The Spring 2006 ASIDIC meeting will be held March 12-14 at the Sanibel
Harbour Resort in Fort Myers, FL http://www.sanibel-resort.com. You
are cordially invited to attend and are strongly urged to make your
reservations early - this is Spring Break season in Florida.
The theme of the Spring meeting is Digitization: From Inception to
Income. Digitizing content is changing the world for publishers,
aggregators, universities, libraries, associations, and investors. At
the same time the explosion of available content is expanding the
world of research for all end users. The keynote address by Stephen
Abram, Vice President, Innovation at SirsiDynix, is entitled
Technoschism: Threats and Opportunities in the Googled World. It
will be a lively and provocative discussion of the impact of Google on
the future of our world.
Come to the ASIDIC meeting and learn the challenges and benefits of
each of the steps of the digitization process. The program will begin
with the actual process of selection of content; discuss the data and
image conversion process; probe the ever challenging rights and
permissions issues; discuss distribution from both the aggregator and
content owners’ perspective; discuss selection of partners and explore
new avenues of partnerships; and ask investors what they buy and sell
and why. The speakers will have valuable information that spans the
world of book, journal and newspaper digitization and distribution.
Activities such as golf and a spa/pool day are also being organized.
For further information, visit the ASIDIC Web site at http://www.asidic.org, or contact the
Secretariat at (215)-654-9129, or by e-mail at info@asidic.org.
