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MEETING 1) 14-19 JULY 1996
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SUMMER 1996 WORKSHOP: DIGITAL IMAGING FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
The Cornell Univesity Library Department of Preservation and Conservation
will offer a week-long workshop on the use of digital imaging technology in
libraries and archives, to be held from July 14-19, 1996 in Ithaca, New
York. Enrollment in this intensive workshop is limited to sixteen
individuals to ensure adequate lab time for participants. Below is a
description and application form due May 15, 1996. The registration fee is
$1,350.
This workshop builds on the highly successful 1995-96 series on Digital
Imaging for Preservation and Access, co-sponsored by the Commission on
Preservation and Access, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the
Hewlett-Packard Company.
The workshop is intended for librarians, archivists, records managers,
curators, preservation administrators, and other information professionals
who are responsible for collecting, preserving, and making accessible
documentary materials. It is designed as an intensive one-week training
program to provide participants with the means to develop a baseline
knowledge about the use of digital image technology, from conversion to
presentation. The training will focus on the reformatting of paper- or
film-based library and archival materials and the use of digital images in a
networked environment.
Each workshop will combine the practical with the theoretical. Participants
will be introduced to the vocabulary and concepts of digital image
technology, the components of imaging systems and their attendant costs, and
factors affecting image quality and throughput. Through lectures, an
extensive training notebook, group exercises, and six hours of directed lab
assignments, participants will develop the means to select collections for
digitization, and benchmark requirements for conversion and access.
INSTRUCTORS
Anne R. Kenney and Stephen Chapman, who co-taught the 1995-96 series, will
serve as the principal faculty. They will be joined by James Reilly, who
will present a session on digital conversion of photographic materials, and
Carl Lagoze, who will present a session on indexing and database management.
Anne R. Kenney is the Associate Director of the Department of Preservation
and Conservation at Cornell. Beginning in 1990, Kenney has managed
and co-managed many of Cornell's digital imaging projects. Kenney is the
past president of the Society of American Archivists, and serves on the
Committee on Image Technology of the International Council on Archives.
Stephen Chapman is a Research Specialist in the Interactive Multimedia Group
at Cornell, and serves as project liaison in the NEH "Digital to COM
Project" in the Department of Preservation and Conservation. He co-authored
with Anne R. Kenney the tutorial, "Digital Resolution Requirements for
Replacing Text-Based Material: Methods for Benchmarking Image Quality,"
published by the
Commission on Preservation and Access in April 1995.
James Reilly, Director, Image Permanence Institute, has been designing,
executing, and directing research into photographic preservation since 1978.
He most recently participated in the RLG Technical Images Test Project,
which investigated how various choices in capture, display, compression, and
output affect image quality for photographic materials.
Carl Lagoze is a senior software engineer in the Department of Computer
Science at Cornell. He is co-developer of Dienst, a server protocol
developed for the ARPA-sponsored Networked Computer Science Technical Report
Library (NCSTRL)
Project that provides Internet access to distributed multi-format document
collections. Lagoze's research activities include index and database
development, and user interface design for browsing, searching, and
accessing collections.
APPLICATION:
Enrollment for each workshop is limited to 16 participants. Send a letter
with the following information:
Name:
Institution and current position:
Postal and e-mail addresses:
Telephone and fax numbers:
Experience with imaging projects:
REPLY TO:
Digital Imaging Workshop
Department of Preservation and Conservation
Cornell University Library
214 John M. Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853-5301
Applications may be sent by e-mail to preserve@cornell.edu (Dept. of
reservation and Conservation).
DEADLINES
May 15, 1996. Application due at Cornell.
June 15, 1996. Full registration fee or purchase order due at Cornell.
An early expression of interest will be the best guarantee of acceptance.
Notifications of acceptance will be made by May 22, 1996.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT:
preserve@cornell.edu
(607) 255-9440
To: DIGLIB@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA
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MEETING 2) 15-19 JULY 1996
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION MATERIALS
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"Knowledge Organization and Change"
July 15-19, 1996--Washington, DC, USA
Co-sponsored by the Library of Congress
Conference activities will take place in the James Madison Memorial
Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, except
where otherwise indicated. The registration/information desk will
be staffed 8:30am-3:30pm, Monday-Wednesday; on Monday it will be
located outside the Digital Library Visitors' Center (ground floor,
Madison Building), and on Tuesday and Wednesday, outside the Mumford
Room (6th floor, Madison Building). Exhibits will be open 8:30am-
3:30pm, Tuesday-Thursday.
Monday, July 15
Tools of Knowledge Organization: Discussions and demonstrations
of online classification systems (Library of Congress and
Dewey Decimal) and other digital initiatives and products.
Indicate session preference on registration form. (9:00am-
4:00pm)
Dewey 120th Anniversary Address, Fran Miksa, and Reception (5:00-
8:00pm)
Conference sessions will be held Tuesday-Thursday, 8:45am-5:00pm,
in the Mumford Room. Morning and afternoon breaks occur between
sessions 1 and 2 and sessions 4 and 5. A lunch break separates
sessions 2 and 3.
Tuesday, July 16
Session A1a: Opening
. Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Sarah Thomas, Ingetraut
Dahlberg
. Keynote Address, Roland Hjerppe
Session A1b: Library of Congress Classification
. Bringing the Library of Congress Classification into the
Computer Age: Converting LCC to Machine-readable Form,
Rebecca S. Guenther
. Library of Congress Classification: Classification for a
Library or Classification of Knowledge?, Jolande Goldberg
Session A2: Management of Change in Knowledge Organization Schemes
. Change as a Problem of Classification System Development,
Eduard R. Sukiasyan
. Emerging New Roles for Future Libraries: Knowledge
Integration, Erol Inelmen
. New Wine in Old Bottles: Problems of Maintaining
Classification Schemes, Ia C. McIlwaine
Session A3: Knowledge Organization in Cross-Cultural and Cross-
Linguistic Settings
. Towards A Unified Medical Language in a Diverse Cultural
Environment, Marcia Lei Zeng
. Concept-based vs. Word-based Measures of Medical Information
Transfer via English-Chinese and Chinese-English
Translations of Medical Titles, Shaoyi He
. Terminology Organization and Change, Faina Citkina
Session A4: The Role of Relationships in Knowledge Organization
. Standardization of Inter-Concept Links and Their Usage, Pat
Molholt
. Development of a Relational Thesaurus, Rebecca Green
. Analysis of Explicit Non-Hierarchical Associative
Relationships Among Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
Anatomical Terminology, Carol Bean
Session A5: Knowledge Organization in the Online Environment, I
. Online Classification: Implications for Classifying and
Document [-like Object] Retrieval, Diane Vizine-Goetz
. Classification to the Rescue: Handling the Problems of Too
Many and Too Few Retrievals, Karen M. Drabenstott
. Visual Dewey: DDC in a Hypertextual Browser for the Library
User, Pauline A. Cochrane and Eric Johnson
Software demonstrations (5:00-6:00pm)
Lecture, Douglas Bennett, and Banquet, held at the Supreme Court
of the United States (7:00-9:00pm)
Wednesday, July 17
Session B1: Knowledge Organization in the Online Environment, II
. Hypertext and Indexing Languages: Common Perspectives and
Challenges, Javier Garcia Marco
. A Library-Organized Virtual Science and Technology Reference
Collection, Gerry McKiernan
. Ontology-based Information Capturing from the Internet,
Michiaki Iwazume, Hideaki Takeda, and Toyoaki Nishida
Session B2a: Impact of Technology on Bibliographic Elements
. The Impact of Cultural and Technological Changes on Titles
Content and Their Use in the Process of Information
Retrieval, Snunith Shoham and Moshe Yitzhaki
. Description in the Electronic Environment, Rebecca Green
Session B2b: Knowledge Organization in the Economic Environment
. The World Bank's Information Management Architecture: A Blue
Print for Building the World Bank's Institutional
Information Services, Harold C. Steyer, Jr., Ana Flavia
Fonseca, Diane D. Hopkins, Marc Nodell, Irene L. Travis, and
William S. Wahl
. Business Productivity and Organization of Knowledge: A Look
at the Emerging Requirements, Philip C. Murray
Session B3: User Focus in Knowledge Organization
. Empowering Users for Improved Database Access and Analysis
through the Application of Knowledge Structure Views,
Progressive Refinement Techniques and a Design Approach
Driven by Usability, A. Steven Pollitt, Patrick Braekevelt,
Geoffrey P. Ellis, Janet E. Finlay, Martin P. Smith, Mark
Treglown, and Steven J. Wade
. User Education Librarians: Teaching for Every Level,
Michelle M. Foss
. Selection of Search terms as a Meeting Place of Different
Discourses, Mirja Iivonen
Session B4: Thesauri and Metathesauri, I
. Preparing Terminological Definitions for Indexing and
Retrieval Thesauri: A Methodology, Mich
le Hudon
. Building a Multilingual Thesaurus Based on UDC, Victoria
Francu
. Deriving a Thesaurus from a Restructured UDC, Nancy
Williamson
Session B5: Knowledge Organization and Images
. Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Classification and
Graphic Symbol Systems, Elin Jacob and Debora Shaw
. The University of Michigan Art Image Browser Project, C.
Olivia Frost
. The Applicability of Selected Classification Systems to
Image Attributes, Corinne Jorgensen
ISKO Business Meeting (5:15-6:00pm)
Thursday, July 18
Session C1: Interplay of Epistemology and Knowledge Organization
. Dewey Thinks Therefore He Is: The Epistemic Stance of Melvil
Dewey as Manifested in the Dewey Decimal Classification Past
and Present, Hope A. Olson
. Ontology and Knowledge Organization, Roberto Poli
. L'Apparition du Computer: Epistemology and the Impact of
Networked Computers on Society, Thomas D. Walker
. Critical Notes on the Use of Knowledge in Knowledge
Management, J.F. Schreinemakers and J.P.J.M. Essers
Session C2: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Knowledge Organization
. An Exploratory Study into Requirements for an
Interdisciplinary Metathesaurus, Lynne C. Howarth
. Evolution of a Concept System. Some Reflections and Study
Cases, Giliola Negrini and Giovanni Adamo
. An Inductive Approach towards Integration of General
Information Systems for Agriculture. The Case of CERETHES,
with Particular Examples, Massimo Ragucci
. Controlled Vocabulary and Classification Scheme for
HIV/AIDS: An Evolving Nosological Record of a Diseased Body
of Knowledge, Jeffrey T. Huber and Mary L. Gillaspy
Session C3: Natural Language Processing
. PROMETHEUS: An Automatic Indexing System, A.R.D. Prasad
. Intelligent Support for Construction and Exploration of
Advanced Technological Information Space from Technical
Papers in Metallurgy, Toshiyuki Matsuo and Toyoaki Nishida
. Evaluation of Terminological Database Building Tools Using
Linguistic Knowledge, Widad Mustafa-Elhadi and Christophe
Jouis
Session C4: Thesauri and Metathesauri, II
. A Generalized Model for Thesaurus-aided Searching, Ron
Davies
. Library Catalogs in the Internet: Switching for Future
Subject Access, Ingetraut Dahlberg
. SemWeb: Proposal for an Open, Multifunctional, Multilingual,
Integrated Knowledge Base of Concepts and Terminology :
Exploration and Development of the Concept, Dagobert Soergel
Session C5: Dewey Decimal Classification
. The Dewey Decimal Classification at 120: Edition 21 and
Beyond, Joan S. Mitchell
. Revising Life Sciences in Dewey Edition 21, Gregory R. New
. Dewey for Windows, Julianne Beall
Concluding Remarks, Robert Fugmann (5:00-5:30pm)
Reception, German Embassy (6:30-8:30pm)
Friday, July 1
Post-Conference Excursions: National Library of Medicine or
National Agricultural Library (morning); indicate preference
on registration form.
Conference chair: Sarah Thomas, Director of Cataloging,
Collections Services, Library of Congress, LM 642 (COLL/O),
Washington, DC 20540, USA; phone: +1 202 707-5333; fax: +1 202
707-6269; email: stho@loc.gov. Program chair: Rebecca Green,
College of Library and Information Services, Hornbake Bldg. (So.
