[WEB4LIB] Access 2002 Conference Announcement

[Roy Tennant]

I can't think of a better conference for library web managers than this 
one. A rather unfortunate series of badly-timed events makes it 
impossible for me to attend this year (as it did last, to my everlasting 
dismay). But it consistently remains at the top of my list of 
conferences to attend for my own professional development (as opposed to 
things I do for my job or for others). Just looking at the list of 
speakers should be enough to get you there, but since the conference is 
so small it's likely that for the price of their favorite beverage you 
could even talk one-on-one with them. I even have it on good authority 
that Thomas Dowling is actually civil in person, and for a drink would 
refrain from admonishing you to code-check your site.
Roy

On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Rhyno Art wrote:

> [Apologies for cross-posting]
>
> The Access 2002 Conference is coming up on Oct. 21 to 23 in Windsor,
> Ontario. Access is a single stream conference that has been in existence
> for several years and is one of the premier technical conferences for
> libraries. The theme for this year's conference is "Delivering the
> Promise", focusing on using technology to benefit and empower the
> communities that libraries serve. Each day is divided into sub-themes 
> and
> the conference features more than 20 leading-edge presentations, as 
> well as
> daily Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) sessions and a collaborative Hackfest. 
> There
> will also be pre-conference sessions on GIS and using Zope/MySQL for
> library services.
>
> The keynote speaker for Access 2002 is Dr. Hal Berghel, recipient of
> numerous computing awards and Fellow of both the ACM and the IEEE. Dr.
> Berghel is well known for his writings on Digital Libraries and his 
> popular
> "Digital Village" columns in the Communications of the ACM (CACM). He 
> will
> address a topic he has tackled in one of his CACM columns entitled "The
> Cost of Having Analog Executives in a Digital World". If you are a
> technology decision maker or are responsible for dealing with the
> consequences of technological directions adopted by your library, this 
> will
> be an opportunity to hear one of the world's foremost technical minds 
> give
> his thoughts on the importance of accurate technology forecasting, and 
> the
> need for technical skills to ensure the future of information
> organizations.
>
> Other speakers on the program include such familiar names as Clifford
> Lynch, Dan Chudnov, Eric Lease Morgan, Jenny Levine, and Thomas Dowling,
> plus all of the fabulous social and networking opportunities that 
> Access is
> renowned for! To see the complete program, make suggestions for the
> Hackfest, or just learn more about Access, please visit the conference 
> web
> site at:
>
> http://www.access.uwindsor.ca
>
> There is also on an online registration form available on the site. The
> Access Conference and pre-conferences do have limited registration, so
> please register as soon as possible (online registration form available 
> on
> the site).  We hope to see you in Windsor, the southernmost part of 
> Canada
> and just across the river from Detroit.
>
>