62nd IFLA General Conference - Conference Programme and Proceedings - August 25-31, 1996, Beijing, China

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Site Search IFLA This section In This Document FRIDAY, 23 AUGUST SATURDAY, 24 AUGUST SUNDAY, 25 AUGUST MONDAY, 26 AUGUST TUESDAY, 27 AUGUST WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST FRIDAY, 30 AUGUST SATURDAY, 31 AUGUST	62nd IFLA General Conference 25-31 August 1996 Beijing, China Conference Programme and Proceedings Alphabetical list of Authors FRIDAY, 23 AUGUST 09:00-13:00 1. Professional Board I with Core Programme Officers 14:00-18:00 2. General Research Libraries CB I 3. Special Libraries CB I 4. Libraries Serving the General Public CB I 5. Bibliographic Control CB I 6. Collections and Services CB I 7. Management and Technology CB I 8. Education and Research CB I 9. Regional Activities CB I 10. Executive Board I SATURDAY, 24 AUGUST 09:00-12:00 11. Art Libraries SC I 12. Classification and Indexing SC I 13. Editors of Library Journals EC 14. Government Information and Official Publications SC I 15. Information Technology SC I Agenda for the Standing Committee Meeting 16. Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons SC I 17. Library Theory and Research SC I 18. Management of Library Associations EC 19. Mobile Libraries EC 20. National Libraries SC I 21. Newspapers EC 22. Reading SC I 23. School Libraries SC I 24. Social Science Libraries SC I 25. User Education EC 12:00-15:00 26. Bibliography SC I 27. Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries SC I 28. Conservation SC I 29. Continuing Professional Education EC 30. Document Delivery and Interlending SC I 31. Education and Training SC I 32. INTAMEL EC 33. Management EC 34. Parliamentary Libraries SC I 35. Rare Books and Manuscripts SC I 36. ROTNAC EC 37. Science and Technology Libraries SC I 38. University Libraries and other General Research Libraries SC I 39. Women's Issues EC 15:00-18:00 40. Acquisition and Collection Development SC I 41. Audiovisual and Multimedia EC 42. (Open) 43. Cataloguing SC I 44. Children's Libraries SC I 45. Geography and Map Libraries SC I 46. Government Libraries SC I 47. Libraries for the Blind SC I 48. Library Buildings and Equipment SC I 49. Library History EC 50. Library Services to Multicultural Populations SC I 51. Public Libraries SC I 52. Serial Publications SC I 53. Statistics SC I Evening 54. Reception for IFLA Officers (on invitation only) (off-site) SUNDAY, 25 AUGUST 09:00-17:00 55. Parliamentary Libraries: Workshop Part I (continued as meeting no. 164) Theme: "Parliamentary Libraries of Asia and the Pacific II" Speakers from Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, New Zealand, Philippines, and Thailand have been identified and will address the following topics: History of the library Setting of the library Organization and staffing of the parliamentary library Library collections and other resources Services and products Developments in automation Important developments in the library 09:00-11:00 56. Statistics Browsing Session Delegates are invited to bring and present statistical publications on their country's public libraries. The meeting will be an informal exchange of experience and browsing opportunity. 57. Danish Organizing Committee 58. PAC Directors meeting 59. Asia and Oceania SC I 60. Latin America and the Caribbean SC I 11:00-13:00 61. Internet Discussion Group The goals of the IFLA Internet Discussion Group are to provide a forum for exchanging ideas and information about the introduction and support for the use of Internet in libraries and by library users; to further access to Internet around the world, especially in developing countries; to find ways for librarians to be more active in the development of Internet; and to develop ideas for programmes and projects related to this topic. The Internet Discussion Group welcomes participation from all IFLA members interested in Internet. 62. Performance Measurement Discussion Group 63. Principles Underlying Subject Heading Languages Discussion Group 64. Publishers Liaison Committee 65. Africa SC I 13:00-14:00 66. Caucus: Portuguese-speaking librarians 67. Caucus: CIS 68. Caucus: Third World 69. Caucus: United Kingdom 70. Caucus: USA 71. Caucus: Canada 72. Caucus: France 73. Caucus: Germany 74. Caucus: Netherlands 14:00-15:00 75. Orientation to IFLA for newcomers SI 15:15-16:15 76. Open Forums of Core Programmes SI Progress report of the ALP Core Programme BIRGITTA BERGDAHL (ALP Core Programme, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden) Progress report of the PAC Core Programme MARIE-THERESE VARLAMOFF (PAC Core Programme, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France) Progress report of the UAP Core Programme GRAHAM CORNISH (UAP Core Programme, British Library, Boston Spa, UK) Progress report of the UBCIM Core Programme MARIE-FRANCE PLASSARD (UBCIM Core Programme, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt, Germany) Progress report of the UDT Core Programme LEIGH SWAIN (UDT Core Programme, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) 16:30-17:30 77. UNESCO Open Forum SI Memory of the World Preserving our Documentary Heritage ABDELAZIZ ABID (Information and Informatics Division UNESCO) Revision of the UNESCO Public Library Manifesto ABDELAZIZ ABID (Information and Informatics Division UNESCO) 18:00 78. Opening of Exhibition and Cocktail MONDAY, 26 AUGUST 09:00-11:00 79. Contributed Paper Session I - SI A study on the factors affecting the non-user of scientific and technical information TAE SEUNG KIM (Department of Library and Information Science, Kyounggi University, Suwon, Korea) The Internet and society: just another dream? MARIA DAS GRACAS TARGINO MOREIRA GUEDES (Teresina-Piaui, Brazil) Digital lib: an economic aganda for library research TORD HOIVIK (Oslo College, Department of Journalism Library and Information Science, Oslo, Norway) Free versus fee: the challenge of government libraries in Uganda SARAH KAGODA-BATUWA (Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda) A general survey of the development of the library journal in China (ZHU YING YING, Library and Information Science Department, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China) 80. Open Forum of Division of Bibliographic Control SI Report of the Section on Classification and Indexing DONNA DUNCAN (McLennan Library, McGill University, Montreal, Canada) Report of the Section on Bibliography ISABELLE BOUDET (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France) Report of the Section on Cataloguing SUZANNE JOUGUELET (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France) 81. CAIFE Committee meeting (closed) 82. ROTNAC EC (closed) 11:00-13:00 83. Contributed Paper Session II - SI The impact of national policy on developing information infrastructure: nationwide issues in the United States and China YAN QUAN LIU (Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) Las bibliotecas especializadas y su incidencia en el contexto economico y social de America Latina JESUS FRANCISCO GARCIA PEREZ (Biblioteca del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico) Exploiting online potential: information, national development and libraries T.D. WEBB (University of Hawaii, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii) A helping of democracy? - telematics, democracy and libraries TUULA HAAVISTO (Finnish Library Association, Helsinki, Finland) A methodology for the identification