30th Annual Conference (March 1997)
TRANSFORMING LIBRARIES
FOR THE
21st CENTURY
30th Annual Conference of the
Assoc. for Population/Family Planning Libraries and Information Centers-International
Hyatt Grand Hotel, Washington D.C.
March 24-27, 1997
Monday, March 24
Pre-conference Field Trips
- International Division of the U.S. Census Bureau
Report on a tour given by Grace Barnas, Pat Rowe, and Judy Banister
By Lisa Broniszewski, Data Archivist, Penn State Population Research Institute - World Bank Geographic Information Systems and Sectoral Libraries
Report on a tour given by Charlotte Hsu and Christine S. Windheuser
By Jean Sack
APLIC Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 25
Welcome:
Bob McCann, APLIC President
African Internet Communications: The Leland Initiative
Summary by Gretl Cox, Librarian, JSI Inc.
International Census Sources
- International Census Collection, Population Research Center Library, Univ. of Texas
Text of presentation by Gera Draaijer, University Of Texas, Population Research Center - Summary of Gera Draaijer’s presentation on International Census Sources
By Sara Kolda, Assistant Librarian, Population Research Library, Princeton University - Sources of European Population Statistics
Summary of presentation by Yolanda Siebenga of NIDI [http://www.nidi.nl]
By Sara Kolda, Assistant Librarian, Population Research Library, Princeton University
Electronic Journal Resources and Databases
Summary by Abigail Hourwich, Information Center Officer, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region
- J-Stor Project [www.jstor.org]
- Faxon [ www.faxon.com/Serials/Eltronmedia/electronicmedia.html]
- Cambridge Scientific [ www.csa.com/ijs-desc.html]
U.S. Government Information in Electronic Formats
- The National Library of Medicine
Text of presentation by Sheldon Kotzin, National Library of Medicine - The National Center for Health Statistics
Presentation by June Gable; summary by Peggy D’Adamo, Johns Hopkins University - The U.S. Census Bureau
Presentation by Dr. John Kavaliunas of the US Census Bureau.; summary by Kay Willson, Manager of Information Services at The Futures Group International
APLIC Issues Groups
- WWW technical issues: mounting PAA papers and Working Papers
- Technical Services: Cataloging, Union lists, weeding, last copies
- APLIC Dupes Program
Wednesday, March 26
Internet Information Resources
- Comparison of WWW browsers — Karen Thomas, Catholic University [http://www.cua.edu/www/lsc/slisnew.htm]
- Evaluation tools for Web Home pages — Laura Schmitt, University of Maryland CLIS [http://oriole.umd.edu:8000/]
Gathering Data and web sources for research
Internet Hands-On Workshops
- HIV/AIDS/STDs , Lili Vivanco, AIDSCAP
http://www.fhi.org/aids/aidscap/aidscap.html - Internet Resources in Reproductive Health & Family Planning
Peggy D’Adamo, Media/Materials Librarian, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs - Third World Demography
Anne Marie Amantia, Population Action International [ http://www.popaction.org];
Zuali Malsawma, Population Reference Bureau [http://www.prb.org/prb] - Development Resources Management Sciences for Health
[http://www.msh.org/fpmd/main/inthlth.htm] - United Nations
Susan Pasquariella, POPIN
[http://www.undp.org/popin/popin.html]
APLIC Business Meeting
Re-training and updating strategies for Librarians
Summary of presentation by Valerie Taylor, Director of Professional Development, Special Libraries Association. By Nancy Minter, Director, Library and Information Services, The Urban Institute
Electronic document storage, retrieval and delivery
Demonstrations and hands-on experience
- Cuadra Star/Library automations, image and text [http://www.cuadra.com]
- Reference Manager/Procite bibliographic control [http://www.risinc.com]
- Geolytics CensusCD [http://www.censuscd.com]
- Todd Enterprises/CDROM [http://www.toddent.com]
- Beyond 20/20 – Ivation Datasystems Inc. [http://www.ivation.com]