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Bruce
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The British Library
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Subject: 8th Asia-Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians Confere
Author: [log in to unmask] (Chris Richardson) at Internet
Date: 09/09/98 17:01
Hi Bruce,
Last time I contacted you I said I would give you and update on the
planning for the 1999 8th Asia-Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians
Conference to be held in Hobart, Tasmania.
We have now published our Call for Papers. Hopefully all the information
will be on our web site within the next couple of weeks, but in the
meantime I am sending you, in the body of this email the details of the
Call for Papers.
I'd appreciate it if you would distribute them to interested people and
make mention of the conference and the Call for Papers in your next article
for Health Libraries Review.
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you require more information.
Thanks,
Chris
STRAIT TO THE FUTURE
THE 8TH ASIA-PACIFIC SPECIALS HEALTH AND LAW LIBRARIANS' CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 8th Asia-Pacific Specials Health and Law Librarians' Conference,
"Strait to the Future" will be held from August 22nd - 26th 1999 at the
Wrest Point Hotel Casino in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's
smallest state.
The conference is sponsored by the Australian Library and Information
Association (ALIA) and will include presented papers, subject focus
workshops and information exchanges, trade exhibits and pre- and post-
conference events.
Strait to the Future will prepare the profession for the new millennium. It
will provide delegates with the opportunity to share and debate opinions
with experts, colleagues and vendors in a beautiful setting.
Over 600 delegates and 30 trade exhibitors are expected to attend.
We aim to provide speakers capable of delivering dynamic, thought provoking
talks that will encourage audience participation in learning exchanges. We
therefore invite innovative papers that will challenge the audience,
stimulate ideas and change attitudes.
Papers will be published on the Web. Delegates will have exclusive access
to these just prior to the conference.
THEMES
The themes for the conference are:
Looking forward, looking back
The roles of information, reading, research and archives -
future,present, past
Islands: overcoming isolation
Innovations: Meeting the challenges
Information ecology
The information landscape
Knowledge management
Transience and permanence, access and ownership
Training and education
The vision
Technovision: boon or bust
The wired planet: information and IT trends
Communication networks
Balanced lives on the cutting edge:
Human resources issues
The specialist niche in cyberspace
Experience and visions / invasions and colonization's on the WWW
Strait to the future
Scenarios
Hypothetical
Panel of a range of people
We also invite proposals for subject focus sessions. These could include:
Law
Health
Human resources issues
WWW or Reference
Government Information
Copyright and intellectual property rights
RELEVANT DATES
4 December 1998
Deadline to submit proposals.
1 February 1999
Notification of accepted papers will begin.
1 June 1999
Deadline for accepted presenters to submit their completed papers.
Mail, fax, or e-mail all proposals to:
Mures Convention Management
Victoria Dock, Hobart
Tasmania 7000
Telephone: (03) 6234 1424
Fax: (03) 6234 4464
Email: [log in to unmask]
The conference home page address is: http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/strait
FORM OF PROPOSALS
Head your abstract with the following details:
Author(s) and presenter(s) names, postal, e-mail and URL addresses,
telephone and fax numbers.
A title for your paper and selected theme
A biographical sketch not to exceed 100 words
A 30 word summary for inclusion in the registration booklet.
An indication of the objectives/issues covered by your paper and
the intended outcomes for delegates
The abstract should be 200-250 words long and will need to include enough
detail to allow the Committee to make a selection.
Abstracts can be faxed or mailed, but a copy of the abstract in unformatted
text on an IBM compatible disk will also need to be provided. Our
preference is to receive them via e-mail, with the abstract in the body of
the message.
All abstracts will be acknowledged within 5 working days. If you do not
hear within 10 working days of sending your abstract, please contact the
conference organiser immediately.
Nominate two referees who have either heard you speak and/or are familiar
with the level of your knowledge in the area you are addressing.
All presenters must register for the conference, however they will be
offered a 10% discount on the member early bird rate.
PRESENTERS ARE REQUIRED TO SPEAK TO THEIR PAPERS, NOT TO READ THEM.
Acceptance or otherwise of proposals will be at the discretion of the
Programme Committee. All proposals will be acknowledged.
Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presented
elsewhere prior to Strait to the Future. Product reviews will not be
accepted.
Chris Richardson
Corporate Services Librarian Ph: (03) 6226 2228
University of Tasmania Fax: (03) 6226 2878
GPO Box 252-25 Int. Ph: +61 3 6226 2228
Hobart Tas 7001 Int. Fax: +61 3 6226 2878
Email: [log in to unmask]
"Strait to the future" The 8th Asia-Pacific Specials, Health and Law
Librarians Conference. 22-26 August 1999. Hobart, Tasmania
http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/strait
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