Details: Aslib, Staple Hall, Stone House Court, London, EC3A 7PB, UK. Tel: 020 7903 0000. Fax: 020 7903 0011. E-mail: [email protected]. URL:http://www.aslib.co.uk/

1 May Moving into Management
3 May Supporting Your Case using Budgeting and costing data
8 May Copyright: local studies and archives
9 May Children and Reading: Avoiding the Gap
10 May Using Time as a Skill
17 May Leading Successful Teams
21 May Purchasing Skills: an introduction
22 May Training for the Effective Service Enquiry
23 May The Enabling Library

Details: Continuing Professional Development, Library Association, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1 7AE, UK. Tel: 020 7255 0560. Fax: 020 7255 0501. Textphone: 020 7255 0505. E-mail: [email protected]. http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/training/train.html

08/05/2001Valuing companies for mergers and aquisitions
09/05/2001 Business Information on the Internet
10/05/2001 The EU and how it works
15/05/2001 Evaluating sources of legal information
16/05/2001 Information acquisition: a toolkit
17/05/2001 State of the Art: Knowledge Management
22/05/2001 Researching corporate people
23/05/2001 Internet tools for the advanced searcher
24-25/05/2001 Corporate Finance: information concepts and techniques
31/05/2001 Making your skills work for you

Details: TFPL Ltd., 17-18 Britton Street, London EC1M 5NQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 5522. Fax: +44 (0)20 4904 4984. E-mail: [email protected]. URL: www.tfpl.com.

http://www.oclc.org/institute/courses/kam.htm

http://www.oclc.org/institute/courses/LibManKnowldgeAge.htm

http://www.oclc.org/institute/courses/techplan.htm

http://www.oclc.org/institute/courses/kamref.htm

Presented by Anne Lipow, Director of the Solutions Institute and Press in America, the seminar is being organised by AIMA. The seminar is intended to familiarise participants with the variety of issues involved in providing real-time, remote reference service and provide practice in transferring reference desk skills to the virtual environment. This includes getting at the client's real question efficiently, evaluating retrievals, planning the content and design of screens, and developing library policies relevant to a virtual service.

Cost: AIMA member - NZ$275 + GST
Non-member - NZ$300 + GST.

For further information contact AIMA e-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.aima.org.au

Details: Aslib, Staple Hall, Stone House Court, London, EC3A 7PB, UK. Tel: 020 7903 0000. Fax: 020 7903 0011. E-mail: [email protected]. URL: http://www.aslib.co.uk/ .

5 June - Children and Libraries - improving the fit.
6 June - Creating pages for the world wide web - the next step
7 June - Assertiveness for managers
12 & 13 June - Cat and Class - it's OK for everyone - introduction to info organisation.
14 June - Figure it out for yourself - analysing quantitative data in management of services.
19 & 20 June - Intermediate Managment Skills
21 June - Teaching Skills

Details: Continuing Professional Development, Library Association, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1 7AE, UK. Tel: 020 7255 0560. Fax: 020 7255 0501. Textphone: 020 7255 0505. E-mail: [email protected]. http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/training/train.html

05 June 2001 Maximising web presence
6 June 2001 Developing Strategic Information Services
07 June 2001 Effective investigative interviewing skills
12 June 2001 Developing information as a product in the corporate environment
14 June 2001 Know your value - value what you know
19-20 June 2001 Information audit and business strategy
21 June 2001 Write and design WWW pages
27 June 2001 Interpreting Company Accounts
28 June 2001 Internet tools for the advanced searcher

Details: TFPL Ltd., 17-18 Britton Street, London EC1M 5NQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 5522. Fax: +44 (0)20 4904 4984. E-mail: [email protected]. URL: www.tfpl.com.

A publishing revolution is underway and books are going e! This seminar, arranged jointly by SCURL and SLAMIT, will bring together speakers from major e-book players including suppliers, publishers, librarians and researchers. The speakers will explore hardware and software issues, different delivery methods and models, the publisher's perspective and issues for information professionals. Cost: �45.00

Organisers: SCURL (Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries) and SLAMIT (Scottish group of the Library Association Multimedia, Information & Technology Group)

SLAMIT contact: Gill Hamilton [email protected] 0131-455 3518

SCURL contact: Catherine Nicholson [email protected] 0141-331 8451 It is strongly recommended that you register as soon as possible as the organisers are expecting this to be a popular event and numbers are restricted to 60.

Contact Paulette Hill by email ([email protected]) or phone on 0131-668 8651 indicating that you wish to register to attend the seminar.

http://www.chemheritage.org

The invisible web is not only much bigger than the visible or open web, but it is also growing exponentially and therefore the need to know about invisible web resources is becoming increasingly important. According to BrightPlanet's white paper on "The deep web" (July 2000) total quality content of the deep (or invisible) web is at least 1,000 to 2,000 times greater than that of the visible web. If you are not making use of invisible web resources you are missing out on some of the best material available on the web.

The invisible web gives information professionals a great opportunity to demonstrate that they can add value to an organisation by developing an expert knowledge of the invisible web and are therefore able to call upon a much wider range of web resources than most typical internet searchers.

Details: TFPL Ltd., 17-18 Britton Street, London EC1M 5NQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 5522. Fax: +44 (0)20 4904 4984. E-mail: [email protected]. URL: www.tfpl.com.

Provides an opportunity for information professionals from around the world to meet and discuss current issues at the same time that they take part in a work programme which aids their continuing professional development. The Summer School is the result of co-operation between four major library and information studies schools: University of Wales, Aberystwyth, the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at McGill University in Montreal and the School of Librarianship, University of Cape Town. Further details - including the module descriptions ** and the full detailed programme and timetable ** have been added to our Web Site at: www.dil.aber.ac.uk/IGSS/. For more details or to book, please contact Joyce Wallace: [email protected]

Details: Aslib, Staple Hall, Stone House Court, London, EC3A 7PB, UK. Tel: 020 7903 0000. Fax: 020 7903 0011. E-mail: [email protected]. URL:

10 July - Teaching Skills
11 July - Assessing Picture Books 12 July - Managing a Distributed or Diverse Team
17 July - Beyond performance indicators in education libraries

Details: Continuing Professional Development, Library Association, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1 7AE, UK. Tel: 020 7255 0560. Fax: 020 7255 0501. Textphone: 020 7255 0505. E-mail: [email protected]. http://www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/training/train.html

11 July 2001 Internet tools for the advanced searcher

Details: TFPL Ltd., 17-18 Britton Street, London EC1M 5NQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 5522. Fax: +44 (0)20 4904 4984. E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.tfpl.com

Provides an opportunity for information professionals from around the world to meet and discuss current issues at the same time that they take part in a work programme which aids their continuing professional development. The Summer School is the result of co-operation between four major library and information studies schools: University of Wales, Aberystwyth, the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at McGill University in Montreal and the School of Librarianship, University of Cape Town. Further details - including the module descriptions ** and the full detailed programme and timetable ** have been added to our Web Site at: www.dil.aber.ac.uk/IGSS/. For more details or to book, please contact Joyce Wallace: [email protected]

Details: TFPL Ltd., 17-18 Britton Street, London EC1M 5NQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 5522. Fax: +44 (0)20 4904 4984. E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.tfpl.com

http://www.chemheritage.org

WWW10 will be organized by an international committee including participants from Hong Kong's academia and industrial sectors. The Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, established in July 1988, will be the venue for WWW10. The International World Wide Web Conferences are events of the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2). URL: http://www10.org/.

