[Sigiii-l] SIG III meetings and events at the ASIST Annual Meeting

[Yin Zhang]

Dear SIG III Members and Friends,

The 2005 ASIST Annual Meeting is next week! Here is a list of SIG III 
meetings and events that you are invited to come:

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Two SIG III business/planning meetings:
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- All are welcome!
- Monday, October 31, 5-7pm, in Park Room at conference hotel;
- Tuesday, November 1, 6-8pm, in Park Room at conference hotel.
If you can't come to the meetings, please watch the minutes to be posted on 
the sigiii-l listserv. If you are interested in organizing a session, please 
contact Kate Johnson (caj3 at uwm.edu), our annual meeting program Chair for 
the next year.

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Welcome Reception:
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Sunday, 6:30pm. Please come to the SIG III table at this event.

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International Reception
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Monday, October 31, 8-10pm. Please see below a call from our InfoShare 
program Officer, Sue O'Neill Johnson, for items for silent auction at the 
event:

When you pack for the Conference, please be sure to include any items
you have for the Silent Auction at the International Reception Monday night.
We will also have, as part of the Raffle, a gift basket with new goodies in
it for the winner. If you have something small and new that you could
contribute for the basket, please bring it also. Instructions on where to
leave these items will be on the bulletin board, or look for a box near the
registration desk.

Thanks a lot.

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SIG III sponsored/co-sponsored sessions:
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Day: Wednesday, November 2
Time: 8:30
Track: International Issues in Digital Libraries
Title of the session: Cross-Cultural Analysis of Virtual Reference
Sponsor(s): SIGs III, TIS
Speakers: Lokman Meho, Nahyun Kwon, Bin Li, Pnina Shachaf, Noriko Hara, 
Yukiko Sakai
Moderator:  David Lankes

Day: Tuesday, November 1
Time: 5:00
Track: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues
Title of the Session: Re-visiting the Neutrality of Technology
Sponsor(s): SIGs III, IFP, HFIS
Speakers: Marjia Dalbello, Kalpana Shankar, Nadia Caidi, Thomas Froehlich
Moderator: Martha Smith
Day: Wednesday, November 2
Time: 10:30
Track: International Issues in Digital Libraries
Title of the Session: Cross-Cultural Issues in User Learning and the Design 
of Digital Interfaces
Sponsor(s): SIGs III, USE, HCI
Speakers: Dania Bilal, Bharat Mehra, Anita Komlodi, and Nadia Caidi
Moderator: Dania Bilal

Day:  Wednesday, November 2
Time  3:30
Track:  International Issues in Digital Libraries
Title of the session:
Multilingual Digital Libraries: Research and Practice
Sponsor(s):  SIGs III, DL
Speakers:  Douglas Oard, Lynne Howarth, and Ian H. Witten
Moderator: Yin Zhang


Looking forward to seeing you in Charlotte!

Yin Zhang
SIG III 2004-2005 Chair
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242 USA
email: yinzhang at slis.kent.edu
phone: 330-672-0010
fax: 330-672-7965