The Libraries at Oregon State University and Washington State
University are co-hosting the THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
LIBRARIANS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: "Information
Management in the Developing World." It will be held at
Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon April 28-30,
1991. The program includes the following presentations:
Keynote Address
Paul Findley, former Illinois Congressman, Member of the
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development and
Economic Cooperation, USAID, and co-author Title XII.
"Resource Sharing in Developing Countries: Fact or Fiction?"
Antoinette Paris Powell, Director, Agriculture Library,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
"Library Networks in Less-Developed Countries: Two Argentine
Cases and Some Observations." Donna Taxco Tang, Assistant to
the Provost, Downtown Campus, Pima Community College, Tucson,
AZ (formerly Library Director)
"Administrative Aspects of Third World Library Development:
The Five Pillars of Sustainable Information Transfer." Susan
Vince Emerson, Consultant, Technology Generation, Inc., New
York, NY and Ibrahim Zaki and Gamal Andrawes, EDICA (Egyptian
Documentation and Information Centre for Agriculture)
"Fisheries Information System in Indonesia." Sarojini
Balachandran, Head, Department of Science and Technology,
Ralph Brown Draughon Library, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
"The Cross-Cultural Study of Human-Computer Interaction."
Donald L. Day, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Information
Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
"The Regional Approach to Information Sharing: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Experiences in the Southern
Africa and Eastern Europe Regions." Linda Hill Spencer and
Rachel Senner VanWingen, Office of Information Resources
Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In addition there will be an interactive session led by James
Henson and Jan Noel of the International Program Development
Office, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Poster
sessions will be available for viewing at a time that does
not conflict with other presentations. For registration
information contact:
Shirley R. Scott
Head of Library Research Services
Kerr Library 121
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
503-737-3260
scotts@orstate