INVITED PAPERS & SPEECHES

International & National Information Policies and Cooperation

  • "Information Delivery in Selected Countries Around the World," was the talk given at the meeting of the New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science on June 29, 1977, at the Gutman Library, Harvard University.





  • "New Technology and Networking of Information - A National Approach," delivered at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, Peking, May 16, 1979.







  • "Criteria of Effectiveness for Network Delivery of Citizens Information Through Libraries," was the invited speech presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1981.

  • "Federal Research Funding for Information Science," was the session at which Dr. Chen served as the Reactant at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, D,C., October 28, 1981.

  • "Network Effectiveness in Consumer Information Delivery," was the central theme of the presentation given by Drs. Chen and Peter Hernon at the Rhode Island InfoEx Meeting sponsored by the Island Interrelated Library System on February 24, 1982 at Middletown, R.I.

  • "Information Services in Developing Countries," was given at the AASL International Relations Committee program on Library Services to Children in School Around the World, at the ALA Meeting, Philadelphia, July 13, 1982.

  • "Personal Views on International Consultantship for Developing Countries," was given at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Columbus, OH, October 18, 1982.

  • "Criteria for Network Effectiveness in Delivering Citizens' Consumer Information," was a speech presented jointly be Drs. Chen and Peter Hernon at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Library Schools at San Antonio, TX, January 8, 1983.

  • "Crying Need for Qualified Personnel: Who Can Help the Developing Countries?" Invited speech at the 1983 Joint Annual Program on Areas of Cooperation in Library Development in Asian and Pacific Regions of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association and the Chinese-American Librarians Association, June 28, 1983, Los Angeles, CA.

  • "The Potential of Interactive Videodisc for International Cooperation as Demonstrated by PROJECT EMPEROR-I," was a keynote speech given at the 1986 Essen Symposium: Impact of New Information Technology on International Library Cooperation, University of Essen, Essen, Germany, September 11, 1986.

  • "Use of New Information Technology in Third World Countries," was an invited speech presented at the Association of Information and Dissemination Centers 1991 Fall Meeting, of the theme "The Path of Information: Is it Paved with Good Inventions?", at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, Boston, Massachusetts, September 22, 1991.

  • "The Alexandria Affirmation and the Planning of the Global Information Infrastructure" was an invited speech presented at the 5th Conference of Librarians in International Development, Kansas City, Missouri, May 1, 1995.