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Albrechtsen, Hanne, Ed.; Mai, Jens-Erik, Ed. – 2001
This volume is a compilation of the papers presented at the 10th ASIS (American Society for Information Science) workshop on classification research. Major themes include the social and cultural informatics of classification and coding systems, subject access and indexing theory, genre analysis and the agency of documents in the ordering of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Indexing, Information Management
American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1977
This collection of 39 papers represents the majority of presentations made at the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting at Syracuse University, May 19-21, 1977. Contents are arranged in alphabetical order by first author. The number preceding the author's name coincides with the numbered sequence of presentations in the program bulletin for the meeting. This…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Databases, Graphs, Information Retrieval
Minor, Barbara B., Ed. – 1977
This report of a two-day workshop on non-traditional careers in librarianship provides the text of five major presentations as well as summaries of the three alternative sessions which followed. Each of the speakers described a different type of career: (1) Alice S. Warner of Warner-Eddison Associates is an information broker; (2) Robert E. Herz…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
Inganji, Francis, Ed. – 1980
With a view to improving information systems and services in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa, this Information Systems Workshop was organized by the East and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) with assistance from the Coordinating Centre for Regional Information Training (CRIT). The specific aims of the workshop were to acquaint…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Developing Nations, Documentation, Indexing
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Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 2000
Presents abstracts of papers presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) held in Quebec on May 27-29, 2001. Topics include: professional development; librarian/library roles; information technology uses; virtual libraries; information seeking behavior; literacy; information retrieval;…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Management, Information Retrieval
Bruce, Harry, Ed.; Fidel, Raya, Ed.; Ingwersen, Peter, Ed.; Vakkari, Pertti, Ed. – 2002
These proceedings are the fourth in the series of international conferences whose general aim is to provide a broad forum for critically exploring and analyzing library and information science as a discipline and as a field of research from historical, theoretical, philosophical, and empirical perspectives. The papers in this volume cover a wide…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conference Proceedings, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
International Federation for Documentation, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1974
The symposium, organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) with the cooperation of the Association of International Libraries (AIL), International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), and International Federation for Documentation (FID), brought together 274 participants having a professional interest in the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Conference Reports, Conferences, Documentation
Moeller, T.; Mushonga, B. L. B. – 1981
The aim of this seminar was twofold: to make senior civil servants of Zimbabwe aware of the importance of information and documentation for planning and decision-making, and to introduce the concept of a national information and documentation center (NIDC) as designed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Pan-African Documentation…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Documentation
National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, Washington, DC. – 1976
Several presentations were made at the eighth meeting of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU). The president of the Association for Computing Machinery addressed the issue of interactions of computer technology and economics, education, and society. A representative from the Center for Educational Media…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Copyrights
Dietschmann, Hans, Ed. – 1983
This 22-paper collection addresses a variety of issues related to representation and transfer of knowledge. Individual papers include an explanation of the usefulness of general scientific models versus case-specific approaches and a discussion of different empirical approaches to the general problem of knowledge representation for information…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Automatic Indexing, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs
Canadian Association for Information Science, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1984
Seventeen papers from the 1984 annual conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) are presented in four broad topic areas. The first group, which focuses on changing roles in information access, includes the keynote address by Charles Meadow, "Integrating Access to Information Utilities: Promises, Problems, and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Databases, Futures (of Society)
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1976
In a series of meetings held over a period of three days, the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) heard presentations, arranged by the American Society for Information Science, on information systems in general and on the operations of specific systems. The first presentation covered information storage and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Automation, Chemistry, Computer Oriented Programs
Toms, Elaine G., Ed. – 2002
The theme of the 2002 ASIST (American Society for Information Science and Technology) annual conference was "Knowledge, Connections and Community," which covers the role of information in a complex global society and the way in which information connects and impacts our environment. The program included 43 SIG (Special Interest Group) programs, 49…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Communications, Global Approach, Information Policy
Aversa, Elizabeth, Ed.; Manley, Cynthia, Ed. – 2001
The theme of the 2001 "ASIST" (American Society for Information Science and Technology) annual conference is "Information in a Networked World," which covers a broad range of theory and practice in information science. The program includes 52 refereed papers, 46 SIG and panel sessions, and 33 poster presentations. Topics include: digital…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Libraries
Friberg, Ingegerd, Ed. – 1982
The Fourth International Research Forum in Information Science (IRFIS 4) focused on two themes: user-oriented research in information science and experimental and practical investigations of the mediation and use of information. An opening speech by Bjorn Tell reviewed information research policy in the United States, France, England, Japan, the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Communication Problems, Databases, Documentation
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