Libraries, Coffee & Surfing

In this program by the California State University (CSUMB), Monterey Bay, Gil Gonzales, CIO of CSUMB, leads a group of expert panelists in a discussion of the librarys role in the universitys community. The library's longstanding function as the academic center of a campus has shifted to an encompassing, multi-functional facility and virtual space - i.e., cafes, and new social spaces. Today's library faces many challenges including digital rights, copyright practices, accessibility issues, and the next generation of collections. These will be used by the increasing numbers of students who have yet to enter the physical library, but who regularly use the Internet as the complimentary and competing path and source for content in an age of DRM, P2P, and FairPlay.

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Education