-------- Original Message -------- 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, [log in to unmask] 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, [log in to unmask] John Radencich, ALCTS Serials Section, Committee to Study Serials Cataloging Representative, Florida International University [log in to unmask] 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]