The Yale ISP Library 2.0 Symposium

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? For more information, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 1, Part 1 includes a opening comments from Blair Kauffman, panelists Joshua Greenberg, Jogn Palfrey and a Question & Answer section with these two panelists. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 1, Part 2 includes presentations from panelists Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries, MIT, and Charles Cronin, Visiting Fellow, Yale Information Society Project and a Question & Answer section with these two panelists. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 2, Part 1 includes presentations from panelists Mary Alice Baish, American Association of Law Libraries and Michael Zimmer, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 2, Part 2 includes presentations from panelists Ted Striphas, Assistant Professor of Media & Cultural Studies; Director of Film & Media, Indiana University Department of Communication and Culture, and Jessamyn West, Community Technologist, Librarian and Blogger. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 2, Part 3 includes a presentation from panelist Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and a question & answer session with all panelists. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 3, Part 1 includes presentations from panelists Laura Gasaway, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law University of North Carolina School of Law, and Jonathan Band, Technology and Law Consultant, Author. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 3, Part 1 includes presentations from panelists Denise Troll Covey, Principal Librarian for Special Projects at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, and Kenneth Crews, Director of Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 4, Part 1 includes presentations from panelists Jeff Cunard, Partner, Debovoise & Plimpton, and Guy Pessach, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit:

The Yale Information Society Project (ISP) hosted the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The symposium was especially timely as the confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications forces us to rethink the role of libraries. Among the topics that were considered: What counts as a library in the 21st century? And how do digital collections and web 2.0 applications create new challenges to copyright, fair use, and civil liberties online? Library 2.0 Panel 4, Part 2 includes presentations from panelists Frank Pasquale, Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School, and Brewster Kahle, Digital librarian and co-founder of the Internet Archive. For more information on the Yale Information Society Project, please visit: