MEETING 1 ) 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 2) 11-15 NOVEMBER 1996
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 3) 11-14 NOVEMBER 1996
1996 GILS Conference
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
November 13 & 14, 1996
Purpose -- The conference is intended to bring together the diverse
communities that have an interest in the Government Information Locator
Service (GILS),
and provide a convenient forum for discussing its strengths, weaknesses, and
future directions. The conference will highlight various GILS applications,
such as
the U.S. Federal GILS, and the lessons learned in their development and
maintenance.
Intended Audience -- Users of GILS, Intermediaries for GILS, Implementors
of
GILS Applications (whether state, local, regional, national, or
international), implementors of GILS Software, Information Advocacy
Organizations and
Associations, U.S. Federal government employees representing FOIA,
information
technology, library, records management, program, or public affairs offices.
Vendors are welcome.
Agenda -- The two-day conference will examine critical issues and provide
varying perspectives on GILS. Keynote speeches and panel discussions will
provide an overview of GILS status and directions, and technical and
management sessions will provide more in-depth coverage of selected issues.
Demonstration booths will provide examples of GILS applications and tools.
The full
conference agenda is available on the GILS Conference website at
http://www.dtic.mil/gils/ .
Registration -- The conference is free of cost, but bring ideas to share.
Register via the conference website listed above, or call the National
Archives and Records Administration at 301-713-7100, ext. 255 to register by
phone.
Advance registration is required. Detailed logistics and additional
background information are available via the conference website.
Sponsorship -- The 1996 GILS Conference has been organized by a program
committee reporting to the U.S. Federal GILS oversight working group, which
supports the U.S. Federal GILS Board. The National Archives and Records
Administration is graciously providing administrative support and hosting
the
conference. The conference website has been provided by the Defense
Technical
Information Center.
-- Please share this announcement with other interested parties --
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MEETING 4 ) 18 NOVEMBER 1996
"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 5) 3 - 5 DECEMBER 1996
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE INFORMATION CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION, UK
The international Online Information conference and exhibition will
take place at Olympia 2 Hall in London, UK, on December 3-5, 1996
with satellite courses and events on December 2 and 6.
It will be the 20th aniversary of this event which is recognized as the
leading one for the information services industry in Europe.
Thanks to the excellent cooperation established with Learned
Information, the organizer of the event, and David Raitt, the Chairman
of the conference, the ASIS European Chapter will sponsor, as in the
previous years, one of the technical session on Tuesday, December 3,
4.25pm. The session entitled _Producers - The need to listen_ will
highlight the needs not being met by producers from the perspective of
practitioners and academics.
The detailed program of Online information 1996 can be found at:
http://www.learned.co.uk/events/online
We hope that many European and non-European members of ASIS
will have the opportunity to get together on the occasion.
Michel Menou
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Dr. Michel J. Menou
CIDEGI
Email: michel.menou@utopia.fnet.fr
Mail (H) : 13 rue Nationale, F-49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France
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*** Computo ergo sum **- 1596- 1996 -** Computo ergo sum ***
* * Celebration de Rene Descartes - Celebrating Rene Descartes * *
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Subj: SEMINAR ANOUNCEMENT - Scientific and technical information on the Internet
*STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON THE NET*
The Institute of Information Scientists is organizing another satellite event at
Online Information 96. It aims to give participants state-of-the-art information
on information resources in a number of scientific and technical disciplines or
areas which are available on the Internet. All the speakers are recognized
authorites in their respective fields.
The cost is GB pounds 259 including VAT and booking is through the Conference
Department at Learned Information Europe Ltd., Woodside, Hinksey Hill, Oxford
OX1 5BE, Tel. +44 (0)1865 388000, Fax +44 (0)1865 736354, email:
registrations@learned.co.uk
The programme and other details are as follows:
Scientific and technical information resources on the Internet
Novotel, Hammersmith, London, Friday, 6 December 1996
09:30 Registration
10.00: Introduction (C.P.R. Dubois (IIS) - Chairman)
10.15: Chemical information resources
(not pharmaceutical) Nigel Lees (Royal Soc. Chemistry)
11.00 Coffee
11.15: Pharmaceutical information resources
Alain Besson (Barts Medical School)
12.00: Engineering information resources
(civil and mechanical) Annette O'Brien (Ove Arup Partnership)
12.45 Lunch
14.00: Petroleum and energy information resources
Arnold Myers (Heriot Watt University)
14.45: Metals and metallurgy information resources
Sheila Thomas (The Welding Institute)
15.30 Tea
15.45: Information on industrial and scientific companies -
Sheila Webber (University of Strathclyde)
16.30: Round table discussion
17.00 Close
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Pablo Dubois Tel: +44 (0)171 580 8591
International Coffee Organization Fax: +44 (0)171 580 6129
22 Berners Street
London W1P 4DD Email: dubois@intercafe.win-uk.net
'Suave molecules of Mocha stir up your blood' - Talleyrand
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MEETING 6 ) 19-20 DECEMBER 1996
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 7) 23 - 25 JANUARY 1997
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
and
Center for Business and Government
Harvard Law School
Center for Law and Information Technology
Council on Library Resources
Coalition for Networked Information
"Economics of Digital Information and Intellectual Property"
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
January 23-25, 1997
Announcement and Final Call for Papers
Harvard University is hosting this symposium to broaden and
deepen understanding of emerging economic and business
models for global publishing and information access and the
attendant transformation of international information
markets, institutions, and businesses. By refining and
publishing the work presented at the symposium, our goal is
to provide planners and managers in the public, private, and
nonprofit sectors with a practical framework for developing
program strategies and assessing the efficiency and
competitiveness of new information markets and institutions.
The symposium and book will address:
-- How will pricing be affected by different technological
factors and market environments? What are likely long-term
scenarios for different pricing models?
-- What will be the relationships between classic production
costs, transaction costs, and the economic value of
intellectual property?
-- How will different pricing practices for
telecommunications and Internet services affect the pricing
of information?
-- What will be the effect of bundling or unbundling of
information services? How will opportunities for bundling
and unbundling change?
-- How will changing cost structures and other factors
affect the allocation of rights between authors and
publishers and other intermediaries?
-- How will markets for complementary products and
services, including advertising, affect the pricing and use
of information?
-- What are the policy implications of different pricing
models? How do these reflect policy values associated with
different kinds of information?
Background
The rapid growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web is
transforming the way information is accessed and used in
business, education, and the home. New models for
distributing, sharing, linking, and enhancing information
are appearing, often embodied in software or information
infrastructure.
The Internet and the World Wide Web are characterized by
explosion of information along with an explosion of new
tools for navigating information. No change is more dramatic
than the shift to user-initiated retrieval for text-based
information formerly distributed in the form of physical
objects by publisher-initiated manufacturing and delivery.
Although a similar shift may be underway for sound and
video, the considerable differences in delivery and storage
requirements between text, images, sound, and video may
dictate different cost and pricing models.
As production and distribution costs decline, transaction
costs and the value of intellectual property may assume
greater prominence. On the other hand, standardization and
software may reduce transaction costs over the long run.
With barriers to entry reduced by the Web and related
technology, information markets may become extremely
competitive, reducing margins and possibly lowering the
market value of some forms of intellectual property.
Competition for attention intensifies as companies extend
their marketing, sales, and support functions into the
Internet. Especially useful or entertaining information may
have greater value in attracting customer attention in an
increasingly competitive marketplace for information. It has
been argued that information may be valued less as
intellectual property and more in terms of the access it
provides to other markets and the value it adds to
relationships. As a practical matter, copyright may be
overshadowed by the growing use of contracts as a means of
both securing value and defining expectations in continuing
relationships.
Some proprietary positions in simple distribution chains are
likely to erode as a result of disintermediation and intense
competition. Reduced production costs and pressure to avoid
residual transaction costs may force vendors away from
complex pricing models. For example, usage-based pricing may
give way to subscription pricing. Such dynamics will lead to
new business models and, in small markets where users are
also producers, may lead to new institutional arrangements
for managing life-cycle costs of information.
Similarly, as production costs decrease, the costs of
information may be assimilated by the underlying
infrastructure or assumed by advertisers and other
interests. This trend may be seen in the pricing of online
services and in the massive volunteering of content on the
World Wide Web. This applies to context and other forms of
value, inasmuch as the Web, including client software and
servers, enables editorial and navigation functions
traditionally performed by publishers and libraries to be
performed increasingly by individual authors and users.
Cost analysis in this environment may hinge on
identification and evaluation of critical bottlenecks --
with the understanding that many technological limitations
may be short-lived. Congestion may lead to new methods of
supplementing point-to-point transmissions, such as caching,
mirroring, and satellite broadcast. These new mechanisms
raise intellectual property and interconnection questions
that may addressed as both business and policy issues.
Network congestion and the demand for Internet telephony and
other real-time services may hasten the implementation of
type of service priority at the network level. This in turn
would facilitate marketing of quality at the server and
other levels, especially if vertical bundling proves
successful. If so, vendors may be tempted to package and
price to many dimensions of value. Conversely, simple
pricing models may have surprisingly strong appeal, as they
have had in the analog environment.
Sequential distribution windows for motion pictures
illustrate the potential for simple price differentiation in
a environment with many distribution alternatives, and price
differentiation is now playing an increasingly important
role in the marketing of software and databases. There may
be public policy arguments for price differentiation, not
only for reasons of efficiency but to enable some of level
of access for those who cannot afford it under standard
terms, just as public libraries have offered access for
those who could not afford to buy.
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The project emphasizes the sharing of insight among scholars
and practitioners with different skills and backgrounds.
Papers should be written in a clear, non-technical manner
(technical appendices are permitted) for a mixed,
interdisciplinary audience that will include publishers,
librarians, economists, lawyers, and policy- makers.
Prospective authors should submit short abstracts for review
and comment as soon as possible. Extended abstracts or
outlines should be submitted by November 11, 1996, to ensure
consideration for the program. Acceptances of abstracts and
outlines are conditional pending receipt of a satisfactory
draft by January 15, 1996. Papers and supplementary material
will be published as a volume in the Project's series with
the MIT Press. Copyright assignment is not required, and
parallel or subsequent publication of individual papers in
journals is encouraged.
Please send paper proposals and requests for subsequent
announcements to:
Nora O'Neil
noneil@ksgrsch.harvard.edu
Coordinator, Information Infrastructure Project
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-1389; Fax: 617-495-5776
Program committee:
Erik Brynjolfsson, Stanford/MIT
Brian Kahin, Harvard
Jeffrey Mackie-Mason, Michigan
Paul Evan Peters, CNI
Hal Varian, UC Berkeley
Information Infrastructure Project
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Tel. 617-496-1389; fax 617-495-5776
http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/iip
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MEETING 8 ) 27-30 JANUARY 1997
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 9) 24 - 26th MARCH 1997
>The 2nd British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>LIS Research and Professional Practice
>Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh
>March 24th - 26th 1997
>
>Conference Theme
>The British-Nordic Conferences aim to provide a forum for researchers and
>educators in Library and Information Studies from Scandinavian countries and
>the United Kingdom to exchange ideas and explore developments in LIS
>education. Following the successful lst British-Nordic Conference held at the
>Royal Library School in Copenhagen in 1995, the British Association for
>Information and Library Research and Education is organising the 2nd
>Conference and invites submissions to explore the theme of LIS Research and
>Professional Practice. The conference is aimed at both academics and
>practitioners involved in LIS research.
>
>In recent years we have experienced a surge in research activities in the
>Library and Information world. This has been due partly to European and
>national research initiatives, such as the DGXII Libraries Programme and
>the Follett Implementation Group for Information Technology ELib
>Programme in the UK, and partly because of the need to establish our
>credentials as an academic discipline in the higher education sector. These
>research programmes appear to have been designed not only to address
>technological issues but also to meet the needs of the information
>profession and have involved researchers as well as practitioners. It could be
>argued that more basic areas of research in LIS could also be pertinent
>to information practitioners. In the wake of the third Research Assessment
>Exercise in British Universities, it would seem appropriate to take the
>opportunity to examine the research agenda and activities in Library and
>Information Studies.
>
>Call for contributions
>Analytical papers are invited which not only report on research in the
>field of Library and Information Studies but which also serve to illustrate
>and focus on the relevance of that research to applications and professional
>practice. Contributions need not be limited to specific projects but may be
>state of the art reviews or cover the work of specific research groups.
>Papers on collaborative projects involving both researchers and practitioners
>would be particularly relevant. Examples of possible research areas and
>related topics include but are not limited to:
>
>Technological Applications
> Information retrieval techniques
> Business information applications
> Technologies for preservation and conservation
> Public access information
>
>
>Teaching and Learning in a Networked Environment:
> Domain-dependent materials
> Evaluation of programmes and initiatives
> Impact on information services
>
>
>Electronic Libraries:
> User interfaces
> Electronic Publishing
> Indexing/cataloguing/filtering
> Public libraries
>
>Profession and Professionals:
> Role of information professionals
> Labour markets and qualifications
> Management issues
> Change and the profession
> Continuing professional development
>
>
>Instructions for contributors
>
>Contributors should submit a full paper to the Conference Chair which if
>accepted will be published in the proceedings of the conference.
>Submissions of extended outlines of at least one page may be acceptable,
>provided a full version will be made available before the final programme
>is confirmed.
>
>
>
>Timetable:
>
>Nov 30th1996: Submission of full paper to Conference Chair
>Jan 6th 1997: Notification of acceptance
>Feb 3rd 1997: Final manuscripts in camera ready copy and
> electronic form
>
>Programme and Organising Committee:
>
>Micheline Beaulieu, City University London
>Niels Ole Pors, Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark
>Liz Davenport, Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh
>Tom Wilson, Sheffield University
>Joan Day, Northumbria University, Newcastle
>Mirja Iivonen, University of Oulu, Finland
>Staffan Loof, Boras, Sweden
>
>REPLY
>
>2nd British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies
>LIS Research and Professional Practice
>Edinburgh, March 24th - 26th 1997
>
>
>Name:
>First Name
>Organisation:
>Address:
>
>Postal Code
>City:
>Country:
>
>Telephone:
>Fax:
>Email:
>
>I intend to participate in the conference and would like to receive a
>final programme: _____
>
>I intend to submit a paper on the following topic:
>
>
>
>Please send this reply electronically to: mmb@is.city.ac.uk
>or fax: +44 (0)171 4778584
>or post to: Professor Micheline Beaulieu
> British-Nordic LIS Conference
> Department of Information Science
> City University
> Northampton Square
> London EC1V OHB
> UK
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MEETING 10) 13 - 16 APRIL 1997
Subject: CAUSE in Australasia,97
>Colleagues,
>
>This is the second call for papers and expression of interest to attend
>for this conference.
>
>The conference is run every two years and is focussed on the use of all
>aspects of Information Technology for Tertiary Education administration
>and programme delivery. We have had good response so far however a few
>more papers would be useful at this stage.i
>
>Could you please distribute this notice to members of your Institute.
>
>The WWW URL is http://www.unimelb.edu.au/CAUSE/
>
>Graeme Knox, Cause in Australasia 97 Committee
>
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>The organising committee invites everyone involved in the higher education
>industry to the CAUSE in Australasia '97 Conference in Melbourne, Australia on
>13 - 16 April 1997. The Conference is authorised and supported by CAUSE, the
>association for managing and using information resources in higher
>education. The conference is also supported by CAUDIT (Committee of
>Australian University Directors of Information Technology) and CAUL (Council
>of Australian University Librarians).
>
>The theme for 1997 is Information Technology - The Enabler, with an emphasis
>on information technology applications and developments as they apply to
>tertiary education. CAUSE in Australasia '97 will provide an opportunity for
>academics, administrators, IT professionals, and librarians to interact and
>discuss the effective management of information technology and its role in the
>delivery and management of tertiary education as we move into the 21st
>century. It will also enable participants to exchange information about the
>latest applications in IT networking, which will enhance the teaching and
>research programmes as well as the administration of tertiary education
>institutions. The main streams in CAUSE in Australasia '97 will be:
>
>A. Electronic Publishing: Electronic publishing models; Charging models;
>Intellectual property issues; Preservation; Management, Archiving and
>Preservation issues; Design for useability.
>
>B. Remote Delivery of Educational Programs: Philosophical issues; Training
>issues; Economic issues; Competition and collaboration.
>
>C. Supporting Technologies: The Internet; Intranets; Multimedia; CAL, CAI,
>computer mediated instruction; Broadcast technologies, TV, radio; Interactive
>voice response systems; Video conferencing, desktop videoconferencing; Audio
>on demand; Video on demand; Interactive TV lecture theatres; Telecottages;
>Client Server; Data Warehouse; Security.
>
>D. Management issues: Outsourcing; Electronic delivery of information,
>digital libraries; Support and training issues; Customer Services, Help Desk;
> Benchmarking; Information Resources; IT and the law.
>
>
>Persons interested in presenting a paper should complete the Registration of
>Interest form attached, together with an abstract of no more than 200 words
>and return these to the Conference Programme Committee by August 30 1996.
>
> If you are interested in attending this conference in 1997 in Melbourne and
>would like to be on our mailing list for further information please complete
>the Registration of Interest form and return as indicated.
>
>PLEASE SEND TO:
> Graeme Knox
> CAUSE in Australasia '97 Programme Committee
> Director, Strategic Information Technology
> Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
> 124 LaTrobe Street
> Melbourne Vic. 3000, AUSTRALIA
> Tel: + 61 3 9660 1790
> Fax: + 61 3 9663 5652
> Email: knox@rmit.edu.au
>
>
>REGISTRATION OF INTEREST
>CAUSE IN AUSTRALASIA '97
> INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - THE ENABLER
>THE CARLTON CREST HOTEL
>13 - 16 APRIL 1997, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
>
>Mr/Ms/Dr/_____ Surname:___________________________________
>
>First/Given Name:__________________________________________
>
>Position :_________________________________________________
>
>Organisation:______________________________________________
>
>Address Line 1:_____________________________________________
>
>Address Line 2:_____________________________________________
>
>Address Line 3:_____________________________________________
>
>Country:_________________________Postcode:__________________
>
>Telephone:______________________Fax:_______________________
>
>E-mail Address:____________________________________________
>
>
>Please put an [X] against one or more of the following:
>
>[ ] I will be attending the conference
>
>[ ] I would like to present a paper. An abstract is attached.
>
>[ ] I am interested in attending, please send me further information when
>available.
>
>[ ] I am interested in holding a workshop on Sunday 13 April. Please
> provide details.
>
>
>
>CAUSE IN AUSTRALASIA '97
>INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - THE ENABLER
> 13 - 16 APRIL 1997
>MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>URL - http://www.unimelb.edu.au/CAUSE/
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MEETING 11) 14 - 16 APRIL 1997
ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing
---------------------------------------------
CALL FOR PAPERS
Venue: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
Date: 14 - 16 April 1997
Audience: Academics, publishers and commercial organisations
Requirements: We are looking for papers, which will
be given 30-35 minutes for presentation (plus 10 minutes
discussion), on the themes specified below. We are also
considering holding a poster session for appropriate papers. Both
types of contribution will be assessed by a review panel prior to
acceptance, and both will subsequently be eligible for
publication in the conference proceedings. Assessment of
eligibility will be made on the basis
of submitted abstracts.
Conference: Two themes will run in parallel throughout most
of the conference.
They are:
Technical theme, including but not limited to: New technology for
handling electronic publication; Relevant developments in
networking; Standardisation requirements; Interface developments.
Socio-economic theme, including but not limited to: Changing
roles of publishers, subscription agents, libraries and others
involved in the information dissemination process; Author/reader
requirements; Subject differences; Economic/financial questions.
Abstract: Submitted abstracts should consist of about 500
words. They should, in addition, include title, author's name,
institutional affiliation, contact information, and which of the
above topics is being addressed by the paper. Abstracts can be
submitted by mail, electronic mail or fax to the address below.
Both theoretical and practical papers are requested - practical
papers based on experience are especially encouraged.
Conference fees will be waived for the authors of accepted
contributions.
The closing date for submitting abstracts is 1 November 1996.
For further information on the submission of papers,or to discuss
a possible topic not covered above, please e-mail:
iccc-epconf@lboro.ac.uk
Otherwise you may telephone, fax, or write to:
Fytton Rowland
Department of Information and Library Studies,
Loughborough University,
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK
Phone +44 (0)1509 223039
Fax +44 (0)1509 223053
Further information about the conference (including a 'registration of
interest form' for prospective speakers or delegates) can be found on the
World Wide Web at:
http://www.ukc.ac.uk/library/ICCC/index.htm
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MEETING 12) 21-23 APRIL 1997
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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MEETING 13) 6 - 8 MAY 1997
ELVIRA 4 : The 4th UK Digital Libraries Conference
(Electronic Library and Visual Information Research)
Milton Keynes, 6-8 May 1997
FIRST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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The ELVIRA series of electronic library conferences has reached its
4th year. It is now well established as a key European forum for
developments and research in the rapidly expanding field of
electronic resources. This year's conference promises to build on
the solid foundations already established. It will also be the most
exciting yet, with the addition of parallel sessions, specialist
workshops, a full social programme and other exciting features.
The conference is hosted by De Montfort University's International
Institute for Electronic Library Research, and will again be set in
the attractive green parkland of Britain's newest city, Milton
Keynes. Details of the venue and accommodation, and extensive local
information, will be made available nearer the conference date.
This year the conference aims to provide a varied and flexible
programme, to allow different specialist areas to present their work
in the way their practitioners find most appropriate. Proposals are
currently sought for workshops, panel discussions, exhibits and
presentation sessions on specific areas, as well as abstracts of
traditional papers. Paper abstracts and poster submissions will be
peer-reviewed; acceptance of other types of submission will be
contingent on available time and relevance to the conference themes.
Based on feedback from previous conferences, and on current trends in
the field, topics which are particularly sought for this year's
conference include:
Content of digital resources
Social and psychological issues, and related research studies
Management issues
Security
User interface and general system design
Economic aspects and copyright
Storage and retrieval of images and other non-text materials
However, any submissions related to electronic library developments
and research will also be very welcome.
*** MAIN CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS ***
-----------------------------------------
5 pm (UK time) on FRIDAY 15th NOVEMBER 1996.
INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACTS AND FULL PAPERS
------------------------------------
Extended 1000-word abstracts should be submitted to the address
below (electronically if possible), to arrive by the above closing
date. Authors will be notified of acceptance by the end of January
1997, and will be required to produce fuller papers (approx. 3000
words) by Friday 14th March. These will be made available at the
conference; the extended abstracts will be made available online.
Selected authors may be invited to revise and extend their papers
after the conference, for publication in a journal special issue or
hard-copy book.
WORKSHOPS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND PRESENTATION SESSIONS
------------------------------------------------------
Researchers and practitioners in academia and industry are invited
to submit proposals for themed sessions in any format. Where a
special-interest group or well-defined community already exists in a
topic, they may wish to organise sessions involving a set of related
presentations, or to hold panel discussions or workshops. Proposals
for whole sessions of these types should be submitted to the address
below (electronically if possible). For workshops or panel
discussions, a 1000-word description is required. For sessions
consisting of a set of presentations, a 500-word description of the
session should be submitted, accompanied by a 500-word abstract of
each intended presentation. All submissions must arrive by the above
closing date. Proposers will be notified of acceptance by mid-January
1997. Abstracts and descriptions will be made available online, and
it will be the responsibility of session organisers to supply updated
information if session plans alter.
POSTERS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITS
------------------------------------
Poster displays of research in progress are invited for any work
where a full paper may not be deemed appropriate. In addition,
demonstrations and exhibits are invited both from industry and from
academic institutions (commercial exhibitors will be charged for
exhibition space and use of facilities). For academic proposers in
either category, 500-word abstracts or descriptions of the proposed
item must be submitted to the address below (electronically if
possible), to arrive by the above closing date. These will be
peer-reviewed as for papers, and authors will be notified of
acceptance by the end of January. Abstracts will be made available
online. Commercial exhibitors and demonstrators should contact the
conference organisers directly at the address below.
*** ALL SUBMISSION CATEGORIES ***
---------------------------------
All proposers in any of the above categories must provide affiliation
details of all named authors or participants, and full contact
details (including e-mail addresses where possible) of the main
person for contact. In addition, all proposers in any category must
specify their probable requirements for presentation facilities such
as Internet connections, overhead projection (with or without direct
connection to a computer), slide projection, space, exhibition boards
and any other specific needs. All proposers will be expected to
provide their own computing equipment and exhibit materials where
relevant; any proposers for whom this will be difficult should make
this clear in their submission.
It will speed the organisation and review processes considerably if
submissions are sent electronically, rather than on paper or
diskette. This can be done by e-mail to the address below, or via
the World-Wide Web submission form (URL below).
If diskette submissions are absolutely necessary, the diskette must
be clearly marked with the submission category, the name of the main
contact person, and the title. Diskettes should also be accompanied
by a letter specifying their contents and format; PC and Macintosh
diskettes will both be acceptable, but files must be in Microsoft
Word, RTF, HTML or ASCII formats.
If paper submissions are absolutely necessary, 5 copies of the
submission must be sent. Typing should be clear, at least 12-point in
size, and double-spaced. Submissions will not be accepted by fax.
ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSIONS AND ENQUIRIES
-------------------------------------
E-mail to: elvira@dmu.ac.uk
World-Wide Web site: http://iielr.dmu.ac.uk/ELVIRA/ELVIRA4/
Air or surface mail:
ELVIRA 4 Organising Committee
International Institute for Electronic Library Research
De Montfort University
Hammerwood Gate, Kents Hill
Milton Keynes MK7 6HP
UK
ELVIRA3 programme and abstracts can still be accessed online at:
http://ford.mk.dmu.ac.uk/ELVIRA/fullprog.html
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MEETING 14) 7 - 9 MAY 1997
*********** Australian WWW Technical Conference ***********
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
7 - 9 May 1997
http://www.dstc.edu.au/aw3tc/
*********** Australian WWW Technical Conference ***********
C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N
The Australian WWW Technical Conference (AW3TC) provides a forum
for technical discussion among researchers, developers and users
of the World-Wide Web. AW3TC focuses on technical research in the
Web, development of advanced Web technologies, and their advanced
applications. The theme of AW3TC ...Advanced Web Technologies &
Industrial Applications... is aimed at taking advantage of the
wide ranging Web research agenda within Australia and provides an
opportunity for collaboration, information sharing, and exchange of
ideas.
Call for Participation
Contributions are invited as papers, panel sessions, tutorials, and
industrial sessions. Full details are on the AW3TC home page:
http://www.dstc.edu.au/aw3tc/
All submissions should be emailed to aw3tc@dstc.edu.au
For more information, please contact the organising committee at
aw3tc@dstc.edu.au or phone 07 3365 4310 fax 07 3365 4311.
