INVITED PAPERS & SPEECHES

Library & Information Management

  • "Scientists, Engineers and Information - What an Information Center is and Should Be?" Chung-Shan Scientific Research Institute, Chung-Shan, Taiwan, Republic of China, January 8, 1974.

  • "Practical Applications of Operations Research Techniques in Library Problems," NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Evaluation and Scientific Management of Libraries and Information Centers, Bristol, England, August 17-29, 1975.

  • "Statistical and Systems Applications in Library Management," was a talk given at the Unit I of the Institute of Quantitative Measurement and Dynamic Library Service on November 20, 1976, at Simmons College.

  • "Scientific Management Techniques - How and Why They Can Help?" a special invited talk given at the Chung-Shan Institute of Scientific Research, Lun-Tang, Taiwan, Republic of China, January 12, 1977.

  • "Scientific Management of the Technical & Medical Information Centers," was a speech delivered at the Arya Mehr University in Tehran, Iran on January 25, 1977.

  • "Quantitative Measurements in Libraries - A Summary," was presented at the Institute on Quantitative Measurement & Dynamic Library Services, Unit II, March 28, 1977, at Simmons College.

  • "Looking at Selective Medical and Scientific Information Centers Around the World from Horseback," was a speech delivered at the 2Oth Annual Meeting of the North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 29, 1977.

  • "Quantitative Evaluation of Library Services," at the 2Oth Annual Meeting of the North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 28, 1977 - Group Leader.

  • "Current State of the Art in Operations Research in Librarianship," - Invited speech delivered to the Research Interest Group at the 1978 Association of American Library Schools Annual Conference, Chicago, January 22, 1978.

  • "Advantages and Disadvantages of Implementing ZBB in Libraries," was presented at the Institute on Zero-Base Budgeting in Library Management held at the School of Library Science, Simmons College, March 31 - April 1, 1978.

  • "Little Money Carries a Long Way," was a talk given at the Simmons College Fifth Annual Fall Fund Raiser Conference on September 23, 1978.

  • "Collection Use Data and Library Decision Making," was the speech given at the workshop on Management Information System & Library Decision Making at the New York State Conference on Library Automation at Albany, New York, September 26-28, 1978.

  • "An Overview of Zero-Base Budgeting," was a talk given at the ASIS Post-Conference Institute on Zero-Base Budgeting, New York, November 17, 1978.

  • "Specific Budgeting Programs," was presented at the Institute on Library Budgeting sponsored by the New Hampshire Library Association at Bedford, New Hampshire, December 8, 1978.

  • "Coping with a Shrinking Resources Budget," was the keynote speech delivered at the first Spring Conference of the Resources and Technical Services Section of the Illinois Library Association held in Champaign, Illinois, April 9-11, 1979.

  • "New Technology, Networking, Scientific Management of Information Centers - Current Status and Future Prospects," was a talk sponsored by the Fukien Library Association, Foochow, June 4, 1979.

  • "New Trends in Technology Applications and Scientific Management - Potentials for Chinese Library & Information Development," was a talk sponsored by the Chinese Library Association and the National Peking Library, held at the History Museum, Peking, June 7, 1979.

  • "Library Management in Transition - What are Your Responsibilities," was a talk given at the Chinese American Libraries Association Annual Meeting at Dallas, June 26, 1979.

  • "Problem-Oriented Library and Information Research," featured speech at the Northeast Chapter's First Annual Conference of the Chinese-American Librarians Assoc., New York, September 29, 1979.

  • "Statistical Investigations in Libraries and Information Centers," was a talk given at the Institute on the Use of Statistics in Library Management, School of Library Science, Simmons College, October 12-13, 1979.

  • "Using Information for Library Management," given at the New York Library Association Annual Meeting, Syracuse, NY, October 19-20, 1979.

  • "Zero-Base Budgeting in Libraries," - three talks on the topic given at an Institute on the same subject sponsored by the ACRL Delaware Chapter, Wilmington, Delaware, November 26, 1979.

  • "Research Methods Revisited," was the theme of the panel on which Dr. Chen participated at the AALS Annual Conference in Austin, TX on February 16, 1980. The topic of her talk was, " How Research Methods Are presented in Continuing Education Programs."

  • "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.