of information nees of user F.J. DEVADASON (Centre for Library and Information Resources, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand) and P.P. LINGHAM (Bank of Guyana, Georgetown, Guyana) 84. Open Forum of Division of Libraries Serving the General Public SI Libraries serving the general public SISSEL NILSEN (Baerum Public Library, Bekkestua, Norway) and TORNY KJEKSTAD (Norwegian School of Marketing, College Library, Oslo, Norway) Public libraries and economic development in China LIU XIAOQUIN New roles, new skills: library and information services to disadvantaged users S.D. LITHGOW (Department of Information and Library Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK) Origines et genese du braille dans le monde les origines de l'ecriture tactile FREDERIC PLAIN-JAPY (Association Valentin Hauy pour le bien des Aveugles, Paris, France) 14:00-15:00 85. Guest Lecture I - SI 16:00-18:00 86. Opening Session SI 87. Plenary Session SI Libraries Oriented to a New Pattern of the Multiple and Integrated World PROFESSOR FEI XIAOTONG 19:00-21:00 88. Reception hosted by the China Organizing Committee TUESDAY, 27 AUGUST 09:00-11:30 89. Public Libraries SI Theme: "Public Libraries and Economic Development" About wishful thinking and the question: will the public library survive? DICK SCHEEPSTRA (Pro Biblio, Netherlands) The establishment and development of the three-level network of modern Shanghai public libraries WANG LILI (Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China) Planning the library of the future: the Singapore Library 2000 Study JULIE SABARATNAM (Digital Library Cluster and Information Services, National Computer Board, Singapore) 90. Parliamentary Libraries Theme: "Regional and Global Cooperation among Parliamentary Libraries: A Ten-Year Vision" Regional and global cooperation of the future among parliamentary libraries RICHARD PARÉ (Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada) Parliamentary libraries and research services: cooperation/coordination and new directions for the future DOBRIN KANEV and MARGARITA ANGUELOVA (Research Department, National Assembly of Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria) Bringing the electronic library to parliament: opportunities and challenges JOHN BRUDENWALL (Department of the Parliamentary Library, Parliament House, Canberra, Australia) 91. Geography and Map Libraries Theme: "The Links between Map Libraries and Economic Development" Developing map library services for the business user: experiences from a state university library PATRICK MCGLAMERY (Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA) Who needs maps of China? The Western Australian experience of map availability WILLIAM LAMBLE (Library and Information Service of Western Australia, Alexander Library, Perth Cultural Center, Perth, Australia) Politiques d'acquisition, de conservation et de diffusion à la cartotheque de l'Institut geographique national PIERRE PLANQUES (Institut geographique national, Saint-Mande, France) 92. Rare Books and Manuscripts Theme: "Collection and Access for Asian Rare Books and Manuscripts" The current situation and prospects of the work of Chinese ancient books in libraries of China Speaker from Fudan University Library A survey of the Buddhist Sutra Depository in Lahpolon Temple QIU QIAOYING (China) Chinese rare book resources on RLIN SOREN EDGREN (Research Libraries Group Rare Books Project, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA) 93. Information Technology SI Theme: "Digital Libraries, Technologies and Organizational Impacts" Java in Libraries KENNETH CHU (Sun Microsystems Computer Company) La BNF: une nouvelle bibliothèque, un nouveau systeme d'information SERGE SALOMON (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France) A pilot electronic library project KENJI UETSUKI (Planning Division, National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan) Myths and challenges for digital library development. [Adobe Acrobat format] TERRY KUNY (Global Village Research/IFLANET Administration, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) and GARY CLEVELAND (National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) 94. Library Buildings and Equipment Theme: "Library Buildings in China" The development of Chinese modern library GAO JISHENG (Architecture College, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) Building of the National Library of China WAN XUFANG (Reference and Research Department, National Library of China, Beijing, China) and HAO SHOUZHEN (Newspapers and Periodicals Department, National Library of China, Beijing, China) Constructing a new Shanghai library WU JIANZHONG (Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China) 95. Women's Issues A study of the current status and occupational characteristics of women librarians in the Republic of Korea EUN JU CHOI (Department of Library and Information Science, Kyonggi University, Suwon, Korea) Information services provided by the regional libraries for women LYUDMILA A. PRONINA (Ryasan Gorki Regional Library, Russia) Motivation to manage: a comparative study between male and female library and information science students in the USA and India SARIA MURGAI (University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA) Propping up half of the sky in the library: present situation and prospects of Chinese female librarians HUANG XIN (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China) Report on the UN Women's Conference in China in 1995 MONICA ERTEL (Apple Computers, Cupertino, California, USA) 96. Executive Board II (with Core Programme hosts and directors) 11:30-12:30 97. Guest Lecture Series II - SI 12:00-14:00 98. Poster Sessions Project of establishing an international information resource centre ELENA B. ARTEM'EVA and ELENA B. SOBOLOVA (State Public Library of Scientific and Technical Literature, Novosibirsk, Russia) Research work of the UAP Core Programme and twinning project for libraries worldwide GRAHAM P. CORNISH (IFLA UAP Core Programme, Boston Spa, UK) A prototype interactive information literacy module accessible through the World Wide Web JOHN FRYLINCK and GILLIAN WESTERA (Library and Information Service, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia) Library and information studies over the Net NEIL GREEVE (Department of Information Studies, University of Technology, Perth, Australia) Putting content on the Internet: the library's role as creator of electronic information NANCY R. JOHN (UIC University Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA) Library preservation in Japan: over 10 years progress TORU KOIZUMI (Rikkyo University Library, Tokyo, Japan) Influence of e-mail/Internet on librarians with special reference to acquisition of documents from the former USSR and neighboring countries in the context of recent change KATHLEEN LADIZESKY (Slavonic Acquisitions, British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, UK) Iranian information services and their role on economic development NADER NAGHSHINEH (JSIS, Tehran, Iran) Providing public access from a library to WWW information services free of charge PAUL NIEUWENHUYSEN (Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium) Megasystem collaboration: advancing the library information agenda through multicampus cross-continent cooperation JORDAN M. SCEPANSKI (Library and Learning, California State University, Long Beach, California, USA)and BARBARA VON WAHLDE (University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA) The virtual library system of the Technical Chamber of Greece KATERINA TORAKI (Documentation and Information Unit, Technical Chamber of Greece, Athens, Greece) Scholarly communication centre: creating a technologically rich environment for teaching and research in the 21st century MYOUNG CHUNG WILSON (Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) Activities of the Regional Section: Asia and Oceania PENSRI GUAYSUWAN (Thailand) Colima: the first electronic information complex in Latin America FERIA LOURDES (Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico) 12:30-15:00 99. National Libraries SI Theme: "How Are National Libraries Using Information Technology to Forward their Overall Strategy?" Library 2000: its impact on the National Library Board of Singapore NGIAN LEK CHOH (National Library Board, Singapore) National document and information service WARREN HORTON (National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia) How information technology can improve library communications to remote islands of the Cook Islands CARMEN TEMATA (Cook Islands National Library, Rarotonga, Cook Islands) The National Library of China towards the 21st century SUN BEIXIN (National Library of China, Beijing, China) Kansai-kan project MASAKI CHIYO (Administrative Division, National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan) 100. Conservation Theme: "Preserving the Documentary Heritage of Asia" Library preservation in China LIU JIA-ZHEN (China Society for Library Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China) Rescue and reproduction of Chinese precious documents PEI ZHAOYUN (China National Microfilming Center for Library Resources, Beijing, China) Towards a collective memory of mainland Southeast Asia: field preservation of traditional manuscripts in Thailand, Laos and Myanmar RUJAYA ABHAKORN (Chiang Mai University Library, Chiang Mai, Thailand) From myth to science: mass deacidification technology re-examined AKIO YASUE (Preservation Office, National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan) 101. Continuing Professional Education Theme: "Client-Centered Approach: Implications for Continuing Professional Education" The continuing education customer: key to effective programme development DARLENE WEINGAND (School of Library Science, University of Wisconsin, USA) Future Chinese librarians and their training HE QIN (Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA) and MA JIN (Department of Library and Information Science, Peking University, Beijing, China) Reborn through continuing education in the case of Korea YOUNGSOOK LEE (Korean Library Association, Seoul, South Korea) University librarian's thoughts on continuing education WEN PEI ZHI and MA JING KUN (Beijing Normal University Library, Beijing, China) Campus library services for college/university commuters in the United States and the People's Republic of China YAN QUAN LIU, HEATHER (HUA) NIE (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA) and YALING CAO (National Library of China, Beijing, China) 102. Cataloguing Theme: "Cooperative Cataloguing Projects: Economic Benefits through Resource Sharing". The commencement and advancement of China's cataloguing-in-publication HAO ZHIPING (Archives Library of Chinese Publications, China) Cooperative cataloguing: supply and exchange of data through a European project: the Italian experience ISA DE PINEDO and CRISTINA MAGLIANO (Cataloguing Methodologies and Training Department, Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche Italiane e per le informazioni Bibliografiche, Rome, Italy) The programme for cooperative cataloguing: mission, goals and potential for international cooperation SARAH E. THOMAS (Public Service Collections, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA) 103. Management of Library Associations Theme: "How to Develop your Library Association" The meeting will have the form of a clinic with two short speeches, followed by discussion groups on the following topics: a) advocacy; b) communication with members; c) membership benefits; and d) policy development To develop your library association RUDI VAN DER VELDE (NBLC, The Hague, Netherlands) Speaker to be announced 104. Libraries for the Blind SI Theme: "National Strategies on Library Services to the Print Disabled" Library services for the blind in China SONG JIAN MIN (China Library for the Blind, Beijing, China) A new vista on library services to the visually impaired in the developing countries of Asia: a Malaysian paradigm SHELLATAY DEVADASON and MIRIAM ABDUL KADIR (National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) The development of national strategies for library service for blind and print handicapped people in Denmark WINNIE VITZANSKY (Danish National Library for the Blind, Copenhagen, Denmark) International instruments for access to information for all HIROSHI KAWAMURA (University of Tokyo Library, Tokyo, Japan) 105. Document Delivery and Interlending Theme: Copyright Questions in Document Delivery and Interlending Copyright in the United States: current developments and initiatives MARY E. JACKSON (Association of Research Libraries, Washington DC, USA) Electronic copyright management systems: dream, nightmare or reality? GRAHAM P. CORNISH (UAP Core Programme, Boston Spa, Wetherby, UK) Copyright and Russian libraries: interlending and document delivery services ELENA ERONINA (Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia) 12:30-15:30 106. Professional Board II 15:30-18:00 107. Art Libraries SI Theme: "Chinese Libraries and Collections within and outside China". The Chinese art library towards the 21st century: an exposition on the development of the reference library of the Chinese Academy of Arts DAI SHU-JUAN (Reference Library, Chinese Academy of Arts, Beijing, China) The provision and use of materials on Chinese art in London libraries ZHENG HAIYAO (National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK) Copper engraving in China. The first Chinese-European cooperative project in the field of art HARMUT WALRAVENS (International ISBN Agency, Berlin State Library, Berlin, Germany) 108. Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries Theme: "East Meets West in Medical Librarianship" Developing medical library and information science education in China LIU XIAO-CHUN and FANG PING (Faculty of Medical Library and Information Science, Hunan Medical University, Changsha, China) East meets West: a decade of partnership in library education between McGill University and China Medical University FRANCES GROEN (McGill University Libraries, Montreal, Canada) East meets West: the training and selecting of successors for medical library directors in China XIONG DIZHI and MA LI (Library, China Medical University, Beijing, China) Views from the West: access to biomedical information from the East in the National Library of Medicine's databases LOIS ANN COLAIANNI (Library Operations, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA) Views from the West: the impact of professional values on library performance MIRIAM GINMAN (National Library of Health Sciences, Helsinki, Finland) 109. University Libraries and other General Research Libraries SI Theme: "Copyright and Fair Use in the Electronic Information Age: Implications for Academic Libraries" ECUP - European Copyright User Platform EMANUELLA J.C. GIAVARRA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Association, Brussels, Belgium) Copyright, libraries, and