*********** Australian WWW Technical Conference ***********
http://www.dstc.edu.au/aw3tc/
**** Sponsors: DSTC Pty Ltd, Research Data Network CRC ****
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MEETING 15) 12 - 15 MAY 1997
"8th Joint European Networking Conference" (JENC8)
Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-15 May 1997
"Diversity and Integration: The New European Networking Landscape"
The JENC8 "CALL FOR PAPERS" and general conference information
is now available via the Web. Please visit the JENC8 conference
Web site for further information at:
http://www.terena.nl/jenc8
For general enquiries please send a message to
or contact
TERENA Secretariat
Singel 466-468
NL - 1017 AW Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 639 1131
Fax: +31 20 639 3289
Email: jenc8-sec@TERENA.nl
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MEETING 16) 13 - 15 MAY 1997
NATIONAL ONLINE MEETING 1997
C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Martha E. Williams
NOM Program Chair
URL: http://www.imi-ep.com/nom.html
The National Online Meeting will be held the New York Hilton.
The National Online Meeting is a three-day event (May 13-15,
1997). The conference includes technical papers, product
reviews and exhibits (the exhibit program runs the full three
days). The 1996 meeting drew an audience of approximately 7,500
participants and included an exhibit of over 160 of the leading
organizations in the fields of online databases and library
systems.
Abstracts of papers are solicited on all aspects of electronic
information -- databases, electronic publishing, the Internet,
CDROM, online access, etc. Papers should present the findings
of test studies, research projects, design and developmental
activities, analyses, projections, and progress reports. Papers
should not be commercial in nature. Topics listed here are
illustrative but not exclusive:
* Intellectual Property
* Browsers, Filters, and Indexes for Online, Web, and CDROM
Retrieval
* Voice Recognition and Synthesis
* Marketing and Other Business on the Internet
* CD-ROM vs. Online
* GIS for Information Retrieval
* Enhancing Information Retrieval
* Market Research and Product Design
* Multimedia and Image Databases
* Workstations for Research and Daily Work
* Integration/Connectivity and the Seamless Interface
* The International Information Scene
* Electronic Publishing on the Net
* Education and Training
* Interfaces and Front Ends for End Users
* Internet/FreeNets vs. Commercial Nets
For more detailed information or if you would like to submit
a paper, please direct your WWW browser to:
http://www.imi-ep.com/nom.html
Use the online form to send the requested information by e-mail to the
Program Chair before October 31, 1996. Give brief details of
your proposed paper, including title and abstract (250 words)
and three or four sentences of biographical information that
relates you to the topic. All abstracts will be reviewed by the
Organizing/Reviewing Committees and notification regarding
acceptance/rejection will be made in the fall. Accepted papers
will be published in the proceedings of the meeting. Completed
typescripts of papers will be required by January 30, 1997.
If you do not have access to the World-Wide-Web and would like
to submit a proposal, please contact:
Martha E. Williams
NOM Program Chair
Coordinated Science
Laboratory
1308 West Main
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone: (217) 333-1074 or
(217) 333-8462
Fax: (217) 762-3956
E-mail: m-will13@uiuc.edu
For general meeting information contact:
National Online
Meeting
Information Today, Inc.
143 Old Marlton Pike
Medford, NJ 08055
Telephone: (609)
654-6266
Fax: (609) 654-4309
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MEETING 17) 3 - 5 JUNE 1997
IDT 97
*************************************
3, 4, 5 June 1997
Paris - Palais des Congrès
14th Conference
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CALL FOR PAPERS
*************************************
Organised by :
ADBS, ANRT, GFII
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With a variety of new services and information vehicles emerging on a daily
basis, it becomes obvious that all human activities, whether occupational,
civic or educational, are involved in the new information society.
Information source recognition and quality of content should be adjusted to
subdivided and
relocated production. The synergy and consistent use of information sources
should meet users' specific needs by changing providers' specific
functions.
Last but not least, electronic networks (Internet) are the core theme of
discussions about access to business information, development of public
information services, and integration of such services into the economic
life.
The aim of IDT 97 is to determine the strategic stake in the emergence of
these new services at European and global level, and their degree of
integration (economic intelligence) by the various user groups.
1 - The information society for businesses and citizens
- Intranet and Internet
- Access to outside sources and local management
- User identification and personal freedom
2 - Contents of information about the information superhighway
- Information identification and qualification
- Image processing
- User- and provider-adjusted pricing
3 - Social dynamics and corporate economic choices
- Economic intelligence
- Information technologies for education and training
- Managing the intangible
4 - Public-information distribution media
- Complementary and competing operators
- Legal requirements versus diversity of situations
- Service costs and pricing
5 - Functions and demands of information professionals
- Initial and continuing training
- Services for end users; processing by experts
- Selection of products and services
6 - European programmes and international industrial projects
- Restructuring the information market
- Aims of European content and multimedia programmes
- The roles of new operators
7 - Legal issues
- Copyright and Internet
- The EU Directive relating to legal protection of databanks
- Access to public sources: towards a European Directive
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Informations
Ditinfo
25, rue Claude Tillier - 75012 Paris
Tél. : 33 (1) 43 72 36 63 - Fax : 33 (1) 43 72 36 62
E-mail : info@idt.fr
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MEETING 18) 7 - 15 JUNE 1997
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
(Second Announcement and Call for Papers will
be distributed in October)
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, "CRIMEA 97"
"Libraries and Associations in the Transient World:
New Technologies and New Forms of Cooperation"
Foros village, Yalta, Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
Foros Health Resort
June 7-15, 1997 (Professional Program - June 9-13)
Permanent Organizers of the Conference:
- Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology
- Ministry of Culture of Russia
- Ministry of Culture of Crimea
- M.I. Rudomino Russian State Library for Foreign Literature
- International Association of CDS/ISIS and NIT Developers and
Users (ISIS-NIT)
The permanent Organizers of the Conference invite the participation
of other organizers and sponsors.
