Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to participate in the pending Digital Library Conference in China -- Digital Library: IT Opportunities and Challenges in the New Millennium, July 9-11, 2002, Beijing, China. Please also help circulate this announcement and promote the event. With kind regards. Hsinchun Chen, Ph.D. Chair, (International) Technical Committee, China Digital Library Conference, July 9-11, 2002 McClelland Professor of MIS, The University of Arizona Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab =========================================================== Conference Information: For conference information, please connect to: http://www.nlc.gov.cn/dloc/ The rapid advancement of IT and network technology made it possible for people to produce, access, and disseminate information and knowledge through the computer networks. Traditional publishers, information intermediaries, and users of books, magazines, and other publications have started to re-invent and re-position themselves in the broader and the more ubiquitous Digital Library (DL) arena. In light of such an overwhelming challenge and opportunity, the Chinese Ministry of Culture is sponsoring an international conference from July 9 to 11, 2002 in Beijing, China. Entitled "Digital Library IT Opportunities and Challenges in the New Millennium, 2002," this event is being organized and coordinated by the National Library of China and the Office of the China Digital Library Project (CDLP). As an international conference, we wish to promote and exchange research in advanced technologies, concepts, and practices for the development of DL around the world. The conference Organizing Committee Chair will be Mr. Sun Jiazheng, Minister of Culture. Other Vice Chairs include Vice Ministers of Culture, Education, Science and Technology, Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and so on. The local Professional Committee consists of professors and librarians in major universities and libraries in China. A (International) Technical Committee has also been formed to encourage international participations, solicit paper submissions, and assist in technical reviews. We also greatly appreciate your help to promote participations from your regions. Post-Conference Tour and Activities: In the customary Chinese hospitality, the Conference will also arrange several post-conference tours that feature great Chinese cultural heritages and sceneries including: Dunhuang (West, to Silk Road), Shanghai/Hangzhou (East, Heaven on Earth), NingXia (South of Mongolia), etc. Your will find the Conference and related activities both intellectually and culturally stimulating, especially for a combined professional-family trip during summer. See http://www.nlc.gov.cn/dloc/site/tour.htm for more tour information. Important Dates: Conference Date/Place: July 9-11, 2002, Beijing, China Paper submission date: March 31, 2002 See http://www.nlc.gov.cn/dloc/site/lwzj_en.htm for paper submission information. Conference Committees: Organizing Committee: Chair: Sun Jiazheng Minister, Ministry of Culture Vice-Chairs: Zhou Heping Vice-Minister, Ministry of Culture L Fuyuan Vice-Minister, Ministry of Education Ma Songde Vice-Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology Gao Hucheng Assistant Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co. Zhang Haitao Vice-Minister, State Administration of Radio, Film & Television Yang Muzhi Vice-Minister, General Administration of Press and Publishing Zhang Mao Vice-Mayor, the People's Government of Beijing Municipality Members: Li Jinghe Director-General, General Office, Ministry of Culture Li Xiong Director-General, Department of Planning & Finance, Ministry of Culture Tong Mingkang Director-General, Department of Education Science and Technology, Ministry of Culture Wang Yongzhang Vice Director-General, Department of Cultural Industry, Ministry of Culture Chen Qilin Director-General, Department of Social Culture and Libraries, Ministry of Culture Ding Wei Director-General, the Bureau for External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture Yang Bingyan Chief Deputy Director, National Library of China Zhang Yanbo Deputy Director, National Library of China Yao Wang Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Beijing Sub-Council Chu Xiangyin Vice Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) Beijing Sub-Council Ching-chih Chen Professor, Simmons College, USA Professional Committee: Chair: Zhang Bo Professor, Tsinghua University Vice-Chairs: Chen Li Ph.D. and Deputy Director, National Library of China Sun Chengjian Professor, National Library of China Wu Jianzhong Professor and Deputy Director, Shanghai Library Hsinchun Chen Professor, The University of Arizona, U.S.A Members: Chang Lin Vice Professor, Capital Library Chen Ling Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Administrative Center, China Academic Library & Information System Dai Longji Research Librarian, Peking University Library Jiang Airong Professor, Tsinghua University Library Jin Maozhong Professor, Library of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Li Donglai Professor, Liaoning Provincial Library Ma Ziwei Professor, Beijing University of Posts and telecommunication Qi Changsong Associate Professor, the PLA National Defence University Library Qin Subin General Manager, Chinese Digital Library Corp., Ltd Sun Tan Ph.D., Documentation and Information Centre of the Chinese Academy of Science Tian Guoliang Professor, Library of CPC Central Committee Party School Wang Dake Professor, Shenzhen Library Wang Dongbo Research Librarian, National Library of China Zhang Baoming Professor, National Engineering and Technology Library (International) Technical Committee: Chair: Hsinchun Chen, The University of Arizona, USA Members: Ed Fox Virginia Tech, USA Gary Marchionini University of North Carolina, USA Su-Shing Chen University of Florida, USA Shalini Urs Mysore University, India Key-Sun Choi KAIST, Korea Hsueh-hua Chen Taiwan University, China-Taiwan EE-peng Lim Nanyang Tech. University, Singapore Shigeo Sugimoto University of Library and Information Science, Japan Jerome Yen Chinese University of Hong Kong, China-Hong Kong