NOTE: Members of AALL can register at the ASIS member rate.
ASIS 1996 Annual Meeting
October 19-24, 1996
Baltimore, Maryland
Global Complexity: Information, Chaos and Control
The ASIS 1996 Annual Meeting will consider the complexity of the
working world of information professionals as well as theoretical
perspectives involving the nature and use of information.
Special *Telecom Update *Information Warfare
Sessions *Competitive Intelligence *Standards
Feature: *Changing Owners in the Information industry
*Habanero -- NCSA's collaborative work
successor to Mosaic
An outline of the conference program and tutorials/seminars
follows. For complete, up to date information or to register,
see the ASIS Home Page:http://www.asis.org under Conferences,
1996 Annual Meeting. The registration form on the Web page is a secure form
for Netscape users.
Schedule of Program Sessions
Monday, October 21
Eli M. Noam, professor of Finance and Economics; Director,
Columbia Institute for TeleInformation, Graduate School of
Business, Columbia University. Author of "The Dim Electronic
Future of the University"
*Controlling Risk in a Complex Environment: The Design of
Computer-Based Systems to Minimize Human Error in Medicine
*Free Speech, Privacy & Intellectual Freedom in a Global Network
*Social Impacts of Digital Libraries
*Interactive Information Retrieval: Contributed Papers
*Internet Resources: Contributed Papers
*Creating an Effective, Visible Presence of Information Centers
*Bringing Wellness Out of Chaos
*Investigations of Online Catalogs: Contributed Papers
*Interface Design and Navigation: Contributed Papers
*Creating an Electronic Journal: First Hand Experiences
*Copyright: Chaos or Control?
*Theories of Information Science
*Changing Owners in the Information Industry
Tuesday, October 22
Ivars Peterson, mathematics and physics editor at Science
News. His most recent book is _Fatal Defect: Chasing Killer
Computer Bugs_.
Shepherding Bits: Chaos and Control in the Information Age.
*Legislative/Regulatory Update
*Digital Imagery: Photographs and Art
*Standards
*Bibliometrics, Indexing and the WWW: Contributed Papers
*The Net Within: Intranets & Organizational Communications
*Icons and the Web: Communicating Classificatory Structure
through Graphics
*Information Management Responses to Complexity
*Information Search Process: Contributed Papers
*Methodological Issues in Studying Users of Networks and Digital
Libraries (SIGs/IAE and ED)
*Information Warfare
Wednesday, October 23
*Archival Control & Access: Finding Aids Using SGML
*Frameworks for Scholarly & Scientific Communication in the Age
of the Internet
*Visual Access to Retrieved Objects
*Searching the World Wide Web: Contributed Papers
*Information Science and Sustainable Global Development
*Reflections on Our Future
*Doctoral Forum
*Information in Organizations: Contributed Papers
*Navigating Complexity: Interfaces for WWW & Data Visualization
*Online Visuals: Maps, Entertainment and Texts of the Internet
*Competitive Intelligence (Co-sponsored by the SCIP)
*Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1996
*Habanero
*Issues Associated with Electronic Resources: Contributed Papers
*What Kinds of Text Summarization Are Possible Now?
*Science Educators' Use of Internet Resources
*Planning Curricula for Information Professionals of the 21st
Century
*Browsing Online & in Stacks: How Can It Be Facilitated?
Thursday, October 24
*Reengineering User Interfaces for Governmental and Public
Organizational Information Systems
*Indexing and Abstracting: Contributed Papers
*Measures in Information Retrieval: Contributed Papers
*Telecommunications Update
*Out of Business? How Is the Internet Really Impacting Libraries?
*Images of Dynamics and Complexity in Information Science
*Usability Testing of Text-Based and Visual User Interfaces
*Scholarly Communication and Information Use: Contributed Papers
*Sarajevo Library Reconstruction Update
Continuing Education/Professional Development
Saturday, October 19
* Finding the Right Stuff: Using and Evaluating Internet Search
Engines (1/2 day)
* Copyright in an Electronic World
* Thesauri for Indexing and Retrieval
* HTML Basics: A Hands-on Workshop
Sunday, October 20
* HTML: Beyond Basics. A Hands-on Workshop
* Introduction to SGML
* Digital Libraries: Computer Concepts & Technologies for
Managing Library Collections
* Preparing for the Explosion of JAVA on the World Wide Web
* 7th SIG CR Classification Research Workshop
* Introduction to Image Databases
* Managing Web Servers: Technical, Fiscal and Personnel Issues
* Using Lotus Notes for Information Management
* Building the Virtual "Intranet" Knowledge Center
* Interactive Web Development with ActiveX and VBScript, A
Hands-on Workshop
* History of Information Science: Reminiscences and Assessments
Tours
Saturday, October 19 (Depart at 8:00am; 8-10 hours)
* Gettysburg: National Civil War Battlefield
Sunday, October 20
* Annapolis & the U.S. Naval Academy (Depart at 8:00am; 6-7 hrs)
* Baltimore Insomniac Tour(7:00pm - 10:00pm)
Monday, October 21
National Cryptology Museum (Depart at 1:30pm; approx. 3 hours)
Wednesday, October 23
Pennsylvania Dutch Country (9:00am - 5:00pm)
Conference Headquarters Hotel and Travel Information
Renaissance Harborplace
The Renaissance is right on Baltimore's Harborplace. The hotel
is attached to a glass-enclosed, 4-story atrium with more than 75
distinctive shops and restaurants and underground parking. You
can take the skywalk directly to the shops and restaurants of the
Harborplace Pavilions. The hotel has complimentary morning
coffee and newspapers and evening hors d'oeuvres, an indoor pool
and health club.
