The 36th Annual GSLIS Clinic
THE CHANGING DIGITAL WORLD OF INFORMATION COMMERCE:
Technical Frontiers and Institutional Issues for Libraries,
Businesses, and Information Management Professionals
May 9-11, 1999
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presented by
UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS)
in collaboration with
UIUC Center for Information Systems & Technology Management
Brief Description:
As the worldwide digital economy grows, information goods including books,
journals, software, videos, music, and more are increasingly bought, sold,
and delivered in completely electronic form. In addition, new forms of
information goods and knowledge are being created and brought to market in
new ways. How are the traditional channels, markets, and technologies for
distributing information and knowledge changing and adapting? What new
opportunities, channels, and institutional factors are emerging? How are
long-standing venues for information creation, collection, distribution
and management libraries, publishers, and other traditional social and
commercial information institutions dealing with these changes?
The 1999 GSLIS clinic will examine the emerging technologies, market
arrangements, and institutional concerns for electronic commerce in
information. Representative topics will include:
* Information logistics: the dynamic transport of information to users
* New cost models for information repositories
* Downloadable electronic books, music, video, multimedia
* Electronic software distribution
* Management of online journals
* Active catalogs
* The "educational object economy"
* The emergence and economics of 'knowledge markets'
* The evolution (or revolution) in science/technology publishing
and more!
The Clinic will begin on May 9 with the Sunday evening reception at 5:00
p.m., in the Atrium of the Beckman Institute, and will end around Noon on
Tuesday, May 11.
Monitor the web site at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/clinic/clinic99.html
for updates to Clinic information.
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General Information
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** Location **
All conference events will take place in the Beckman Institute, an
interdisciplinary research institute located on the campus of the
University of Illinois at 405 N. Mathews, Urbana.
** Registration and Fees **
The fee for the conference is $340, which includes all conference
sessions, the Sunday evening reception, break-out refreshments, and a copy
of the proceedings.
** Accommodations **
Rooms have been allocated for participants at the Hampton Inn of
Champaign-Urbana at the University of Illinois (across the street from
Beckman Institute, the conference site). The conference rate is $60 per
night single and $69 double. The phone number is 800-426-7866. When
making your reservation, tell the operator our Group Code is G36. The
direct number for the Hampton Inn in Urbana is 217-337-1100. When making
your reservation, tell the operator our Group Code is G36. The direct
number for the Hampton Inn in Urbana is 217-337-1100. The Hampton Inn
provides in-room hair dryer, iron and ironing board, and coffee maker
for your convenience.
** Transportation **
Willard Airport is located approximately 5 miles south of Champaign-
Urbana. Owned and operated by the University of Illinois, the airport
currently has four carriers that operate 27 flights a day: US Airways
Express, American Eagle, Trans World Express, and Northwest Airlink.
Combined, these carriers fly to six major hubs on regional aircraft where
you can then make a connection to over 500 destinations in the U.S. and
worldwide ( http://www.aviation.uiuc.edu/willard/ ). AMTRAK service is
available from Chicago and points south ( http://www.amtrak.com ).
Champaign is located 135 miles south of Chicago at the intersection of
Interstate routes 72, 74 and 57.
** Refunds **
Refunds will be made if you find that you cannot attend and you notify us
in writing by April 16, 1999. You must cancel your own hotel reservations.
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