 |
2000's | 1990's | 1980's | 1970's 2004 Kay Raseroka, president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and university librarian at the University of Botswana, will headline a panel on the "Impact of Technology on Library Collections and Services in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East" at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. This is the first time in the history of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) that a standing IFLA president has addressed its membership at an ALA conference. The program, sponsored by ACRL's Asian, African and Middle Eastern Section (AAMES), will take place Saturday, June 26, 2004, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Plaza Ballroom III of the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Hotel. According to AAMES program organizers, technology has revolutionized libraries all over the world, although librarians have not yet grasped its long-range impact on academic libraries and building collections in digital formats. Panelists will discuss existing conditions, cultural/historical international portals such as GMNet, copyright issues and innovative IT strategies for building improved collections in Asian, African, Middle Eastern and American libraries. Sharing the stage with Raseroka will be Mohammed Aman, professor at the School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ching-Chih Chen, professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston; and James J. Natsis, coordinator of International Studies, West Virginia State University. The speakers also will be honored at the AAMES Meeting for their outstanding service, leadership and continuing excellence. Former ALA President E.J. Josey, Ph.D., will give the awards to all speakers. Josey also will be honored at the program for his contributions to the profession. R. N. Sharma, Chair of AAMES and director of the library at West Virginia State University, will chair the meeting. Event co-sponsors include the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), Black Caucus of ALA (BCALA), Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), ALA's International Relations Round Table (IRRT) and ACRL's African-American Studies Librarians Section (AFAS). For further information, contact: R.N. Sharma at Sharmarn@wvsc.edu, 304-766-3117, or Anjana Bhatt, Chair, Program Planning Committee of AAMES at abhatt@fgcu.edu, 239-590-7634. 2003
International Cooperation in Building Visual & Print Collections: Creating Metadata and Broadening Boundaries of Information Services (Saturday, June 21, 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.:Toronto) Speakers Mr. Harry Wagner (Consulting Software Engineer, Office of Research, OCLC). He has substantial experiences in projects related to metadata. His most recent projects include The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) and The Extensible Open RDF Toolkit (EOR). EOR is an open source project, whose goal is to facilitate the rapid development of RDF applications focused on the discovery, management, integration and navigation of metadata. Mr. Lincoln Cushing (Electronic Outreach Librarian at the Institute of Industrial Relations at U.C. Berkeley). Mr Cushing will present several examples how metadata and digital technologies serve public service needs, specifically in the realm of visual resources. An example of his work can be found at http://www.iir.berkeley.edu/exhibit/ 2002 Our panel discussed the wide range of resources produced in Asia, Africa and worldwide by the mission movement of the nineteenth century, identifying mission-related materials in college and university collections, the varied impact of this class of document on African studies, and current projects to preserve original records. Speakers 2001 Our panel discussed these changes and how they are affecting bibliographic utilities, indexing and abstracting services, online catalogs, and librarianship. Speakers 2000 Program Chairs Speakers |
Conferences |
Contact: Webmaster