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Announcement: International Course on Information Management in Belgium
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From: Vanouplines Patrick <pvouplin@vub.ac.be>
Subject: Announcement: International Course on Information Management in Belgium
Preliminary announcement:
1 December 1997- 31 March 1998 in Brussels, BELGIUM:
an international training course on
KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION FOR WATER-SCIENCES -
HYDROLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, WATER-RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
( KNOW-HOW )
See also: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/mistknow.htm
CONTACT:
Tel. ++32-2-629 24 29
Fax ++32-2-629 26 93 (or 22 82)
Telex 61051 vubco-b,
E-mail (Internet):
PVOUPLIN@VUB.AC.BE, PNIEUWEN@VUB.AC.BE
Mail: Paul NIEUWENHUYSEN or Patrick VANOUPLINES
KNOW-HOW, University Library
Free University Brussels
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels
BELGIUM
Approved by the
Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR)
Sponsored by the
Belgian Administration for Development Cooperation (BADC or ABOS)
and by
UNESCO
COSTS:
- Free of charge(!) for 12 participants from developing countries,
selected by the BADC and the organizers. They will also
receive a grant to cover the costs of accommodation and an
airplane return (=two-way) ticket.
Grant applications only through the nearest Belgian embassy!
- Others pay a fee to participate
during the whole period, including all social activities,
(70,000 Belgian Francs = about 2,000 US$)
or to particular items selected from the programme.
(1,000 Belgian Francs per module of a half day = about 35 US$)
by sending a letter including a cheque payable to
KNOW-HOW, University Library
- Participants pay themselves for travel, meals, and housing
(about 900 US$ per month)
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
- Orientation tour of the University and the Library.
- Microcomputer systems: hardware.
- Microcomputer operating systems.
- Microcomputer systems: applications software.
- Text editing; word processing.
- Presentation of data, using a microcomputer.
- Selecting and procuring a computer system.
- ISBD = International Standard Bibliographic Description.
- MARC formats.
- National libraries and national bibliographies.
- Subject classification schemes and thesaurus systems.
- Document collection development.
- Telematics; data communication; computer networks.
- Internet.
- Internet services.
- Internet information resources.
- Data-communications networks and librarians.
- Electronic mail.
- World-Wide Web; hypertext and hypermedia.
- Online information retrieval and database searching.
- CD-ROM.
- Bibliographic databases related to water and the environment.
- Patent information.
- Search strategies.
- Online systems versus CD-ROM.
- Software packages for local storage and retrieval of bibliographic
information.
- Introduction to the CDS/ISIS software package for information storage and
retrieval.
- The application of CDS/ISIS: searching.
- The application of CDS/ISIS: editing data in a database.
- The application of CDS/ISIS: output of selected data to file or printer.
- The application of CDS/ISIS: developing a database structure.
- The application of CDS/ISIS: indexing data for fast retrieval.
- Downloading of information and record format conversion: principles.
- Downloading of information and record format conversion: application of
Fangorn with CDS/ISIS.
- Implementing integrated database-design in CDS/ISIS.
- History and future of CDS/ISIS.
- Programming in CDS/ISIS.
- Statistics for information science.
- Queuing theory.
- Citation analysis.
- The bibliometric laws.
- Scientometrics.
- Theoretical and quantitative aspects of information retrieval.
- Evaluation of information retrieval systems.
- Artificial intelligence in information science.
- Library automation.
- Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs).
- Management of a library and information service.
- Orientation of information users; relations with information users.
- Archives and records management.
- Interlibrary lending and co-operation; document delivery.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Development of a national or regional information network.
- The information society.
- Cultural aspects of the information society and information technology
transfer.
- Copyright; information security; transborder data flow.
- Case studies in various libraries and information centres.
- ...
POSSIBLE STUDY VISITS:
- Library of the University of Antwerp (U.I.A.) +
Inter-university Postgraduate School for
Information and Library Science at the
University of Antwerp (Belgium).
- The Royal (National) Library (Brussels, Belgium)
- Documentation centre of the
national association for the prevention of accidents
(in Brussels, Belgium)
- Information service of the Geology Department
of the Royal Museum on Africa
(in Tervuren near Brussels, Belgium)
- Documentation Department of the KIT (in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands)
- European Patent Office (in Brussels, Belgium)
PERSONAL PROJECT:
Related to the trainee's personal interest,
based on the newly acquired knowledge.
LOCATION:
The training is mainly organized
at the University Library
of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB),
close to the rich cultural city of Brussels, Belgium.
LANGUAGE USED: English.
The course director is Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuysen,
Lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
and at the Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen,
Science and technology librarian, and Head of information and documentation,
of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Assistant director is Patrick Vanouplines, hydrologist,
scientific information intermediary at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Participants will obtain a certificate mentioning each half-day session
to which they participated actively and succesfully.
The Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel - V.U.B.)
campus is located just outside the centre of the city,
and can easily be reached by Metro (subway), tram and bus.
Version dated 25 July 1997.
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REGISTRATION
If you apply for a Belgian grant,
you should contact the Belgian embassy in your country!
That is the ONLY VALID way to obtain a Belgian grant.
0 I apply for a Belgian grant and will NOT participate unless I receive a
grant
and I contact the Belgian embassy
OR
0 I want to participate and pay the registration fee by
sending a cheque to the University Library
OR
0 I want to participate but I will first try to find a grant
1. a. Family name (surname): ...............................
(married female candidates should fill in their maiden-name,
NOT the name of their husband)
b. First or given names (according to your official passport):
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2. Personal address: ...................................
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Country:.............................................
Telephone, telefax, telex and/or e-mail numbers:
3. a. Date of birth: .......................
b. Place of birth: ......................
4. Nationality: ..... ...............................
5. Sex: male / female
6. Present employment:
a. Name and address of employer: .................
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b. Since: ../../..
c. Position - function: ..........................
d. Specialization: ...............................
Telephone, telefax, telex and/or e-mail numbers:
7. Education - studies:
Name of institute Number of Degree Grade Date
and address years
................. ......... ....... ....... ../../19..
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8. Knowledge of English and other languages: .........................
9. Computer knowledge (please tick appropriate box):
advanced basic no experience
knowledge knowledge at all
IBM-PC or compatible: O O O
MS-DOS: O O O
Word processing O O O
Windows O O O
Software: O O O
please specify: ....................................
Data base program: O O O
please specify: ....................................
CDS/ISIS: O O O
other (please specify): ...............................
10. Professional work done during last 5 years
(details of employment and duties)
Name & address of employer Period Position/Function
a. ..............................................................
b. ..............................................................
c. ..............................................................
11. Have you ever been abroad for:
a. business reasons (please specify): .....
b. studying (please specify): .....
12. Duties which you will carry out after your return:
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Please include a recent photograph
Date:
Signature:
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Patrick VANOUPLINES - University Library - Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 BRUSSELS Belgium internet: pvouplin@vub.ac.be
tel: +32-(0)2-629.24.29 (direct) or +32-(0)2-629.26.09 (secretary)
fax: +32-(0)2-629.26.93 (library) or +32-(0)2-629.22.82 (university)
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