  • "The Art and Politics of Writing Grant Proposals," and "Administrative Accountability of Grant Awards," were given at the Institute on the Art and Politics of Library Grants at Simmons College on April 26, 1980. Institute directed by Dr. Chen.

  • "Effectiveness of the Library as an Information Source Provider," presented jointly by Drs. Chen and Hernon at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Anaheim, California on October 8, 1980.

  • "Information Services in the 1980's -- What Are the Urgent Needs in China," was the speech given at Chengdu University, Sichuan, PRO on June 18, 1982.

  • "General Trends in Information Management and Technology," presented at Tung-Hai University, Tai Chung, Taiwan, May 31, 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 Technology and Information Management and Processing," was the topic of several invited speeches given at the Shaanxi Telecommunication Institute in Xian, the Wuhan University in Wuhan, the Hong Kong Library Association Meeting in Hong Kong, and the TamKang University in Taipei in January, 1984.

  • "Bytes to Megabytes-Micros in Library Management: Where We Are Now, Where We Are Going," is the presentation given by Dr. Chen at the NELA/NEEMA (New England Library Association) Annual Meeting at Sturbridge MA, September 30, 1984.




  • "Overview on Microcomputer Applications in Library & Information Management," is the opening speech given by Dr. Chen at the Asia Regional Seminar-Workshop on the Application of Microcomputers to Library and Information Management, Manila, October 30, 1984.





  • "The Art and Politics of Writing Grant Proposal and Techniques for Approaching Funding Sources," was one of key speeches given at Seminar on Fund Raising Strategies for Library Automation sponsored by CLSI in Boston, MA on May 2, 1986.

  • "Financial Management," was a three-hour seminar given to the New South Wales Branch of the Library Association of Australia in Sydney, Australia on June 16, 1986.

  • "Strategic Planning for Library Managers - Fiscal Considerations," was the topic of a speech given to the Canberra Group of the Library Association of Australia in Canberra, Australia on June 19, 1986.

  • "The Dynamic Library of the 1980's," was a keynote speech given at the Seminar on Performance Measures: The Accountable Library in Perth, Australia on June 27, 1986.

  • "Videodisc Technology and Its Potential for Library Development and Cooperation," was the Keynote speech given at the Seminar on Library Development and Cooperation sponsored by the National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan, August 19, 1986.

  • "Libraries in the Information Age," was an invited talk given at the LaserActive '86 Conference, Boston, October 9, 1986.

  • ''Potential of Interactive Videodisc Technology for Information Resource Management," was a keynote speech delivered at the International Symposium on Information Resource Management, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 1-6, 1987.

  • "Libraries in the New Information Age," was the keynote speech delivered to the TRSD Sectional Meeting at the Annual Conference of the North Carolina Library Association, Winston-Salem, NC, October 28, 1987.

  • ''CD-ROM Survey in American Academic & College Libraries," was delivered at the 11th International Online Meeting's Opening Session in London on December 8, 1987. On December 10, 1987, a joint paper entitled ''Factors in Decision Making for Automated Systems'' was presented with Diane R. Tebbetts at the same conference.

  • "CD-ROM and Optical Disk Media Roles in the Organization, Administration and Delivery of Information," and "PROJECT EMPEROR-I: A Special Presentation," were two keynote presentations given at the North Carolina Annual Winter Workshop on Optical Disk Media and Technology at North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, on February 20, 1988.



  • "Libraries in the Information Age: New Technology, New Media, New Mission, and New Challenge," was a keynote speech delivered at the International Symposium on New Techniques and Applications in Libraries, Xian, China, September, 7, 1988. Also "Interactive Video Discs and the First Emperor of China: A Case Presentation on PROJECT EMPEROR-I's Qin Terracotta Figures," was the second keynote given at the same conference, September 9, 1988.



  • "The Library in the New Technological Age," was a talk given to academic librarians and library educators in Kyoto, Japan, sponsored by the Kyoto American Center, April 13, 1993.


  • "Technological Potentials for the Global Library: Realities and Challenges," was an invited speech given at the International Conference on National Libraries Towards the 21st Century in Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, April 20-24, 1993 in celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the National Central Library of ROC.


  • "Libraries in the digital visual information age: Realties and challenges," was a keynote delivered at the Seminar on Libraries, Information and CD-ROM at the National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan, January 18, 1994.

  • "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.