In conjunction with the IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship program, the OCLC Institute announces an Invitation to Participate in Global Knowledge Access Management. Registration is free; the experience is invaluable. This seminar, a special version of our most popular seminar, Knowledge Access Management: Tools and Concepts for Next-Generation Catalogers, takes a global look at critical issues in librarianship today. Details can be found at http://www.oclc.org/institute/events/global_kam.htm. Participation in this event is free to qualified applicants who complete and submit an application form by Friday, April 20. The application form is found at http://www.oclc.org/institute/events/global_kam.htm.

Participants will be selected based on their experience with global issues in librarianship, their ability to contribute substantively to the seminar, and their expectations to take specific actions following the event. Join the four IFLA/OCLC Fellows (from India, Malaysia, South Africa, and Turkey) as we identify and discuss critical issues with a global view. Seating is limited. Selected participants are responsible for expenses related to travel and lodging. The OCLC Institute has waived our normal registration fees. The seminar includes lunch on days 1 and 2 and all break refreshments. For more information contact Amy Lytle at [email protected] or via phone at 800-848-5878 x 5212.

An exhibition which will present the latest developments and innovations for the production of electronic directories. For further information please contact: EADP (European Association of Directory and Database Publishers); Tel: +32 2 646 30 60; Fax +32 2 646 36 37; email: [email protected] or visit: http://www.eadp.be/

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The presentation of the three essential technologies: Java, Apache and XML. Learn tomorrow's technologies today, to bring you and your company up to date for Internet and Enterprise Computing. At the JAX 2001 you'll learn everything about the possibilities of the power trio Java, Apache and XML, their trends and developments; that will make your business easier today and tomorrow.

The JAX 2001 conference is a unique occasion for developers and programmers, chief development architects, project managers, trainers, and IT consultants from all over Europe to prepare for the future at the PreJAX day on May, 07 and the three conference days.

The speakers of the JAX 2001 are renowned book authors, IT journalists, and IT experts who use Java, Apache and XML for their every day business as programmers and software architects in well known companies.

Start the JAX week off with a whole day tutorial at Pre JAX day on May, 07. These tutorials will provide you with an opportunity to investigate new technologies as well as take your current knowledge to a higher level. With more than 60 technical sessions you will have the ultimate opportunity to turn yourself into a guru of Internet and Enterprise Computing and to learn how to build the best applications for your future business. URL: http://www.jax2001.de/indexe.shtml

Including seminars, social events, international symposia and tours, this book fair will offer international trade, new business opportunities, professional contacts, rights exchanges, multimedia and online information, future trends and networking. For further information please contact: Jerusalem International Book Fair, PO Box 775, Jerusalem 91007; Tel: 972 2 629 64 15; Fax: 972 2 624 31 44; email: [email protected]; http://www.jerusalembookfair.com

IASSIST/IFDO conferences bring together data professionals, data producers, providers, and users from all around the world. This year's conference emphasizes the need for co-operation on technical and organizational matters, and of course on contents. The conference program committee invites submissions for paper presentations, panel discussions, poster & demonstration sessions and workshops for the IASSIST/IFDO Conference. URL: http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/us/ia2001/home.htm

The symposium invites papers in the fundamental aspects of databases. Original research papers on the theory, design, specification, or implementation of databases are solicited. Papers emphasizing new topics or foundations of emerging areas are especially welcomed. http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~peter/pods/podscfp.html

The Conference theme is 'managing information technology in a global economy'. The Web site is at http://www.irma-international.org. Conference Period: May 20-23, 2001
All submissions should be sent to: [email protected].

This course aims at addressing the changing and challenging environment for libraries and information systems and services in the digital age, with an emphasis on examining contemporary problems, advances and solutions. Lectures, discussions, demonstrations and workshops will cover themes on the practice and research of information services, ethics and information in the digital age. For further information, please contact: Libraries in the digital age (LIDA), Department of Information Science, Faculty of Philosophy, I Lucica 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Tel.: +385 1 6002 302; Fax: +385 1 6156 879; email: [email protected]; http://www.ffzg.hr/infoz/lida/

For program content or to propose papers, contact V�ctor F. Torres, President, SALALM, University of Puerto Rico, P. O. Box 21927, San Juan, P.R. 00931; 787-764-0000, ext. 7920/5260; fax 787-763-4611; [email protected].

For details on local arrangements, contact Orchid Mazurkiewicz, chair, Local Arrangements Committee for SALALM XLVI, Arizona State University, Hayden Library, PO Box 871006, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006; tel: 480-965-4904; fax: 480-965-9169; [email protected] . The conference Web site URL is www.asu.edu/lib/salalm/.

http://www.fims.uwo.ca/cais/ (CAIS/ACSI Conference) http://www.hssfc.ca/Cong/CongressInfoEng.html (Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities) http://www.hssfc.ca/Cong/CongressInfoFr.html (Congr�s des sciences sociales et humaines)

The Canadian Association for Information Science is pleased to announce its 29th annual conference, "Beyond the Web: Technologies, Knowledge and People," to be held with the Congress for the Social Sciences and Humanities of Canada at the Universit� Laval, Qu�bec, May 27-29, 2001.

In our field theory meets practice; people interact with technology; conventional libraries are integrated into information architectures; computing power confronts articulated policy; data becomes knowledge. All of our work, however specialized, takes place in a broader context of diverse and challenging scholarship: library science, mathematics, computer science, management science, sociology, education, psychology, philosophy, economics, political science and cultural studies. The conference, therefore, has three distinct but related themes:

Technologies
How new theories and applications of information technology are shaping and reshaping our information preferences and expectations, within traditional libraries, archives, and other burgeoning information systems and services.

Knowledge
How discourse communities, fields of knowledge and information ecologies are defining and redefining themselves in changing technological, social and political contexts.

People
How individuals, and their many diverse communities, interact with their information environments, both technological and intellectual, at a cognitive, cultural or intellectual level.

MLA 2001 (2001: An Information Odyssey) will identify and discuss the crucial questions facing today's health sciences librarians and information professionals. We will address four major areas:

• trend analysis,
• teaching opportunities,
• prognostications, and
• reflections.

The Round Table on Library History and the Section Library Theory and Research within IFLA are organising the conference which will take place at the Swedish School of Library and Information Studies, University College of Bor�s. Details of the conference: http://www.hb.se/bhs/callforpapers.htm.

This will also be one of the major events celebrating the 90th anniversary of Tsinghua University. The theme of NIT 2001 will be Global Digital Library Development in the New Millennium: Fertile Ground for Distributed Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration. This will be an exciting interdisciplinary conference. Because of space limitation, early consideration for participation is highly recommended. More detailed information on NIT 2001 as well as information on paper proposal and deadline, etc. can be found at the URL: http://web.simmons.edu/~chen/nit. Communications on NIT 2001 can be sent to:

Dr. Ching-chih Chen
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115, USA
Email: [email protected]

The roots of the Nord I&D conferences lie back in NORDFORSK, Nordiska samarbetsorganisationen f�r teknisk och vetenskaplig forskning, which in 1953 organised a Nordic documentation symposium. After the symposium a Nordic committee was founded and it organised various symposiums and seminars on documentation in the following years. In 1970 the task of hosting big Nordic conferences on Information & Documentation was handed over to the I&D Associations in the Nordic countries. Every time a Nord I&D conference is beeing organized a Local organizing committee is founded by the I&D Association in the respective country and behind it is a Nordic committe in which there are representatives from all the Nordic countires.

This conference is conducted in English and the themes include topics like: e-government, e-reference, business information, knowledge management, portals and ethics. http://www.bokis.is/iod2001/introduction.html

This conference will address archivists, heads of preservation organisation, experts in records management and all those who are working in the archival field in this time of transition. The conference will give a overview of projects in progress and the current applications, and will provide an opportunity for discussion about the issues of tradition and innovation in the archival community, networks, standard processing and quality systems, problems of selection, preservation and professional training. For further information please contact: Brain Italia s.r.l.,Via U. Rattazzi 2, 50136 Firenze, Italy; Tel. +39 055 62 41 750; Fax +39 055 66 76 68; Email: [email protected] or visit: http://www.brainitalia.it/.

The theme is Convergence and keynote speaker will be Stephen Abram. For more information: Co-Conveners of Program are Johanne Jacob, [email protected] & Betty Jeffery, [email protected]. Co-Convenors of Local Arrangements are Andrea Stewart, [email protected] & Norine Hanus, [email protected] Conference web site address is forthcoming.

BookExpo America (BEA), formerly known as the American Booksellers Association Convention & Trade Exhibit, is the largest event serving the largest book market in the world. It is a showcase of books in all formats, sideline merchandise and other non-book products for bookstores, as well as new technology and services for publishers. Visit the Web site for more information: http://bookexpoamerica.com/

AMTEC is Canada's national association for educational media and technology professionals. The theme is: Making It Work: Effective Educational Technology in the New Millennium. The common thread of our conference is the practical and effective application of technology to an educational milieu. The conference will be held in the state-of-the-art Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University - opening in May 2001. See http://amtec2001.ednet.ns.ca/

Conference presenters will include librarians and information professionals from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States. Consideration for participation is strongly encouraged. For details see http://www.oberlin.edu./~shansi/conference/

This event will provide an international forum for advancing the development and implementation of Internet networks, technologies, applications, and policies. Attendees will examine strategic issues emanating from the Internet's impact on commerce and finance, education, technologies and societies. For further information please contact: Conference Secretariat, ExpoNova, Eriksbergstorget 11, SE-417 64 G�teborg, Sweden; Tel.: +46 31 779 36 00; Fax: +46 31 779 36 60; email: [email protected]; http://www.isoc.org/inet2001

This conference will highlight recent advances in the development, understanding of advanced materials, covering a wide range of aspects in material science and technology. Some of the topics to be discussed are: ageing and degradation; ageing techniques in paper science and technology and the role of paper science in conservation. For further information please visit: http://www-emrs.c-strasbourg.fr

For a complete copy of the Call for Papers, see http://www.iliac.org/crimea2001/index.html. For a brief report on Crimea 2000, see http://www.ala.org/irrt/2000september.pdf.

http://gsmweb.udallas.edu/mraising/gitm2001Dallas/

Visit the Web site at http://www.sla.org/conf/2001conf/index.html . The theme of this conference (2001: An Information Odyssey) recognizes the changing environment in our field. It encourages each of us to journey on our own odyssey of professional growth during a time of professional evolution. With the right attitude, initiative, and education, we have a chance to propel our profession into the 21st century.

The joint conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing invites submissions of between 750 and 1500 words on any aspect of humanities computing or new media, broadly defined to encompass the common ground between information technology and problems in humanities research and teaching. Full details are at: http://www.nyu.edu/its/humanities/ach_allc2001/.

The theme of the National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, 'Shared Visions', celebrates the pride of diverse heritages among librarians of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, the excellence of Asian American scholarship, and the progress in Asian American librarianship. The Conference will feature leadership institution, prominent literary, professional and political keynote speakers, award dinners and receptions, and exhibits. It will also provide diverse cultural entertainment and film presentations.

The Conference Planning Committee invites all professional associations, libraries, civil and social organizations, publishers and vendors to join us in the celebration. We are seeking partnership to:

Support the general programs
Underwriting a social or meal event
Sponsor an award
Place advertisement in our program book and related publications
Host an exhibit booth
... and more ...

Dr Ling Hwey Jeng
E-mail: [email protected]

Dr Ken Yamashita
E-mail: [email protected]

Contact: Canadian Library Association, 200 Elgin Street, Suite 602, Ottowa, Ontario, K2P 1L5, Canada. URL: http://www.cla.amlibs.ca/CONF.HTM .

Contact: American Library Association, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611 USA. URL: http://www.ala.org/cro/cal.html .

LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange) is a self-supporting, non-profit educational clearinghouse for materials used in library instruction. The theme of the 2001 conference will deal with managing library instruction programs in academic libraries. The conference registration fee will be $220.00.

The Informing Science Conference (IS2001) brings together researchers from the various fields whose goal is to inform their clients. These fields include Library Science, Education, Public Relations, and a host of others. You can find complete details at http://is2001.com/ http://is2001.com .

URL: http://www.atla.com/conference/confhome.html.

Jointly sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR), Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Web (ACM SIGWEB), and Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE Computer Society) Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL). The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL 2001 enhances the tradition of conference excellence already established by the ACM and IEEE-CS by combining the events that these professional societies have sponsored on an annual basis, the ACM Digital Libraries Conferences and the IEEE-CS Advances in Digital Libraries Conferences. Following JDCL will be an NSF PI meeting for the US Digital Libraries Initiative. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries", including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. Digital libraries are distinguished from information retrieval systems because they include more types of media, provide additional functionality and services, and include other stages of the information life cycle, from creation through use. Digital libraries can be viewed as a new form of information institution or as an extension of the services libraries currently provide.

The intended community for this conference includes those interested in aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; evaluation of performance; evaluation of usability; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics.

Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of disciplines and professions involved in digital library research and practice, including computer science, information science, librarianship, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. All domains - academe, government, industry, and others - are encouraged to participate as presenters or attendees.

Globalisation, information systems in the information society, digital economy, eGovernment are some of the subjects to be dealt with. In addition, three meetings will be held to focus on co-operation between universities and IS industry; the role of national and international professional IS associations and the IST projects funded by the European Commission. For further information please contact: Faculty of Organisation Sciences, University of Maribor, Kidri�eva 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia; Tel: +386 4 237 4291; Fax: +386 4 237 4365; email: [email protected]; http://ecis2001.fov.uni-mb.si

Digitising images on demand... Taming the internet... Engaging with ICT... Virtualising reader services...and all the other professional issues we ignore at our peril. Venue:. For further information, please contact: Sonia French, administrator, 18 College Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, B60 2NE, phone/fax 0011 44 01527 579298, [email protected] or [email protected] URL http://arlis.nal.vam.ac.uk/even/conf.html

This conference has developed out of research, currently underway within the Centre, on evaluating initiatives designed to widen access to further and higher education. This research has a strong international dimension. The conference is designed to review the issues which have emerged out of research into widening access to education. This has been an important theme of educational policy in many countries over a number of years, and is receiving even more attention with the growing emphasis on lifelong learning and social inclusion. We are inviting a number of leading figures from the international research community to provide an analysis of the issues which have emerged from research, or which the research community should be addressing. It is planned that these keynote presentations will be complemented by papers from a wide range of researchers. It is hoped that the outcomes from the conference will provide critical and analytical perspectives which will inform policy and practice in this field. In addition to the conference proceedings, key papers will be published as a conference report. URL http://led.gcal.ac.uk/crll/conf.htm

The LTSN Subject Centres are co-ordinating a number of subject specific streams on the middle day (5th July) at the ILT Conference. Anyone interested in submitting a proposal for a poster, paper or workshop should do so in the usual way using the downloadable session proposal available via the ILT website: http://www.ilt.ac.uk/iltac2001/default.htm where additional information about the Conference can also be found .

