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Presents the author's keynote speech at the 1999 ACM Digital Libraries conference held in Berkeley, California. Inclusion of an outlook for digital library research and development; Historical information on the sense of purpose of academic and research libraries in the United States; Communities shaping the digital library faith; Agenda set by the computer science community.

Organized under the auspices of the DigCCurr II project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a digital curation pre-conference symposium was held on July 8, 2012 at the University of California-Los Angeles in association with the Archival Education Research Initiative's AERI 2012. Seven digital curation experts from six institutions led the day's sessions, which focused on digital curation education. The symposium discussed the importance of curriculum development, mentoring, seeking funding, research strategies, and collaboration across disciplines and institutions both nationally and internationally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A calendar of events in the U.S. and Great Britain from April 2010 to January 2011 is presented which include the London Book Fair 2010, the 20th Intensive Course in Journal Publishing and the 2010 National Diversity in Libraries Conference.

Presents information on topics discussed at the Internet Librarian conference in Pasadena, California from November 6 to 8, 2002. Damages sought by writers for past uncontracted use of their work in database; Topics on electronic learning; Desirability of digitizing the complete holdings of the Library of Congress.

The article offers information on several upcoming conferences in the digital information services sector in the U.S. in 2012 including the annual Data Harmony Users Group meeting, the O'Reilly's TOC Conference, and the annual WebWise Conference.

Reports on the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2002 in Portland, Oregon. High attendance rate; Keynote speakers; Subject areas for digital libraries; Affects of digitization; Details about research in progress.

Presents information on the 1998 Advances in Digital Libraries (ADL) conference, held April 22-24 in Santa Barbara, California. Introduction of information systems and tools by the national digital library projects; Details on the California Digital Library (CDL); Topics discussed at the conference; What the CDL offers; Details on the conference.