Conference on Libraries and the NII Anne Harrison 02 Nov 1994 18:21 UTC
To subscribers of SERIALST: LIBRARIES AND THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5-6 December 5 and 6, 1994 will be the dates for a one-and-a-half day Conference on "Libraries and the National Information Infrastructure" to be sponsored in Washington, DC by the CAPCON Library Network. The Conference will begin on the morning of December 5 with a session focussing on broad perspectives on the NII. Speakers at this session will be: Paul Evan Peters, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information Kenneth Kay, Executive Director of the Computer Systems Policy Project Link Hoewing, Executive Director of External Relations for Bell Atlantic Sonia Jarvis, former Executive Director of the National Coalition on Black Voter Participation The morning program will be capped off by Toni Carbo Bearman, Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh and a member of the U.S. Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure. The luncheon speaker on December 5 will be Thomas Kalil, Director for Science and Technology to the National Economic Council. Following lunch and Mr. Kalil's address, the afternoon session will focus on the role of legislation and government in the evolution of the NII. Speakers include: Robert Gillespie of Robert Gillespie Associates Prue Adler, Assistant Executive Director for External Relations, Association of Research Libraries Elaine Albright, Director of Libraries at the University of Maine and Chair of the ALA Legislation Committee's Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Telecommunications The afternoon program will be concluded with a presentation by Peter Young, Executive Director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). The Conference will continue onto the morning of December 6, at which time the program will focus specifically on the role of libraries of all types -- academic, public, special, school, state, and national -- in the emerging NII. The speakers will be: Suzanne Thorin, Chief of Staff; Library of Congress Patricia Wand, University Librarian, American University Jean Armour Polly, Manager of Network Development and User Training, NYSERNET Maurice Travillian, State Librarian and Assistant Superintendent for Libraries, Maryland State Department of Education Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Services Paula Montgomery, publisher of School Library Media Activities Monthly The "Libraries and the NII" Conference will be held at the Quality Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland, just across the DC border, with easy access by Metro as well as having ample parking available. Registration fees for the entire Conference are $105 for CAPCON members and $125 for non-members. Partial conference registration rates are also available for those wishing to attend only part of the Conference. CAPCON cannot accept registrations for the conference over the Internet. To request a brochure with the full program and registration details, call CAPCON at 202-331-5771 or send an e-mail message to niiconf@capcon.net. Requests sent via e-mail should include the requestor's surface mail address. You may also obtain course and registration information by sending a written request to the following address: CAPCON Library Network 1320 19th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington DC 20036-1679 FAX: 202-797-7719