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Charleston Library Conference 

May 20, 2020

In this, the opening keynote of the 2019 Charleston Conference, Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive) unveils another step in the grand goal of “universal access to all knowledge”. Listen to discover how a new initiative by the Internet Archive is combating the epidemic of fake news by repairing and replacing Wikipedia citation links using Controlled Digital Lending.

The Charleston Conference 2020 Call for Papers is now open. Submit your proposals before July 8. https://charlestonlibraryconference.com/call-for-papers/

Visit the Charleston Conference website to discover how we are responding to Covid-19. Charlestonlibraryconference.com

In the coming weeks, we will look back on 2019’s Charleston Conference and talk about the state of scholarly communications today.

Visit charlestonlibraryconference.com/video/webinars to access a series of webcasts. The most recent installment, Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly research, is available in two parts, the second of which was broadcast May 20th, 2020.