The Internet Conference and Exhibition for Librarians and Information Managers

Call for Speakers

Internet Librarian ’99, including Internet@Schools’99, caters to all interests and all levels of knowledge with four simultaneous tracks plus many workshop and networking opportunities.  This year’s tracks and themes will encompass: Managing Content, Web Tools, Internet & Intranet Services, Managing Knowledge Assets, Distance Learning & Instruction, Case Studies of Internet and Intranet Librarians, Web Management, Digitizing Resources, Streaming Multimedia, School Libraries, and more.  Speakers are knowledgeable, authoritative and focus on practical applications and case studies as well as technical and managerial issues.  Please consider sending us a proposal to speak.  Below are some of the topics we hope to cover, but don’t let this list limit your imagination!  We look forward to hearing from you.

Building web teams	Developing Internet skills
Digitizing collections	Managing desktop access
Cool Web tools: Java, XML, HTML	Acquiring & managing content
Delivering Services Virtually	Integrating Web based OPACs
Intranet case studies	Special & virtual library case studies
Integrating K-12 Curriculum & Net Technology	Interfaces & screen design
Search engine tools & tips	Electronic commerce
Licensing & negotiating	Document & image management
Knowledge management & Net technology	Copyright in the Eworld
Publishing on the Web	Managing electronic resources
Internet delivery channels	Future Net/Web strategies
Streamlining electronic document delivery	Capturing & delivering multimedia
Filtering & intelligent agents	Distance learning technologies
Designing & maintaining web sites	Digital Archiving
Creating & supporting virtual communities	Security & authentication
Multimedia & image delivery	Net Technology planning
Tools for evaluating web resources	Lessons learned; strategies
Protecting & Using Intellectual property	New retrieval tools
Migrating databases to the Web	Collaborating with IT
Web developer tools & techniques	Retooling budgets for the Eworld
Usability testing for Web sites	Mining for Quality Information

If you would like to participate in Internet Librarian ‘99 as a speaker, please contact the Program Chair at the email/fax address listed below as soon as possible (May 15,1999 at the very latest).  Include the following brief details of your proposed presentation: title, subject, scope, abstract, a few sentences of biographical information that relate you to the topic, and full contact information (title, address, email, phone & fax).   All abstracts will be reviewed by the Organizing/Review Committee and notification regarding acceptance will be made in the summer.

Jane I. Dysart, Program Chair, IL’99
Dysart & Jones Associates
47 Rose Park Drive
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1R2
dysart@inforamp.net
phone: 416/484-6129
fax: 416/484-7063

To receive the registration and program brochure in the fall, or exhibit information please contact:

Information Today Inc.
143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055
phone: 609/654-6266
fax: 609/654-4309
email: custserv@infotoday.com