Friday, January 21, 2005

Library of Congress/ C-SPAN Digital Futute series

Beginning Monday, November 15, 2004 until March 2005, C-SPAN is televising a live series of discussions hosted by the Library of Congress' John W. Kluge Center. The series will examine how the digital age is changing the most basic ways information is organized and classified.

Two of the seven part series have already aired.

On November 15, David Weinberger, former senior internet adviser to the Howard Dean presidential campaign, discussed how weblogs work & their value in gathering knowledge. Webcast available from Kluge Center. Audio is available for free from Audible.com.

Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian, Director and Co-founder of the Internet Archive, presented "Universal Access to Knowledge" on December 13. Audio is available for free from Audible.com.

Full series schedule and details about the five remaining programs are available here.

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