C-SPAN series on "Digital Future"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: updegrove () mail utexas edu
Date: November 14, 2004 11:27:29 AM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: C-SPAN series on "Digital Future"

Dave - Of potential interest to IP. Regards, Dan

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> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 08:11:59 +0000
> To: <humanist () Princeton EDU>
> Subject: 18.353 lecture series on C-SPAN: "Digital Future"
>
>                Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 18, No. 353.
>        Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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>          Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:37:29 +0000
>          From: David Sewell <drs2n () virginia edu>
>          Subject: New Series on C-SPAN: "Digital Future" (fwd)
>
> (C-SPAN is a public affairs cable TV network available in North 
> America;
> others may be able to access these programs online at
> http://www.c-span.org/)
>
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> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:41:24 -0500 (EST)
> From: C-SPAN <C-SPAN () newsletter c-span org>
> To: dsewell () virginia edu
>
> C-SPAN Special Alert!
>
> C-SPAN Exclusive!
>
> Nation's Top Thinkers on the Digital Future to Present Series of 
> Lectures
> at the Library of Congress
>
> Tune In; Take Part
>
>
> C-SPAN will be covering the Library of Congress' new evening lecture
> series, "Digital Future," presenting some of the best known names in
> digitally networked communications. The series begins with a talk by
> David Weinberger, an expert on blogging, who will discuss how and in
> which situations blogs work and their value in children's education. 
> The
> lecture airs this Monday, 6:30 - 8 pm ET, live on C-SPAN.
>
> Participate in the series by emailing questions to digital () loc gov, or
> find more information about the series and archived video on our web
> site at http://www.c-span.org/congress/libraryofcongress.asp.
>
> Future lecture topics include:
>
> Monday, December 13 - Brewster Kahle, a digital librarian & director 
> and
> co-founder of the Internet Archive.  He will explain how and why
> capturing material on the Web is important, and discuss the challenges
> of selecting pertinent content.
>
> Monday, January 31 - Brian Cantwell Smith, dean of the Faculty of
> Information Studies at the University of Toronto.  The title of his 
> talk
> is "And Is All This Stuff Really Digital After All?"
>
> Monday, February 14 - David Levy, professor at the Information School 
> of
> the University of Washington.  He will discuss the shift of the
> experience of reading from the fixed page to digital, and the effect
> that has had on language.
>
> Thursday, March 3 - Lawrence Lessig, professor at Stanford Law School &
> founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.  He will
> discuss digital copyright issues.
>
> Monday, March 14 - Edward Ayers, dean of the College and Graduate 
> School
> of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia.  He will address the
> implications of creating and distributing knowledge in today's digital
> environment.
>
> Monday, March 28 - Neil Gershenfeld, director for the Center of Bits 
> and
> Atoms at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His talk is titled
> "From the Library of Information to the Library of Things."
>
> Series dates and times subject to change. Visit
> http://www.c-span.org/congress/libraryofcongress.asp for more
> information.
>
>
> Copyright 2004, National Cable Satellite Corporation

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