Wing), Rm. 4105, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742,
USA; phone: +1 301 405-2050; fax: +1 301 314-9145; email:
rgreen@umd5.umd.edu. Local arrangements chair: Jolande
Goldberg, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of
Congress, LM 556 (COLL/CPSO), Washington, DC 20540, USA; phone:
+1 202 707-4386; fax: +1 202 707-6629; email:
goldberg@mail.loc.gov.
Program committee (*regional chairs): *Hanne Albrechtsen, James
D. Anderson, Kenneth Bakewell, Clare Beghtol, *Pauline A.
Cochrane, *Ingetraut Dahlberg, Brigitte Endres-Niggemeyer, Raya
Fidel, Robert Fugmann, Alan Gilchrist, M. A. Gopinath, Roland
Hjerppe, Hemalata Iyer, Krishan Kumar, Tamiko Matsumura, A.
Neelameghan, Giliola Negrini, Bluma C. Peritz, Dagobert Soergel,
and Nancy J. Williamson.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION
REGISTRATION FEE
US $250 (members) or $US 300 (non-members) per participant. Mail
OR fax your registration form by MAY 2, 1996. After May 2, 1996,
the registration fee is: US $300 (members) or US $350 (non-
members). The fee covers printed conference proceedings and
attendance at all sessions, excursions, breaks, receptions, and
banquet.
PAYMENT
Make all checks payable in US Dollars to: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
ALA/LIBRARY SERVICES GIFT FUND.
Agency invoices and credit cards are not accepted.
REFUNDS
After May 2, 1996, only 50% of the registration fee is
refundable. No refunds after July 2, 1996.
Please complete one registration form per participant and mail
with payment to:
ISKO REGISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR FOR CATALOGING
LM 642 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20540-4300
CONTACT: THEODORE MORGAN
Phone: + 202 707 6230
Telefax: + 202 707 6269
Email: tmor@loc.gov
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Conference hotels (in most convenient locations to the conference
site) where participants may register at a special rate, are:
1. Capitol Hill Suites
200 C Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
USA
Phone: + 202 543 6000; + 800 424 9165
Telefax: + 202 547 2608
Single/double occupancy: $114.00/$129.00 per room.
Reservations must be made by close of business, June 3, 1996.
2. Holiday Inn
550 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
USA
Phone: + 202 479 4000; + 800 469 4329
Telefax: + 202 479 4353
Single/double/triple/quadruple occupancy: $110.00 per room.
Reservations must be made by close of business, June 16, 1996.
Special rates are offered from Saturday, July 13, 1996 to
Saturday, July 20, 1996. All rates are subject to a 13% sales
tax and $1.50 per night occupancy tax. In order to get the
special rate, you must identify yourself as a participant of the
ISKO Conference, sponsored by the Library of Congress.
Participants will be responsible for payment of room, tax, and
incidental charges.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
ISKO CONFERENCE 1996 REGISTRATION
Name:
(Last First Initial)
Institution:
Position:
Address:
City: State:
Zip: Country:
FAX:
Email:
AMOUNT SUBMITTED: ISKO Member US$250 ___ Non-Member US$300 ___
DIGITAL LIBRARY VISITORS' CENTER:
DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS, July 15, 1996
(indicate 1st and 2nd choices)
___ 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
___ 10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
___ 12:30 PM - 2:15 PM
___ 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
POST-CONFERENCE EXCURSIONS (choice of one)
___ National Library of Medicine
___ National Agricultural Library
LIBRARY TOUR, July 15, 1996
___ 10:45 AM
___ 2:15 PM
LIST EVENING FUNCTIONS YOU WILL ATTEND:
___ Reception, July 15, 1996
___ Banquet, July 16, 1996
___ Embassy reception, July 18, 1996
SPECIAL NEEDS:
___ Check here if you have a disability which may require auxiliary
aids and services.
Services requested:
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MEETING 3) JULY 15-19 1996 AND JULY 29 - AUGUST 2 1996
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INSTITUTE ON DIGITAL LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/IDLD/
Co-sponsored by The U.S. Department of Education
and The Library, University of California, Berkeley
WHAT
====
A five-day (one-week) Institute to retool librarians with the skills they
need to using existing tools and proven techniques to put library content on
the Internet.
WHEN
====
July 15 - 19, 1996 and repeated July 29 - August 2, 1996
WHERE
=====
The Library, University of California, Berkeley
COST
====
The Institute is a supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of
Education, Higher Education Act Title II-B grant program. There is no cost
to participants beyond the costs they incur traveling to and staying in
the area during the Institute.
HOW
===
The number of participants will be limited to 18 individuals for each
of the two times the Institute is offered to guarantee dedicated access to
a computer for each participant and sufficient access to lab facilities.
There will be five full days of lecture, demonstration, hands-on exercises
and lab assignments.
FOR WHOM
========
Staff from U.S. libraries of all types who are experienced in
Internet use and are prepared to take the next step -- using the Internet
to build information resources for their respective institutions. These
individuals must also be prepared to pass on what they learn to their
colleagues using training techniques and resources taught to them in this
institute.
WHY
===
The Internet provides unparalleled access to people, computers, and
information. By using this network, librarians can provide their clientele
with access to a wealth of information that others have made available.
Perhaps more importantly, librarians can use this network to tailor access
to this world of information -- thereby adding value to information
provided by others as well as making local information available. However,
there are very few opportunities to receive training in using practical
techniques to publish information on the Internet. Therefore besides
offering training in developing digital libraries, this Institute also
seeks to give participants training in imparting what they learn to their
colleagues, and thereby creating additional opportunities for library
staff to learn the techniques and technologies that are changing our
profession.
HOW TO APPLY
============
Applications are ONLY being accepted using the Web form available at the
Institute Web site:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/IDLD/
Applications will be accepted through May 17, 1996.
The Institute on Digital Library Development is co-sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education and the UC Berkeley Library. The Dept. of
Education awarded a Higher Education Act Title II-B grant of $49,918,
which comprises approximately 87% of the cost of the Institute. The UC
Berkeley Library is supporting the remainder.
Roy Tennant
Institute Manager
The Library
University of California, Berkeley
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MEETING 4) 4-16 AUGUST 1996
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INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON THE DIGITAL LIBRARY
FROM 4 TO 16 AUGUST 1996
Dear Sir/Madam,
In cooperation with Tilburg University and Elsevier Science, Ticer will
organize a spectacular international summer school on the digital library.
During this two-week course, a prominent selection of international experts
in the field of library, strategy and information technology will show you
how to set up a digital library of the future. But perhaps it is best to
let the program speak for itself.
The Summer School's program is available electronically via the Ticer home
page: http://www.kub.nl:2080/ticer/. Of course, it is also possible to
receive a paper version of the program. You can contact me by telephone
+31-13-466 83 10, telefax +31-13-466 83 83, e-mail Ticer@kub.nl or order
the program via our home page.
The new Information Age already had a major impact on the library
environment and will continue to do so. Tilburg University, as you may
already know, has a renowned reputation worldwide as an innovator in the
field of Library automation. Our digital library is one of the most modern
in the world. So, if you want to become our future "competitor", I can
give you one piece of advice. Do not miss out on this Summer School!
I am looking forward to meeting you this summer in Tilburg!
Yours faithfully,
Ms Jola van Luyt
Coordinator Summer School/Manager Ticer B.V.
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MEETING 5) 14-16 AUGUST 1996
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CALL FOR PAPERS
ISIC 96
Information Seeking in Context :
an International Conference on
Information Needs, Seeking and Use in Different Contexts.
Tampere, Finland, August 14 -16, 1996
The aim of the conference is to discuss information needs, seeking
and use in the light of contextual factors. The Conference will also
discuss about the digitalization of information and its effects on
the democratization of information. Papers dealing with the future
trends in information seeking and use, as well as those dealing with
theoretical and methodological aspects of the conference theme
are called for.
SELECTION OF PAPERS
Contributors are requested to submit a copy of an extended
abstract of about 600 words to the conference secretary.
The authors' name, organization and the complete mailing
address with phone and fax numbers and e-mail address should be
typed on a separate sheet. The papers will be selected on the basis
of the extended abstracts. Important dates: Deadline for submission
of abstracts: 15.10.1995. Notification of acceptance: 31.12.1995.
Manuscript due: 31.5.1996.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
BRENDA DERVIN (Ohio State University, USA) and
TOM WILSON (University of Sheffield, U.K.)
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Prof. Pertti Vakkari (University of Tampere, Finland),
Prof. Brenda Dervin (Ohio State University, USA),
Assoc.Prof. Peter Ingwersen (Royal School of Librarianship, Denmark)
Assoc.Prof. Reijo Savolainen (University of Tampere, Finland)
Prof. Tom Wilson (University of Sheffield, U.K.)
Prof. Gernot Wersig (Freie Universit=8At Berlin, Germany).
FURTHER INFORMATION
ISIC 96 /Department of Information Studies,
University of Tampere, P.O.Box 607,
FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
Phone: 358-31-215 7039, FAX 358-31-215 6560 e-mail inf@uta.fi
URL: http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/informaatio/isichome.html
or the chair of the programme committee: Professor Pertti Vakkari
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MEETING 6) 21-22 AUGUST 1996
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
AND CALL FOR PAPERS
HONG KONG LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
PRE-IFLA 1996 PROGRAMME
"THE HONG KONG LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
NETWORK:
A VIRTUAL GATEWAY TO CHINA"
Wednesday, August 21st & Thursday, August
22nd, 1996
Hong Kong, City Hall, High Block
The aim of this pre-IFLA Programme is to share with
librarians and information professionals from around
the world the level of library and information
provision in the Territory, at all levels and in all
sectors. The emphasis will be on local networks,
collections, and databases relating to Hong Kong,
China, and East Asia. The President and members of
the Hong Kong Library Association invite you to
participate in this enjoyable two-day Programme, in
which the importance of meeting fellow professionals
on an informal basis will be stressed.
There will be two morning sessions, followed by visits
to local libraries of different types in the afternoons.
Presentations will be predominantly by locals about
local library and information activities and initiatives.
However, the Programme Coordinator would welcome
abstracts of proposed presentations specifically about
new directions and original approaches in the
management of Asian collections and Asian databases
from librarians and information professionals from
the Chinese Mainland, and from other parts of the
world.
The registration fee will include all refreshments and
lunches, a special evening banquet, and transport to
and from the venue on the library visits of your
choice:
HKLA Members:HK$300
Non-Members :HK$600
Speakers and guests:Free
(Space is limited, so early registration is advisable).
Regretfully, no accommodation can be arranged by
the Association. However, the Hong Kong Tourist
Association (HKTA) can provide lists of convenient
hotels. Arrangements can also be made through the
HKTA for sight-seeing trips on other days:
HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION,
11TH FLOOR, CITICORP CENTRE,
18, WHITFIELD ROAD,
NORTH POINT,
HONG KONG.
TEL: (852) 2807 6177
FAX: (852) 177 1128 (Infofax Information Service)
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:
DAY 1: 9.15 Opening Ceremony
9.30 Discussion Sessions
12.30 Lunch
2.00 Participants will be invited to visit
libraries in
Hong Kong.
Library visit 1: 1 academic+ 1 public
library
Library visit 2: 1 public+ 1 school library
(international)
Library visit 3: 1 medical+ 1 special
library
Library visit 4: 1 academic+ 1 school
library
(Chinese)
5.30 Return to venue
7.30 Chinese Banquet
DAY 2: 9.30 Discussion Sessions
12.30 Lunch
2.00 Participants will be invited to visit
more libraries in
Hong Kong. The second day's itineraries
are a repeat
of the first, but a different set of
visits may be selected.
Library visit 5: 1 academic+ 1 public
library
Library visit 6: 1 public+ 1 school library
(international)
Library visit 7: 1 medical+ 1 special
library
Library visit 8: 1 academic+ 1 school
library
(Chinese)
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MEETING 7) 25-31 AUGUST 1996
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HONG KONG LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
PRE-IFLA 1996 PROGRAMME
REGISTRATION FORM
(* Please indicate your choices)
I wish to attend the Hong Kong Library Association
Pre-IFLA 1996 Programme as a LOCAL/OVERSEAS(*)
participant:
Name:
Address:
Phone: Fax: E-mail:
I enclose a registration fee of HK$300 / HK$600 (*),
made payable to the "Hong Kong Library Association".
