August 18-20, 1999
National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

PROGRAM

August 18, 1999, Wednesday

8:00 - 8:50 Registration

8:50 - 10:15
OFFICIAL OPENING OF CONFERENCE

Welcome
Dr. Fang-Rung Juang
Director, National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Margaret C. Fung
President, Library Association of China
Local Conference Chair

NIT Conferences - Then, Now, and Tomorrow
Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Professor, GSLIS, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA
Chief Conference Organizer

Opening Speeches

Special Guests

10:15 - 10:45 KEYNOTE 1
Moderator: Margaret C. Fung, Library Association of China, Taipei, Taiwan

NII, GII, and NGI and IT*2 Initiatives: Implications to the Digital Library Development in the US, Ching-chih Chen, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA

10:45 - 11:15
DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICIES
Moderators: Robert M. Hayes, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, USA; James S. Hu, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

The Development of National Information Infrastructure in the ROC

Yun Kuo, Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan

The Development of National Library/Information Policy for the ROC, Margaret C. Fung , Library Association of China; Mei-Mei Wu, National Normal University; and Chia-Ning Chiang, National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan

National Strategy in Preparing Latvian Libraries for the New Millennium

Andris Vilks, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30
THE USE OF THIS AND NEXT GENERATION INTERNETS
Moderators: Nancy Kranich, New York University Libraries, NY, USA, and President-Elect, American Library Association; Chen Wen-Sheng, National Kaohsiung First University of Science &;Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

The Spring of 2005: Four Visions on Internet Services

Ted Ho, Institute for Information Industry and Chia-Ning Chiang, National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan

New Opportunities with Technology at the Vietnam National University of Hanoi

Nguyen Huy Chuong, National University of Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam

Global Information Service and Resource Sharing: A Shared Vision for the 21st Century

Peter Zhou, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Taiwan's Next Generation Research Networking

Ken-Hsien Lin and Ruey-Beei Wu, National Center for High Performance Computing, Hsin-chu, Taiwan

13:45 - 14:45
DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND SYSTEMS: CHANGING ROLES, COLLABORATION, AND EXPLORATION
Moderators: David Raitt, The Electronic Library, Oegstgeest, The Netherlands; Chan-Chiao Yang, National Taiwan University of Science &;Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Building a Digital Library: Collaboration for the 21st Century

Nancy Kranich, New York University Libraries, NY, USA and American Library Association

Changing Environment, Changing Roles: Libraries in the New Millennium

Paul Poon, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

National Library in the Era of Digital Libraries: The Remote Access/Delivery of the National Central Library

Chien-Cheng Sung and Bao-Mei Jeng, National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan

Exploration of Practical Approaches for Personalized Library and Networked Information Service

Hsiao-Tieh Pu and Sung-Chien Lin, Shih Hsin University, Taipei; and Lee-Feng Chien and Yun-Fang Juan, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Libraries and Librarians in Transition: The Impact of Digital Library Services on Society, Librarians and Bibliographic Control

Michael Gorman, State University of California at Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA; President, Library and Information Technology Association

Cluster Power: Library Networking in the Electronic Information Age

Win Shih, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, and Philip Tsai, Loyola University of Chicago, IL, USA

An Environmental Information Network for Cameroon: Need, Functions and Implementation Strategy

Isola S.Y. Ajiferuke, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, and Alphonsus Neba, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

New Century, New Appearance: National Parliamentary Library, Legislative Yuan

Karl Min Ku, National Parliament Library, Taipei, Taiwan

A Management Model for Managing Information Technology in Academic Information Services

Marinus Swanepoel, Technikon Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Integrating Network-enabled Digitized Collection with Traditional Services: Brewing a Heady Cocktail at the IIT Delhi

Jagdish Arora, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

Financing the Electronic Library

Diane R. Tebbetts, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

Training Reference Staff in the New Information Technologies: A Comparative Study of Libraries in China and New Zealand

Rowena Cullen, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand and Cheng Huanwen, Zhongshan University, Quangzhou, China

EVENING

August 19, 1999, Thursday
8:00 - 9:00 Registration

9:00 - 9:30 KEYNOTE 3
Moderator: Ping-Tsan Chang, Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan

The Economics of Digital Libraries: The Markets and Values to the Users

Robert M. Hayes, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, USA

Electronic Journals and the Scholarly Communication Process: Present and Future

Rush Miller, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Digital Library Initiative at the Nanyang Technological University

Foo Kok Pheow and Hazel Loh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

The Consortium of Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan: A Case Study of Sharing Electronic Resources

Hao-Ren Ke and Ruei-Chuan Chang, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan; and Ching-lung Liu, Science and Technology Information Center, NSC, Taipei, Taiwan

A Case Study of Establishing Web-Based Online Electronic Resources

Hao-Ren Ke, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; and Ming-Jiu Hwang, Science and Technology Information Center, NSC, Taipei, Taiwan

The Maze of Electronic Journals in Digital Libraries

Taemin Kim Park, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, IN, USA

11:00 - 12:15
DISTANCE LEARNING AND WEB-BASED EDUCATION
Moderators: Rowena Cullen, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand; Wu Min-der, National Taiwan University

