Public Forum, Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age, Day 1

BU Center for the Humanities cordially invites the entire community to join us for the first full day of panels in our inaugural fall forum. 9:00-1:00 Panel I: Setting Directions for Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age. Introduced by Robert Hudson, University Librarian, Boston University and moderated by Jack Ammerman, Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Open Access, Boston University. Featured panelists: Jeannette Bastian, Simmons School of Library and Information Sciences; Dan Cohen, Northeastern University; David Ferriero, National Archives of the United States; Alberto Manguel, National Library of Argentina; Vita Paladino, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University.2:00-5:30 Panel II: Digital Scholarship and Practice Introduced by Peter Schwartz, World Languages & Literatures, Boston University and moderated by Vika Zafrin, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston University. Featured panelists: Ellen Cushman, Northeastern University; Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Tom Mullaney, Stanford University; Fallou Ngom, Boston University.5:30-7:30 The panels are followed by a public reception at Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center. Panels and reception are free and open to the public; reservations are requested. Please go to the website to read more and register.

When 9:00 am to 7:30 pm on Friday, October 6, 2017
Location BU Law School Auditorium, 765 Commonwealth Ave.
Contact Name Tamzen Flanders
Phone (617) 353-6250
Contact Email buch@bu.edu