Organized by the Library Association, the sixth biennial meeting of Library Association special interest groups. Includes a major exhibition and popular social events, and participation by the Institute of Information Scientists and other organizations. http://www.la-hq.org.uk/umbrella/exhib.html

This event will focus on electronic publishing for academic and industrial purposes and for the general public. Three main topics (technical as well as human and cultural focus) with several subsections are addressed: new publishing models, digital libraries and e-commerce for publishing. For further information please visit: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/pm/elpub2001 or send an email to: [email protected]

This conference, designed for educators using GIS in schools, universities, libraries and museums, will take place immediately before the 21st Annual ESRI User Conference, also in San Diego, CA. The ESRI Education User Conference will focus on use of GIS in educational settings, for both instruction and administrative/planning uses. There will be keynote speakers, user presentations, exhibits, and hands-on events on a wide range of GIS software from ESRI, all in one convenient location. go to http://www.esri.com/gisedconf.

The increasing pace of technological progress has a profound influence on the range and profile of information products and services. The emergence of technologies (" push ", intelligent agents, language and image processing, etc...) and protocols (XML, WAP, ADSL, etc) in the industrial sector facilitates the development of new customised services, accessible via Internet and through new communicating objects, such as mobile phones. URL: http://panini.u-paris10.fr/isko.

The Digital Library field is an evolving one. New developments appear every day in the area and within related areas. This workshop intends to focus in application areas following the ICEIS interest to join university level research to company implementations. This workshop will serve as a forum to gather researchers, practitioners, students and anyone that works or studies the field. The workshop will expose new developments, and hopefully provide exchange of ideas and discussion on specific areas.

The workshop won't be finished when it ends - a web site will be created to continue gathering people, conveying information and discussing ideas on Digital Libraries topics. URL: http://www.iceis.org/workshops/nddl/nddl-cfp.htm

This conference will interest principals, classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, teachers with library responsibility, children's librarians and researchers, who support information literacy and life-long learning in classrooms, information centres and libraries. The IASL Conference is the first national gathering of New Zealand educators centred on information needs in schools. Exerts in all aspects of information service provision in schools will be brought together. This conference will be enriched by the contributions of international speakers such as Ken Haycock, Carol Kuhlthau and Ross Todd, and New Zealand experts Russell Bishop, Gwen Gawith and Penny Moore will also be speaking. Inspiring Connections is for people concerned with reading for pleasure, chasing information for problem solving or developing information and communication technology skills. It will provide the opportunity for establishing and continuing collaboration between professions.

Inspiring Connections: Learning, Libraries and Literacy will provide a unique opportunity for educators, librarians, technologists, policy makers and others to make connections across all aspects of information literacy provision in schools. It will also provide a showcase for the exciting and innovative initiatives that are happening in classrooms and school libraries throughout New Zealand. Contact [email protected] for further information and your registration handbook, or you can register online via www.conventions.co.nz. A reduced early bird registration rate is available up to 1 May 2001.

This conference is being hosted by the School of Technology of Set�bal, Portugal in collaboration with the AAAI and the IEEE (pending). The purpose of this 3rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering different aspects of Enterprise Information Systems Applications, including Enterprise Database Technology, Systems Integration, Artificial Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce. ICEIS focuses on real world applications; therefore authors should highlight the benefits of Information Technology for industry and services. Ideas on how to solve business problems, using IT, will arise from the conference. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICEIS. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions. Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as tutorials dedicated to technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. URL: (http://www.iceis.org )

Topic areas and conference tracks include the following:

1. Databases and Information Systems Integration
2. Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
3. Information Systems Analysis and Specification
4. Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce

The availability of high-quality digital content is central to improved public access, teaching, and research about heritage information. Archivists, librarians, and museum professionals are among the many groups that are increasingly involved in creating digital resources to improve access and understanding to their collections. Skills in understanding the principles and best practice in the digitisation of primary textual and image resources have broad value. Participants in the course will examine the advantages of developing digital collections of heritage materials, as well as investigate issues involved in creating, curating, and managing access to such collections. The lectures will be supplemented by seminars and practical exercises. In these, participants will apply the practical skills they acquire to the digitisation of an analogue collection which they have selected (print, image e.g. photographic or slide, music manuscripts, or map). The focus will be on working with primary source material not otherwise available in digital form.

Participants are encouraged to bring material related to their own interests or to those of their home institution. Where this is not practical, material from the University of Glasgow's collections will be made available. URL: http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/DigiSS01/

http://www.iei.pi.cnr.it/DELOS/delos2/SummerSchool/1stschool.htm

http://www.interact2001.com/

While the theme of management knowledge and knowledge management has produced a growing body of conceptual and empirical work, the life cycles of management knowledge and the appeal of knowledge management to managers are still under-explored issues. In this regard questions need to be addressed about the way management knowledge emerges, how it is transmitted, and under which circumstances it is consumed. This, in turn, raises questions about the aspect of packaging and commodification, about the appeal of knowledge management in general and certain approaches (techniques, concepts) in particular, and about the ontological status of managerial knowledge itself. Other aspects involve the international dimension of knowledge transmission, which is connected with cultural hegemony, diversity and resistance. The stream is open to issues of embeddedness: political, structural and cultural circumstances, within which management knowledge emerges and is transmitted, are to be addressed. We invite the submission of conceptual and empirical, also historical, papers of any paradigmatic provenance, which touch on the following themes:

• The construction and emergence of management knowledge: creation and explication, or disembodiment and harvesting?
• The political economy/political embeddedness of management knowledge: the involvement of different groups, and the relation of power and knowledge
• Contents and approaches: cultural hegemony, variety or convergence of management techniques
• Academic treatments of, and attitudes towards, management knowledge and knowledge management
• The ontological status: management knowledge, or expertise, or just practice?
• The media of management knowledge: the role of consultants, (investment) banks, publishers, multinational corporations, and academics
• The structural embeddedness of management knowledge: network analysis, inter-actor ties and the institutional setting
• The paths of knowledge dissemination: country-to-country transmission, hegemony, resistance
• The appeal of knowledge management: acceptance and use of management tools and techniques
• The role of commodification and the ontological status of management knowledge
• Power/knowledge, the use of ideas, and the confirmation of the managerial status
• The role of knowledge management in economic restructuring and in the global economy

This year's seminar is concerned with integrating developments in finding aids (virtual reference rooms) with innovations in text and other analysis tools which will allow the most varied and rich access to cultural and historical information and knowledge. Following on from the experience gained in the last two cycles which focused on implications of digitalisation (1999) and interoperability of content (2000), this seminar will continue to explore how multimedia is transforming learning, knowledge organisation and knowledge management and will focus on archives. The cycle of attention given to all three kinds of memory institutions (museum, library, archive) is conceived to be a building and integrative process. The seminar provides an opportunity to gain exposure to the most recent developments in cultural heritage science and to interact with other professionals who share similar concerns. http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html

The conference theme is '2001: New Realities, New Roles'. URL: http://www.aallnet.org/events/.

