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Subject: Preconference on Knowledge Without Boundaries, June 19-20,2003,
         Toronto
   Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:48:49 -0700
   From: Mary Larsgaard <[log in to unmask]>


Dear Colleagues:
The 2003 ALCTS Preconference on Knowledge Without Boundaries: Libraries
in Collaboration, to be held from Thursday to Friday, June 19-20, 2003
at the Westin Harbour Castle, in Toronto, Canada, preceding the 2003
ALA/CLA Joint Annual Conference. The address of the hotel is: One
Harbour Square, Toronto, ON M5J 1A6, Phone: 416-869-1600; Fax:
416-869-1420. It is ALA hotel no. 28. Everyone is welcome! We also want
to cordially invite our Canadian colleagues to join us at this very
important Preconference. Please note that you DO NOT have to register
for the ALA/CLA Joint Conference to attend this Preconference.
Learn about: Adapting AACR and MARC 21 to Accommodate Electronic
Resources, Integrating Resources, Bibliographic Control in the New
Millennium, Metadata at the Crossroads, Metadata Harvesting in a Digital
Library, From SCHEMAS to CORES: Metadata Interoperability, Authority
Files, ONIX and Its Implications; Semantic Web, and many more.

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for
Networked Information; Beacher J.E. Wiggins, Acting Associate Librarian
for Library Services and Director for Cataloging, Library of Congress.
Dynamic Internationally acclaimed speakers also include: Dr. Thomas
Baker, Chair of the Dublin Core Usage Board; Dr. Howard Besser,
Professor and Director, Moving Image Archive and Preservation Program,
New York University; John D. Byrum, Jr. Chief, Regional & Cooperative
Cataloging Division, Chair, Bibliographic Enrichments Advisory Team,
Library of Congress; Robin L. Chandler, Manager, Online Archive of
California, the California Digital Library, University of California;
Michael A. Chopey, Catalog Librarian, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Libraries; Dr. Makx Dekkers, Managing Director, Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative and Head of Scheme; Dr. Thomas J. Delsey, Consultant; Dr.
Carl Lagoze, Digital Library Scientist, Director of Technology, NSF
National Science Digital Library Program, Cornell University; Wei Liu,
Director, System and Network Center, Shanghai Library; Eric Miller, W3C
World Wide Web Consortium; Steven Jack Miller, Head, Monographs
Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries; Dr. Barbara B.
Tillett, Chief, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of
Congress and Chair, IFLA Cataloging Section.
For further information please visit ALCTS Web Site at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/
Click on Preconference, then click on Knowledge Without Boundaries.

For Registration: https://cs.ala.org/annual/2003/
Click under III. Preconference. Program Code is: ALCTS-AS 2.
Entire form must be completed with credit card information, and received
or electronically submitted by May 9, 2003. Forms will not be processed
after May 19, 2003, and you must register onsite.
We would like to thank Sage Publications for their generous support of
this Preconference!
We look forward to sharing a very productive Preconference with you in
Toronto.
Planning Committee
Don Butcher, Executive Director, Canadian Library Association,
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Kate Harcourt, ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section, CC:DA
Representative, Columbia University Library, [log in to unmask]
Mary Lynette Larsgaard, Task Force on the Review of ISBD(CR)
Representative, University of California, Santa Barbara,
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John Radencich, ALCTS Serials Section, Committee to Study Serials
Cataloging Representative, Florida International University
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Sally C. Tseng, Chair
ALCTS 2003 Preconference on Knowledge Without Boundaries
CALA Executive Director, [log in to unmask]
Dr. Mary S. Woodley, Co-Chair
ALCTS 2003 Preconference on Knowledge Without Boundaries
ALCTS Networked Resources Metadata Committee Representative, California
State University, Northridge, [log in to unmask]
ALCTS
Charles Wilt, ALCTS Executive Director, [log in to unmask]
Julie Reese, ALA/ALCTS Meetings and Continuing Education
50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Phone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 5034, Fax: (312) 280-5033, [log in to unmask]
Andrea N. Tobias
Phone: 1-800-545-2433 ext. 5038, Fax: 312-280-5033, [log in to unmask]