===== Original Message From Hong Xu <hxu@mail.sis.pitt.edu> ===== Dear Colleagues:

Please circulate this announcement to any professional contacts in your country such as library associations, libraries and universities with courses in Information Science and Technology. The topic is: International Digital Libraries and Information Science & Technology Advances in Developing Countries The submission deadline is 31JULY 2002. Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, preferably in English, but submissions in French or Spanish will be accepted. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information. The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIST. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIST membership. Other details attached, or see full announcement posted at the SIG/III web site: http://www.slis.kent.edu/~yinzhang/sigiii/ Regards, Hong Xu Chair, SIG/III, ASIST (Special Interest Group/International Information Issues, American Society for Information Science and Technology ************************************************************************** * Hong Xu, PhD $ Office: 610 IS Building * * Assistant Professor $ Email: hxu@mail.sis.pitt.edu * * School of Information Sciences $ URL: http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~hxu * * University of Pittsburgh $ Tel: 412-624-9454 * * 135 N. Bellefield Ave. $ Fax: 412-648-7001 * * Pittsburgh, PA 15260 $ * **************************************************************************