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>Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:36:39 -0600
>From: "Mary E. Lee, Ph.D" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: NSF/DARPA/NASA Digital Libraries Briefings
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>Six research projects developing new technologies for digital libraries
>-- storehouses of information available through the Internet -- have
>been funded through a joint initiative of the National Science
>Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects
>Agency (DARPA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
>(NASA).

>The projects' focus is to dramatically advance the means to collect,
>store, and organize information in digital forms, and make it available
>for searching, retrieval, and processing via communication networks
>all in user-friendly ways.

>Two briefings are being held on the next phase of development:

>East Coast Public Briefing Information:
          Date: March 26, 1998
          Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
          Place: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. (main
auditorium)

>West Coast Public Briefing Information:
          Date: April 21, 1998
          Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
          Place: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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