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International Summer School, Aberystwyth, Wales
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Public-Access Computer Systems For)
Fri Mar 21 20:13:50 1997
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 11:11:03 -0600 (CST)
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
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From: Lucy Tedd <lat@aber.ac.uk>
Subject: international summer school
Thanks
Lucy Tedd
International Graduate Summer School(IGSS) on Electronic Libraries
The 1997 IGSS on Electronic Libraries will be held at the Department of
Information and Library Studies at the University of Wales Aberystwyth from
June 14th - July 5th 1997. Participants at the school will learn of recent
developments which enable the worldwide access of information via the
Internet,
the impact on document delivery systems, electronic publishing (including
the emergence of electronic journals), the role of librarians in making their
users aware of all these developments and the impact on " traditional" library
services. Such developments are changing the pattern of information provision
worldwide. Librarians have to adjust their role as custodians of local
collections and encompass concepts of the virual electronic library.
IGSS aims to provide an opportunity for librarians and information
professionals from all over the world to discuss matters of common concern and
learn of recent developments. The first IGSS was held in Aberystwyth, in
conjunction with the School of Library and Information Science at the
University
of Pittsburgh in 1973, and so in 1997 will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee.
Each year some 25-40 participants from almost as many countries attend IGSS.
IGSS 1997 will involve about 50 hours of class contact time comprising
lecture/discussion sessions, seminars and practicals as well as visits to
local
relevant organisations. In addition there will be a study tour to Oxford
( to visit Blackwell's and the Bodleian Library) and to Manchester to attend
the biennial conference of the UK Library Association.
The cost of 1850 pound sterling for IGSS 1997 will cover all tuition,
accommodation,meals and the study tour. The Director of IGSS will be Lucy
Tedd,
of DILS who will be joined in teaching by others from Aberystwyth and Ida
Flynn from Pittsburgh.
For further information please e-mail the IGSS Administrator, Joyce
Wallace on zyo@aber.ac.uk
Lucy Tedd
Lecturer
Department of Information and Library Studies
University of Wales Aberystwyth
