_Journal of Internet Cataloging_ Special Issue (Gerry Mckiernan) Marcia Tuttle 02 Aug 1999 10:50 UTC
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 13:58:30 -0500 From: Gerry Mckiernan <GMCKIERN@GWGATE.LIB.IASTATE.EDU> Subject: _Journal of Internet Cataloging_ Special Issue A year ago, I had the great honor and privilege of participating in a Colloquium on Library Science Research entitled "Internet, Metadata and Information Access to Libraries and Networks in the Electronic Age" at the University Center for Library Science Research (CUIB) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) [http://cuib.laborales.unam.mx/cursos/coloquio.html ] During the conference I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Gorman, Dean of the California State University Library, Fresno, who gave the colloquium's keynote address; Robin Wendler, Office of Information Systems, Harvard University; Judith Hopkins, University of Buffalo and owner of the Autocat e-list; Sandy Roe of Dakota State University; Traugott Koch of the NetLab of Lund University; and several Mexican librarians and information specialists as well as faculty associated with CUIB, including its director Lic. Elsa Ramirez Leyva, and Dr. Filberto Felipe Martinez-Arellano and Lic. Lina Escalona-Rios, joint coordinators of the Colloquium. Earlier this summer selected papers from the Colloquium were re-published in an issue of the _Journal of Internet Cataloging_ 2(1) . Abstracts of these papers can be read at http://www.haworthpressinc.com/jic/jic2nr1.html I invite my colleagues to review this contents page and when opportunity presents itself to read these excellent contributions [I wish to personally thank Dr. Ruth Carter, editor of JIC, for considering these papers for re-publication in a special issue, and CUIB for its permission]. Although not include in JIC, the presentation by Traugott Koch is available online at: http://www.ub2.lu.se/tk/demos/mex9808a.html All conference papers, including a number by our Mexican and Latin colleagues, are scheduled to be published / have been published in a separate conference proceedings. I wish to formally thank my hosts at CUIB for their gracious hospitality and kindness, for their support, and for the opportunity to participate in this most informative, stimulating, and provocative program. Regards, /Gerry McKiernan Curator, CyberStacks(sm) and Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu