[Sigdl-l] Going Digital: Experiences from East Asia and the Pacific

[Judy Jeng]

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Going Digital: Experiences from East Asia and the Pacific
Monday, June 27, 2005, 10:30 a.m.-12:30p.m.
Intercontinental Chicago Hotel, Renaissance Room
American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA


Come hear digital library experts involved in the latest developments in
China, Taiwan, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam share
their experiences and lessons they learned.

Speakers include:
1) Chao-chen Chen, Professor, Graduate Institute of Library and
Information Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan;

2) Zhu Qiang, Deputy Director, Center for China Academic Library &
Information System, Beijing, China;

3) Choy Fatt Cheong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;

4) Ian H Witten, Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of
Waikato, New Zealand;

5) Akira Miyazawa, Director, Research Information Research Division, NII
(National Institute of Informatics), Japan;

6) Sujin Butdisuwan, Dean, Faculty of Informatics, Mahasarakham
University, Thailand;

7) Patricia G. Oyler, Simmons College (to talk about Vietnamese digital
library projects).


We would like to acknowledge and thank Dynix for their corporate
sponsorship of our program.



Judy Jeng
Chair, East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee
ALA International Relations Committee
judyjeng at scils.rutgers.edu