for the investigation of literary and historical texts.
They are also changing library spaces and reconfiguring relationships
between librarians and researchers. This program investigates
new roles for European and American Studies librarians in this emerging
physical and virtual environment. What old skills remain relevant and
what new skills are needed? What new forms of collaboration are
developing between librarians, scholars, and IT personnel?
Speakers:
*Paula Kaufman, Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson,
Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
*Laura Mandell, Professor of English, Director of
the Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture, Texas A&M
University
*Glen Worthey, Head, Humanities Digital Information Service, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources
Moderator:
*Patricia Thurston, Catalog Librarian/Team Leader, Yale University Library
http://wessweb.info/index.php/2013_Conference_Planning_CommitteeSponsors:
ACRL WESS Executive Committee (Western European Studies Section)
ACRL LES Executive Committee (Literatures in English Section)
ACRL SEES Executive Committee (Slavic and East European Section)
