Princeton University

This fall the Center is sponsoring a series of lectures by the heads of major European and American research libraries, concerning the challenges posed to these institutions by new information technologies.  These lectures are free and open to the general public, with no need for preregistration.  A short reception will follow on both evenings.
 

Friday, October 6, 2006: "The Google Debate"
4:00pm - 6:30pm
Friend Center, Room 006
Reception to Follow
 

Jean-Noël Jeanneney   (President, Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
Google's Challenge to Europe
 

Paul LeClerc   (President, New York Public Library)
Why and how the New York Public Library decided to become globally relevant through digital collections and services, up to and including a partnership with Google

Friday, December 1, 2006
4:00pm - 6:30pm
McCormick 101
Reception to Follow

Reg Carr   (Director of University Library Services and Bodley’s Librarian, University of Oxford)
The Research Library in an Era of White Water Change: Threat or Opportunity?

Karin Trainer  (University Librarian, Princeton University)
Some Thoughts on the State of the American Research Library