[CFP] NIT'98 10th International Conference on New Information Technology (March 24-26, 1998: Hanoi, Vietnam)

[Terry Kuny]

NIT'98:  10th International Conference on New Information 
Technology

March 24-26, 1998
Hanoi, Vietnam

Chief Conf. Organizer:  Dr. Ching-chih Chen, Professor
                        GSLIS, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA

Last call for paper proposal!!!  Please send an abstract of
400 words immediately to:

Chief Conference Organizer NIT '98
Prof. Ching-chih Chen
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston MA 02115-5898, USA

Fax        617 527-3431, 617 521-3192
Tel.        617 521-2804
E-mail:   CCHEN at SIMMONS.EDU


BROCHURE FOR NIT'98

We continue to witness fast advances in all areas of new 
technology and information management.  As a result libraries 
and information centers can make available to their users a 
previously unknown level of service, featuring powerful global
information access, retrieval and delivery capabilities. 
Developments in telecommunication networks, electronic 
publishing, interactive multimedia technologies, and
integrated information systems, together with the explosive 
use of the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW), enable 
librarians and information specialists to offer unprecedented 
capabilities for more effective and efficient information 
management and services, as well as incredible opportunities 
for global information access and sharing of resources.  The 
coming of the Next Generation Internet will offer hundreds
times more capabilities for faster and better digital commu-
cations.

Such developments well known in the U.S.A. and other 
developed countries, are not always true for librarians and 
information specialists elsewhere.  It has been very difficult for 
them to keep up with the dynamic changes which are affecting 
their profession.

Against this background nine Conferences on New Information
Technology (NIT) have been organized since 1987 in Bangkok, 
Singapore, Guadalajara,  Budapest, Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, 
Alexandria (Virginia, USA), Latvia and Pretoria (South Africa).
They have brought some of the newest information developments, 
systems, products, equipment, and services currently available
to the librarians and information professionals in different 
regions of the world.  The 10th meeting, NIT '98, the first such
kind of international conference for library and information 
workers, will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, co-organized with 
the Ministry of Culture Information of Vietnam.  

Aside from sessions with invited and contributed papers; this
conference will provide maximal opportunities for both formal 
and informal discussions and interactions among participants in 
order to force concensus on key problems and issues facing 
them during this exciting but confusing time.


MAIN TOPICAL AREAS COVERED AT THE CONFERENCE

New Information Technology Related Topics:

   * Library networks
   * Education of information technology workers
   * The Use of Internet and World Wide Web
   * Digital libraries and information access
   * Electronic publishing and publishing on the Web
   * Digital development and distance education
   * Integrated library and information systems
   * Library and information systems and services
   * Database creation, structure and searching
   * Micro-based applications in libraries and information centers
   * Information delivery systems - Multimedia, satellite, WWW...
   * Marketing and promotion of information services
   * Optical technology applications, products & services - 
        Interactive videodisc, CD-ROM, Photo-CD, WORM, erasable, 
        CD-recordable, DVD, etc...
   * Networks - Local area, national, and global
   * End-users and intermediary aspects
   * Information technology management

Information and State

   * Role and function in the democratization process
   * Planning global information infrastructure (GII)
   * Issues leading to development of the national information 
        policy and the establishment of national information 
        infrastructure (NII)
   * Next Generation Internet and GII/NII

Information - Preservation & Availability

   * Use of new information technologies in preservation
   * Availability of information sources and national values, 
        such as library holdings, museum collections, press, 
        archives, etc...

Information and Individual/Personal/Use

   * Issues related to readiness to receive/use information via 
        use of new  information technologies. 
   * The role and functions of libraries in the electronic culture.


CONFERENCE VENUE AND HOW TO GET THERE

NIT '98 will be held in Hanoi.  Information on conference
hotel venue and other travel-related information will be
communicated to registrants of the conference


Chief Conference Organizer & Program Chair:   
    Dr. Ching-chih Chen
    Professor
    Graduate School of Library & Information Science 
    Simmons College Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Country Organizer:   
    Dr. Pham Xuan Sinh
    Vice-Director, Department of International Relations
    Ministry of Culture Information
    Hanoi, Vietnam


REGISTRATION FEE: 

    Participants from developed countries             US$150.00
    Participants from less developed countries      US$  50.00
          Contact organizer for Free registration
    Local participants                                    Free
    Paper presentors - half of registration