--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 12:10:56 -0800 From: Julie Hoff <[log in to unmask]> Subject: 4th State GILS conference in Arizona Sender: Julie Hoff <[log in to unmask]> Hello everyone - The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records is hosting the 4th GILS (Gov't Information Locator Service) Conference this April in Scottsdale. To make things more convenient, there will be a state documents conference at the same location a few days before GILS. So if you work with state documents (which includes maps, of course!), electronic or otherwise, the GILS conference is for you. Regards - Julie Hoff Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records 1700 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007 ph: (602) 542-4343 NOTE: This message is being cross-posted. Please excuse duplication. Also, if you know people who would be interested in and would benefit from this programs, please forward the program information to them. 4th State GILS (Government Information Locator Service) Conference April 24 27, 2002 - Scottsdale, Arizona The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records will host the 4th State GILS Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, April 24 27, 2002. This conference will be of interest to anyone whose work involves enhancing citizen access to government information. GILS were developed to address the challenges of delivering government information to customers the public, government employees, and businesses. GILS programs are now underway in many states. Key aspects of GILS programs, which use a variety of technologies, are metatagging of resources, and customized, automated indexing of government web sites. Program sessions will include an overview of GILS programs, a comparison of state web portals and GILS, structure and syntax of indexing vocabularies, preservation of web pages and an overview of search systems and business models for GILS projects. Presenters and participants at the 4th State GILS Conference will explore issues such as commonalities/differences of GILS and state web portals, how to index and abstract web pages for precise retrieval, the use of controlled vocabularies, and current and future software for GILS systems. The registration deadline is Monday, March 25. For additional information on the conference, including contact and registration, please visit the conference web site: http://rpm.lib.az.us/4thGILS/index.html A state documents conference will be held at the same location just before the GILS conference. Come for both and stretch your travel dollar! For more information on the state docs conference, see: http://www.sdstatelibrary.org/WestCoDocs/ --- End Forwarded Message ---