[Taxacom] Conference announcement: Registration now open for Life and Literature, 14-15 Nov, Chicago

[Chris Freeland]

Registration is now open:
http://www.lifeandliterature.org/2011/05/registration-for-life-and-liter
ature.html

The Biodiversity Heritage Library
<http://biodivlib.wikispaces.com/About>  is organizing a conference,
Life and Literature, that will convene librarians, biologists, computer
scientists, publishers, students, and other stakeholders to set the
agenda for biodiversity literature digitizing and its networked
environment for the next four to five years. The purposes of the Life
and Literature Conference are:

1.            Engagement of current and future constituencies concerned
with biodiversity literature.

2.            Integration and interoperability with major biodiversity
and digital library programs.

3.            Further innovative integration of digitized literature
with biodiversity databases.

4.            Publishing models and legacy scientific literature. 

5.            Setting the agenda for the BHL for the next 4 - 5 years.

For more information, visit the Life and Literature web site at:
http://www.lifeandliterature.org
<http://www.lifeandliterature.org/2011/05/registration-for-life-and-lite
rature.html> 

Chris Freeland

Technical Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org