(Overseas participants - money order in Hong
Kong currency, please).
(Local participants - cheque, please)
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(*) YES I am interested in taking part in the following
visits:
DAY 1 (Choose 1 *):Library visit 1
Library visit 2
Library visit 3
Library visit 4
DAY 2 (Choose 1 *):Library visit 5
Library visit 6
Library visit 7
Library visit 8
(We will try to meet your requests wherever
possible. Given the traffic in Hong Kong, not more
than two meaningful visits can be made in a single
afternoon. The buses will return to the venue by 5.30
- 6.00pm).
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(*) YES I wish to give a presentation, and enclose a
300-word abstract.
Deadline for abstract: January 31st, 1996
Decision of Committee relayed to
proposers:February 28th, 1996
Deadline for final paper + WordPerfect
disk:June 30th, 1996
(*) YES I require the following equipment for my
presentation:
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All correspondence should be addressed to:
Grace Cheng,
The HKLA Pre-IFLA 1996 Programme Coordinator,
c/o Hospital Authority Head Office Library
2206, World Trade Centre,
280 Gloucester Road,
Hong Kong.
Fax: (852) 2882 4378 E-mail: chenggyt@ha.org.hk
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MEETING 8) 25-31 AUGUST 1996
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THE 62ND IFLA CONFERENCE
BEIJING, CHINA
25-31 AUGUST 1996
1. INVITATION
The China Organizing Committee of the 62nd Beijing IFLA
Conference 1996 takes pleasure in cordially inviting you
to participate in the 62nd IFLA Conference which is to
take place in the Beijing International Convention Center
from August 25-31, 1996. In order to make the
conference a complete success, the preparations for it are
evolving in an integrated way. Beijing is eagerly awaiting
the '96 IFLA Conference. We will do everything possible
to offer you a pleasant conference environment, many
social and cultural activities, library visits and
sightseeing as well as many opportunities to enjoy the
beauty of the country.
The librarians of China are looking forward to meeting
you in Beijing.
2. IFLA
he International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions (IFLA), established in 1927, is an
independent international non-governmental association
and has consultative status "A" with UNESCO. The aim of
IFLA is to promote international understanding,
cooperation, discussion and research services and to
provide a body through which librarianship can be
represented in matters of international interest. IFLA now
has 1,340 members (including library associations,
institutions and individuals) from 137 Countries. There
are 32 sections, 14 round tables and 5 core programs
categorized in 8 professional divisions.
IFLA holds its annual general conference in different
member countries. IFLA headquarters is in The Hague,
The Netherlands. The address:
IFLA Headquarters
P.O.B. 95312
2509 CH, The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel. (31)(70)3140884
Fax. (31)(70)3834827
e-mail: IFLA.HQ@IFLA.NL
3. CHINA and IFLA
China is one of the 15 founders by its participating in the
International Congress of Libraries held in Edinburg (U.K.)
in 1927. Due to reasons well-known China was not in the
IFLA family for a long time. In 1981 the China Society for
Library Science returned to IFLA as an association
member after signing the agreement between the
representatives of the China Society for Library Science
and IFLA. In '93 Barcelona IFLA Conference Ms. Sun
Beixin, Deputy Director of the National Library of China,
the Council member of China Society for Library Science
was elected a member of IFLA Executive Board. With the
approval of the Chinese government the China Society for
Library Science submitted the invitation to IFLA
Executive Board to hold the 62nd IFLA general
conference in Beijing in 1996, which was approved by the
Executive Board in 1991. The confirmation of the
conference by the IFLA Executive Board will further
improve the international cultural exchange, cooperation,
and development between Chinese libraries and the
world library community.
4. China Society for Library Science
The China Society for Library Science (CSLS), founded on
July 9, 1979, is a learned organization representing the
Chinese librarianship in all related matters of interest
both at home and abroad. It now has 10,150 members
(including institutions and individuals). The supreme
organ of the society is the national congress of members.
The council acts as a steering body to guide the society.
The aim of the society is to promote the development of
library and information services.
5. THEME and SUB-TOPICS
THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE: LIBRARIES AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
As we move towards the end of the century libraries are
being presented with fresh demands and challenges. At
the same time society is re-examining the value of
information as a component of the engine of economic
development. The social functions performed by libraries
are evolving towards new and expanded roles: greater
recognition is being given to the educational role of
libraries in assisting the development of the intellectual
capital of every country; information is valued as an
economic resource and new technologies have made it
instantly and globally available. Librarians can use their
information management skills to play a leading role in
this new information environment. China has therefore
chosen the Challenge of Change: Libraries and Economic
Development as the theme for the 62nd IFLA Conference
in Beijing 1996 to reflect different facets of information as
one of the key elements in contemporary economic and
social life. Despite the fact that the level of Library
development may differ from region to region and from
country to country, there are still many common
concerns which professionals and institutions in the
library and information communities share. Nowadays,
libraries in different countries must face and accept the
challenges offered by new information technologies. At
the same time these changes and favourable
circumstances have also opened new possibilities and
opportunities for library services. The 62nd IFLA
Conference will provide a valuable opportunity to
exchange ideas and share experiences with professionals
from different parts of the world.
Sub-Topics:
1. Libraries as gateways to information
2. Continuing education of librarians in a changing
environment
3. Resource sharing: local, national and international
issues
4. Identifying user needs
5. Taking information to the users
6. Networking and document delivery
7. The library as a key to exploiting economic
resources
8. Funding of library and information services:
dilemmas and solutions
9. The role and image of libraries in developing
countries
6. Satellite Meetings
Proposals from different Sections and Round Tables are
now being at IFLA Headquarters and the details will be
given in IFLA Express No. 1 to be mailed in January
1996.
7. Provisional Summary Programme
Morning Afternoon
Evening
August 23 (Fri.) Professional Board
August 24 (Sat.) Executive Board IFLA
Officers'
Program Management dinner
(by in-
Committee vitation)
August 25 (Sun.) Coordinating Com. Open Forum
Exhibition
Standing Com. Opening of
reception
Exhibition
August 26 (Mon.) Contributed Paper Opening
Ceremony Reception
Session General Session by the
Poster Session Organizing
divisional open Committee
forum
August 27 (Tue.) Sections and Round Sections and
Cultural
Tables meetings Round Tables
entertain-
Meetings ment by
Ministry
of Culture
August 28 (Wed.) Section and Round Sections and
Reception
Tables meetings Round Tables by
the local
Meetings government
August 29 (Thir.) Standing Committees Library
Receptions
Coordinate visits at the
Committees libraries
visited
August 30 (Fri.) Professional Closing
Board Session
Coordinate Committee
Standing Committee
August 31 (Sat.) excursions
8. '96 IFLA CHINA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Luo Gan, State Councilor; Secretary-General, State
Council
XECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Liu Zhongde, Minister of Culture
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Liu Deyou, Vice-Minister of Culture; President, China
Society for Library Science
DEPUTY CHAIRMEN
Wei Yu, Vice-Chairman, State Education CommissionHui
Yongzheng, Vice-Chairman, State Science and Technology
Commission
Liu Shu, Executive Secretary-General, China Association
for Science and Technology
He Luli, Vice Mayor, People's Government of Beijing
Municipality
Ren Jiyu, Director, National Library of China
SECRETARY-GENERAL
Du Ke, Director, Library Bureau of Ministry of
Culture; Vice-President, China Society for Library
Science
THE FIRST DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL
Tan Bin, Deputy-Director, National Library of China
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND
CONCURRENTLY GENERAL COORDINATOR
Tang Shaoming, Executive Vice-President, China Society
for Library Science
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERALS
Li Zhuqi, Director, Secretariat (No.4), General Office of
State Science and Technology Commission; Director,
Institute of Science and Technology Information of China
Shi Jian, Director, Documentation and Information
Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Vice-President,
China Society for Library Science
Wang Fu, Assistant Director, Bureau of Technology and
Equipment, State Education Commission; Deputy-Director,
National Library and Information Committee for
University and College
Chen Qilin, Deputy-Director, General Office of
Ministry of Culture
Sun Weixue, Deputy-Director, Bureau of External
Relations, Ministry of Culture
Hou Enyu, Deputy-Director, Department of
Planning and Finance, Ministry of Culture
Sun Beixin, Deputy Director, National Library of
China; Member, IFLA Executive Board
ASSISTANT TO SECRETARY-GENERAL
Jiang Bingxin
Persons in charge
1. Volunteers JIANG
Bingxin(concurrently)
2. International Liaison & Promotion JIANG Weiming
3. Conference Arrangement KE Yasha
4. Domestic Liaison & Promotion LIU Xiaoqin
5. Paper Handling LIU Xiangsheng
6. Office of the Secretariat Li Yidi
7. Registration QIU Dongjiang
8. Finance WANG Fusheng
9. Exhibition and Advertisement WANG Hanping
10. Social Activities
11. Security SUN Jihai
The Secretariat
China Organizing Committee of
'96 IFLA General Conference
c/o National Library of China
39 Baishiqiao Road
Beijing 100081
Tel. (86)(10)8416347; 8419260
Fax. (86)(10)8419271
E-mail: cjsun@bepc2.ihep.ac.cn
9. Conference Information
1. Availability of Papers
During the conference more than 100 papers and reports
will be presented. Copies of these will be available at the
conference between 9:00-16:30 upon presentation of the
registration voucher. Papers received by IFLA
Headquarters before the deadline will be available in the
original languages in pre-printed booklets. Written
translations will be provided upon request in exchange
for vouchers.
2. Simultaneous interpretation
During the conference a simultaneous interpretation
service will be provided for opening and closing
ceremonies and at two meeting rooms in 5 IFLA working
languages as well as Chinese language to facilitate the
Chinese participants.
3. Conference Venue
The conference will take place in the Beijing International
Convention Center. The center consists of a 2,500- seat
Grand Hall, and other medium and small meeting rooms
equipped with related facilities and services.
4. Exhibition
During the conference an exhibition will be arranged in
the Convention Center. The total exhibition area of 4,500
square meters will allow enough space for about 200
stands for exhibitors to display their products and
services. All related manufacturers, companies and book
dealers are warmly invited to join us.
5. IFLA Express
In the conference year two issues of IFLA Express will be
published and distributed, one is scheduled for January
and the second for May/June, providing additional and
updated information and arrangement about the
conference. When the conference is in progress IFLA
Express will be issued daily and distributed free of
charge to the participants. The information carried in the
Expresses issued on site will also include changes to the
program and other related activities undertaken by IFLA
bodies, updates to
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MEETING 9) 25-31 AUGUST 1996
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WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
*** CONNECTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS: USING THE INTERNET IN LIBRARIES.
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
62nd IFLA Council and General Conference
(Beijing, China - August 25-31, 1996)
A Workshop jointly organized by:
Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Core Programme.
Section on Information Technology.
WORKSHOP
Thursday, August 29, 1996
9:00 - 10:15
Steve Cisler, Apple Computer (to be confirmed)
"The Internet, WWW and Libraries."
10:30 - 11:45
Terry Kuny, Global Village Research, IFLANET Administration
"Strategies for Effective Email Communications."
1:00 - 2:15
Gary Cleveland, National Library of Canada
"Web Design Principles for Libraries."
2:30 - 3:45
Terry Kuny, Global Village Research, IFLANET Administration
"Providing Information Through IFLANET: Guidelines and Procedures."
** REGISTRATION INFORMATION **
During the 62nd IFLA General Conference, 25-31 August 1996,
all workshops are scheduled for Thursday, 29 August.
Participants will be limited, with most workshops limited
to a maximum of 50 per workshop on a first come, first served basis.
Registration for the workshop is compulsory, and participants will be
allowed to register for one workshop only.
Information and registration requests can be directed to:
International Programme for UDT
c/o National Library of Canada
395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1A 0N4
Facsimile: (819) 994-6835
E-mail: udt@nlc-bnc.ca
Conference information is available on IFLANET at:
URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/IV/ifla62/62intro.htm
For further details of the conference programme please contact:
The Secretariat
China Organizing Committee of '96 IFLA General Conference
c/o National Library of China
39 Baishiqiao Road
Beijing 100081
Tel. (86)(10)8416347; 8419260
Fax. (86)(10)8419271
E-mail: cjsun@bepc2.ihep.ac.cn
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*** DIGITAL LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMAPACTS. ***
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
Section on Information Technology.
