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Medals and Awards
- CILIP
Applications Invited for Gates
Foundation Access to Learning Award
Council on
Library and Information Resources is accepting
applications for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Physics
Astronomy Mathematics (PAM) Division of the
Special Libraries Association (SLA) nominations for the International
Membership Award to a librarian from the Developing World for the years
2004 and 2005.
Dialog
Seeks Asian Pacific Applicants for 2004 Roger K. Summit Scholarship
Call for
nominations: Committee on Free Access to Information and
Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)
The Public Service
Collections Directorate of the Library of Congress is sponsoring a talk
by Karen Coyle on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 from 10:30am - 12:00pm in
the Pickford Theater on the 3rd floor of the Library of Congress' James
Madison Building, located at First Street and Independence Avenue SE,
Washington, D.C. [in-person and via live webcast]: "The
Technology of Copyright: Digital Rights Management" .
Other upcoming events in the Luminary Lectures @ Your Library series
include "No Longer Under Our Control:
The Nature and Role of Standards in the 21st Century Library" Wednesday,
December 3rd, 10:30-12:00 noon @ the West Dining Room, presented by Dr.
William E. Moen, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information
Sciences; Fellow, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, University of
North Texas. "Web Research: What's New in 2004" Thursday, January 29th,
10:30-12:00 noon @ West Dining Room, presented by Gary Price, Librarian,
and Chris Sherman, President of Searchwise, Inc.
IFLA appoints new
Secretary General
IFLA President Kay
Raseroka today announced the appointment of
Mr. R. Ramachandran as the new Secretary General of the International
Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). He
will
assume the position on 1st April 2004, following the retirement of Ross
Shimmon. Mr. Ramachandran is currently Director of the National Library
and
Deputy
CEO of the National Library Board in Singapore and Secretary General of
CONSAL, the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians.
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