the electronic information environment: discussions and developments in the United States DUANE E. WEBSTER (Association of Research Libraries, Washington DC, USA) Copyright legislation: fair use and the efficient dissemination of scientific knowledge OLE BRONMO (Trondheim University, Trondheim, Norway) 110. Classification and Indexing Decomposing DDC synthesized numbers SONGQIAO LIU (J. Paul Getty Trust, Santa Monica, California, USA) National problems and international cooperation in classification FREDRICH GEISSELMANN (Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany) Modern classification systems and thesauri in China ZHONG QIYU (Department of Library and Information Science, Air Force Political College, Shanghai, China), LIU XIANGSHENG (China Society for Library Science, Beijing, China) and WANG DONG-HO (Chinese Cataloging Department, National Library of China, Beijing, China) 111. Library Theory and Research Current state of research on digital libraries in Japan KIMIO HOSONO (School of Library and Information Science, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan) A bibliometric study on library and information research in China CHEN HUANWEN (Library and Information Science Department, Zhongshan University, China) Research as a basis of the development of standards for libraries BEVERLY LYNCH (Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA) 112. Acquisition and Collection Development Theme: "The Changing Economics of Acquisitions" Electronic information versus print information: a case study at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library MIN-MIN CHANG (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong) The economic approach to acquisition in a changing environment: a dialogue between a librarian and an economist MEITETSU HARUYAMA (Acquisitions Department, National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan) Economic issues for building digital libraries: an overview ANN SHUMELDA OKERSON (Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA) 113. Children's Libraries Theme: "Children's Libraries and Children's Reading in China" The characteristics of the children reader's demand: an investigation on the children readers of Anqing City, Anhui Province, China LIU LISHA (Anqing City Library, Anqing, China) The current status and prospects of children's libraries in China ZHENG LILI (Information Management Department, Beijing University, Beijing, China) The present situation and development trend for China's children's libraries NING GUOYU, GAO XINZHAN, and DU CHEN (Tianjin Children's Library, Tianjin, China) 114. Parliamentary Libraries: Informal Open Discussion 19:00-21:00 115. Cultural Entertainment hosted by the Ministry of Culture WEDNESDAY, 28 AUGUST 09:00-17:00 116. Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL) at National Library of China 09:00-11:30 117. Statistics SI Theme: "Statistics for Library Management" On the necessity of working out the implementing rules for library statistical standards in China YUAN KELI (Division of Monograph Cataloguing, National Library of China, Beijing, China) A comparative study of national public library statistical systems and management in the United States and the People's Republic of China YAN QUAN LIU (Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Evaluation principles and methods for the new Fresnes Library THIERRY GIAPPICONI (Bibliothèque Municipale de Fresnes, Fresnes, France) Management support systems and national library statistics: the German case ULRICH HOFMANN (Department of Library Science, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany) 118. Reading SI La discours sur la lecture et l'evolution des bibliothèques publiques au Quebec depuis la fin du 19e siecle REJEAN SAVARD (Ecole de Bibliothéconomie et des Sciences de l'Information, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada) Ambientes y tiempos para que viva la lectura STELLA MARIS FERNANDEZ (Centro de Investigaciones Bibliotecologicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina) The juvenile reader: today and tomorrow IRINA V. BAKHMUTSKAYA (Russian State Youth Library, Academy for Humanity Arts, Moscow, Russia) and ZOYA A. YANKOVA (Russian State Youth Library, Moscow, Russia) Illiteracy in Greece EUGENIA KEFALLINEOU (National Library of Greece, Athens, Greece) Thoughts on how to improve reading guidance service QIANG YUANMING (Academic and Research Instruction Department, Hunan Provincial Library for Teenagers and Children, Hunan, China) Libraries in the system of education (education as quality) JADWIGA KOLODZIEJSKA (Books and Readers Institute, Poland) 119. (Open) 120. Serial Publications Multilingual and Multiscript Issues in Cataloguing JOAN M. ALIPRAND (The Research Libraries Group, Inc.) The Serials and Their Union Catalogue in China YAN-MING PAN, JING MA, JIAN-HUA ZENG (National Library in China) 121. Latin America and the Caribbean Theme: "El fenómeno de la globalización en la informacion y en la economía" Las asociaciones profesionales en América Latina en la globalización de finales de siglo ROSA MARIA FERNANDEZ DE ZAMORA (Mexico) las bibliotecas universitarias como elemento clave en el fenómeno de la globalizatión en la información en América Latina ADOLFO RODRIGUEZ (Mexico) Globalización de la economía y expansión de las fronteras y de las micro-empresas: el papel de la información en redes a través de bibliotecas virtuales ELIZABETH MARIA RAMOS DE CARVALHO and AUTA ROJAS BARRETO (Brazil) 122. Library History Theme: "The History of Libraries and Librarianship in the Far East during the 20th Century" Historical development of librarianship in South Korea CHANSIK CHO (Department of Library and Information Science, Dongduck Women's University, Seoul, Korea) The destruction of Chinese books in the Peking Siege of 1900 DONALD G. DAVIS (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA) and HUANWEN CHENG (Zhongshan University, Guangzchou, China) The development of public libraries in Japan after World War II YOSHITAKA KAWASAKI (Kyoto University, Japan), GENJIRO YAMAGUCHI (Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan) and RYOKO TAKASHIMA (Hokuriku Gakugei Junior College, Kanazawa City, Japan) 11:30-12:30 123. Professional Board Meeting with Officers and Standing Committee members on preparation of the Medium-Term Programme 1998-2001 12:00-14:00 124. Poster Sessions (see list under meeting 98) 12:30-15:00 125. Science and Technology Libraries Theme: "Management of Science and Technology Journals in a Time of Change" DECOMATE: from electronic access to new opportunities in scientific journal management DIJKSTRA, JOOST (Tilburg University, Library, POBOX 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands) Research on the collection and rational distributin of foreign sci-tech journals in China HONGYING XU (Library of Academia Sinica, China) Availability of journals in electronic form OILI KOKKONEN and EVA IJIS (Jyväskylä University Library, Jyväskylä, Finland) Using the Internet to share information between China and the West. NEWTON X. LIU (Vice President, Bridge to Asia,1214 Webster Street #F,Oakland, California 94612 USA) Collection Development and Electronic Document Delivery: Cooperative Effort for Maximum Service NAVJIT BRAR (Head, Access Svs. & Periodicals Trenton State College Library Trenton, NJ 08650 4700 USA) Science Technology Medicine Serials Cooperative Collection Development inSUNY Libraries