62nd IFLA Council and General Conference
(Beijing, China - August 25-31, 1996)
Invited Speakers:
"La BNF, une couvelle Bibliotheque, un nouveau Syseme d Information."
Serge Salomon
Directeur-adjoint de l Information et des Nouvelles
Technologies e la Bibliotheque nationale du France.
"A Pilot Electronic Library Project."
Mr. Kenji Uetsuki
Assistant Chief of the Planning Division
The National Diet Library, Japan
"Myths and Challenges for Digital Library Development."
Mr. Terry Kuny
Global Village Research
IFLANET Administration
IFLA conference information is available on IFLANET at:
URL: http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/IV/ifla62/62intro.htm
For further details of the conference programme please contact:
The Secretariat
China Organizing Committee of '96 IFLA General Conference
c/o National Library of China
39 Baishiqiao Road
Beijing 100081
Tel. (86)(10)8416347; 8419260
Fax. (86)(10)8419271
E-mail: cjsun@bepc2.ihep.ac.cn
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MEETING 11) 1-4 SEPTEMBER 1996
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LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
International Symposium on Academic Libraries
in the 21st Century
September 1-4, 1996
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Organized by
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library
Shanghai, PROC
Brandeis University Library
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.A.
and
Chinese-American Librarians Association
- An Affiliate of the American Library Association -
The Shanghai Jiao Tong University Library is one of the
largest academic Libraries in China. This Symposium celebrates
the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University, and the
10th anniversary of the opening of the Pao Sui-Loong Library. To
facilitate international participation, the dates of the
Symposium are chosen to immediately follow the 62nd IFLA
Conference in Beijing, China.
For more than a decade, the staff of the Brandeis University
Library have assisted the Jiao Tong Library in various aspects of
library management and automation. We are happy to serve as co-
sponsor of this Symposium to celebrate our sister library's
anniversary. We invite you to share your expertise and knowledge
with an international audience.
SYMPOSIUM THEMES
Academic libraries in the 21st century will have to deal
with a growing array of electronic resources which may be
accessible through local, regional, national and/or international
telecommunications networks. At the same time, it is anticipated
that for the foreseeable future there is still the need to
maintain traditional library collections. Given the increasing
complexity of the information environment we live in, academic
librarians must anticipate changing needs of the clients they
serve, and design quality services appropriate for the 21st
century. Broadly, the Symposium will concentrate on the
following four themes:
1. Services to Academic Community
Papers addressing this theme may include discussions of the
following and other topics --
* Information literacy and library instruction
* Navigating through the electronic maze
* Collection Development, resource sharing and interlibrary
cooperation
* Document Delivery and other commercial services
2. Information technologies
Papers addressing this theme may include discussions of the
following and other topics --
* Application of new technologies in academic libraries
* Networked resources, multimedia and other electronic resources
* International networking
* Electronic publishing and partnership among scholars,
publishers and libraries
3. Professional development
Papers addressing this theme may include discussions of the
following and other topics --
* Education for academic librarianship, continuing education and
professional development
* Academic library organizational structure, management and
staffing
* Leadership Roles
4. Library space and facilities
Papers addressing this theme may include discussions of the
following and other topics --
* Designing academic libraries for the 21st century
* The virtual library
* Distance learning
Contributed papers are encouraged to focus on one theme. The
papers should not have been previously published, since they will
be published in the Symposium PROCEEDINGS.
CD PRODUCTS DEMONSTRATION
A CD product demonstration related to the Symposium themes will
be organized separately during the Symposium. To participate,
please fill out the same application form for contributed papers,
with an abstract of 100-300 words.
DEADLINES
Sept. 1, 1995 Receipt of completed application form and
abstracts for contributed papers and
CD-ROM demonstrations
Sept. 15, 1995 Notification to presenters of selected
papers and CD-ROM demonstrators
March 1, 1996 Receipt of camera-ready and electronic
copy of contributed papers
LANGUAGE
English will be the official language of the presentations and
discussions.
REGISTRATION FEES
Before 3/1/96 After 3/1/96
Participants US$300.00 US$350.00
Participants presenting papers US$200.00 US$250.00
Accompanying persons US$200.00 US$250.00
The registration fee covers reception, official banquets, other
social activities, and a copy of the PROCEEDINGS.
APPLICATION FORM FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
International Symposium on Academic libraries in the 21st Century
Shanghai, PROC
Submission deadline: September 1, 1995.
Presenter
Name___________________________________________________________
Title__________________________________________________________
Institution____________________________________________________
Work
Address________________________________________________________
City___________________________________State___________Zip_____
Work phone___________________Fax_______________E-mail__________
(Use a separate application form for additional presenters)
Title of
paper___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(Please attach a 300-word abstract describing the focus of your
presentation.)
CD-ROM Demonstration _____ Yes _____ No
Program track: (select one)
___________Service to academic community
___________Information technologies
___________Professional development
___________Library space and architecture
Equipment needed for your presentation (please specify):
Audiovisual
equipment_____________________________________________________
Video playback
equipment_____________________________________________________
Computer
equipment_____________________________________________________
CD-ROM
equipment_____________________________________________________
Other_________________________________________________________
Send the completed form and abstract by September 1, 1995 to:
Bessie K. Hahn
University Librarian
Brandeis University Library
Waltham, MA 02254-9110 USA
E-Mail: IN%"BHAHN@LIBRARY.BRANDEIS.EDU"
Fax: (617) 736-4719
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MEETING 12) 8-10 SEPTEMBER 1996
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Information Infrastructure Project
Harvard University
Commercial Internet Exchange Association (CIX)
Internet Society
COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNET
Workshop Announcement and Call for Papers
This is a first announcement and call for papers and proposals
for a workshop to be held at the John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Cambridge, MA, USA, on September 8-10, 1996.
The workshop will address issues in the international
coordination and management of Internet operations. We are
seeking papers which address the economic, organizational,
legal and technical issues in migrating to internationally
sanctioned, industry-supported processes and institutions.
What should a fully internationalized Internet look like, and
how do we get there from here?
Topics to be explored in the workshop and resulting publication
include:
- policy and management issues concerning:
network addresses
domain names
routing policy
settlements
interconnect points
intercontinental connectivity
quality of service standards
- legal and institutional structures for supporting core
Internet functions;
- institutions and policies needed to ensure the future
scalability and extensibility of the Internet;
- technical and implementation issues presented by
heterogeneous national information policies;
- the need for data in support of Internet planning,
including issues of how data should be collected and
maintained;
- coordination needed for the deployment of new
technology;
- international crisis management for the Internet.
Although the Internet is already substantially privatized,
certain essential functions -- notably the domain name
registry, network number assignment, and the routing arbiter --
are still funded by the U.S. Government. Unlike the local
telephone exchange, these integrative services are managed by
third parties, contributing to an open competitive environment
which has helped enable rapid growth of the Internet. Rapid
growth, commercialization, and internationalization are putting
stress on current institutions and procedures -- which are
neither self-sustaining nor officially recognized at the
international level. The National Science Foundation plans to
phase out support for core administrative services and for
international connections, just as it has withdrawn support for
production-level backbone services. Conflicts over tradenames
and number assignments suggest that international legitimacy is
needed for domain name and network number management.
Beyond support for essential functions, there are many
practical and policy issues where some greater degree of
coordination or institutional leadership may be desirable. For
example, how can the implementation of new technology and
protocols be expedited? What common definitions and guidelines
should exist to describe network performance? Should the
functions performed by current Internet institutions (such as
the Internic, RIPE, APNIC, and the IANA) be brought into a more
robust international infrastructure, and if so, how? To what extent
are multilateral peering arrangements and settlements needed to
encourage continued growth and competition in the Internet
access industry?
The conference will engage scholars, practitioners and policy
makers in examining and discussing these issue. It will bring
together stake-holders, academics and individual leaders within
and beyond the Internet community to help define the future
institutional infrastructure of the Internet.
Workshop papers will be revised and edited following the
workshop for publication by MIT Press as part of the Harvard
Information Infrastructure Project series. Potential
participants are encouraged to submit papers that can be
developed and revised for publication (copyright assignment is
not required). Please send an abstract by June 15, 1996, for
review by the program committee.
Please direct papers, proposals, and requests for future
mailings to:
James Keller
Information Infrastructure Project
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-4042; Fax: 617-495-5776
jkeller@harvard.edu
The Harvard Information Infrastructure Project is a project
in the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government, with associated
activities at the Kennedy School's Center for Business and
Government and the Institute for Information Technology Law
and Policy at Harvard Law School. This event and publication
are funded in part by a grant from the National Science
Foundation, Division of Networking and Communications Research
and Infrastructure.
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MEETING 13) 16-17 SEPTEMBER 1996
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A.C.C.
Australian Communication Conference
Teaching Communication Skills in a Technological Era
Conference Chair: Anita Jawary
Co-chairs: Stewart Marshall, Anne McMillan
Hosted by the Department of Computer Science
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
September 16-17, 1996
Conference information also available on
http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~anitaj/conferencecall.html
Call For Papers
This conference will explore issues related to teaching human communication
skills at a tertiary, (post-secondary), level, with special focus on
teaching students with scientific or technological interests. It will offer
teachers of written, oral and visual communication the opportunity to
discuss issues related to effective teaching, to share pedagogical
strategies and to discuss research related to best practice in teaching
communication skills.
Submissions concerning innovations and issues related to both direct and
technologically-assisted human communication are invited. A range of
submissions from the theoretical to the applied is welcome, and discussion
of specific classroom strategies, as well as more philosophical approaches,
is encouraged. Panels or team presentations on a theme as well as individual
papers and workshop proposals are welcome.
The Programme
Examples of some relevant topics:
* How can teachers who are not trained in students' technical fields
negotiate the differences between academic cultures?
* What are the roles of visual and oral communication in relation to
technical writing?
* How can collaborations with faculty in technical fields enhance
communication skills courses?
* What are the most effective models for integrating communication
skills into technical and scientific courses?
* How can we enhance students' language skills in a technically oriented
environment?
* What are the implications of teaching communication skills in a
multi-cultural classroom?
* How can computers and other media enhance our teaching?
All papers will be refereed.
A printed proceedings will be provided for attendees.
Programme Committee
Chair: Anita Jawary, Monash University
Co-chairs: Stewart Marshall, Monash University,Anne McMillan, Monash University
Members
Paul Anderson, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A.
Jim Andrews, Indiana University , Bloomington, U.S.A.
Christiana Birchak, University of Houston-Downtown, Texas, U.S.A.
Arlie V.Daniel, East Central University, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Jean DeWitt, University of Houston-Downtown, Texas, U.S.A.
Marsh Durham, University of Western Sydney, Nepean, Australia
Neil Hanley, Monash University, Australia
Cindy Kistenberg, University of Houston-Downtown, Texas, U.S.A..
Marilyn Reineck, Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Bob Waite, University of St. Thomas, St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A
Alan Weingarden, Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Steven Youra, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A.
Closing Dates For Submissions
Full papers must be received for refereeing by July 26.
Feedback will be given on abstracts submitted by April 30, 1996.
How To Submit
Electronic submissions are preferred. If submitting electronically, please
send as a postscript file.
If submitting on paper, please include five paper copies of your
submissions.
Send electronic submissions to anitaj@cs.monash.edu.au
and paper submissions to
Anita Jawary
Dept. of Computer Science
Monash University
Clayton, 3168
Victoria
Australia
Enquiries to:
Anita Jawary
e-mail: anitaj@cs.monash.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9905 5210
Fax: +61 3 9905 5146
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Anita Jawary
Department of Computer Science
Monash University
Wellington Road,
Clayton 3168,
Victoria,
Australia.
anitaj@cs.monash.edu.au
ph:(03) 9905-5210
Fax:(03) 9905-5146
URL:http://www.cs.monash.edu.au/~anitaj/
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EUROPEAN SERIALS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION SET
The European Federation of Serials Groups has announced
that the Third European Serials Conference and Exhibition
will be held at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, September
25-27, 1996. The program will be aimed at librarians,
publishers, subscription agents and information managers
and will be held in English with simultaneous translation
into French and Spanish and will address many of the
problems and opportunities facing the European serials
community today. There will also be an exhibition of
many of the latest products and services currently
available and a reception in the Long Room of Trinity's
library, home to the Book of Kells. For further
information contact: Jill Tolson, UK Serials Group
Administrator, 114 Woodstock Road, Witney OX8 6DY UK.
