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SUMMARY:The Social Life of Digital Libraries: the Second Arcadia Lecture -
  Professor Daniel Cohen
DTSTART:20100430T170000Z
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:*ABSTRACT*\n\nThe digitization of libraries had a clear initia
 l goal: to permit anyone to read the contents of collections anywhere and 
 anytime. But universal access is only the beginning of what may happen to 
 libraries and researchers in the digital age. Because machines as well as 
 humans have access to the same online collections\, a complex web of inter
 actions is emerging. Digital libraries are now engaging in online relation
 ships with other libraries\, with scholars\, and with software\, often wit
 hout the knowledge of those who maintain the libraries\, and in unexpected
  ways. These digital relationships open new avenues for discovery\, analys
 is\, and collaboration.\n\nThis is the second annual Arcadia Lecture.  For
  more information on the Arcadia Project please visit the project's "web s
 ite":http://arcadiaproject.lib.cam.ac.uk/index.php.\n\n*About the speaker*
 \n\nDaniel J. Cohen is an Associate Professor in the Department of History
  and Art History and the Director of the Center for History and New Media 
 at George Mason University. He is coauthor of 'Digital History: A\nGuide t
 o Gathering\, Preserving\, and Presenting the Past on the Web' (University
  of Pennsylvania Press\, 2005)\, author of 'Equations from God: Pure Mathe
 matics and Victorian Faith' (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2007)\, and 
 has published articles and book chapters on the history of mathematics and
  religion\, the teaching of history\, and the future of history in a digit
 al age in journals such as the Journal of American History\, the Chronicle
  of Higher Education\, and Rethinking\nHistory. He is an inaugural recipie
 nt of the American Council of Learned Societies’ Digital Innovation Fell
 owship. At the Center for History and New Media he\nhas directed projects 
 ranging from digital collections (September 11 Digital Archive) to scholar
 ly software (the "Zotero":http://www.zotero.org/ extension for the Firefox
  browser that enables users to manage bibliographic data while doing onlin
 e research). \n\nProfessor Cohen received his bachelor’s degree from Pri
 nceton\, his Master’s from Harvard\, and his\ndoctorate in history from 
 Yale. He blogs at http://dancohen.org\, tweets as @dancohen\, and podcasts
  at http://digitalcampus.tv.\n\n_All welcome\, but please RSVP to mh569@ca
 m.ac.uk_
LOCATION:Riley Auditorium\, Clare College Memorial Court\, Queen's Road
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