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1996 GILS Conference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stone, Marcie)
Thu Aug 15 05:10:48 1996
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 18:00:36 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Stone, Marcie" <mstone@dtic.mil>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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Please post the following.
1996 GILS Conference
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
November 13 & 14, 1996
Purpose -- The conference is intended to bring together the diverse
communities that have an interest in the Government Information Locator
Service (GILS), and provide a convenient forum for discussing its strengths,
weaknesses, and
future directions. The conference will highlight various GILS applications,
such as
the U.S. Federal GILS, and the lessons learned in their development and
maintenance.
Intended Audience -- Users of GILS, Intermediaries for GILS, Implementors
of
GILS Applications (whether state, local, regional, national, or
international), Implementors of GILS Software, Information Advocacy
Organizations and Associations, U.S. Federal government employees
representing FOIA,
information technology, library, records management, program, or public
affairs offices. Vendors are welcome.
Agenda -- The two-day conference will examine critical issues and provide
varying perspectives on GILS. Keynote speeches and panel discussions will
provide an overview of GILS status and directions, and technical and
management sessions will provide more in-depth coverage of selected issues.
Demonstration booths will provide examples of GILS applications and tools.
The full
conference agenda is available on the GILS Conference website at
http://www.dtic.mil/gils/ .
Registration -- The conference is free of cost, but bring ideas to share.
Register via the conference website listed above, or call the National
Archives and Records Administration at 301-713-7100, ext. 255 to register by
phone.
Advance registration is required. Detailed logistics and additional
background information are available via the conference website.
Sponsorship -- The 1996 GILS Conference has been organized by a program
committee reporting to the U.S. Federal GILS oversight working group, which
supports the U.S. Federal GILS Board. The National Archives and Records
Administration is graciously providing administrative support and hosting
the
conference. The conference website has been provided by the Defense
Technical Information Center.
-- Please share this announcement with other interested parties --