Tel: +44
1993
703466; Fax: +44 1993 778879; E-mail: uksg@bham.ac.uk.
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The Twenty-Fourth Annual
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
October 5 - 7, 1996
Solomons, Maryland, USA
http://www.spp.umich.edu/tprc/
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Call for Papers
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The Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) is an annual forum
for dialogue among scholars engaged in publishable research on
policy-relevant telecommunications issues and public and private sector
decisionmakers engaged in making telecommunications policy. The purpose of
the conference is to acquaint policymakers with the best of recent research
in telecommunications, and to familiarize researchers with the knowledge
needs of policymakers. The TPRC program is assembled from submitted
abstracts and papers, invited papers, and in some cases, proposals for
complete sessions. TPRC ordinarily pays expenses of those individuals
chosen as presenters.
TPRC is now soliciting research papers or other proposals for presentation
at its 1996 conference. Papers should be based on current theoretical
and/or empirical research relevant to the making of telecommunications
policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC welcomes
national, international, or comparative studies that are U.S. and non-U.S.
in origin. Subject areas of particular interest include, but are not
limited to:
Cable/telco/internet competition
Internet pricing
Political economy of telecommunications policymaking
Compatibility, network interoperability, and standards issues
Policy barriers to infrastructure investment
Universal service and access
Speech on-line: legal and social issues
Cost structure of the local exchange
Electronic commerce
Network architecture: content, service quality, and policy implications
Regulation of network interconnection and access
Governance of the virtual society
Spectrum management
Alternative regulatory regimes
Common voice and video delivery: experience outside the U.S.
Media ownership and diversity issues
Selected papers must be no more than 30 pages and will be due to TPRC by
September 9, 1996.
Submissions should consist of an abstract of the proposed paper, and if
available, the paper should also be submitted. Submissions must be received
no later than March 29, 1996. Abstracts may be submitted either
electronically or by regular mail. Complete papers must be submitted by
regular mail. Please address submissions to: Conference Coordinator, TPRC,
Inc., P. O. Box 19203, Washington, DC 20036.
If you have any questions, please call Dawn Higgins at (202) 452-9033 or
e-mail her at TPRC@ei.com
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For further information visit the TPRC homepage:
http://www.spp.umich.edu/tprc
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MEETING 16) 16-17OCTOBER 1996
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CALL FOR PAPERS
for an
International Information Management Conference
"INFORMATION - THE FOURTH RESOURCE"
October 16, 17, 1996,
LONDON, ENGLAND
A major, two-day international information management conference is to
be held on 16-17 October, 1996, at the Strand Palace Hotel, London WC1,
a premier conference venue on The Strand in the centre of London.
The conference, provisionally entitled "Information - the Fourth Resource"
is being organised by the Elan publishing and conferences group, publishers
of the journal "Information Age", and the management consultants Deloitte
& Touche (formerly Touche Ross) Consulting Group. It will be chaired by
Touche partner, Dr David Best. Delegates and speakers are being solicited
particularly from Europe and North America. It is planned to hold the
event annually.
The conference title is an allusion to a traditional view of commerce as
requiring three principal resources: Money, people and property.
A gala dinner will be held on the evening of October 16 at which the
first Records and Information Management Industry Awards for Excellence
(the RIMI Awards) will be presented. Details of the RIMI Awards and the
conference may be found on the Records and Information Management Industry
On-line Service (RIMOS) website: http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/rms/index.html
Elan Business Publishing Ltd., the Elan parent company, will publish a
report on information management in December comprised partly of papers
presented at the "Fourth Resource" conference and partly unpublished work.
All papers will be submitted to the editorial board of "Information Age".
CALL FOR PAPERS
The call for papers comes from Deloitte & Touche consultant Ms Julia
Parsons, one of the conference organisers, and Elan's marketing manager
Mr Bart Hall. Submissions for papers for the conference and/or the December
report should take the form of a 200-300 word synopsis, accompanied by an
outline title and the speaker's name and contact details. Papers may be
on theoretical or practical streams under any of the topics listed below,
or any other subject of value to the conference.
1) INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: The handling of
information; recognising information as an asset; means of holding and
exploiting data, e.g. data warehousing, data mining, neural networking.
2) THE INFORMATION AUDIT: Surveying what information is held, who
uses it, what it is used for, how it is held. Measuring the cost and
value of information - should it be entered on the balance sheet?
3) MEASURING THE USE OF INFORMATION: Who uses information and
what do they use it for? Information trails - where does information go.
4) PROBLEMS OF LINKING INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS TO
BUSINESS NEEDS: Automation or transformation? Changing tools and
structures and developing new skills.
5) GAINING INVOLVEMENT FROM USERS IN DEFINING MEASURES OF
I.T. SYSTEMS: Defining and applying key performance indicators; speeding
development through user involvement and commitment to IT schemes.
6) COST AND VALUE OF INFORMATION: The real costs of gathering
information in relation to the "value" obtained through its use; impact of
use and timing on the value of information; individuals' and businesses'
perceptions of the value of information.
7) INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN PRACTICE: Use of new
and current technologies in fulfilling the following operational needs:
a) Integrated document management in workflow solutions;
b) Approaches to converting paper to other media.
8) INFORMATION POLICY IN PRACTICE: Corporate police and strategy
regarding:
a) Managing information in WP and office systems;
b) Retention guidelines for data and information;
c) Experience of implementing records and policies.
For further information, please contact
Ms JULIA PARSONS, consultant, Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, Friary
Court, 65 Crutched Friars, London EC3N 2NP, England. Tel:+44 (0) 171 936
3000; fax: +44 (0) 171 583 1198, or
Mr BART HALL, Marketing Manager, Elan Conferences, 26 Brock Street, Bath
BA1 2LN, England. Tel: +44 (0) 1225 330312 ; fax: +44 (0) 1225 330305;
e-mail: elan@cix.compulink.co.uk , or
Mike Steemson, Chairman, RIMI Awards working party, 3l Cathcart Street,
London NW5 3BJ, England. Tel: +44 (0) 171 922 7745; fax: +44 (0) 171 922
7973; e-mail: Steemson@express.co.uk until Tuesday, April 2, and at
+44 (0)171 482 3311 after that date.
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Mike Steemson
steemson@express.co.uk
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* W e b N e t - 9 6 *
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* WORLD CONFERENCE OF THE WEB SOCIETY *
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* Oct. 16-19, 1996 * San Francisco, CA USA *
* *
* FINAL CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS *
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* Submission Deadline: July 8, 1996 *
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* Sponsored by *
* Web Society and AACE-- *
* Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education *
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INVITATION
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WebNet-96 -- the first World Conference of the Web Society is an
international conference, organized by the Association for the
Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This annual conference
serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the dissemination of information
on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to
the use, applications and societal and legal aspects of the Web in
its broadest sense, i.e. encompassing all modern tools to peruse the
Internet.
This conference is a must for all who plan to use the Internet for
informational, communicational or transactional applications
or, who are currently running or planning to run servers on the Internet.
We invite you to attend the WebNet-96 conference and submit proposals for
Business/Corporate sessions, Short Papers, and Posters/Demonstrations.
All proposals are reviewed for inclusion in the conference program.
This final call is offered for participants who were unable to meet the
first deadline for submissions or were not prepared to present a finished
paper or project.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
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* Keynote Speakers * Invited Speakers * Short Papers
* Papers * Panels * Posters/Demonstrations
* Exhibits * Workshops * Tutorials
* SIG Discussions * Exhibition * Business/Corporate Sessions
Major Topics
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Novel Applications of the Web
Collaboration Using the Web
The Web as Teaching Tool
Electronic Publishing and the Web
The Web as Marketing Tool
Offering Services on the Web
New Server Technologies for the Web
New Navigational Tools for the Web
Integration of Web Applications and Services
Country Specific Developments
The Web and Distance Education
Net-based Multimedia/Hypermedia Systems
Computer-Human Interface (CHI) Issues
New Graphic Interfaces for the Web
The Web and 3D
Virtual Reality on the Web
Intelligent Agents on the Web
Directory Services on the Web
Network Software for Large Data Bases
Security and Privacy on the Web
Charging Mechanisms for the Web
Legal and Societal Aspects of the Web
Courseware Development for the Web
Building Knowledge Bases on the Web
Care and Feeding of Web Servers
Educational Multimedia on the Web
Browsers, Searchers and Other Tools
Feedback Mechanisms on the Web
Information for Presenters
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Details of presentation formats are given on the following pages.
The general principles applying to all are:
o All communication will be with the principal presenter who is
responsible for communicating with co-presenters of that session.
o The conference will attempt to secure all equipment needed for
presenters. However, where special equipment is needed, presenters may
need to provide their own.
o All presenters must pay the registration fee. Early registration fee
will be approximately $350 (US) with a $30 (US) reduction for Web
Society members.
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Submission Information
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Presentation Types
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Business/Corporate Sessions (30 minutes)
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These sessions offer opportunities to present issues, developments,
and applications on training, marketing, publishing, product direction,
and other business/corporate aspects of the Internet. A basic set of
equipment will be provided. Please indicate needs.
Short Papers (15 minutes)
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Short Papers present reports of research, development, and applications and
societal issues related to all aspects of the Internet. A basic set of
equipment will be provided. Please indicate needs.
Posters/Demonstrations (2 hours)
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Poster/Demonstration sessions enable researchers and non-commercial
developers to demonstrate and discuss their latest results and development
in progress in order to gain feedback and to establish contact with similar
projects. These sessions do not involve a formal presentation.
Poster/Demonstration presenters will be required to arrange for their own
systems software and hardware. Rental information can be provided.
A table, chairs, poster board, and electricity will be furnished by the
conference.
Submission Procedure
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To be considered for a WebNet 96 presentation, submit a 1-3 page abstract
or description of your presentation via e-mail, fax, or regular mail
(see below). Electronic proposals in the form of URL addresses or
ASCII files (uncoded) are preferred. Submissions with figures should
be sent as either URL addresses or printed pages.
SUBMISSIONS DUE: ** July 8, 1996 **
Your proposal will be reviewed and, if accepted, you will be scheduled for
either Business/Corporate session, Short Paper presentation, or
Poster/Demonstration (please indicate preference) which will
be included in the WebNet 96 Final Program. This later deadline does not
allow for papers to appear in the conference proceedings; presenters may
wish to provide copies for their audience.
All submissions should include:
> 1-3 page description of planned presentation.
> Cover page must include:
- title of presentation
- presentation type: business/corporate, short paper, or poster/demo
- name, affiliation, address, phone nos., and e-mail for each author
- name of designated contact presenter
- topic area selected from the topics above
- if business/corporate or short paper, AV equipment requested
Conference Background
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WebNet is the annual conference of the WebSociety that was founded in 1995
out of a concern that an organization addressing the application aspects of
the Web and representing a lobby for Web users independent of specific
platforms and without the domination of commercial organizations was needed.
The WebSociety complements existing other bodies such as the Internet
Society and W3C. The former is, by definition, more concerned with
providing global Internet services than anything else and the latter is
specifically oriented towards one particular system WWW. The Web Society
and hence WebNet takes a more general view, dealing with a variety of
modern Internet tools and their integration including services such as
Gopher, WWW, Hyper-G, WAIS, directory services, FTP, email and cooperative
applications and novel approaches from Hot Java to VRML, from Web compatible
teaching modules to 3D interfaces.
For more details on the Web Society, see http://info.WebSoc.org
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MEETING 18) 21-26 OCTOBER 1996
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
GLOBAL COMPLEXITY: INFORMATION, CHAOS AND
CONTROL
ASIS 1996 Annual Meeting
October 21-26 1996
Baltimore, Maryland
Research in chaotic systems has uncovered order
in the midst of disorder -- information hidden in
noise -- and spawned complexity as a field of study.
