International Graduate Summer School (iGSS 99)

[Chris Armstrong]

Full Timetable for
International Graduate Summer School (iGSS 99)
Released

iGSS 99: Management and the Electronic Library has
announced its programme and full timetable on its
extensive Web Site.

iGSS, now in its 27th year, is based at the Department
of Information and Library Studies, University of Wales
Aberystwyth and is the result of cooperation between
four major library and information studies schools:
Aberystwyth, the School of Information Sciences at the
University of Pittsburgh, the Graduate School of Library
and Information Studies at McGill University in Montreal
and the School of Librarianship, University of Cape
Town.

Last year, iGSS covered issues relating to the
Electronic Library and it was very well received: this
year's programme is addressing
the same themes.

iGSS has always provided an opportunity for information
professionals from around the world to meet and discuss
current issues at the same time that they take part in a
work programme which aids their continuing professional
development.

The 1999 school, which runs from 19 June until 15 July
and has the Electronic Library as its central theme, is
divided into two distinct courses. This means that
students can attend for either course or for the
complete Summer School. The courses cover Management (19
June to 3 July) and Collection Management (1 July to 15
July).

There are also lectures on Copyright and the Internet
and Business Information Resources, Case Studies,
Workshops, visits to local libraries and a three-day
study tour centred on The Library Association's UmbrelLA
5 conference and exhibition in Manchester. All delegates
can take part in the study tour.

The full programme is available on our Web Site
at:
<http://www.dil.aber.ac.uk/IGSS/>.

Further details or a brochure from: Joyce Wallace
iGSS Administrator
Department of Information and Library Studies
University of Wales Aberystwyth
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth
SY23 3AS
E-mail: zyo at aber.ac.uk