[10360] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Quality and equality of Internet access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jean Currie)
Mon Jul 1 20:59:23 1996
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 15:22:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jean Currie <jcurrie@lakenet.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Reply-To: jcurrie@lakenet.org
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Apologies for cross-posting
Quality and Equality of Internet Access:
Socio-cultural issues for libraries
Monday, 8 July, 1996, 9:30am - Noon
Rose Room, Plaza Hotel
(ICAN Business Meeting to follow)
ALA Conference program sponsored by the Interlibrary Cooperation
and Networking Section of ASCLA and the Public Libraries in the Information
Superhighway Committee of PLA.
Keynote speaker:
Toni Carbo, Dean of the School of Information Sciences, U. of
Pittsburgh "Access to the Information Superhighway: Issues,
Challenges and Actions"
Panelists to follow:
* John Hammond, Executive Director, North Country Reference and
Research Resources Council, New York
* Steve Helm, Blacksburg Electronic Village, Christiansburg, VA
* Keith Fiels, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, MA
This program will emphasize the political and socio-cultural
implications of Internet access provided by libraries. How can we
achieve 100% equality and quality access to the Internet; what policy
and funding issues need to be addressed; what partnership and
leadership behaviors are necessary to achieve equity of access?
See you at the Plaza!
Jean Currie
Executive Director
South Central Research Library Council
215 N. Cayuga St
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel: 607/273-9106
Fax: 607/272-0740
Email: jcurrie@lakenet.org
