Rare Book School Lectures

Welcoming remarks by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (Executive Director, Rare Book School) & John Unsworth (University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Virginia) Session 1: Access — 9:15–10:45 a.m. Panelists: “Spatial Narratives of the Historic Tibetan Capital of Lhasa with 3D GIS” – Guoping Huang (Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia School of Architecture); Will Rourk (Information Visualization Specialist, Scholars’ Lab, University of Virginia); & Kurtis R. Schaeffer (Frances Myers Ball Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia) “The Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal: A Model for Ethical Access to Cultural Heritage” – Trevor James Bond (Co-Director, Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation and Associate Dean for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries) “Introducing the Digital Library of the Middle East” – Peter Herdrich (Co-Founder, The Antiquities Coalition an