Complexity theory explores interconnectedness,
coevolution, structure and order that produce
spontaneous self-organizing and adaptive systems
that balance precariously on the edge of chaos. From
Mandelbrot sets and fractals to economics, there is a
tantalizing similarity to evolutionary patterns and
emergent phenomena.
As an emergent and interdisciplinary field,
information science should profit by exploring
complexity. From the bits transmitted via an
information channel to the less well understood
transfer of knowledge and wisdom, there are
patterns. Are they global?
The ASIS 1996 Annual Meeting will consider the
complexity of the working world of information
professionals as well as theoretical perspectives
involving the nature and use of information. Topics to
be addressed will include:
* Generation and dissemination of information
How do individuals and organizations produce and
recognize informative materials using multiple
technologies and myriad, networked resources?
What can be learned from parallels with the incunabula
period of printing, when proliferation of documents led
to higher literacy?
* Information organization and access
It has been said that traditional publishing
guarantees some quality precisely because of its
time
lag. With information being provided
instantaneously,
can we assure quality without tacitly endorsing
censorship?
How can multiple organizations be created,
maintained, and made useful? If interfaces evolve
to
cope with complexity, what will be the roles of
intermediaries?
* Social implications of complex information systems
When anyone with a file server on the Internet
can
look like a multinational conglomerate, will Davids
slay Goliaths? What will promote innovation, and
how
will it be recognized? Who will own what, and
how can
information producers protect themselves? Will
traditionally underserved groups find access to
complex information resources?
Contributed Papers:
Contributed papers report results of completed
research or research in progress. Papers should be
scholarly in nature and will be refereed. Those
accepted will be published in full in the conference
Proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will be
expected to attend the conference and will be given
15-20 minutes to present their work.
To submit a contributed paper, send an intent
consisting of the title and a 250 word abstract with
complete addresses of author(s) to the Contributed
Papers Coordinator, Linda C. Smith, at the address
below by December 15, 1995. Preliminary approval
will be made by January 15, 1996. Three copies of
the complete paper will be due on February 15, 1996.
Notification of acceptance will be made no later than
April 1, 1996, and camera-ready copy for the
Proceedings will be due June 1, 1996.
Panel Sessions:
Panel sessions and other technical programs are
developed by ASIS Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
either individually or in collaboration with other SIGs
or with organizations and individuals outside ASIS.
Initial proposals for panel sessions should include:
session title, sponsoring SIG(s), name and address of
session organizer (contact person), brief description
(500 words), and names and affiliations of presenters
and moderators. Proposals should be sent to the SIG
Sessions Coordinator, Merri Beth Lavagnino, at the
address below by December 15, 1995. Notification of
acceptance will be sent by February 1, 1996. Final
program copy, including speakers, titles, and
abstracts, will be due March 15, 1996, and camera-
ready copy of abstracts for the Proceedings will be
due June 1, 1996. Panel session papers that are
submitted to the Contributed Papers Coordinator by
February 15 and follow the schedule described for
contributed papers may be published in full in the
Proceedings.
Submission Information:
Contributed Papers
Proposals/abstracts (mail, fax, e-mail)
due December 15, 1995
Complete papers (1500 - 3500 words) for review
due February 15, 1996
Camera-ready copy of accepted papers
due June 1, 1996
Linda C. Smith
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 E. Daniel Street
Champaign, IL 61820-6211
Tel: (217) 333-7742
Fax: (217) 244-3302
Internet: lcsmith@uiuc.edu
Panel Sessions
Proposals/abstracts due December 15, 1995
Final program descriptions due March 15, 1996
Camera-ready copy due June 1, 1996
Merri Beth Lavagnino
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
154 Grainger Engineering Building, MC 274
1301 W. Springfield Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: (217) 244-7839
Fax: (217) 244-7764
Internet: mbl@uiuc.edu
Technical Program Co-Chairs
Charles H. Davis
Debora Shaw
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Tel: (812) 855-5113
Fax: (812) 855-6166
Internet: davisc@indiana.edu
shawd@indiana.edu
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MEETING 19) 21-25 OCTOBER 1996
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21-25 October 1996, Graz Austria
Globalization of Information:
The Networking Information Society
NEWSLETTER ON THE FID CONFERENCE AND
CONGRESS, GRAZ
No. 1, October 1995
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This electronic newsletter is designed to keep you
informed on regular basis on the developments on the
48th FID Conference and Congress which is to be
held in Graz, Austria, from 21 - 25 October 1996.
It will is produced as a regular insert to the FID
News Bulletin and will contain information about
the different tracks and subtracks, speakers, and
other relevant conference and congress
information. The electronic version is produced in
paralel with the printed version.
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1. Congress secretariat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2. About the FID Conference and Congress . . . . . . . . . . .
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3. Preliminary Programme structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 12
4. Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5. The Programme - Main Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5.1 Plenary Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.2 Track 1 Innovative and Leading Edge Technologies
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5.3 Track 2 Regional Perspective on Information
Issues . . . . . . . . . .
5.4 Track 3 Role of Information professionals. . . . . . . .
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5.5 Track 4 Business and Industrial Information in a
Globally
Networked Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.6 Track 5 Impact of the Networked Information
Society. . . . . . . . . .
6. Pre Congress Seminars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
7. Graz FID Conference City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. CONGRESS SECRETARIAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Congress Secretariat
FID 1996
Conference Secretariat
JOANNEUM RESEARCH
Elisabethstrasse 11
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Tel.: +43 316 867 334; +43 316 876 335
Fax.: +43 316 876 320
email: fid@pbox.joanneum.ac.at
FID Secretariat
P.O. Box 90402
2509 LK The Hague
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 70 3140671
Fax.: +31 70 3140667
Email: secretariat@fid.nl
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2. ABOUT THE FID CONFERENCE AND CONGRESS
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Main theme:
Globalization of Information: The Networking
Information Society
The Congresses of the International Federation for
Information and Documentation (FID) are held every
two years. They constitute the most important
international forum for the exchange of ideas and
experiences on recent advances in the field. The 48th
FID Conference and Congress will celebrate the closure
of the 100th Anniversary celebrations of FID and will
be the major forum for information professionals
from around the globe.
The Organizers
The organizers for the 1996 event are the Austrian
Documentation Society (OEGDI) and JOANNEUM
RESEARCH on behalf of FID, the International
Federation for Information and Documentation.
Up to date information
The latest information on the 48th FID Conference and
Congress is available on the "FID 1996" Website:
http://ima023.joanneum.ac.at/fid/htm
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3. PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
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Monday 21 October 1996: Pre-congress seminars
Council Meeting
Tuesday 22 October 1996: Pre-Congress seminars
General Assembly
Council Meeting
Wednesday 23 October - Friday 25 October 1996
MAIN CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION
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4. CONTRIBUTIONS
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If you are interested in contributing a paper in any of
the tracks mentioned, please send a message to the
FID Conference Secretariat with your suggested title
and an informative abstract. You will be contacted as
soon as possible with instructions for submissions.
FID 1996
Conference Secretariat
JOANNEUM RESEARCH
Elisabethstrasse 11
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Tel.: +43 316 867 334
+43 316 876 335
Fax.: +43 316 876 320
email: fid@pbox.joanneum.ac.at
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5. THE PROGRAMME - MAIN CONGRESS - 23-25
OCTOBER 1996. . . . . . . . . .
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The 1996 FID Congress will focus on the globalization
of information and the new society that is evolving as
a result. Advanced technologies, the role of the
information professional, regional and cultural
accommodations and the impact on a global business
environment will be explored.
The programme has been divided into five tracks
running through the three days of the congress, 23-25
October 1996. A six track has been reserved for
Committee and Special Interest Group meetings
during which members will review the status of
continuing projects and plan for events and activities
during the coming year(s).
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5.1 Plenary session
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The Plenary session will feature a Keynote Speaker
who will address the main theme of the Congress.
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5.2 Track 1 INNOVATIVE AND LEADING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGIES
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Advanced technologies that were once beyond the
reach of the average organization or individual are
now commonplace and have had far reaching effects
in what we do, what we can do, and how we work. In
exploring technologies we can expect to be introduced
in the future, we will begin to prepare ourselves to be
able to take maximum advantage of them. Most
importantly, we will focus on the need for and the
development of standards as a tool for enabling the
globalization of information technology and access to
information to continue.
23 October 1996
Session I.1: What's new, what's hot and what' s not
Session I.2: Getting prepared for what is coming
down the road:
Technologies on the horizon
Session I.3: Unintended uses - Unexpected users
24 October 1996
Session I.4: Information economics: the producer's
dilemma
Session I.5: Knowledge-based generation and
processing of
information
Session I.6: Intelligent agents
Session I.7: Knowledge engineering with respect to
terminology
and multilingual and multicultural issues
25 October 1996
Session I.8: Creating your own Website
Session I.9: Distance learning
Session I.10: Converging technologies: information,
entertainment, communication
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5.3 Track 2 REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON
INFORMATION ISSUES
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The use of information networks has increased our
ability to communicate with one another across huge
distances, sharing our thoughts, feelings and
knowledge of various subjects. Track 2 will highlight
ho global information networks improve our
understanding of diverse cultures and issues that
know no boundaries, such as environmental concerns.
Sessions on Day 3 will help us share ideas with regard
to information management topics of concern to us all:
* How to measure the value of information and
communicate this
value to others;
* How to use new technology to market information
products and
services;
* How information modeling can enhance business
operations.
23 October 1996
Session II.1: Democratization through information:
liberty,
equality, fraternity through information
networks
Session II.2: Providing access to cultural heritage
information
Session II.3: Environmental concerns across national
information
boundaries
24 October 1996
Session II.4: Shrinking the world through the
application of
modern information technology
Session II.5: Committee and SIG special programming
Session II.6: Committee and SIG special programming
Session II.7: Committee and SIG special programming
25 October 1996
Session II.8: Measuring the value of information
Session II.9: Marketing information products and
services: new
avenues, new tools and new ideas
Session II.10: Business process modeling and
information
modeling
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5.4 Track 3 ROLE OF INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS
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The changing nature of information technology has
provided a unique opportunity for information
professionals to redefine their role in society, forming
new partnerships with information producers,
intermediaries and users. The sessions within this
track will explore each of these new roles in the
networked society:
* User education and training, including distance
learning,
interactive and computer-based training;
* Peer (continuing) education and networking with
other
professionals around the world, and the role of
professional
societies to encourage and promote these activities,
utilizing
advanced information and communication
technologies;
* Influencing information producers or becoming
information
producers ourselves;
* Assuring quality in an information abundant
world;
* Adding value to the process, services or
information products
of our organizations
23 October 1996
Session III.1: The current situation: a summary of
results from
the FID Survey of the Modern Information
Professional
Session III.2: New roles - new responsibilities: are we
prepared?
Session III.3: Educating others - educating ourselves:
what is
required?
24 October 1996
Session III.4: How global networks have changed
what we do, how I
do it and how well: case studies
Session III.5: When knowing how to search is not
enough: Now I've
got to build the databases?
Session III.6: Adding value to the process, services or
information products of our organizations
Session III.7: Assuring quality in an information
abundant world
25 October 1996
Session III.8: Influencing decision-making at the
highest levels
Session III.9: Partnering with vendors to improve
generation of
and access to information products and
services:
case studies
Session III.10: Formal and informal initiatives of
international information organizations
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5.5 Track 4 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL
INFORMATION IN A GLOBALLY
NETWORKED SOCIETY
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An increasingly competitive global business
environment has affected information access and
distribution in ways only dreamed of a few years ago.
Track 4 will address these aspects of information
management within small and medium sized
enterprises as well as multinationals. The impact of
information content and technology on companies,
industries and markets will be addressed in detail:
* Access to global information has transformed
several
industries, notably banking, finance and insurance;
* The availability of basic scientific and technical
information
is changing the nature of applied science through
joint
ventures and global partnerships;
* Information has been responsible for increased
foreign direct
investment affecting and improving economic
development of
many countries.
23 October 1996
Session IV.1: Managing information in
multinational/transnational
corporations
Session IV.2: Managing information within the SME:
what's
different?
