CHM panel: Odysseys In Technology 7:00 Wednesday, February 23, 2005

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2005

ODYSSEYS IN TECHNOLOGY The Computer History Museum Speaker Series Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Laboratories Presents "From Gutenberg to Galaxy: Accessing Cultural buttets Online"

Moderator: Rick Prelinger, President, Internet Archive

Panelists: -Czeslaw Jan Grycz, CEO, Octavo -Paula Jabloner, Archivist, Computer History Museum -Henry Lowood, Stanford Curator for History of Science and Technology Collections -Mark Mudge, CEO, Cultural Heritage Imaging

Member Reception - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Lecture - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Computer History Museum Hahn Auditorium 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043

REGISTRATION Free. Suggested donation of $10.00 at the door from non-members. For more information on the event, please visit the Museum's Web site at or call (650) 810-1005.

ABSTRACT Few of us dispute the importance of providing access to our cultural heritage. Yet we still seem years away from fulfilling the promises of access: opening long-dormant archives, enriching culture and begetting creativity, and turning cultural consumers into producers. What can we do, and what are we now doing, to resolve obstacles to access, whether rooted in financial, legal or quality concerns? Focusing on how we might navigate these obstacles and turn them into opportunities, our panelists will discuss what they have done to provide access to cultural buttets, how their mindsets about access have developed, and where they hope cultural access will evolve.

BACKGROUND Odysseys in Technology, A Computer History Museum Speaker Series Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Laboratories presents people and perspectives behind extraordinary innovations and advancements in the computer technology-related world.