John Palfrey to Speak in 2011 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture John Palfrey is the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law, vice dean for library and information resources, as well as a faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. He is the co-author of “Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives” (Basic Books, 2008) and “Access Denied: The Practice and Politics of Internet Filtering” (MIT Press, 2008). Palfrey will speak in the Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series during the 2011 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), on Sunday, May 29, 2011, 4:30 – 5:45 pm, in Westin Waterfront Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts. Palfrey’s lecture is entitled, “Internet Research and a Future for Libraries.” Palfrey will address the striking fear of many academics about the future for libraries. In an era of Google and Amazon, Palfrey will make the case for a bright future for libraries and for research in an Internet age. Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series is sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (http://www.cccsir.com) and supported by the International Communication Association (ICA, http://www.icahdq.org ). The lecture series is designed to bring leading Internet thinkers to the ICA Convention to promote Internet research to foster collaborations with communication researchers. For questions and comments about this event, please contact Shing-Ling Sarina Chen at sarina.chen@uni.edu .