INVITED PAPERS & SPEECHES

Library & Information Science Education

  • "Continuing Education in Library Science," Alumnae Day, Simmons College, Boston, MA, April 10 1976.

  • "Continuing Education: A Life Long Commitment," was an invited speech delivered at the meeting of the Association of Rhode Island Health Sciences Librarians in Providence, RI, on September 22, 1976.

  • "Continuing Education: Who's Responsibility and Do We Need CLENE?" was an invited paper given at an all-day workshop of the New England Unit of the Catholic Library Association at Emmanuel College on October 30, 1976, on "Beyond Today's Libraries: A Challenge for Tomorrow".

  • "American Library Education and Simmons," was a speech given to the library staff of the Singapore Polytechnic Institute in Singapore, January 18, 1977.

  • "Science Education in the U.S.," was discussed at the Peking University, May 19, 1979.

  • "Development of Information Science in China: A Recent Experience," a talk given at the SIG/ED and FID/ET meeting on Education and Training in Information Science on the Global Scene at the ASIS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, October 15, 1979.

  • "Information Science Development, Education and Training in China: A Recent Experience," an invited talk given at the School of Information Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, November 30, 1979.

  • "Golden Opportunities for Information Professionals in the 1980's," was the Convocation Speech delivered at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor on March 21, 1980 when Dr. Chen was presented the School of Library Science's Distinguished Alumnus Award on March 21, 1980.

  • "Statistical Methods in Libraries," and "Library and Information Science Development in China," were the two invited talks delivered at the School of Library Service, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on April 11, 1980.

  • "Information Related Research: Personal View," was the title of an invited talk given at the Doctoral Colloquium of the Faculty of Library Science, University of Toronto, April 21, 1980.

  • ''Library and Information Science Education in the U.S.,'' was presented to the medical library and information professionals in Shanghai, China on July 2, 1980.

  • "Education and Training of Medical Librarians," was given to medical librarians in Canton, Guangtong Provincial People's Hospital, on July 23, 1980.

  • "Personal Viewpoints on Research in Library and Information Science," presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Anaheim, California on October 7, 1980.

  • "Information Policy Analysis and its Place in the Curriculum," presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Anaheim, California on October 8, 1980.


  • "Conceptual Model and the Design, Development and Implementation of an Education and Training Program for Health Sciences Information Network," was presented at the multi-country consultation meeting of the South East Asia Region of the World Health Organization in New Delhi, India on December 15-17, 1980.


  • "Library and Information Science Developments: Where Are We Heading To? What Are the Implications for China?" was delivered to 500 Fujian librarians and information workers at a special meeting sponsored by the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, the Fujian Provincial Science Commission, Fujian Information Science Society and Fujian Library Association, People's Republic of China, on May 31, 1982.

  • "Difficulties Faced by International Students in the U.S. Information Science Program," was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Columbus, OH, October 18, 1982.

  • "Research, Education and Practice: Where is the Middle Ground?" was presented at a panel sponsored by SIG/ED at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Columbus, OH, October 20, 1982.

  • "Professional Organizations' Role on Information Flow," Keynote speech presented at the Conference on the Transfer of Scholarly, Scientific and Technical Information Between North and South America, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 11, 1983 co-sponsored by the Conference and the ASIS Michigan Chapter.

  • "C.E. Experience in the Offering of Online Searching Education at Simmons," was presented at the Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Lexington, KY, May 24, 1983.

  • A series of four lectures were presented at the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1 - 2, 1983:
    - " Trends in Information Management"
    - " Trends in Information Technology"
    - " The Role of the Library in the Information Age"
    - " Educating and Training Information Professionals for the New Information Age" (public speech)

  • "New Information Age and the Implications for the Education and Training of Information Professionals," is the invited speech given at the Colloquium at the Graduate School of Library Science, McGill University, Montreal, on September 28, 1984.

  • "Library Automation and Applications of New Technology: Their Impact on Library and Information Science Education," was presented at the Royal School of Librarianship, (Denmark Biblioteksskole) in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 11, 1985.

  • "Automation of Libraries: Implications of New Technology on the Profession and on Professional Education," was a speech given at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science (Hogskolan I Boras) on September 13, 1985 in Boras, Sweden.

  • "New Technology and Its Implications for Library and Information Science Education," was an invited keynote speech given at the International Conference on Library & Information Science Education, organized by the National Taiwan University on November 30, 1985.

  • "Developments in New Information Technology and Implications for Library & Information Professionals," was an invited speech delivered to the South Australia Group of the Library Association of Australia in Adelaide, Australia on June 23, 1986.

  • "Interactive Videodisc Technology in Research, Education, and Training," was a special session at the American Society for Information Science Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, September 30, 1986.

  • "Educating Academic Librarians in Coping with New Technological Change," was the keynote speech delivered to the Spring Conference of the Eastern New York Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries, SUC/Oneonta, NY, April 22, 1988.

  • "Educating Library and Information Professionals in an Era of Technological Change," was an invited speech delivered at the International Symposium on Library Automation at the National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, June 10, 1988.

  • "Information Technologies in the Library Information Science Curriculum," was a round-table discussion talk given to the faculty of the Library Science School, Federal University of Minas Gerias (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 8, 1988.

  • "Guidelines for a Specialization Course on Information Resources Management," was another round-talk discussion talk given at the Library Science School, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 9, 1988.



  • "Library and Information Science Education," and "New Information Technology and Its Applications to Library and Information Work," were two public lectures given at the Beijing Normal University for library and information professionals from Beijing and neighboring cities, March 14-15, 1990, Beijing, China



  • "Hypermedia Information Delivery and Implications for Education for Library and Information Science," was the invited speech given at the International Federation of Library Institutions (IFLA)/Education and Training Division meeting in Stockholm, August 22, 1990.

  • "The Challenge to Library and Information Professionals in the Visual Information Age," was the keynote speech given at NIT'90: The Third International Conference on New Information Technology, Guadalajara, Mexico, November 28, 1990

  • "The Challenge to Library and Information professionals in the Visual Information Age in the US," was an invited speech given to over 50 members of the Special Library Association of Japan, as well as academic librarians in the city of Osaka, Japan, April 12, 1993. The meeting was sponsored by thee Osaka American Center and the Kansai Chapter of the Japan Special Library Association.