* NIT 2001 Program in PDF format

CHIEF CONFERENCE ORGANIZER:
Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
&
Guest Professor
Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China


LOCAL CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Prof. Hu Dong-cheng
Vice President
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, China
Director, Tsinghua University Library, Beijing, China


Sample Topics to Be Included:

• National information infrastructure and policies
• Use of this and Next Generation Internets
• Digital libraries and systems: Changing roles, collaboration, and exploration
• Collaborative research activities
• Interoperability and scalability technology issues
• Multiformat, multilingual problems and issues
• Intelligent agents
• Metadata techniques and tools
• Preservation and archiving of digital information
• Social, economic, and legal issues of digital libraries
• Education and training in information technology
• Digital libraries and consortium development
• Distance learning and the use of distributed digital libraries
• Distributed digital library development in the world
• Intellectual property and right protection



 

Presentation Formats

A small number of papers will be selected for presentation at the meeting. However, poster sessions will be available for information sharing and discussion.

Paper proposal with an abstract of about 300-500 words should be submitted to the organizers before September 30, 2000.

Papers from areas other than China should be submitted to Dr. Ching-chih Chen at chen@simmons.edu, while papers from authors in China should be submitted to Ms. Yang Yi at nit@mail.lib.tsinghua.edu.cn.




NIT 2001 REGISTRATION

Registration for Chinese participants should be made directly with the Tsinghua University Library, Beijing, China.

Non-Chinese participants should send their registration via email, Electronic Registration form, or via mail to NIT 2001, 1400 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02465, USA.

Please choose from the following options:


Electronic Registration Form should be used by Non-China participants ONLY


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NIT 2001: REGISTRATION FORM Prof./Dr./Mr./Ms. (Indicate one) _____________ Last Name___________________ First Name____________________ Position ___________________________________________________ Organization _______________________________________________ Postal Address _____________________________________________ City & State ____________Post Code ________ Country __________ Telephone _______________________ FAX ____________________ E-Mail _________________________________ (print clearly please) I am enclosing a check in the amount of US $_______ to include: Date of Arrival _____________ Date of Departure_______________ NOTE: Non-China participants should send their registration via email, or via fax 617-521-3192, or via attached Electronic Registration Form, or via mail to NIT 2001, 1400 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02465, USA. Participants from China should address their registration to NIT 2001, c/o Tsinghua University Library, Beijing, China. Register early!!!