Dear Friends: I am pleased to draw your attention to a forthcoming program mentioned below. You could simply login to the link given at the time mentioned and participate as a guest. Webchat: 5 Myths About the “Information Age” Date: Wednesday, June 8th Time: 10:30 am DC (14:30 GMT/ 16:30 pm Rome) 8.00 p.m. in India Location: https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/rome Description: Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It's no one's fault but everyone's problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconceptions spread so rapidly that they go unchallenged. Join Robert Darnton for a conversation about 5 myths of the information age. Robert Darnton was educated at Harvard University and Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. After a brief stint as a reporter for The New York Times, he became a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard. He taught at Princeton from 1968 until 2007, when he became Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard. He has been a visiting professor or fellow at many universities and institutes for advanced study, and his outside activities include service as a trustee of the New York Public Library and the Oxford University Press (USA). He has written and edited two dozen books, including The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopédie (1979, an early attempt to develop the history of books as a field of study), The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History (1984, probably his most popular work, which has been translated into 16 languages), Berlin Journal, 1989-1990 (1991, an account of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of East Germany), The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Prerevolutionary France (1995, a study of the underground book trade), and Slander. The Art and Politics of Libel in Eighteenth-Century France (2008). His latest book is “The Case for Books: Past, Present and Future” (2009). Format: This will be a video webchat in English. The topic of the webchat is inspired by an article in: http://chronicle.com/article/5-Myths-About-the-Information/127105/. We have his latest book “The case for books : past, present, and future” published by Public Affairs in 2009 in our collection. You are welcome to borrow this. We will be pleased to hear your feedback about the program. With best wishes, Sincerely, L.R.Gowri Reference/Outreach Librarian The American Library Chennai chennairefdesk@state.gov -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.