AsianDOC Electronic Newsletter 1:1(March 1998)

Announcements:

• 21 March 1998
  Japan Foundation and Language Center in Los Angeles, California, USA
  International Conference for Japanese Language Teaching and Instruction Technology
  

  "The conference, hosted by the California Japanese Framework Project, will focus on the availability of database and media resources, assessment resources, and methods for Japanese language instruction. The aim of this conference is to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art database, media, and assessment resources available for Japanese language teachers and their applications, discuss opportunities and problems, exchange ideas and information on ongoing and planned activities, explore possibilities and initiatives for international cooperations."

• 26-29 March, 1998 Washington, DC, USA
  Association for Asian Studies Fiftieth Annual Meeting
  

  Of Special Note:

  • The Working Group for Electronic Resource Development will meet on Saturday, 28 March, 7:00-9:00 in the Thoroughbred Room.

    Program agenda:

    • Bibliography of Asian Studies
    • Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
    • China Data Center, University of Michigan
    • Business meeting:
      • Draft Bylaws
      • AsianDOC E-Newsletter and mailing list

  • Session 167: Roundtable: Technology Linking Academic Scholarship and Asian Studies Teaching (Sponsored by the Committee on Teaching About Asia), Saturday 28 March, 5:00-7:00, Thoroughbred Room

  • On March 27 (Friday) the Library of Congress will have a program for AAS participants at the Mumford Room which includes a roundtable on "LC Forging Ahead into the 21st Century", from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. LC speakers are from the Asian Division, African/Asian Acquisitions and Overseas Operations Division, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Law Library, and Photoduplication Service. They invite everyone to visit the Asian Reading Room in the Jefferson Bldg., 8:30a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The daily tours of the Jefferson Bldg., from Monday-Saturday, are 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.
  http://www.aasianst.org/prep98.htm

• 8-10 April, 1998 Tokyo, Japan
  Twelfth International Unicode/ISO 10646 Conference and Global Computing Showcase
  Asia, Software + the Internet: Going Global with Unicode (R)
  

  "The Twelfth International Unicode Conference will address topics ranging from Unicode use in the Internet and World Wide Web, to the latest developments with Java. Particular emphasis will be on using Unicode in East Asia and the Pacific Rim. Conference attendees will include managers, software engineers, systems analysts, and product marketing personnel responsible for the development of software supporting Unicode/ISO 10646 as well as those involved in all aspects of the globalization of software and the Internet."

  http://www.unicode.org
  http://www.reuters.com/unicode/iuc12

• 14 - 18 April, 1998 Brisbane, Australia
  Seventh International World Wide Web Conference

  http://www7.conf.au/

• 12 to 14, May, 1998 Taipei, Taiwan
  Pacific Neighborhood Consortium
  Sessions on:
  • Distance Learning
  • Web Technology
  • Cartography
  • Resource Development
  • Networking
  • Library Cooperation
  • Medical, Biological Resources, Ecology Databases
  • Lexical Databases
  • Standards and Copyrights

  Detailed program here

• 17 - 19 June, 1998
  Lingnan College, Tuen Mun, N.T., Hong Kong Joint Symposium on Library & Information Services. Topics for the Symposium are as follows:

  1. Regional Cooperation
  2. Resources Sharing
  3. Information Exchange & Standardization

  http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/symposium/

• June 18-21, 1998, Roanoke, Virginia, USA
  Learning OnLine '98: Building the Virtual University
  "Call for Papers: Seeking 1-2 page proposals for papers and presentations exploring the theory and methods of university and college-level teaching and learning in the digital environment. Proposals are welcome on such topics as:
  
  • Student Success in the Virtual University
    
  • The Faculty and Digital Discourse
    
  • Faculty Workloads, Job Control, and Rewards in the Virtual University
    
  • Access/Content/Use: Is On-Line Education Broadcasting or Narrowcasting?
    
  • Building, Maintaining, and Upgrading Virtual University Infrastructures
    
  • Copyright, Authorship, and Documents in Net-Centered Scholarly Discourse"
    

  http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/Learning-98
  http://www.conted.vt.edu/Learning/Online.htm

• 25 - 28 June, 1998
  Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
  International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS)

  http://iias.leidenuniv.nl:80/conferences/icas/

• 11-17 October 1998
  New Delhi, India
  The 49th FID Conference and Congress is being organised by the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) in New Delhi, India. For more information the FID Congress Websites are:

  http://www.indiawatch.org.in/fid98 http://www.cmcltd.com/fid98

Reports

• "Computing And The Humanities: Promise And Prospects,"
  A National Arts and Humanities Computing Roundtable
  Summary Report Published by American Council on Learned Societies

  http://www.acls.org/op41-i.htm

URL http://asiandoc.lib.ohio-state.edu/v1n1/conf.html

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