Norcross, Georgia
http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~csla/

Tel: +61 2 9385 7127
Fax: +61 2 9662 4061
Email: [email protected]
URL: http://sistm.web.unsw.edu.au/conference/issi2001/

This year's theme, Bridging Borders: Building Hispanic Library Education and Services in a Global Perspective, will focus on:

• Building bridges and networks needed for recruitment of Hispanic library and information professionals
• The role of border-crossing technologies to enrich information delivery and discovery: digital libraries, the Internet, and distance education
• Bridging the digital divide and enhancing library service to Hispanic communities
• Sharing across national borders to enrich Hispanic library education in the Americas

Jane Pearlmutter,
UW-Madison School of Library & Information Studies,
600 N. Park Street,
Madison, WI 53706,
E-mail: [email protected]

Conference Themes:

• Innovative theories of information representation, retrieval, or filtering
• Automated content classification and applications in information management
• Autonomous or intelligent retrieval and filtering
• Multi-agent and distributed approaches in retrieval, classification, or filtering
• Information customization, personalization, and user modeling Authors can send an extended abstract or a paper. Please follow the general format specification below:
  1. Title of the paper
  2. Author, co-author/s, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail
  3. Major theme of the paper clearly identified
  4. Extended abstract in 500-1500 words or paper draft in 2000-5000 words in English

A cross-disciplinary conference centered on fields relating to Information Visualisation and with a symposium dedicated to the Built Environment http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV2001/

The main aim of this conference is to provide a forum for the user, supplier and scientific research communities to meet and exchange ideas, plans and experiences. Key themes are co-operation with Northern Europe, North America and other regions; integration between diverse cultural institutions and public private partnerships. Topics include metadata repositories, technical and visual arts research and new cultural business technology initiatives. For further information please contact: 44A Florence Road, Fleet, Hampshire, GU13 9LQ UK; Tel: + 44 20 8977 7858; Fax: + 44 20 8943 9256; email: [email protected] or visit: http://www.vasari.co.uk/eva/scotland/index.htm

http://cwis.kub.nl/~ticer/summer01/course1/index.htm

Part of the summer school at the Tilburg University, this course aims at providing knowledge of the context within which libraries need to change, e.g. major digital library challenges, new visions for libraries and ways of supporting teaching and research; innovation and new roles for libraries and librarians. The following subjects will be treated during the course: strategy, change management and people (human resource management). For further information please contact: Ticer B.V., attn: Mrs Jola Prinsen, PO Box 4191, NL- 5004 JD Tilburg; Tel: +31 13 466 8310; Fax: +31 13 466 8383; email: [email protected]; http://www.ticer.nl

http://cwis.kub.nl/~ticer/summer01/course2/index.htm The "Digital Libraries and the Changing World of Education" course aims to explore the ways in which libraries can accommodate the changes in further and higher education. These changes are brought about by more intensive use of information and communication technology (ICT) and the adoption of more active learning styles. The course will focus on strategic opportunities and experiences in leading institutions. Attention will be paid to the digital library as a natural complement of digital learning environments; information literacy as a critical skill for lifelong learning; the relation between physical and virtual learning environments; opportunities for library staff in co-designing digital learning environments

In 2001 the conference moves to the USA from the UK in partnership with a number of US organisations. The conference will focus on the electronic world of information and the challenges it provides, and consider the value and impact of traditional services and evaluating them effectively. Details: www.arl.org/stats/newmeas/northumb.html.

The IFLA Sections on Management and Marketing and on Education and Training, in collaboration with the School of library and information science of the Universit� de Montr�al, are organising a pre-conference and satellite colloquium in Qu�bec City (Canada) from August 14 to 16, 2001. The theme of this colloquium will be the development of expertise in marketing and quality management in libraries.

Interested persons are therefore invited to submit a proposal for a paper, and presentation of about 30 minutes bearing on topics such as :

• Experiences in education for marketing and quality management for
• libraries (course content, evaluation, etc.)
• Use of innovative pedagogical methods in the teaching of marketing and
• quality management for libraries, including distance education
• Research needs, research in progress or completed in marketing and quality
• management for libraries and other information services (perceptions,
• attitudes, use, etc.)
• Impact of marketing and quality management (or of one of their components)
• on libraries and other information services (case studies, audits, etc.)
• Theoretical approach: links between the concepts of marketing and quality
• management, importance of those concepts, social implications, etc.

30 May 2001: Deadline for authors to submit their final papers 14-16 August 2001: Colloquium

Send proposals to:
Dr R�jean Savard
�cole de biblioth�conomie et des sciences de l'information
Universit� de Montr�al
Case postale 6128 Succursale Centre-ville
Montr�al H3C 3J7
Canada
By e-mail : [email protected].
URL: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla67/paper-e.htm

Organised by IFLA CPERT the theme is "Delivering lifelong continuing professional education across space and time. Details: see CPERT web pages at www.ifla.org Abstracts and papers are invited for a pre-conference. Specifically it will address the provision of lifelong continuing professional library education to practitioners by exploring the ways lifelong continuing professional library education is being offered and to develop new ways using new technologies to expand lifelong learning opportunities. The first conference addressed the issues and challenges of continuing education, the second conference provided a vision for the future, and the third conference discussed the competencies needed. This conference will provide practical solutions to perplexing problems. The conference is expected to attract practitioners, researchers, and advocates for continuing education. Details: Viki Ash-Geisler e-mail: [email protected]. URL: http://www.ifla.org/VII/rt7/conf/04cp.htm .

The conference theme is: 'Libraries and librarians: making a difference in the Information Age'. Details are available at www.ifla2001.org/.

Details from:
Amelia McKenzie
Senior Manager, Technical Services
National Library of Australia
Parkes A.C.T. Australia 2600
Tel: (02) 62621483, fax: (61 2) 62734492
Email: [email protected]

The Workshop will focus on creative strategies to gain support from external sources for library services. This will include support from the community, the private sector, foundations, government and non-government agencies, and international organisations. We are seeking colleagues from developed and developing countries to present papers and share their experience at this interesting workshop. There will be opportunities for both formal and informal presentations in panel sessions and group discussion. If you have been successful in gaining support for a library project, or can share your knowledge of funding agencies and their procedures, please consider joining us to pass on your knowledge to others. This is a topic of considerable interest within the IFLA community and we can guarantee a full and appreciative international audience.

The objectives of the workshop are:

1. To share experiences in gaining support from various sectors for library development
2. To identify successful strategies for gaining support for the development of library services or projects.
3. To bring together librarians and representatives from funding agencies.
4. To learn the skills and techniques of making effective project proposals.