Three previous "Crimea" Conferences have contributed to the solution
of important intergovernmental problems of information exchange. They
have promoted the establishment of new and the strengthening of existing
cultural and scientific contacts, and have furthered the advancement of
Russia and other countries in the global information environment.
A citation from a welcome by Boris Yeltsin,
President of the Russian Federation, addressed
to the participants in the "Crimea 96" Conference
Background
The "Crimea 94" and "Crimea 95" Conferences took place in Eupatory,
and the "Crimea 96" Conference was held in Foros, Republic of Crimea.
Each demonstrated the growing interest of library and information
specialists in this international forum.
Attendance and Scope:
Participants Countries Papers Sections, Exhibitors
workshops,
etc.
"Crimea 94" 230 15 100 6 15
"Crimea 95" 637 30 250 20 21
"Crimea 96" 665 30 304 39 21
The Fourth International Conference will again be held in Foros.
Foros is a picturesque locale in the very southern part of the
Crimean Peninsula, a narrow belt of subtropical park between the
Black Sea and the Crimean mountain ridge; a favourite place of
rest and professional contact for many people. During the
Conference the Foros Health Resort will accommodate only the
participants in the Conference.
The following topics for presentations and discussions are envisaged:
- Worldwide Information Infrastructure and Interlibrary Cooperation.
- Acquisition and Preservation of Library Collections.
- Automated Technologies, Databases and CD-ROM
- Interlending and Document Delivery (co-organized by IFLA UAP
Core Program).
- Business Information and Information Management.
- IMARC, UNIMARC Format in Library Developments and Practice
- Dissemination and Utilization of Medical, Pharmaceutical and
Environmental Protection Information.
- Electronic Publications
- New CDS/ISIS Developments and Applications
- Internet Resources and Services
- Linguistic Support of Information Retrieval Systems.
- Regional and Children's Libraries
- Classification Systems: Application in Manual and Automated Modes.
- User Education in Libraries
- Library Education
The list of sections, round tables, workshops and additional
events will be continuously updated and will be finalized in
December, 1996.
CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: ENGLISH and RUSSIAN.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided at the Conference.
The Vendor Exhibits will be opened during the Conference to present
information products, services, automated systems, software
packages, CD-ROM products, books and journals.
We are very interested in getting your preliminary indication of
interest in order to work out the program and finalize the list of
events within the framework of the Conference.
Please complete the participant response form and return it to the
Organizing Committee.
The participant Registration Form and Call for Papers will be
forwarded to you immediately upon the receipt of your completed
response form.
Please note that the number of the Conference participants will be
limited.
Please return the completed response form no later than November
1, 1996.
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Participant Response Form
Please type or print clearly, without abbreviations. Please
indicate in full your institution and job title.
Full name_________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Institution/Company_______________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Job Title_________________________________________________________
Address/POB_______________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
ZIP Code/Country/City_____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Phone______________________________Fax____________________________
Email______________________________Telex__________________________
I intend to give a talk, lecture, demonstration (topic)___________
__________________________________________________________________
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The Organizing Committee:
Fax: 007-095-921-98-62
Telex: 411180 bgpnt su
E-mail: CRIMEA97@gpntb.msk.su
Tel: 007-095-924-94-58, 007-095-923-99-98, 007-095-928-73-79
Mailing address: 12 Kuznetsky Most, 103919 Moscow, Russia
YOU ARE WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL LAND OF CRIMEA
The Organizing Committee
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MEETING 19) 16 - 18 JUNE 1997
6th INTERNATIONAL STUDY CONFERENCE ON CLASSIFICATION RESEARCH
KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Monday-Wednesday 16-18 June 1997
University College London
The themes that the conference will explore include
· The role of classification in the management of information
· Classification research for retrieval of information published electronically
· Automatic methods of classification
· The researcher and the real world
· Tools for classification and classification as a tool
· Data modelling
Papers addressing knowledge organization within any of the frameworks
outlined above are invited. Abstracts (c. 500 words) should reach the
chairman of the Conference Committee not later than 1 October 1996.
Proceedings will be published.
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MEETING 20) 6 - 11 JULY 1997
INTNL ASSN OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANSHIP, ASSN TEACHER LIBRARIANSHIP, Canada-
Bridging the Gap
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
This message has been cross-posted to several lists. Please forgive the
duplication.
The International Association of School Librarianship and the Association
for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada are joint sponsors of Conference '97
"Bridging the Gap" to be held July 6-11, 1997 at the University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The conference will feature a
stimulating educational program that includes the First International Forum
on Research in Teacher-Librarianship. The conference Proceedings will be
published by Hi Willow Research and Publishing in time for delegates to
receive a copy at registration.
The Program Committee is seeking proposals for presentations that relate
to the conference theme--Information Rich but Knowledge Poor? Emerging
Issues for Schools and Libraries Worldwide. Proposals for original
research papers, commentaries on professional practice (professioal
papaers), panel discussions, and hands-on, activity-based, or
demonstration workshops are welcome and will be acceptd on the standard
forms until October 31, 1996. To indicate your intention to submit a
proposal and to request a proposal form and additional information,
please contact the conference coordinator.
Prof. Lynne Lighthall
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
The University of British Columbia
Mailing Address: 4093 West 14th Ave., Vancouver, BC V6R 2X3
P: 604-822-2704
F: 604-822-6006
E: iaslatlc@unixg.ubc.ca or lighthal@unixg.ubc.ca
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MEETING 21) 23 - 26 JULY 1997
........... ACM Digital Libraries '97 ..........
............... CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ...............
2ND ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Philadelphia, Pa
July 23 - 26, 1997
http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~diglib97/
diglib97@sis.pitt.edu
ACM Digital Libraries is an international conference which is
building a community of individuals from diverse fields to study
research and development in digital libraries. The collection,
access and use of electronic information in a variety of formats
requires solutions to problems ranging from the technical to the
social, incorporating knowledge and experience from many fields.
Individuals with an interest in library and information science,
digital information technology, education, information policy and
economics, information behavior and other fields contributing to
digital library development are invited to participate.
ACM DL '97 will immediately precede ACM SIGIR '97 in
Philadelphia. The ACM DL series is sponsored by ACM, through
SIGIR and SIGLINK.
In Cooperation With ACM DL 97:
ASIS (American Society for Information Science)
CNI (Coalition for Networked Information)
D-Lib (Digital Library Forum)
NAL (National Agricultural Library)
NLM (National Library of Medicine)
SLA (Special Libraries Association)
CONFERENCE CHAIR PROGRAM CHAIR
Edie Rasmussen Robert B. Allen
University of Pittsburgh Bellcore
(erasmus@sis.pitt.edu) (rba@bellcore.com)
........................... TOPICS ..............................
We welcome technical papers, posters, demonstrations, videos,
as well as proposals for panels, workshops and tutorials.
Research is welcome on any aspect of Digital Libraries including
but not limited to the following:
.. economic and social implications
.. education, learning, and collaboration
.. electronic journals, textbooks, and catalogs
.. evaluation methods and user testing
.. hypertext and hypermedia
.. image, graphical, GIS, and multimedia information
.. indexing and classification
.. information storage and retrieval
.. intellectual property rights
.. metadata and knowledge representation
.. online museums, galleries, and studios
.. scanning and digital preservation
.. world-wide web
.. user interfaces, visualization, browsing, and searching
.. user behavior and information needs analysis
..............BRIEF INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS...............
IMPORTANT DATES:
January 14, 1997: Submissions due to appropriate Chair
March 4, 1997: Notification of Acceptance
April 28, 1997: Revised papers due to Program Chair
PROGRAM CHAIRS FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND PROPOSALS:
Technical Papers & Panel Proposals:
Robert B. Allen, Bellcore
(rba@bellcore.com)
Posters: P. Bryan Heidorn, University of Illinois
(pheidorn@uiuc.edu)
Videos/Demos: David S. Dubin, University of Illinois
(dubin@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu)
Tutorials: Raya Fidel, University of Washington
(fidelr@u.washington.edu)
Workshops: David Levy, Xerox
(dlevy.parc@xerox.com)
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS ARE POSTED ON
http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~diglib97/
OR MAY BE REQUESTED FROM
diglib97@sis.pitt.edu
..............ACM DL '97 STEERING COMMITTEE..................
Edward Fox (Chair), Virginia Tech
Robert B. Allen, Bellcore
William Arms, CNRI
Nicholas Belkin, Rutgers University
Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University
Gary Marchionini, University of Maryland
Edie Rasmussen, University of Pittsburgh
............... ACM DL '97 PROGRAM COMMITTEE...............
Maristella Agosti, U. Padua
Al Aho,Columbia U.
Robert B. Allen (Chair), Bellcore
William Arms, CNRI
Helen Atkins, ISI
Marcia Bates, UCLA
Ann Bishop, U. Illinois
Michael Buckland, UC Berkeley
Mic Bowman, Transarc
Joseph Busch, Getty AHIP
Hsinchun Chen, U. Arizona
Ana Maria Correia, INETI (Portugal)
Philip Doty, U. Texas
Tim Finin, U. Maryland Baltimore County
Edward Fox, Virginia Tech
Chuck Friedman, U. Pittsburgh
Richard Furuta, Texas A&M
Susan Hockey, Rutgers/Princeton
Donna Harman, NIST
Judith Klavans, Columbia U.
Rob Kling, Indiana U.
John Leggett, Texas A&M
David Levy, Xerox
Chung-Sheng Li, IBM
Ee-Peng Lim, NTU (Singapore)
Gary Marchionini, U. Maryland
Catherine Marshall, Xerox
Gary McCone, NAL
Thierry Pun, U. Geneva
Lawrence A. Rowe, UC Berkeley
David Seaman, U. Virginia
Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley
Sugimoto Shigeo, U. Lib. Inf. Sci.(Japan)
Terence R. Smith, UC Santa Barbara
Scott Stevens,Carnegie Mellon U.
Frank Tompa, U. Waterloo
Thomas D. Wilson, U. Sheffield (UK)
Terry Winograd, Stanford U.
Ian H. Witten, U. Waikato (New Zealand)
................... ACM DIGITAL LIBRARIES 97 ...................
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MEETING 22) OCTOBER 1998
Subject : Theme for FID-98 Conference
The 49th FID Conference and Congress is scheduled to be held at
New Delhi during October 1998.
Suggestions are invited regarding Conference theme. We propose to
hold an electronic discussion on this through FID Listserve
Forum. Please post your suggestions in the Forum.
The theme of 48th FID Conference to be held at Graz, Austria
during October 1996 is `Globalization of Information : The
Networking Information Society'.
The topic for 47th FID Congress (1994) held at Japan was "Finding
New Values and Uses of Information".
Looking forward to an exciting round of discussions on the theme
for FID-98 Conference.
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