I wanted to share this set of pointers from our friends at RLG Programs at OCLC to materials from a symposium that they sponsored on June 4, 2008 in Philadelphia dealing with the contributions that digitized text corpora can make to advancing humanities scholarship. I was fortunate to be able to attend this symposium, and some of the speakers were really extraordinary, with some very fresh and insightful perspectives.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI

I'm pleased to announce the release of a report by Program Officers Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner. "The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship: Reflections on a Symposium about Digitization and the Humanities" (.pdf: 70K/10 pp.) is available on the RLG Programs Web site. It consists of an overview and interpretation of perspectives provided at the RLG Programs symposium that was held in Philadelphia at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on June 4, 2008. Outputs from the symposium are also available online, including overviews, presentations and recorded sessions (.mp3 files).

Questions or comments regarding this report or the symposium can be directed to Merrilee Proffitt, Program Officer, at merrilee_proffitt@oclc.orgmerrilee_proffitt@oclc.org./mailto:merrilee_proffitt@oclc.org