Contact persons:
Rashidah Begum
Chief Librarian, Library Universiti Sains Malaysia,
11800 Penang
MALAYSIA
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 60-4-6571526

Amelia McKenzie
Senior Manager, National Library of Australia
PARKES ACT 2600, Australia
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 61-2-62734492

Topics for each day include:
Creating Delivery Mechanisms: Effects of New Technologies
Engaging Staff in Lifelong Education over Space and Time
Where Do We Go from Here?

The program includes speakers from Canada, India, United Kingdom, Nigeria, South Africa, Italy, Estonia, Iceland, Poland, Hungary, Israel, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Croatia, Thailand, Bulgaria, Germany, as well as the US. As in the past, participants will receive a copy of the conference proceedings upon arrival. Transport has been arranged from Logan Airport to the conference site (about 3 hours west of Boston) and returning on Friday afternoon to the IFLA conference centre. Should you wish to participate, you may choose to volunteer for a poster session and bring brochures about your continuing education program to distribute, or demonstrate an online course to those present.

The focus will be on ways to share our resources between and among nations.

Registration information available from Joan Keith: [email protected]. Should you want to participate, please let me know: Blanche Woolls,

http://www.alia.org.au/sections/libt/conferences/2001/index.html

The committee welcomes the submission of original contributions for oral presentation or in poster form from library & information practitioners in the following areas:

• Changes in information markets -- library services and systems
• Marketing and promotion of information services
• Preservation of materials (various formats)
• New careers from new technologies
• Professional development and lifestyle choices
• Information delivery and retrieval systems |
• Digital communications & networking technologies (internet/intranets/multimedia/online learning)
• Electronic publishing/intellectual property/copyright issues
• Related industries eg. knowledge management, records management

The conference theme is Rivers of Knowledge. See the Web site at Papers, workshop sessions, panel sessions, poster papers, or focus sessions addressing this concept, and the following program sub-theme streams are welcome. The program committee requires an abstract of your paper with sufficient detail to allow the committee to make a selection.

Name of author(s) and presenter(s), position(s), organisation(s), postal, e-mail and URL addresses, telephone and fax numbers. Biographical sketch not to exceed 100 words. Proposed paper title and abstract, not to exceed 100 words. Names and contact details of two referees. Preference for form of presentation - paper, workshop, panel session, focus session, or poster paper. Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presented elsewhere prior to the 9th Special, Health & Law Libraries Conference, 26-29 August 2001.

Anne Docherty
The Meeting Planners
91-97 Islington Street
Collingwood Vic 3066, Australia
tel: +61 3 9417 0888
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/shllc/2001/call.for.papers.html

http://www.acm.org/sigkdd/kdd2001/

The 2001 Program Committee invites submission of program proposals for the SAA annual meeting, see the details at: http://www.archivists.org/conference/proposal_call.html.

The 2nd Annual Conference organised by the LTSN-ICS will bring together academics from a variety of disciplines interested in adopting innovative approaches and harnessing the power of emerging technologies to enhance the quality of learning and teaching. http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/conf2001/ CALL For Papers - see http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/conf2001/submission.htm

http://www.ecdl2001.org/guest

ECDL is the 5th in the annual European Digital Libraries conferences. This gives a good opportunity to review the impact Digital Libraries have on science, technology, and society in general. In this perspective the conference will emphasise applications of Digital Library systems and their integration in the user communities. Future perspectives such as the convergence of libraries, museums, and archives will be discussed.

The scientific program includes:
Submitted scientific papers, including short papers and submitted poster presentations. Presentations of prototypes,operational systems, and associated use experiences. The presentations include system demonstrations, which is central to the conference program. Invited papers, panel discussions, and submitted papers and posters on main themes of ECDL 2001.

The Main Themes Are:
Libraries, Museums, Archives - convergence in the digital world?
Collaboration in information spaces
Digital Library - A global institution?

Call for contributions
Submission guidelines for regular papers
Authors of regular papers are invited to submit original contributions, not exceeding 5000 words. The ECDL 2001 home page http://www.ecdl2001.org will contain further details on electronic submissions.

The first Forum was hosted by Te Ropu Whakahau (Maori Library and Information Workers) and held in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand in November 1999. The 2001 Forum, hosted by the Sami Council, will be a continuation and expansion of the issues dealt with at the first meeting. This second Forum will take place amid the beautiful scenery of northern Sweden, which is a part of Sapmi, the Sami homeland. Additional information about the Forum is available at http://www.sapmi.net/indigilib/. Conference attendees may also be interested in attending the Barents Libraries Conference (September 10-12, 2001), also in Jokkmokk, and/or the Goteborg Book Festival, from September 13-14.

Proposals for papers, panels or presentations are invited on all aspects of indigenous librarianship. Talks should be long enough to be presented in 20 minutes. Suggested topics include:

• Who Speaks for Us? Authorship of Indigenous Resources; Appropriation of Culture; Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
• Library Services for Indigenous Populations
• Collection Management and Acquisitions
• Information Technology and the Digital Divide
• Supporting/Defining Indigenous Librarianship
• Access and Preservation of Traditional Forms of Knowledge, including the Oral Tradition
• Education of Information Professionals from Indigenous Communities
• Papers or presentations illustrating innovative practice, ideas, or visions
• Non-traditional presentations and other topics welcome!

Your proposal should include the following:

1. Name of presenter
2. Title of your paper/panel contribution
3. Typed, double-spaced abstract (not to exceed 300 words)
4. Brief, one page biographical statement about the presenter, including organizational affiliation and tribal affiliation
5. Contact information: address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address

Ajtte Svenskt Fjall och Samemuseum
Teresa Brilioth
Box 116
962 23 Jokkmokk
Sweden
e-mail: [email protected]

The theme of the Conference is to examine research and applications in the use of Information Technology in Regional Areas. Current experience indicates that regional areas are lagging behind cities in the adoption of IT and that there are specific issues relating to the use of IT in regions. ITiRA will include a mixture of refereed papers as well as non-refereed case studies and applications. Whilst seeking papers in the broad arena of IT in regions, ITiRA will have the following major themes:

Community Informatics
IT for Regional Health
IT for Regional Media and Communication
IT for Regional Industry and e-Economy
IT for Regional Education and Training

The conference is designed to attract researchers, policymakers, community leaders, IT project leaders, funders, government officials and regional community development groups. Papers can be submitted to either the refereed Research Papers Section or the Case Study and Applications Section. Normal Research Papers will be up to 20 pages double spaced or a maximum of 6000 words. Case studies and applications can be considerably shorter. Support papers will describe research, case studies and practical papers around the keynote addresses as well as applications of Internet Technologies in geo-communities.

Important Dates:
Abstracts, panel proposals and expressions of interest
5 May 2001
Paper submission
15 June 2001
Notification of Acceptance
13 July 2001
Camera Ready Copy due
10 August 2001
Further information about contributions for ITiRA contact the respective track chairs in the first instance. For general information on the conference contact [email protected]

The Barents Libraries Conference (formerly The North Calotte Conference for Libraries) has been held every other year since the early 1970s, alternately in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. In 1999 the conference took place in Mo i Rana, Norway, and in 2001 it will be held in Jokkmokk, Sweden. The conference is an important forum for librarians in the northern parts of Europe to meet in and discuss common topics. Themes:

Libraries, museums and archives in cooperation
Libraries and library services for indigenous people
Traditional knowledge
Library services in sparsely populated areas

E-mail: [email protected]

For details see http://www.sigir2001.org. SIGIR is the major international forum for the presentation of new research results and the demonstration of new systems and techniques in the broad field of information retrieval (IR). The Conference and Program Chairs invite all those working in areas related to IR to submit original research contributions, posters, and proposals for tutorials, workshops and demonstrations of systems. All contributions must be submitted electronically.

