CHIEF CONFERENCE ORGANIZER: Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College, Boston, MA 02115, USA
LOCAL CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Dr. Margaret C. Fung
President, Library Association of China, Taipei, Taiwan
CO-SPONSORS:
US National Commission on Libraries & Information Science (NCLIS)
National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan
Scientific and Technical Information Center (STIC), National Science Council (NSC), Taipei, Taiwan
Library Association of China, Taipei, Taiwan
MAIN TOPICAL AREAS COVERED AT THE NIT '99 CONFERENCE
Although NIT '99 will cover the full-range of NIT related topics, it will place heavier emphasis on digital libraries, since these will likely be among the most important and influential institutions of the 21st Century. Large-scale, sustainable digital libraries are becoming a reality rather than a dream with the pioneering effort of many digital library initiatives at various national and international levels.
New Information Technology Related Topics:
Development of global and national information infrastructure
Development of national information policies
Next Generation Internet and GII/NII
The role and functions of libraries in the electronic culture
The Use of Internet and World Wide Web
Electronic publishing and publishing on the Web
Library networks and integrated library/information systems
Database creation, structure and searching
Consortia of electronic resources
Networks - national, local area, and global
End-users and intermediary aspects
Web-based education and distance learning
Use of new information technologies in preservation/conservation
Digital Libraries Topics:
Digital libraries, virtual library and global information access
Digital libraries development and projects
Digital libraries technologies - scaleability, sustainability, interoperability
Metadata problems and issues
Digital libraries indexing and retrieval
Digital libraries user experience and user support
Requirement for digital libraries
Economics of digital libraries
Collaborative digital libraries research - national and international
Digital libraries - competing paradigms
Digital libraries - integration vs fragmentation
Digital libraries - team building and team workers
Digital libraries - copyright and other legal issues, privacy, security
etc...
Digital libraries - development and challenges
Digital libraries - social impact
Multi-lingual problems and issues
Digital image data handling and organization
Availability of information sources and national values, such as library
holdings, museum collections, press, archives, etc...
PAPER PROPOSALS
Potential presenter outside Taiwan should send proposed topic together with an abstract of no more than 500 words to Dr. Ching-chih Chen before March 30, 1999 via email or fax as indicated in the following. Paper proposals from Taiwan should be sent to the Library Association of China at 20 Chung-shan South Road, Taipei before March 30, l999. Notification of acceptance will be made by April 15, 1999, and the final paper will be due no later than May 31, 1999.
NIT'99 REGISTRATION
Registration for Taiwan participants should be made directly with the Library Association of China at 20 Chung-shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
Non-Taiwan participants should send their registration via email, Electronic Registration form, or via mail to NIT '99, 1400 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02465, USA.
Please choose from the following options:
Electronic Registration Form should be used by Non-Taiwan participants ONLY
* (PDF file)
NIT'99: CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Conference registration fee will be waived for paper presenters. Other international participants will have to pay for a nominal registration fee of US$100. Register early by completing the following registration form. Those who are unable to pay for full registration, contact Dr. Chen for possible reduction or waiver. The organizers can be best contacted via emails or faxes at:
Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Chief Conference Organizer & Program Chair
Professor, GSLIS, Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115, USA
Phone: 617-521-2804
FAX: 617-527-3431
E-Mail: cchen@simmons.edu
Dr. Margaret C. Fung
Local Conference Chair
President, Library Association of China
20 Chung-shan South Road
Taipei, Taiwan
Phone: (02) 2331 2475
Fax: (02) 2370 0899
E-Mail: lac@msg.ncl.edu.tw
Also send a copy of your email to Dr. Chen to: Dr. Diane Tebbetts
E-Mail: diane.tebbetts@unh.edu
NIT'99: REGISTRATION FORM
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NOTE: Non-Taiwan participants should send their registration via email, via attached Electronic Registration Form, or via mail to NIT '99, 1400 Commonwealth Ave., Newton, MA 02465, USA. Participants from Taiwan should address their registration to NIT '99, c/o Library Association of China, 20 Chung-shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.
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