Promoting Distance Learning: Present and Future

Lih-Shyang Chen, Ministry of Education, Taipei, Taiwan

The Role of the Digital Library in Support of Distance Learning: Remote Opportunities

Ann L. Kelsey and John M. Cohn, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ, USA

Reinventing Librarianship to Meet the Challenges of the Information Age: A Trail-Blazing Experience

Zehao Zhou, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA, USA

A Study of a Web-based Distance Tutorial Program

Bor-sheng Tsai, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Implications of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act on Distant Library Users

Helena F. Rodrigues, Johnson Wales University, Providence, RI , USA

13:30 - 14:15
DIGITAL LIBRARY MARKET PLACE, USE/USERS AND TECHNOLOGY EXPLOITATION
Moderators: Hao-Ing Fang, National Chung-Hsing University, Tainan, Taiwan; Marinus Swanepoel, Technikon Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, and Local Chair, NIT '96

The Future Development of Digital Library and Information Marketplace in Taiwan

Gary Gong and Pei-wen Liu, Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan

Digital Libraries: User Studies

Shan-ju Lin Chang and Mu-hsuan Huang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Exploitation of Information Processing Technologies to Extend Digital Library Applications

Yen-Jen Oyang, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

The 5S Framework for Digital Libraries and Two Case Studies: NDLTD and CSTC

Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

15:00 - 16:15
INFORMATION CREATION, PRESERVATION/ CONSERVATION, RETRIEVAL IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Moderators: Shih-Shiung Huang, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan; Andris Vilks, National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia and Local Chair, NIT '95

Preserving Newspaper in the Digital Era

Yu-Lan Margaret Chou, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA

A Case Study in the Development of a Large-Scale Digitization Project: Scanning 22 Million Images From An Early English Books Collections

Austin McLean, Bell and Howell Information and Learning, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Chinese Search Engines for Chinese Information Retrieval on the Internet: Search Capabilities, Retrieval Performances and Evaluation Criteria

Shaoyi He, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, USA

A Statistical Study of the Size and Contents of the Chinese Language Web-Based Digital Library

Ziyu Lin, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA

Exploratory Development of Information Retrieval Systems at STIC

Shiu-Shing Chang, Science and Technology Information Center, NSC, Taipei, Taiwan

Providing Subject Data in the Dublin Core Metadata Record: Issues, Challenges, and Strategies

Lois Chan, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

Metadata Interchange for Chinese Information

Hsueh-hua Chen, National Taiwan University; Chao-chen Chen, National Taiwan Normal University; and Kuang-hua Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Stepping into the Standard: A Thesaurus for Australian Agricultural Extension Information

Ling Heang, Kondinin Group, Cloverdale, W. Australia

17:00 - 17:30

EVENING

August 20, 1999, Friday
8:45 - 9:15
METADATA PROBLEMS AND ISSUES (Continued)

The Application of EAD in Chinese Archives: A Preliminary Test

Li-Kuei Hsueh, National Cheng-Chi University, Taipei, Taiwan

The World Wide Web as Library: The Challenge of Document Stability to Metadata and Information Representation

Wallace Koehler, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

9:15 - 9:45 KEYNOTE 5

Moderator: Diane R. Tebbetts, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

European Developments in Digital Libraries

David Raitt, The Electronic Library, Oegstgeest, The Netherlands

NSC Digital Museum Project: Positioning and Prospects

San-Cheng Chang, National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan

The Development of Digital Library/Museum in Academia Sinica

Ching-Chun Hsieh, Simon C. Lin, Eric Yen, and Mon-Yuan Chang, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Developing the National Palace Digital Museum

Shun-tzu Tsai, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

Overview of a Digital Museum of Taiwanese Butterflies

Jieh Hsiang and Jen-Shin Hong, National Chi-Nan University, Pu Lee, Nantou, Taiwan

The Tsing-Hua Web-based Knowledge Park: Vision of the First Virtual Educational Park in Taiwan

Li-Ping Chen and Yi-Long Huang, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Towards the Digital Music Libraries: An Approach by Content-Based Retrieval

Yuen-Hsien Tseng, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan

11:30 - 12:15
COUNTRY MEETING -- with representatives from over 20 countries (Group discussion following)

12:15 - 12:30 SUMMARY SESSION

Drs. Ching-chih Chen, Margaret C. Fung, Robert M. Hayes and participants.

12:30 - 12:45 CONCLUDING REMARKS

Dr. Fang-Rung Juang
Director, National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan

Mr. C. L. Liu
Director, Scientific and Technical Documentation Center,
National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Margaret C. Fung
Local Conference Chair, NIT '99

Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Chief Conference Organizer, NIT '99

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 17:30 Tour to the National Palace Museum
(Pre-registration for this tour is required)
Keep in touch:

Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115, USA
cchen@simmons.edu
chen@simmons.edu (after August 1999)
617-521-2804
617-521-3192 (fax)