INVITED PAPERS & SPEECHES

Information Uses & Needs

  • "The Use of Biomedical Literature," Joint Session of the Medical Library Association and the American Society for Information Science at the ASIS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 30, 1976.

  • "How to Meet One's Information Needs - A Contemporary Approach?" was the topic of a speech delivered to the Boston Chapter of the Phi-Lunda Society on June 5, 1977.

  • "Overview on a Regional Investigation of the Citizen's Information Needs in New England," was delivered at the New England Library Association Annual Meeting, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, September 24, 1979.

  • "An Overview of Citizens' Information Seeking Patterns," prepared by Drs. C.C. Chen and Peter Hernon was the talk presented by Dr. Chen at the American Association of Library Schools Annual Conference in Austin, TX on February 15, 1980.

  • "New Hampshire Citizens' Information Seeking Patterns," prepared by Drs. Chen and Peter Hernon, was presented by Professor Hernon at the New Hampshire Library Council's Annual Conference, May 12, 1980 at North Conway, New Hampshire.

  • "Rhode Island Citizens' Information Seeking Patterns," was delivered to Rhode Island public librarians at the Rhode Island Department of State Library Services in Providence, Rhode Island on May 30, 1980.

  • ''Maine Citizens' Information Seeking Patterns,'' was presented by Drs. Chen and Peter Hernon at the Maine Library Association's Annual Conference on June 2, 1980 in Portland, Maine.

  • ''Library Effectiveness in Meeting Information Consumer's Needs," was jointly presented at the LAMA Pre-Conference on Library Effectiveness of the ALA on June 28, 1980 in New York.

  • "New England Citizens' Use of Libraries and Information Seeking: Final Report," jointly presented by Drs. Chen and Hernon at the 1980 New England Library Association Annual Conference, September 30, 1980.

  • "New England Citizens' Use of Libraries and Information Seeking," was a session presented by Drs. Ching-chih Chen and Peter Hernon, and sponsored by the Reference and Adult Services Section at the Connecticut Library Association Annual Meeting in Hartford, CT on April 23, 1981.


  • "Americans' Information Seeking Patterns," was a key-note Program delivered at the 12th Mexican Library Association Annual Meeting in San Luis Potosi, Mexico on May 4, 1981.


  • "The Role of Libraries in the Electronic Age as Reflected in Research Studies of Citizen Information Needs," was the topic of Dr. Chen's invited speech given as part of the Distinguished Seminar Series at OCLC, Dublin, Ohio on May 10, 1982.

  • "Library and Information Work: How to Relate It to User Needs With and Without New Technology Applications,"was the speech given at the Chongching Branch of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, June 1982.

  • "Summary Results of the Connecticut Citizens' Information Need Assessment and Library Use Survey," was presented at the Connecticut State Library's Retreat Meeting for Planning Library Services for Year 2000 at Myrtle Beach, CT, May 29, 1984.


  • "Information-seeking Habits of Individuals; the Effects of New Technology on Us as Information Professionals in Meeting People's Needs," was a special invited talk given to the Riverina Regional Group of the Library Association of Australia in Wagga-Wagga, Australia on June 17, 1986.