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RLG Programs supports exploration, innovation and community building on behalf of libraries, archives and museums.

The global partnership of research libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural memory institutions comprising RLG Programs has remarkable collections for research, teaching and learning.

RLG Programs works with and for its partner organizations to enhance their ability to act collectively, by

convening groups of experts
building communities
developing consensus on shared challenges
prototyping innovative information tools and services
organizing collaborative initiatives, and
taking an active role in creating and promoting relevant standards and practices.

RLG Programs is funded in part through annual partner affiliation dues and works closely with the RLG Program Council and the RLG Committee of the OCLC Board of Trustees

News

18 July 2008	New Report: The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship, by Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner. Subtitled, "Reflections on a Symposium about Digitization and the Humanities," the report consists of an overview and interpretation of perspecives provided at the RLG Programs symposium that was held in Philadelphia at the Chemical Heritage Foundation on 4 June 2008.
7 July 2008	New PARcast Available: The Cost of Owning Technology podcast with Ken Hamma. Ken Hamma, Executive Director for Digital Policy and Initiatives at the J. Paul Getty Trust, talks with Gunter Waibel about how owning technology requires significant ongoing investment, but various options exist that can bring down costs and lead to a more collaborative future.
3 July 2008	New PARcast: Strategically Embracing Technology podcast with MacKenzie Smith. MacKenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, talks with Merrilee Proffitt about shifting resources to develop and implement new services.

Events

2009 Annual Partners Meeting
(Details coming soon)
June 1–3, 2009
Boston

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