SIGIR 2001 welcomes contributions related to any aspect of IR, but the major areas of interest are listed below.

• Formal Models, Language Models, Search Strategies, Fusion/Combination
• Machine Learning for IR, Text Data Mining, Clustering, Text Categorization
• Cross-Lingual Retrieval, Multilingual Retrieval, Machine Translation for IR
• Topic Detection and Tracking, Content-Based Filtering, Collaborative Filtering, Agents
• Web IR, Citation and Link Analysis, XML and Metadata, Digital Libraries
• Video and Image Access, Audio and Speech Retrieval, Music Retrieval
• Text Representation and Indexing, Information Extraction, Lexical Acquisition, Natural Language Processing for IR
• Performance, Compression, Scalability, Architectures, Distributed Search
• Interfaces, Visualization, Interactive IR, User Models
• Summarization, Question Answering
• Evaluation, Building Test Collections, User Studies, Experimental Design and Metrics

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/vldb2001/index.html. Submissions are invited reporting original results on all aspects of data management as well as proposals for panels, tutorials, demonstrations, and exhibits that will present the most critical issues and views on practical leading-edge database technology, applications, and techniques. We also invite proposals for events and workshops that may take place at the Conference site before or after VLDB2001.

The theme for Scanning the Horizon will be the ways in which emerging and converging technologies (including broadband, wireless and VR) are being applied in the cultural sector. In particular we welcome papers on applications for new uses, including innovative approaches to effecting the dynamic involvement of users with collections and collections knowledge. In addition we seek papers addressing future social impact. What effects will there be in the way people respond to cultural institutions and will those institutions that do not embrace emerging technologies be the losers? The call for papers is directed at those working in and with the cultural domains, including museums, libraries, archives and the built heritage. A wide range of involvement is anticipated from professionals in the cultural and commercial sectors, users, educators and decision makers.

Please send paper proposals to Frances Bycroft ([email protected]) with the following information by Friday 1 December:

• Name of proposer, including job title and institution where applicable.
• Title of paper.
• Topic of paper.
• Explanation of how paper fits the conference theme.

The fourth Libraries Without Walls conference continues the tradition of the LWW Conferences by bringing together international perspectives on the delivery of library services to users distant from the physical library. When the first LWW Conference was held in 1995, the focus was primarily on distance learning and geographical dispersion. Since then, however, rapid advances in the development of ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) based infrastructures and services have led to a situation where many library users now routinely access services remotely - even when 'remotely' means 'within sight of the library building'. As a previous conference attendee observed, "we are all distance learners now".

LWW4 is concerned with innovative ways of delivering library services in this new environment. Papers may present the results of research or of innovative practice, for traditionally LWW is a meeting place for researchers and practitioners. Papers are invited which address the following themes, but papers on any aspect of 'Libraries without Walls' will be considered.

Themes: The role of libraries in supporting lifelong learning.
The role of libraries in supporting distance and open learning.
Libraries' role in the development of information skills by remote users.
Technical and managerial solutions to providing remote access to large collections of datasets, including the design of portals and gateways.
Design issues in the delivery of online services, including web interface design.
Specific solutions to problems created by technology e.g.authentication, security.
Collaborative approaches, especially between librarians and others (e.g. teachers).
Strategic and policy dimensions, including national and regionalperspectives.
Meeting the needs of disadvantaged users and non-users.

Papers will be published by Library Association publishing, London, in the LWW Conference Series. Presentations may take the form of full papers or workshop presentations of 40 minutes. To be considered please submit an abstract (between 400 and 800 words) together with a 50 word biographical statement and a 50 word synopsis of the paper. Please send submissions, preferably by email (as text rather than an attachment), to the address below by 2nd March 2001. Applicants will be informed whether their submissions have been selected during April 2001.

Please note that, as the conference does not aim to make a profit, we are unable to offer discounted conference rates to presenters. All enquiries should be addressed to the organisers: http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/conf/lww4/welcome.html

Libraries Without Walls 4 Conference
Centre for Research in Library & Information Management (CERLIM)
Department of Information and Communications
Manchester Metropolitan University
Geoffrey Manton Building
Rosamond Street West
off Oxford Road
Manchester M15 6LL
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected] Tel: ++44 (0)161 247 6142
Fax: ++44 (0) 161 247 6979

Powerful Forces, Information Movers and Shakers (Rotorua Will Rock) http://www.powerfulforces.org.nz/

Computing Arts: Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities 2001 will explore the impact of digitisation on the humanities in a scholarly context, focussing on new methods of creating, using, and conserving the resources which comprise our common cultural heritage. It will explore the impact of new technologies on research and creative endeavour, on teaching and learning, on publishing, on conservation and curation, on librarianship and archiving. It will be the first forum of its kind in the region to bring together practitioners in such a wide range of disciplines. It will provide a formal ongoing focus for researchers, scholars and librarians in the region to discuss work, and develop networks and collaborations to extend the use of new technologies into the traditions of humanities research, study and appreciation.

Computing Arts 2001 intends to attract the reporting of relevant work in a broad range of fields, including archaeology, art history, history, languages and linguistics, literary studies, music, performing arts, as well as work detailing techniques and issues associated with the creation and use of digital texts, databases, images, sound, video and digital mapping.

Possible Keywords: humanities computing; scholarly editing; text encoding; text analysis; textual studies; computational linguistics; GIS mapping; digital libraries; archival description; digital imaging; image delivery; iconic visualisation; multimedia; languages; scripts; special characters; unicode; electronic publishing; markup languages (TEI, EAD); XML; coordination and collaboration issues and outcomes; funding. http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/drrh2001/

http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/conferences/access2001/

Organised jointly by the National and University Library, Ljubljana and the IFLA Office for International Lending The 7th Interlending and Document Supply International Conference continues the tradition started in 1988. Each of the previous conferences have attracted almost 200 delegates from 40 different countries. Co-operation with other players has always been crucial to effective interlibrary loan and document supply. Traditional partners in resource sharing have always been other libraries, and more recently, commercial document suppliers. Increasingly, however, the boundaries between traditional interlibrary loan and commercial electronic access are becoming less defined, and the work of the ILL department brings it into contact with a range of other players: publishers, of course, but also rights organisations, library consortia, and developers of technical systems and services. In other areas, the services offered by the ILL department may overlap with those offered by archives, book distributors or repository libraries. As well as providing an update on emerging ILL trends and challenges and taking a look at current practice, this conference aims to look beyond traditional document suppliers to include services offered by other resource providers. URL: http://www.ifla.org/VI/2/p6/oct01.htm.

