Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 14:57:56 -0400
From: MARIJA DALBELLO-LOVRIC <DALBELLO-AT-fis.utoronto.ca>


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                       CONNECTIONS '96
    THE SECOND GREAT LAKES INFORMATION SCIENCE CONFERENCE


                      CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

  A doctoral student conference hosted by the Faculty of Information
Studies at the University of Toronto will be held on 25-26 October,
1996. We are interested in the submission of a wide range of papers
in the field of information studies and related disciplines for
presentation at the Conference. These topics might include but are
not limited to:


   abstracting and indexing
   archival theory and practice
   authorship
   history of publishing and reading
   information management
   information needs and users
   information policy
   information retrieval
   information systems
   Internet and multi-media
   knowledge organization
   management of information organizations
   media and communication studies
   museum studies



  The Conference will provide a forum for the exchange of research
among doctoral students and faculty from the library and information
studies schools in the Great Lakes region. Two invited speakers
will address the attendees and a number of events are planned in
connection with the  conference.

  Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by August 1,
1996. Both hard copy (3 copies) and electronic mail submissions are
accepted. Reports of research in progress as well as recently
completed studies are welcome. Presentations will be limited to
fifteen minutes, with a five-minute question period to follow.
Abstracts will be blind refereed by doctoral students and faculty
members at the host institution. Presenters will be notified of the
status of their abstract by September 25, and will receive reviewers'
rating sheets together with their notification of acceptance. The
abstracts will be printed in a proceedings volume to be available
at the Conference. Abstracts will also be published in a forthcoming
issue of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science.
Further information about the conference and an online registration
form are available at:

  http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/conferences/connections96/index.htm

  Abstracts and queries can be (e)mailed to Louise Spiteri at:
  E-Mail: connect-AT-fis.utoronto.ca
  Connections '96
  The Second Great Lakes Information Science Conference
  Faculty of Information Studies
  University of Toronto
  140 St. George St.
  Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G6