Session IV.3: Globalization of financial services affects
information management in banks and
insurance
companies
24 October 1996
Session IV.4: Technologies enable strategic alliances
Session IV.5: Sharing scientific and technical
information in a
global business environment
Session IV.6: Change management processes and
methodologies
Session IV.7: New business sources, systems and
services vs. the
tried and true: What's new, what's useful
and
what's not
25 October 1996
Session IV.8: Quality concerns in a global business
entity:
special considerations
Session IV.9: New business opportunities with global
networked
access
Session IV.10: The State-of-the-Art Modern
Information
Professional in business and industry: a
panel
discussion
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5.6 Track 5 IMPACT OF THE NETWORKED
INFORMATION SOCIETY
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What are the ramifications of a globally networked
information society? How do many of these
technological achievements go beyond intended use,
affecting our daily lives? Track 5 will explore the
legal and ethical aspects of our information culture
and how these issues play out in the developed, lesser
developed and developing world economies.
* How do copyright and intellectual property issues
differ from
culture to culture and how do we deal with this in
a globally
networked information society?
* How can we balance access to information with a
right to
privacy?
* What is meant by "universal access" and how
can/do governments
both encourage and inhibit it?
* How are advanced technologies forcing us
(governments,
information providers, intermediaries and users)
to rethink
these issues?
23 October 1996
Session V.1: The Internet: Everyday access to what?
By whom? For
what?
Session V.2: Networks change the way we work and
play
Session V.3: Cultural (and other) boundaries to the
Internet
24 October 1996
Session V.4: Universal vs. equitable access:
preventing a two-
tiered information society
Session V.5: Control vs. censorship
Session V.6 Copyright etc.: Intellectual property
rights and
values cross cultural borders
Session V.7: Right of Privacy vs. Freedom of
information
25 October 1996
Session V.8: Has the Internet changed the rules?
Information
impact on ethical behaviour
Session V.9: Teleworking
Session V.10: The impact of the Internet on the Role
of the
information professional: What should we be
doing?
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6. PRE-CONGRESS SEMINARS
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Several Pre-Congress seminars will be organized on
21 and 22 October 1996 as well as the FID General
Assembly meeting. In following issues of this
newsletter you will be informed about the
programme for these events.
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7. GRAZ FID CONFERENCE CITY
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The FID Conference and Congress will be held at the
Grazer Convention Centre, located in the centre of
Graz, the capital of Styria and Austria's second largest
city. Graz is located in the southeast of Austria, the
hinge between the Alps and the Mediterranean,
between the East and West of Europe, surrounded by
deep-green forests, alpine pastures and vineyards.
Graz is a city of art and culture, fairs and shopping,
conferences and meetings, theatre, music, museums
and festivals. It has three universities and several
major scientific institutions and numerous high-tech
companies.
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8. WEBSITE
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To stay informed about the 48th FID Conference and
Congress visit
the FID'96 Website:
http://ima023.joanneum.ac.at/fid.htm
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This issue is prepared by
FID General Secretariat
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Comments, suggestions and contributions are
welcome.
Please feel free to distribute this newsletter to
others.
Back issues are available from secretariat@fid.nl
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FID SIG on Banking, Finance and Insurance Information (FID/BFI)
PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINAR IN GRAZ, AUSTRIA
The preliminary programme will provide answers to the following
questions: What is the future role of information professionals
in financial companies? How do we add value to global business
processes and compete with Internet and multimedia services
available to our users? How to change the services to meet the
future challenges? How to gather information via Internet and how
to evaluate its quality?
A simultaneous workshop in the afternoon will focus on setting up
an Information Services unit.
The seminar is also aimed at stimulating and expanding the global
network of information professionals working in financial
companies, especially in Central and Eastern European countries.
More information is to follow shortly.
For information contact the FID general Secretariat at
secretariat@fid.nl
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MEETING 20) 25-26 OCTOBER 1996
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THE SECOND GREAT LAKES INFORMATION
SCIENCE CONFERENCE
to be held at ...
The Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto
October 25-26, 1996
The Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, is pleased
to act as host for the Second Great Lakes Information Science
Conference. This second conference follows on the success of
Connections '95, which was initiated and hosted by the doctoral
students of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Western Ontario.
The Great Lakes Conference is run by and for doctoral students. The
primary purpose of the conference is to serve as a forum for doctoral
students to share research, proposals, and work in progress with
faculty and other students in library and information science.
Students are invited to submit abstracts of their papers for peer
review by August 1st, and all students are invited to join us for the
presentations.
For further details, contact:
Louise Spiteri
E-Mail: Connect@fis.utoronto.ca
Fax: (416) 971-1399
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto
140, St. George Street.
Toronto, ON.
M5S 3G6
Canada
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Louise F. Spiteri
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto
E-Mail: Spiteri@fis.utoronto.ca
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MEETING 21) 1-2 NOVEMBER 1996
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CALL FOR PAPERS
LIBRARY RESEARCH SEMINAR I
Partners and Paradigms: Library Research in the
Information Age
The first national Library Research Seminar will meet
at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida,
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies.
The conference is scheduled for November 1-2, 1996.
Co-sponsors and financial donors, to date, include Beta
Phi Mu, Council on Library Resources, Library
Research Round Table (ALA), and OCLC.
The major goals of the research seminar are:
--to facilitate the development of research-based
knowledge for the library and
information
profession;
--to encourage interdisciplinary discourse by
involving researchers from fields
outside of library
and information studies;
--to promote networking by bringing together
practicing professionals and
researchers interested
in exploring key issues within the field; and
--to showcase the work of doctoral students in all
fields conducting research in
subjects related to
library and information studies;
--to explore new methodological approaches to
research.
The linking of researchers and practitioners and the
elevation of the status and value of research in the
library community are principle objectives of the
seminar series. A national library research seminar
should benefit the library community by drawing on
researchers and practicing librarians from
throughout the profession, and will expose them to
research leaders from within and outside of the
library profession. This synergy should encourage a
more collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to
problem definition, maximize use of modern research
techniques, and facilitate development of a sound
body of both theoretical and applied research.
The conference format will include keynote addresses,
individual papers, and panel presentations. Panels
will be comprised of four individuals, two library
educators and two practitioners from any type of
library, public or private setting. Papers and panels
are solicited in the following areas: new
methodologies and data collection techniques; basic
and applied quantitative and qualitative research;
interdisciplinary connections; technology-based
research; research and policy analysis; research and
strategic directions for libraries; practitioners and the
academy; defining linkages and collaborative
research; education for research; doctoral student
research; and the future of library research.
Preference will be given to papers/panels dealing
with methodological issues, interdisciplinary topics,
and collaborative research.
Deadlines: abstracts are due by February 15, 1996,
and full papers by June 15,
1996 to Arthur P.
Young (address below). Abstracts and papers will be
screened by a panel of distinguished researchers and
practitioners. Selective publication of the papers in
journal and proceedings format is under exploration.
Program brochure and registration materials will be
available early in 1996.
The Library Research Seminar Planning Committee
consists of the following individuals:
Martin Dillon, Director, Resources Management
Division, OCLC;
Peter Hernon, Graduate School of Library &
Information Science, Simmons College;
Carol Kuhlthau, School of Communication, Information,
& Library Studies,
Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey;
Ronald R. Powell, Library and Information Science
Program, Wayne State
University;
Donald E. Riggs, Dean, University Libraries, University
of Michigan;
Jane Robbins, Dean, School of Library and Information
Studies, Florida State
University;
Gloriana St. Clair, Associate Dean and Head,
Information Access Services,
University Libraries,
The Pennsylvania State University;
Mary Jo Lynch (ex officio), Director, Office for
Research and Statistics,
American Library
Association; and
Arthur P. Young (chair), Director of University
Libraries, Northern Illinois
University.
Please address any comments or questions about the
conference to:
Arthur P. Young, Director of University Libraries,
Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL
60115-2868; voice--(815)753-9801; fax--(815)753-9803;
email--
ayoung@niu.edu
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MEETING 22) 11-15 NOVEMBER 1996
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9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
NIT'96
11 - 15 November 1996
Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Please submit a proposal for a paper or poster by sending an abstract
of 400 words to:
The Organizing Committee NIT'96 FAX +27 12 3185485
Library Services Technikon Pretoria Tel +27 12 3185240
Private Bag X 680 Email Marinus@libmain.techpta.ac.za
Pretoria
0001
Republic of South Africa
or to
The Chief Conference Organizer NIT 96
Prof CC Chen
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College
300 The Fenway FAX +617 521 3192
Boston MA 02115-5898 Tel +617 521 2804
USA Email CChen@vmsvax.simmons.edu
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 31 May
Notice of acceptance: 23 June
Deadline for receipt of papers: 11 October
BROCHURE FOR NIT'96
We continue to witness fast advances in all areas of new technology
and information management. As a result libraries and information
centers can make available to their users a previously unknown level
of service, featuring powerful information access, retrieval
and delivery capabilities. Developments in telecommunication networks,
electronic publishing, interactive multimedia technologies, and
integrated information systems, together with the explosive use of the
Internet and World Wide Web (WWW), enable librarians and information
specialists to offer unprecedented capabilities for more effective
and efficient information management and services, as well as
incredible opportunities for global information access and sharing of
resources.
Such developments well known in the U.S.A. and other developed
countries, are not always true for librarians and information
specialists elsewhere. It has been very difficult for them to keep up
with the dynamic changes which are affecting their profession.
Against this background eight Conferences on New Information
Technology (NIT) have been organized since 1987 in Bangkok, Singapore,
Guadalajara, Budapest, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Alexandria (Virginia
USA) and Latvia. They have brought some of the newest information
developments, systems, products, equipment, and services currently
available to the librarians and information professionals in different
regions of the world. The ninth meeting, NIT '96, will be held in
Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. The first international
conference for library and information workers since the completion of
the democratisation process in South Africa.
Aside from sessions with invited and contributed papers; this
conference will provide maximal opportunities for both formal and
informal discussions and interactions among participants in order to
force concensus on key problems and issues facing them during this
exciting but confusing time.
MAIN TOPICAL AREAS COVERED AT THE CONFERENCE
New Information Technology Related Topics
% Library networks
% Education of information technology workers
% The Use of Internet and World Wide Web
% Electronic publishing and publishing on the Web
% Integrated library and information systems
% Library and information systems and services
% Database creation, structure and searching
% Micro-based applications in libraries and information centers
% Information delivery systems - hypermedia/multimedia, videotex,
cable, satellite, WWW
% Marketing and promotion of information services
% Optical technology applications, products & services -
Video-disc, CD-ROM, CD- ROM XA, CDTV, CD-WO,DVI, Photo-CD, WORM,
erasable, CD-recordable
% Networks - national, local area, ISDNs, and global
% End-users and intermediary aspects
% Distance education
% Information technology management
Information and State
% Role and function in the democratization process
% Planning global information infrastructure (GII)
% Issues leading to development of the national information policy and
the establishment of national information infra-structure (NII)
Information - Preservation & Availability
% Use of new information technologies in preservation
% Availability of information sources and national values, such as
library holdings, museum collections, press, archives, etc...
Information and Individual/Personal/Use
% Issues related to readiness to receive/use information via use of
new information technologies. % The role and functions of libraries
in the electronic culture.
CONFERENCE VENUE AND HOW TO GET THERE
NIT '96 will be held in conference room of the Community Library
Pretoria. Pretoria is about 45 km from Johannesburg International
Airport. There is a shuttle-bus from the airport to Pretoria at
about US$10. Taxi from the airport to Pretoria is about US$30.
Chief Conference Organizer & Program Chair: Ching-chih Chen
Professor & Associate Dean Graduate School of Library & Inform.