Reservations must be received by September 18, 1996.
Rates: Standard: $125 single; $145 double; $165 triple
Harborview: $165 single; $185 double
Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
1-800/535-1201 410/547-1200 Fax: 410/539-5780
How To Register
By Mail: Submit one copy of the registration form for each
registrant and provide all information requested on the form.
You'll receive written confirmation of your registration within
two weeks if you register before September 15, 1996.
Send the completed forms to:
Conference Registrar, Dept. 5189, Washington, D.C. 20061-5189.
By Fax: Send your completed form to 301/495-0810.
Fax registrations must include MasterCard, American Express or
VISA payment.
By Phone: Phone your complete information to 301/495-0900.
Phone registrations must include MasterCard, AMEX or VISA
payment.
By E-mail: Send all registration information with credit card
information to meetings@asis.org or go to the ASIS Website where
secure forms are available.
For more information call 301/495-0900, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, EST.
To qualify for registration discounts, your registration and
payment must be received by ASIS by September 13, 1996. Late
rates apply to registrations received after this date. This
deadline will be strictly followed.
Members of Special Libraries Association, Medical Library
Association and American Association of Law Libraries may
register at the ASIS member rates by including the name of the
association and their membership number on the registration form.
Cancellations & refund requests will be honored only if received
in writing by September 13, 1996. No cancellation or refund
requests will be accepted after this date. All refunds will be
subject to a $25 processing fee. Refund checks will be issued
six to eight weeks after the conference. Special event fees are
non-refundable.
For additional conference and registration information:
E-mail: meetings@asis.org
Phone: 301/495-0900
Fax: 301/495-0810
Mail: ASIS
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Relay Service number for the hearing impaired: 800/735-2258
ASIS 1996 ANNUAL MEETING REGISTRATION FORM
OCTOBER 19-24, 1996
Mr. __ Ms. __ This is my first ASIS meeting. ____
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Early rates apply for registrations received by September 13,
1996. SLA, AALL and Medical Library Assn members please indicate
member number above.
ASIS MEMBERS Regular Retired Student
EARLY/LATE EARLY/LATE EARLY/LATE
Full Conference: $300/$335 $150/$188 $105/$135
Per Day: $135/165 $78/$93 Not Available
Indicate Days: Mon__ Tues __ Wed __ Thurs __
Non Members Regular Student
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Indicate Day(s):MON __ TUES __WEDS Thurs __
SPECIAL EVENTS
PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS & CONTINUING EDUCATION
Copyright & Intellectual Property in an E-World (Sat, 10/19)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$195/$225 $225/$255
Finding the Right Stuff: Search Engines (Sat, 10/19)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$150/$180 $175/$205
Thesauri for Indexing and Retrieval (Sat, 10/19)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$195/$225 $225/$255
HTML Basics: Hands-on Workshop** (Sat, 10/19)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$245/$275 $275/$305
Creating Digital Libraries (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$225/$255 $255/$285
Tech Based Information Management using Lotus Notes (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$195/$225 $225/$255
Introduction to SGML (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$195/$225 $225/$255
Introduction Image Databases (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$195/$225 $225/$255
Building the IntraNet Knowledge Center (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$225/$255 $255/$285
Intro to ActiveX & VBScript (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$225/$255 $255/$285
The JAVA Explosion (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$225/$255 $255/$285
HTML Beyond Basics: Hands-on** (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$245/$275 $275/$305
* Managing Web Servers* SIG/MGT (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$195/$225 $225/$255
*SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop* (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$45/$60 $60/$75
* Members of sponsoring SIG take $10.00 off
** Register for both HTML workshops and take $25 off total
TOURS
Gettysburg: Civil War Battlefield (Sat, 10/19)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$50/$70 $60/$80
Annapolis (Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$35/$55 $45/$65
Baltimore Insomniac Tour(Sun, 10/20)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$40/$60 $50/$70
National Cryptology Museum (Mon, 10/21)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$30/$50 $40/$60
Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Wed, 10/23)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$50/$70 $60/$80
OTHER
Annual Banquet (Wed, 10/23)
Members: Early/Late Non Members: Early/Late
$50/$70 $60/$80
ASIS MEMBERSHIP (1 year) $95
TOTAL FEES:________
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
All registration fees must be paid in full with the registration form.
Checks, Visa, MasterCard, and American Express credit cards are accepted.
If you use Netscape, we recommend that you use the ASIS web site to submit
your registration electronically as the form is secure for Netscape users.
<http://www.asis.org --> conferences --> 1996 Annual Meeting>.
If you prefer e-mail, mail or fax, please include the following with your
registration form:
Credit Card: American Express ___ VISA ___ MasterCard ___
Card #: _____________________________ Expiration Date: _________
Exact name on card: _____________________________________________
Richard Hill
Executive Director, American Society for Information Science
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501
Silver Spring, MD 20910
FAX: (301) 495-0810
Voice: (301) 495-0900
rhill@cni.org
http://www.asis.org
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