http://www.sunweb.net/slaq/asla/main.html

http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir/

The theme is "Revelling in Reference" providing an opportunity for practitioners in reference and information services to celebrate achievements, share ideas, innovation and experience, challenging the 'old' and plan for the 'new'. For further information e-mail [email protected]

http://cwis.kub.nl/~ticer/summer01/course3/index.htm

Builds upon the very successful ISMIR 2000 meeting in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Explore with your colleagues the exciting potential Music IR has for a wide variety of applications in the educational and academic domains as well as in the area of entertainment. ISMIR offers the only information exchange to focus exclusively on Music IR, enabling scholars to move more quickly toward viable solutions to many challenges. Call for participation submissions deadline is May 14, 2001. The Web form and template are provided at: http://ismir2001.indiana.edu/

Topics to be covered may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Music representation and indexing Estimating similarity of music - perceptual criteria such as pitch, rhythm, timbre; - musical criteria such as form, genre, etc. Problems of recognizing music optically and/or via audio Routing and filtering for music Building up music databases Evaluation of music-IR systems Intellectual property rights issues User interfaces for music IR Issues related to musical styles and genres Language modeling for music User needs and expectations

IMPORTANT DATES May 14, 2001 -- Deadline for Paper/Poster Submissions June 29, 2001 -- Authors Notified of Committee Decision August 6, 2001 -- Final Paper Submission September 29, 2001 -- Registration Deadline The ISMIR Web pages will be updated regularly to include an online registration form and program content and schedule. The registration fee for ISMIR will be $150. http://ismir2001.indiana.edu/

Proposals for presentations to EEI21 - MEMPHIS - 2001 (papers, panel discussions, etc.) should be 250 words long and should be sent as an e-mail attachment by May 4, 2001 to:

Tom Mendina ([email protected])
126 Ned R. McWherter Library
Memphis, TN 38152-3250

Final papers will be 14-16 pages long, double-spaced, in a standard format and be receivable or accessible as an electronic file. URL: http://www.memphis.edu/ethics21/01eei/

The new millennium holds great promise for higher education as new developments in information technology continue to transform all aspects of our work. EDUCAUSE 2001: An EDU Odyssey will continue the focus begun by EDUCAUSE 2000 on how established technologies are converging and new technologies are emerging. http://www.educause.edu/conference/e2001/

The conference theme is Passion, Power and People: TAFE Libraries Leading the Way. For further information e-mail [email protected].

Contributed paper drafts and proposals for SIG or panel technical sessions or other special sessions are due February 1, 2001. For details see: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/am01.html http://www.asis.org/Conferences/am01.html

The third annual VRD conference will highlight digital reference service in a variety of contexts: libraries and information centers, government, business, education, etc. This conference will explore the nature of Internet-based question-and-answer service as well as the specific issues involved in providing all types of digital reference service. Proposals will be accepted until April 2, 2001. Proposals should address issues of digital reference from the following perspectives: libraries and information centers, professional associations and organizations, government agencies, business, K-12 education, higher education, and other contexts involved in providing or receiving digital reference service. For more information, contact [email protected] or see http://www.vrd.org/conferences/VRD2001/proposals.html.

For information please e-mail [email protected].

Conference chair: Julie Rae
E-mail [email protected]

The Sequoyah Research Center is calling for the first of what its members hope will become a yearly conference on contemporary issues of concern in Indian Country. The goal is to provide not only a forum for American Indian and Alaska Natives to discuss those issues but also an opportunity for better understanding of them by the general public, especially regarding the ways in which those issues impact on public policy in the larger society. Thus the Center invites American Indian and Alaska Native scholars, practicing professionals, and other knowledgeable persons to submit proposals for presentations on the following subjects, selected by the conference committee as the focus of Symposium 2001:

EDUCATION, including, but not limited to,such topics as institutions,organizations, curricula, pedagogy, counseling; funding; model programs; urban settings; reservation settings; Indian studies programs in higher education; educating the mainstream;

MEDICINE/ HEALTH CARE, including, but not limited to, topics such as health care services; diseases; preventive options mental health, institutions and organizations; substance abuse and prevention;

LIBRARIES/ ARCHIVES/ INFORMATION SERVICES, including, but not limited to, topics such as tribal libraries; tribal archives; resources sharing; new technologies; literacy; censorship; responsibility/ authority in preservation of the past;

WRITING, including, but not limited to such topics as literary trends; genres; American Indian and Alaska Native literatures and the American canon; publication processes; tribal literatures; anthologies; literary criticism; journalism; languages.

Presentations should be relevant to contemporary issues in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Of special interest will be those that reflect on both the contemporary scene and how that scene might arguably be expected to change during the next decade. Those offering proposals should plan for a presentation time of twenty minutes although a polished, written version of the material might be somewhat longer. Those whose proposals are accepted will be asked to prepare a finished version of their work for publication, if capable of being reproduced in printed format, in the proceedings of the symposium. Proposals for presentations should consist of a brief statement of the thesis or objective of the proposed presentation and a one-page summary of the content of the presentation. Proposals should be posted no later than May1, 2000. Those sent by mail should be addressed to:

Directors
American Native Press Archives 502 Stabler Hall University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 S. University Little Rock, AR 72204-1099 Those sent by e-mail should be sent to [email protected] or to [email protected]. Those sent by fax should be sent to Littlefield or Parins at 501-569 8185.

The conference was previously scheduled for October 3-7, 2001, in Pittsburgh, but was relocated due to construction delays at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Educational programs for the conference will be developed along four thematic strands: Focusing on the Learner, Using Technology to Create Learning Communities, Building Partnerships for Learning within the Community and Assuring Accountability for Learning. Mary Kay Biagini, associate dean of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh and Marybeth Green, librarian at Walzem Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, are the conference co-chairs. More information about the AASL Tenth National Conference will be forthcoming in the months ahead on the conference Web site, www.ala.org/aasl/indy.

E-mail your papers to : [email protected]
Contact: Shalini R. Urs, Chair, Programme Organising Committee
Email: [email protected]
http://www.icadl2001.org

Contact: American Library Association, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611 USA. URL: http://www.ala.org/cro/cal.html

The first World Conference on Continuing Education for the Library and Information Professions was held in Palos Hills, near Chicago in1985, and led directly to the foundation of IFLA's Round Table on Continuing Professional Education. Subsequent meetings were scheduled in association with IFLA Conferences in Barcelona (1993), Copenhagen (1997), and Boston (2001), reflecting the growing interest shown by the LIS profession in CPE. Location: The School of Information and Media, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland. See CPERT pages at: http://www.ifla.org/VII/rt7/rtcpe.htm

This unique professional event celebrates its fifth occasion. Speakers with valuable perspectives on issues, ideas, solutions, and trends in this vital topic. Participants with international experience to share. A volume of proceedings to take away, reflect on, and disseminate amongst your colleagues. A network of contacts to help develop your CPE activities.

Theme: Continuing professional education for the 'Information Society'. The sub-themes include:

CPE for information management skills and techniques
Local or global delivery mechanisms
Making global CPE relevant in a local context
Quality control and assurance by providers
Qualifications and rewards for participants
Assessment of learning and evaluation of teaching
CPE in information literacy for other professions.

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The theme is ' Libraries for life: democracy, diversity, delivery'.

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Contact: American Library Association, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611 USA. URL: http://www.ala.org/cro/cal.html .

Contact: American Library Association, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611 USA. Fax: +1 312 280 3224. URL: http://www.ala.org/cro/cal.html .