Science Simmons College Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Local Organizer: Mr. Marinus Swanepoel, Director Library
Services,Technikon Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
REGISTRATION FEE: US$125.00
ACCOMMODATION
HOTELS TELEPHONE FAX NUMBER AMOUNT
Manhatten Hotel B&B 27 12 3227635 27 12 3227635 R244,00 B+B
Kosmos Guest House 27 12 3410849 R95,00 B+B+D
Bryntirion Guest House 27 12 3437092 27 12 3437076 R260,00 B+B
Kokmo Manor Guest House 27 12 3428092 R170,00 - R220,00 B+B+D
Ronde Geluk 27 12 3419221 27 12 3419222 R155,00 B+B
Holiday Inn Garden Court27 12 322 7500 27 12 3229429 R249,00 R24,00B
Park Lodge 27 12 3208230 27 12 3208230 R140,00 B+B
Boulevard Hotel 27 12 3264806 27 12 3261366 R276,00 B R30,00 B
Pretoria Hotel 27 12 3413473 27 12 442258 R254,00 B + B
(Best Western Hotel)
Hotel Pretoria Hof 27 12 3227570 27 12 3229461 R285,00 B + B
Limited private lodging (including transport to and from the
conference venue) is available at US$20 per night
US$ 1,00 = R3,90
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
(Included in Registration fee)
Monday 11 November: Official opening and reception
Tuesday 12 November: Visit to Gold Reef City (going down a gold mine
may be on offer during the visit)
Wednesday 13 November: Opera: Der Fliegende Hollander
Thursday 14 November: Traditional South African braai (barbecue)
PRE AND POST CONFERENCE TOURS
Sun City (Lost Palace and Valley of the Waves)
Kruger National Park
More details available on request.
konf.96
MARINUS SWANEPOEL Tel.+27 12 318 5240
DIRECTOR LIBRARY SERVICE FAX +27 12 318 5485
GOLD FIELDS TECHNOBIB
TECHNIKON PRETORIA
PRETORIA
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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MEETING 23) 18 NOVEMBER 1996
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"Information Forecasts and Grey Literature"
THE SECOND U.S. WORKSHOP ON GREY LITERATURE
GreyWorks'96
November 18, 1996
Washington, D.C. USA
Content:
1. Background and Goals of the Workshop
2. Program, Speakers, and Organisations
3. General Information about GreyWorks'96
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1. BACKGROUND AND GOALS:
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In September 1993, the first U.S. Workshop on Grey Literature was held in
Crystal City, Virginia. In other countries seminars and symposia have also
been organised on this topic. Since 1993, two International Conferences
have dealt with the complexities of this expanding field of information.
The goal of GreyWorks'96, the Second U.S. Workshop on Grey Literature
is threefold:
(1.) To synthesize the (meta)information generated in this field and
present it in a state-of-the-art review,
(2.) To reverse the premise that "information transfer is a prerequisite to
knowledge transfer", and use the knowledge that has already been
generated in this field in order to explore new parameters for grey
literature, and
(3.) to encounter firsthand, examples of resources, methods, and policies
that successfully exploit grey literature.
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2. PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS
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09:00 Arrival and Registration
09:30 Welcome: R.D. Steele, OSS, Inc.
OPENING ADDRESS:
"Grey Literature in an Internet Worked World"
B.C. Carroll; J. McDonnell, IIA, Inc.
SESSION ONE
"Main Issues, Continued Challenges, and New Directions in this
Field of Information"
D.J. Farace, GreyNet
SESSION TWO
Medium and Mode of Scientific and Technical Communication
B. Bartenbach, Engineering Information
Networked Information and Grey Literature as seen by Publishers
D.H. Smith, CIS, Inc.
Emerging Forms of Grey Literature and their Corporate Authors
SESSION THREE
Valuable Resources for Public and Private Enterprise
M.M.K. Hlava, Access Innovations, Inc.
In the Spirit of Private Enterprise Grey Literature becomes a
Real Commodity
12:30-13:30 Lunch
D. Johnson, NTIS
An Awakening of the Public Sector to the Information Resources
within its Domain
SESSION FOUR
Who uses this Information and for What Purposes?
T.E. Pinelli, NASA Langley Research
The Results of Research can provide us with reliable User Profiles
B. Dessy, National Library of Education
Education and Training for Academicians and Practitioners
SESSION FIVE
Panel Discussion, Open Forum, and Closing
17:00 Close of the Workshop
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3. GENERAL INFORMATION
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LOCATION AND DATE:
GreyWorks'96 - Washington, D.C. USA
November 18, 1996 from 9:00-17:00 hours
WORSHOP ORGANISERS:
Dr. Dominic J. Farace, Director
GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service
Koninginneweg 201, 1075 CR Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: 31-20-671.1818 - Fax: 31-20-671.1818
Email: greynet@inter.nl.net
Mr. Robert D. Steele, President
OSS, Open Source Solutions, Inc.
11005 Langton Arms Court,
Oakton, VA 22124-1807, USA
Tel: 1-703-242.1700 - Fax: 1-703-242.1711
Email: oss@oss.net
CONTACT THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST NEWS:
http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet/home.html
gopher://gopher.konbib.nl/11/greynet/
http://www.oss.net/oss
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MEETING 24) 19-20 DECEMBER 1996
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FORUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
DLM FORUM (ELECTRONIC RECORDS)
Co-operation Europe-wide
19th-20th December 1996
Brussels, Belgium
A multidisciplinary Forum on Electronic Records will be held 19-20 December
1996, at the Borschette Centre in Brussels Belgium. The Forum is hosted by
the European Union Member States and the European Commission (Secretariat
General, DG XII Science, Research and Development).
Participating specialists and executives are coming from the Member States
and abroad. Actors involved in the information Flow and Electronic Records
Management of their departments/services/organisations will bring expertise
and debate on Possibilities for wider co-operation in the framework of the
European Union concerning management storage, conservation and retrieval of
Electronic Records. The parties mainly concerned are:
Public administrations
Archivists
Industry suppliers
Researchers
The objective of the Forum is to Prepare a set of guidelines for best
practice on Electronic
Records and to investigate possibilities for wider co-operation between the
various parties
involved with Electronic Records, between Member States and at Community=
level.
The Forum will consist of plenary sessions and parallel working party
meetings. The main
topics include:
SESSION
* Information Flow/Work Flow
* Lifecycle of Electronic Records
* Relationship between creators, users and custodians of information
* Terms and concepts
* Co-operation Europe-wide
Working party meetings include three main streams:
STREAM 1: Conception, Creation and Management of Electronic Records
* Conception of an Electronic Records Strategy
* Responsibility and transfer of responsibility
* Public Administration and Archival Experiences on Electronic Records
*=D7 Appraisal of Electronic Records
=D7* Co-operation Europe-wide
STREAM 2: Short and Long Term Preservation
Experience of preservation of Electronic Records=20
Definition of needs for long term preservation=20
Cost of preservation and who pays ?
Standards for preservation
Co-operation Europe-wide
STREAM 3: Information Access and Use
* Experience of usage of Electronic Records (local and remote)
* Dissemination and Accessibility
* Awareness (availability of information)
* Security and openness: Authentication, confidentiality
* Standards for the dissemination of information
* Co-operation Europe-wide
Call for papers
The DLM Forum encourages submissions of original papers, and it welcomes
participation of experts in the field of Public Administration, Archives,
Industry and Research.
Programme Committee
The Programme Committee of the DLM FORUM consists of representatives of the
European Union Member States and the European Commission. The Programme
Committee will evaluate the replies to the above mentioned call for papers.
Submission of Papers
Submissions consist of an extended abstract (600-1200 words, 1-2 pages) in
one of the working languages of the DLM Forum (see below). Complete papers
(3000-6000 words, 5-1 0 pages) accompanied by an abstract in the working
languages are also accepted- Submissions should include name(s) of authors
and full address. Each submission will be examined on the basis of its
clarity, quality and adherence to the general theme of the DLM Forum-
Selected papers will be presented in twenty minutes sessions.
The working languages of the forum will be: English, French and German.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in these three languages.
Date limit for the submission of papers : 25 June 1996
(In camera ready paper format or preferably in electronic format)
Please submit your papers to:
Mrs Christina Beckers
European Commission SG 1-AH (Office : SDME 5/72)
200, rue de la Loi B-1049 Brussels BELGIUM
Tel: +32-2-296 08 27; +32-2-296 26 47 Fax: +32-2-296 10 95 =
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Email: dim-forum@sg.cec.be =20
archis@sg.cec.be
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MEETING 25) 27-30 JANUARY 1997
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Fifth international BOBCATSSS symposium in Budapest
under the auspices of Council of Europe and EUCLID
January 27-30, 1997
Call for papers and participation
Amsterdam, May 17th, 1996
Dear Mr/Ms,
BOBCATSSS(1) is now organizing the fifth international BOBCATSSS symposium
under the auspices of Council of Europe and EUCLID(2). This will take place
in Budapest at January 27-30, 1997. The location is the National Szechenyi
Library of Budapest. The symposium is intended for information
professionals, librarians, booksellers, publishers, graduate students in
information studies and those who are interested in the subject.
This first letter is a call for papers and participation.
The theme of the 5th symposium is:
NEW BOOK ECONOMY
The programme will include the following topics and workshops:
Topic 1. Changing needs and demands:
* changes in information behaviour (customers);
* changes in the market (general, educational, professional and scientific);
* developments in marketing (from spin-off to real structured marketing).
Topic 2. Changing supply of information:
* from print to electronic publishing;
* changes in the intermediating process;
* future preservation and access of information products;
* control of quality of information.
Topic 3. Changing structure of the information sector:
* from traditional patterns to the disappearing of boundaries (opportunities
and threats);
* new roles for publishers, bookshops, libraries;
* the importance of grey literature
* the future roles of subscription agents.
Topic 4. Changes in employment and job opportunities:
* developments within existing organisations of the information branche;
* the rise of new organisations;
* changes in existing positions, the creation of new positions within
publishing firms, bookshops and library organisations;
* in-service training and re-education of employees;
* consequenses for the curricula of library and information education.
Topic 5. The socio-economic impact of new information products and services:
* cultural changes in modern society;
* economic values; price of information: end products/services and
semi-manufactured products;
* issues of legislation (national/international).
These topics will be discussed in plenary sessions and workshops.
Participation
BOBCATSSS invites professionals and students to participate in the symposium
and/or workshops. Participants are invited to present papers about every
topic.
Contributed papers will be allotted 20-25 minutes, including discussion.
Paper submissions must include the following data:
* title of presentation;
* author(s) name including title/degree and position/job;
* institutional affiliation(s);
* mailing address;
* an abstract (150-250 words).
The organisation committee is responsable for the selection of the papers.
The papers of the plenary sessions and workshops will be published in July
1997.
Contribution
The registration fee is 150 Dutch guilders (students Dfl 75,-). This fee
includes the participation in the symposium, the reception, buffet and
publication of the proceedings. A visit to an opera and some excursions on
the fourth day of the symposium, January 30, will be arranged because of the
fifth anniversary of the BOBCATSSS-symposium.
The symposium will be sponsored by BOBCATSSS and other profit and non profit
organisations.
Registration
Please complete the included registration form if you wish to present a
paper about one of the topics mentioned above or if you want to participate.
It is also possible to contact or send a fax to the coordinator of the
symposium:
Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics & Information,
att. dr. Ruud Bruyns,
Post Box 10895,
1001 EW Amsterdam
The Netherlands.
tel. +31-(0)20-5552361;
fax +31-(0)20-5552315
email R.A.C.Bruyns@fei.hva.nl
WWW: http://www.xs4all.nl/~eef/BOBCATSSS/
(1) BOBCATSSS is a corporation of a number of European educational
institutes in the field of Library and/or Information sciences.
The members are: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Budapest, Copenhagen, Kharkiv,
Moscow, Oslo, Sheffield, Sofia, Stuttgart, Szombathely, Tallinn and Tampere.
(2) EUCLID stands for European Association for Library and Information
Education and Research.
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MEETING 26) 21-23 APRIL 1997
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First announcement and call for papers:
THE ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Organized jointly by the IFLA Office for International Lending and The
Central Technological Library at the University of Ljubljana.
Date: 21 - 23 April 1997
Venue: Building TR3, Central Technological Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Conference Coordinators: Graham Cornish (IFLA), Monika Klasnja (Slovenia).
Cost: 250 US Dollars.
For more information, please contact
The IFLA Office for International Lending,
c/o The British Library,
Boston Spa, Wetherby
West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 1937 546255
Fax: +44 1937 546478
Email: ifla@bl.uk
Further details will be posted on this list as they become available.
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