SUZANNE FEDUNOK (Coles Science Center, Bobst Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square, South New York, NY 10012. USA.) 126. Education and Training Theme: "Change and Innovation in Library and Information Science Education" The library as a key to exploiting economic resources - global competence in the library oils the lock HAZEL DAKERS (Hazel Dakars and Associates, Training Stategy Consultancy, London, UK) Information technology oriented courses in LIS education: a comparison between four LIS schools SHAOYI HE (China) Biculturalism and librarianship in New Zealand: a more fundamental change than information technology ROWENA CULLEN (Department of Library and Information Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) 127. Bibliography Theme: "Authority Control" International standards in authority data control: costs and benefits Les normes internationales sur le contrôle des données d'autorité : coûts et profits ALAN DANSKIN (Authority Control, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby, UK) The current state of Chinese bibliographic control FU PING (National Library of China, Beijing, China) Publishing of annotated bibliographies: promises and challenges for the '90s YAN HONG (Documents and Maps Department, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA) AUTHOR: vers une base Européene de notices d'authorité auteurs FRANÇOISE BOURDON and SONIA ZILLHARDT (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France) 128. Mobile Libraries The travelling library in Harbin, China LIU BAO and WANG TIAN YI (Harbin Municipal Library, Harbin, China) Special bookmobiles in France MIREILLE GAYRET (Bibliothèque Centrale de Pret, Corsica, France) New technology and mobile libraries ERNEST DIMATTIA (Ferguson Library, Connecticut, USA) 129. Social Sciences Libraries SI Theme: "The Impact of New Technology on Social Science Libraries" Impact of new technology on libraries - introductory note [available at URL: http://www.fh-potsdam.de/~IFLA/62-hobh.htm] HANS-CHRISTOPH HOBOHM (Fachhochschule, Potsdam, Germany) New tasks and new opportunities for libraries in the digital environment CHING-CHIH CHEN (Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) Strategic utilization of Internet: Singapore's IT 2000 and Library 2000 plans EDNA REID (Nanyang Technical University, Singapore) New roles for librarians in supporting researchers in social science: impact of new technology DIANN RUSCH-FEJA (Max-Planck Institute für Bildungsforschung, Berlin, Germany) Digitization and networking: the scheme and practice of establishing the CASS electronic library LU BENFU and ZHOU JUNLAN (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China) Technologies, integration, renewal: Harvard Libraries prepare for the future BARBARA GRAHAM (Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) 130. Newspapers Theme: "Asian Newspapers" Access to the past of a nation of immigrants: Asian language newspapers in the United States KUEI CHIU (Asian Studies, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California, USA) Chinese and American newspapers and periodicals in the United States YAN MA (School of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) Geman influence on the press in China HARMUT WALRAVENS (Berlin State Library, Berlin, Germany) The newspaper collections of the National Library of China: their use and prospects YU SHUJIE (Serials Department, National Library of China, Beijing, China) 131. Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons SI Theme: "The Challenge of Change: Reading Promotion to Special Groups" The investigation and consideration about reading conditions of juvenile offenders XIONG ZHONGQI (Hunan Provincial Library of Teenagers and Children, Changsha, China) Easy-to-read: an important part in reading promotion and in the fight against illiteracy BROR TRONBACKE (Swedish Easy-to-Read Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden) Talking newspapers and magazines for visually impaired and other people with print disabilities: an international perspective PETER CRADDOCK (Share the Vision, Royal National Institute for the Blind, London, UK) 13:00-17:00 132. Library tours 15:30-18:00 133. Government Information and Official Publications Theme: "Access to Human Rights Documentation" Access to United Nations human rights documentation LAURIE S. WISEBERG (Human Rights Internet, Ottawa, Canada) Access to human rights documentation through non-governmental organizations JUDITH DUECK (Human Rights Organization and Documentation Systems International, Geneva (HURIDOCS); Gordon Bell High School, Winnipeg, Canada) Strategies for locating human rights information on the Internet HELEN SHEEHY (University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA) 134. School Libraries SI Theme: "Cooperation and Planning with Teachers" China's primary and secondary school libraries: their history, status quo, and future JIA XIAOBIN, DU YUNXIANG, SI AIOPIN, and ZHANG XIAOYAN (Library of Foreign Languages, Henan, China) The types and levels of cooperation with teachers in the high school libraries in Japan TERAYA HORIKAWA (Shimane Women's College, Shimane, Japan) Le CDI, outil pedagogique des enseignmants: pour une mise en place d'une formation a l'information au equipe professeur-documentaliste COLETTE CHARRIER (Lycée Guez de Balzac, Argoulemain, France) 135. Editors of Library Journals Theme: "Library Journals in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Difficulties" Información sobre la disponibilidad de revistas bibliotecológicas en América Latina EMILIO SETIEN (Cuban Association of Librarians, Havana, Cuba) The journals of librarianship in developing countries: availability difficulties as seen by periodical jobbers LESTER J. POURCIAU (University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) "Biblioteka": leading periodical for Russian libraries STANISLAV SAMSONOV and OLEG BORODIN (Biblioteka, Moscow, Russia) 136. Audiovisual and Multimedia SI Theme: "AV and Multimedia in Libraries from a Chinese and an International Point of View" The AV services at public libraries in China WANG QIAN (AV Materials Section, National Library of China, Beijing, China) International projects and cooperation ISABELLE GIANNATTASIO (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Ivry-sur-Seine, France) Heritage collections: cooperation between national sound archives and libraries CARLA MARIA SOTGIU (Discoteca di Stato, Rome, Italy) A comparative study of organization and access for electronics and audiovisual resources in the United States and the People's Republic of China YAN MA, STEVEN MILLER and YAN-QUAN LIU (School of Library and Information Science, Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) Creation of a searchable film/video database on the library Web server YAPING LIU (University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA) Catalogación de audiovisuales: un reparo a la situación international MARIA PILAR GALLEGO (Biblioteca National, Madrid, Spain) 137. User Education Theme: "Information Literacy: Global Perspectives" Challenges of literacy development in an information society PAYO LINNAKULÄ (Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland) Information literacy: gaps between concepts and application LEENA SIITONEN (LMS Information Consulting, Lieto, Finland) Information user training in developing countries starting from China BAIYUN FENG (Tsinghua University Library, Beijing, China) Network literacy: new task for librarians on user education CHENGREN HU (Anderson Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wisconsin, USA) 138. Division of Regional Activities Library and information services as an aid to rural development in Latin America SAUL ARMENDARIZ SANCHEZ (Centro de Información Cientifica y Humanistica, Ciudad Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico) 139. Management Theme: "Financing Library Services: Changing Approaches" Expanding information services: value-added library operations GU JIAN REN (Jingling University, Nanjing, China) Contracting out in public libraries BARBRO THOMAS (Swedish National Council, Stockholm, Sweden) Finding new sources of financial aid for libraries JOAN HOOD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA) Contracting out government library and information services in the US MICHAEL KOENIG (Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois, USA) Review of the work of the Round Table on Management PATRICIA LAYZELL WARD (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK) Evening 140. Banquet in the Great Hall of the People's Republic hosted by the Beijing City Government THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST 09:00-10:30 141. Open Forum of CAIFE SI 09:00-13:00 142. Cataloguing: Workshop Theme: "Retrospective Conversion: Lessons Learned and New Trends" The Harvard University Library catalog conversion project RICHARD DE GENNARO (Harvard College, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) Retrospective conversion of CJK materials in the Fung Ping Shan Library, University of Hong Kong B.W. LEE (FPS Recon, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Du tiroir à l'écran: les opérations conduites par le service de conversion rétrospective de la Bibliothèque National de France ANNE-MARIE BEAUGENDRE (Développement scientifique et des réseaux, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France) Retrospective conversion: the British Library Catalogue ALAN DANSKIN (Authority Control, British Library, Boston Spa, UK) 143. Library Buildings and Equipment: Workshop (to be confirmed) 144. Library Theory and Research joint with University Libraries: Workshop Theme: "Research in the Asian Region" Speakers from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia will be announced Welcome DR. J. WILLEMSE (Chair, Section of University Libraries) International Librarianship, an agenda for research: the Asian perspective DR. ROBERT D. STUEART (Executive Director and Professor of Information Management, Center for Library and Information Resources, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok) Developing the corpus of professional knowledge through library research in Malaysia DR. ZAITAN OSMAN (Chief Librarian, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur) The development of a regional documentation centre on ethnic Chinese studies CH'NG KIM SEE (Head, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Library, Singapore) Concluding Overview DR. BEVERLY LYNCH (Chair, Section of Library Theory and Research ) 145. Libraries for the Blind: Workshop Theme: "Digital Talking Books Technology: The Next Generation" The role of IFLA's Section of Libraries for the Blind in the evolution of the new generation of talking books systems BEATRICE CHRISTENSEN SKÖLD (Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, Enskede, Sweden) Developments around the world in regard to new talking book technology: an overview STEPHEN P. KING (Technical and Consumer Services, Royal National Institute for the Blind, Peterborough, UK) The international field testing programme of digital talking book technology HIROSHI KAWAMURA (University of Tokyo Library, Tokyo, Japan) The DAISY project and consortium INGAR BECKMAN HIRSCHFELDT (Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, Enskede, Sweden) and DIANA HJORT (Labyrinten Data AB) Demonstration of the Plextalk machine by Hiroshi Kawamura Standing Committee meetings 146. Public Libraries SC II 147. Acquisition and Collection Development SC II 148. Science and Technology Libraries SC II 149. Social Sciences Libraries SC II 150. Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons SC II 151. Rare Books and Manuscripts SC II 152. Conservation SC II 153. Government Information and Official Publications SC II 154. Statistics SC II 09:00-17:00 155. Art Libraries: Workshop Theme: "Pay or Profit: Fee or Free?" Paying for services: experiences at the Smithsonian Institution CECILIA H. CHIN and ILDIKO P. DEANGELIS (National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA) Fee to free: the current account from an academic library KAREN LATIMER (Science Library, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland) Self-financing services in libraries: a method of increasing limited library budgets in post-communist Romania JOANA ROBU and SALLY WOOD-LAMONT (Central Library, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chij-Napola, Romania) Imagenes digitales y valoracian de costes: la experencia española JAVIER DOCAMPO (Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Subsidizing end user access to research databases: from card file to World Wide Web JOSEPH BUSCH (Getty Art History Information Program, Santa Monica, California, USA) and ANGELA GIRAL (Avery Architectural and Fine Art Library. Columbia University, New York, New York, USA) Paid services at the library for foreign literature: new objectives, experience, perspectives OLGA SINITSYNA (Arts and Children's Literature Department, M.I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia) 156. Open 157. Children's Libraries joint with Library Services to Multicultural Populations, School Libraries and INTAMEL: Workshop Theme: "Storytelling" Opening remarks ILONA GLASHOFF (Bücherhalle Poppenbüttel, Hamburger Offenliche Bücherhalle, Hamburg, Germany) Introduction to the workshop SHIRLEY FITZGIBBONS (School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA) Storytelling in China today ZHANG YIYUN (Children's Library, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China) Storytelling as an educational phenomenon AUDREY DAIGNEAULT (University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA) Meeting the needs and interests by age levels BRENDA WALKER (USA) Storytelling as a cultural phenomenon: storytelling in Greenland DORTE FUTTRUP (Frederiksberg Seminarium, Denmark) Storytelling as a cultural phenomenon: storytelling in Greece ELGA CAVADIAS (Center for Children's and Adolescents' Books, Athens, Greece) Afternoon Storytelling: an author's perspective ULF STARK (Sweden) Storytelling around the world: tale-telling marathon of Guadalajara BLANCA CALVO ALONSO-CORTES (Public Library, Guadalajara, Spain) Storytelling around the world: Jataka tales SOMBOON SINGHAMANAN (Department of Library Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand) Storytelling around the world: Anansi stories from the Caribbean RITA COX (Toronto Public Library (ret.), Toronto, Canada) Storytelling as theatre: The last empress of China FRIEDA LING (Glendale Public Library, Arizona, USA) 158. Classification and Indexing: Workshop Theme: "Dewey Decimal Classification: Edition 21 and International Perspectives" Welcome and opening remarks DONNA DUNCAN (McGill University, Montreal, Canada) and LOIS MAI CHAN (College of Communications and Information Studies. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA) DDC 21: an introduction JOAN S. MITCHELL (Dewey Decimal Classification, OCLC, Forest Press, USA) A closer look at life sciences and public administration GILES S. MARTIN (University of Newcastle, Australia) Dewey for Windows JULIANNE BEALL (Dewey Decimal Classification, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA) Afternoon The use of Dewey in national bibliographies BARBARA L. BELL (College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, USA) Dewey in Asia/Pacific Libraries GILES S. MARTIN (University of Newcastle, Australia) The use of Dewey in China WANG DONG-HO (Chinese Cataloguing Department, National Library of China, Beijing, China) Translating the DDC OCTAVIO G. ROJAS (Rojas Eberhard Editores Ltda., Colombia) 159. Document Delivery and Interlending: Workshop Theme: "Charging for Document Delivery and Interlending" Charging for document delivery and interlending: an introduction HEINZ FUCHS (State and University Library of Lower Saxony, Göttingen, Germany) Determining the cost of an interlibrary loan in North American research libraries: an initial study JOAN CHAMBERS (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA) and MARY E. JACKSON (Association of Research Libraries, Washington DC, USA) Charging for interlibrary loan: from barter to business CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT (Loan Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA) Charging in document delivery and interlending: the Scandinavian discussion and scene FRODE BAKKEN (Tfnsberg Public Library, Tfnsberg, Norway) The IFLA voucher scheme: an alternative payment for international ILL SARA GOULD and GRAHAM P. CORNISH (UAP Core Programme, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby, UK) 160. Education and Training: Workshop (note: possibly off-site) (will be followed by meeting with local educators) Theme: "Chinese Library and Information Science Education" Recent trends in LIS education in Europe OLE HARBO (Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark) Recent trends in LIS education in North America EVELYN DANIEL (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) Transition of LIS education in China: problems and perspectives DONG XIAO JING (China) Chinese librarians and library education in the future HE QIN and MA JING (China) Professional education and occupation training SANG LIANGZHI (China) The essential qualities of the librarian in the age of information JIA XIAOBIN, DU YUNXIANG, SI AIQUIN and ZHANG XIAOYAN (China) 161. Geography and Map Libraries: Workshop (note: not confirmed; possibly off-site) 162. Government Libraries joint with the ALP Core Programme: Workshop Theme: "Aid Agency Information Services Assisting Economic Development" Aid agencies, both governmental and non-governmental, provide external support for economic development projects in developing countries. In this process, what role do/should their libraries and information centres play? How are they currently performing this role? How should they change to meet future needs? Should they take on a role to monitor and encourage library development in developing countries? SPREP information service: strengthening links between aid agencies and libraries in developing countries SATUI BENTIN (SPREP Library, Western Samoa) The National Library of Papua New Guinea: outreach and book donation programme in rural areas ANDREW S. ITAE (Office of Libraries and Archives, Papua New Guinea) Aid agencies in Japan and their activities YASUSHI YAMAJI (National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan) Barriers to technical solutions: institutional, policy and legal barriers to information support to development projects MARK PERKINS (ODI, UK) Panel Discussion ALP activities a) BIRGITTA SANDELL (ALP Core Programme Office, Uppsala, Sweden) b) TIM CULLEN (NRI, UK) c) ANITA BRELAND (ADB, Philippines) Assisting regional and national library associations in developing countries a) ARLENE COHEN (PIALA, Micronesia) b) DELIA TORRIJOS (UNESCO/PGI, Thailand) c) CRAIG BOADEN (AusAID, Australia) d) JOHN BUTSCH (USAID, USA) 163. Management of Library Associations: Workshop Theme: "How to Run a Library Association" Library associations in underdeveloped regions and their impact on library development ARLENE COHEN (University of Guam, Guam) Programme and member services in a library association KAREN MULLER (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, Chicago, Illinois, USA) Administration and finance in a library association CARLA FUNK (Medical Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA) 164. Parliamentary Libraries: Workshop Part II (note: continuation of meeting no. 55) 165. Regional Activities: Workshop The Division will hold a joint workshop of all relevant Sections: Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean on Medium-Term Programme planning. 166. Serial Publications joint with the ISSN Centre: Workshop Theme: "ISSN Network: The Work of ISSN Centres" The ISSN Network: missions and activities SUZANNE SANTIAGO (ISSN International Centre, Paris, France) ISSN developments: strategic plan towards 2001 INGRID PARENT (Acquisitions and Bibliographic Service, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) An example of regional cooperation between ISSN Centres and Union Catalogues: NOSP - the Nordic Union Catalogue PER MORTEN BRYHN (University Library of Oslo, Oslo, Norway) 167. UDT Core Programme joint with Information Technology: Workshop Theme: "Connections and Collaborations: Using the Internet in Libraries" Introduction to the Internet EDWARD J. VALAUSKAS (Managing Editor, First Monday, Chicago, Illinois, USA) Effective use of Internet e-mail TERRY KUNY (Global Village Research, IFLANET Administration, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) How do you design Web pages? GARY CLEVELAND (National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) Making information available through IFLANET TERRY KUNY (Global Village Research, IFLANET Administration, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada) 168. University Libraries and other General Research Libraries: Workshop Theme: "Managing Academic Libraries: The Challenge of Change" Academic libraries are rapidly assimilating information technology into all their activities including the ways in which services are delivered, resources are acquired and operations are managed. The roles of librarians are changing as they operate in a networked environment in which they assist and train their clients in using remote and local resources delivered in many ways. There is a convergence between libraries and information technology departments. The changing roles and environment pose tremendous challenges for academic library management. The following speakers will discuss how these issues arise in various regions. a) ZHU FUCHENG (Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China) b) PRISCILLA YU (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA) c) BRUCE ROYAN (University of Stirling, UK) d) HANNELORE RADER (Cleveland State University, USA) e) ALEX BYRNE (Northern Territory University, Casuarina, Australia) A guided exploration of some scenarios illustrating these issues by a panel a) HANNELORE RADER b) BRUCE ROYAN c) PRISCILLA YU d) KIRSTEN ENGELSTAD (Norway) e) ZHU FUCHENG f) PETER DUREY (New Zealand) Group session: identification of key issues in small groups, with some organized on language basis (eight groups of six) 169. Library Services to Multicultural Populations joint with Classification and Indexing: Workshop Theme: "Serving Multicultural Populations in the 21st Century: Universal Standardized Subject Headings - Present Status and Future Prospects" Welcome and opening remarks SUZINE HAR NICOLESCU (Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA) History of Library of Congress subject headings, current cooperative projects, and future prospects BARBARA TILLETT (Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA) Modern technology and the digitization of subject headings in a multiscript/multicultural environment CAROLE MOORE (University of Toronto Libraries, Toronto, Canada) Access to multilingual databases through universal standardized subject headings: pros and cons of implementation MONICA LEI ZENG (School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA) Afternoon Adaptation of a universal standardized subject heading system in the Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK) environment NAITO EISUKE (NACSIS (National Center for Science Information Systems), Tokyo, Japan) Usefulness of standardized subject headings in China LI JIU-QI (China Ethnic Library, Beijing, China) and MA ZHANG-HUA (Library and Information Science Department, Peking University, Beijing, China) A study on the development of Korean subject headings KIM TAE-SOO (Library and Information Science Department, Yonsei University, Korea) Usefulness of standardized subject headings for Thai publications: a case study of Thammasat University Libraries YUKOL SINJERMSIRI and SOMLUX SUWANPANICH (Technical Services Department, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand) Usefulness of standardized subject headings in Malaysia TAN SEIW ENG (Technical Processing Division, University of Malaya Library, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Usefulness of standardized subject headings AUGURIO COLLANTES (Hostos College of the City University of New York (ret.), Rosyln Heights, New York, USA) What's next? Issues arising from the workshop LEI ZHOU (Cataloguing Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada) 10:30-12:00 170. CAIFE Committee meeting (closed) 13:00-17:00 171. Library tours followed by receptions in libraries 172. Acquisition and Collection Development joint with STM Publishing: Workshop Theme: "Recent and new Developments in STM Publishing and Information Dissemination: Overview and Outlook for Librarians and Information Specialists" This is an introductory seminar, at a low technical level, aimed at librarians with English as a second language. The speaker will provide demonstrations on information captured from the Internet showing intelligent agents such as Yahoo, Lycos, home pages, and electronic publications. ARNOUD DE KEMP (Corporate Development, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany) 173. User Education: Workshop Theme: "User Education for Remote Library Users" Reaching out to the remote user MARTIN KESSELMAN, JACKIE MARDIKIAN and MYSONG WILSON (Rutgers University Libraries, New Jersey, USA) Reaching out through technology: a plan of success for instituting outreach education and extension agent programs NAVJIT BRAR (Trenton State College Library, Trenton, New Jersey, USA) Virtual pathfinders STEVE SLOAN (University of New Brunswick Library, Canada) Content analysis and evaluation of library instruction programmes on the World Wide Web WIN SHIH and MARK BARICEVIC (Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA) 174. Science and Technology Libraries: Workshop Technical report literature JULIA GELFAND (California University, USA) International patent literature CONNNIE WU (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) The IFLA grey literature project ANDREI ZEMSKOV (Russian Sci-Tech Library) Grey literature in China NI BO (Nanjing University, China) 175. Social Sciences Libraries: Workshop Renmin University Theme: "Seeking Information for Development Studies" 176. Newspapers joint with Conservation: Workshop Theme: "Microfilming or Digitization for Preservation of Newspapers and other Material" Preservation microfilming of newspapers ELSE DELAUNAY (Departament des Periodiques, Bibliothèque National de France, Paris, France) Preservation digitizing of newspapers ALAN HOWELL (State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) Newspaper microfilming in Japan AKIO YASUE (National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan) Standing Committees 177. Cataloguing SC II 178. Library Buildings and Equipment SC II 179. Libraries for the Blind SC II 180. Government Libraries SC II 181. National Libraries SC II 182. Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries SC II 183. Library Theory and Research SC II 17:00 184. Receptions in libraries (see 171) FRIDAY, 30 AUGUST 08:30-10:30 185. Art Libraries SC II 186. Children's Libraries SC II 187. Reading SC II 188. Bibliography SC II 189. School Libraries SC II 190. Classification and Indexing SC II 191. Geography and Map Libraries SC II 192. Serial Publications SC II 193. Library Services to Multicultural Populations SC II 194. Parliamentary Libraries SC II 195. Latin America and the Caribbean SC II 196. Africa SC II 197. Asia and Oceania SC II 198. University Libraries SC II 199. Information Technology SC II 200. Education and Training SC II 201. Document Delivery and Interlending SC II 09:00-10:00 202. IFLA Conference Organizers 10:30-12:30 203. General Research Libraries CB II 204. Special Libraries CB II 205. Libraries Serving the General Public CB II 206. Bibliographic Control CB II 207. Collections and Services CB II 208. Management and Technology CB II 209. Education and Research CB II 210. Regional Activities CB II 10:00-12:30 211. Executive Board III (with representatives of BIEF, CDNL, FID, ICA, IPA, and UNESCO) 13:30-14:30 212. Professional Board III 15:00-17:00 213. Closing Session (includes Guest Lecture Series III) Evening free SATURDAY, 31 AUGUST 214. Excursions Notes CB = Coordinating Board of Division SC = Standing Committee of Section EC = Executive Committee of Round Table SI = Simultaneous Interpretation All meetings of the various steering bodies (with the exception of the business meetings of the Executive and Professional Boards) may be attended by observers, provided the Chairs have no objections. Normally, papers are not presented in CB, SC and EC meetings. Papers are listed in the programme in the language in which they will be delivered. If the original language title has not been received, the English title is given. Note too that because of late receipt of papers, the titles listed may be working titles, but do reflect the content of the paper to be presented. Papers received by the extended deadline of 15 June (up to code number xxx) will be provided in pre-printed booklets to all participants upon registering. Workshop papers, late-arriving papers and translations can be obtained in exchange for coupons or for cash at the Paper Handling Centre Complete addresses of the speakers can be found in the list of participants. Most of the meetings will be held at the Beijing International Conference Center (BICC), with the exception of some workshops which will be held off-site. Any programme or meeting room changes will be announced in IFLA Express, the daily newsletter. Division rooms will be available. In principle, extra meetings cannot be scheduled. However, groups may enquire at the IFLA Headquarters Secretariat to find out whether additional rooms are available and to reserve them for their meetings.
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