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NOTICIAS DELINF/LAC - INF/LAC NEWS

INDICE/CONTENTS

1 Noticias de INF LAC /INF LACNews

2 Innovaciones en Ciencias dela Informacin / Innovations inInformation Sciences

9 Eventos Futuros /Forthcoming Events

11 Eventos Realizados / PastEvents

16 Capacitacin / Training

18 Noticias de Asociaciones deBibliotecas / News fromLibrary Associations

20 Redes latinoamericanas deInformacin / Latin AmericanInformation Networks

23 Sistemas y Servicios deInformacin / InformationSystems and Services

27 Sistemas y Servicios deInformacin del Caribe /Caribbean InformationSystems and Services

33 Organismos Regionales eInternacionales / International& Regional Organizations

37 Archivos / Archives

38 MICROISIS

39 Bancos de Informacin / DataBanks

40 Nuevas Tecnologas deInformacin /New InformationTechnologies

42 Publicaciones Recientes /Recent Publications

44 Enlaces INFOLAC / INFOLACFocal Points

La Divisin de Informacin e Informticade UNESCO para Amrica Latina y elCaribe, en consonancia con el plan detrabajo del presente bienio, continaapoyando actividades sustantivas en laregin, reflejadas este semestre en tresreas especficas, estas son: el auspicio deeventos para el desarrollo de las cienciasde la informacin, las actividades decapacitacin y la elaboracin de productosde informacin.

Participacin y/o auspicio de eventosregionales:

V Encuentro de Educadores eInvestigadores en Bibliotecologa,Archivologa y Ciencias de la Informacinde Iberoamrica y el Caribe.Este evento se realiz del 20 al 24 de abrildel ao en curso en la ciudad de Maracaibo,Venezuela y cont con la organizacin dela Escuela de Bibliotecologa de laUniversidad del Zulia y el patrocinio devarias instituciones tales como: CONICIT,UNESCO, Universidad Central deVenezuela, Serbiluz, Asamblea Legislativadel Estado Zulia, Fundacin Banco Mara,CORPOZULIA y SWETS SubcriptionService entre otros.Asistieron representantes de los siguientespases: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, CostaRica, Cuba, Espaa, Inglaterra, Mxico,Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay yVenezuela.

Para mayor informacin ver seccin deEventos realizados.

VI Reunin de expertos en polticas delectura y bibliotecas pblicas enAmrica Latina.En el marco de esta importante reunin,realizada el pasado mes de mayo en la sedede la Biblioteca Pblica Central deCaracas, auspiciada por el Centro Regionalpara el Fomento del Libro y la Lectura enAmrica Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC),la Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela y laFundacin para el Fomento de la Lectura(FUNDALECTURA), se present lapropuesta del Consejero Regional deInformacin e Informtica de UNESCOpara Amrica Latina y el Caribe, Sr. IsidroFernndez-Aball, de crear una nuevaseccin sobre Normalizacin enBibliotecas Pblicas en el website deINFOLAC, en el que se incluirn losdocumentos normativos que sobre estamateria ha producido la BibliotecaNacional de Venezuela, bajo lacoordinacin de la Dra. Luisa Villalba, locual constituir una importantecontribucin para bibliotecas de la reginvidas de normas, procedimientos,polticas y orientaciones que sirvan demarco de referencia para la optimizacinde los servicios bibliotecarios pblicos.

Esta nueva seccin puede ser accesada enla siguiente direccin: http://infolac.ucol.mx/ Observatorio/ NoticiasINFOLAC)

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Boletn trimestral del Programa Regional para el Fortalecimiento de la Cooperacin entre Redes y Sistemas Nacionales de Informacin para Amrica Latina y el Caribe Quarterly Newsletter of the Regional Programme for Strengthening Co-operation among National Information Systems and Networks for Latin America and the Caribbean

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The Information Revolution: In Search of the Common Goodby Philippe Quau

Director of Information and Informatics Division, UNESCO

INNOVACIONES EN CIENCIAS DE LA INFORMACION/ INNOVATIONS IN INFORMATION SCIENCES

SUMMARY:- Is globalization really global?

- Glocalization. Towards the CommonGood.

- One Globe, Lots of Tribes and ManyGhettos

- Is There a Pilot in the Global Plane?

- The market vs. General interest. TheNeed for Regulation.

- Deregulation does not necessarily meanmore competition

- Sharing the costs of international calls.The case of Internet.

- Price setting and regulation fortelecommunications

- Proper competition vs. Faircompetition

- Public and Private. The crucialimportance of Public Domain

- Is Information Society a MeaningfulSociety?

- New cognitive tools for a globalcitizenship

Conferencia Informtica yTelecomunicaciones: Plataformapara la TransformacinEste evento realizado en Santo Domingo,Repblica Dominicana los das 25 y 26de junio de 1998, fue organizado por laUniversidad de Puerto Rico y cont con elpatrocinio de varias instituciones talescomo: UNESCO, Universidad deAntioquia, Columbus University, IBM,CODETEL y el decidido apoyo delgobierno dominicano.El evento logr los objetivos propuestospor la importancia de los temas tratados yla riqueza de las discusiones que seconcretaron en un cuerpo de recomen-daciones que ofreceremos en una prximaentrega.Uno de los paneles en los que la contribucinde la Divisin de Informacin e Informticade la UNESCO se hizo presente fue elreferido al de Redes de Amrica Latina yel Caribe: Estado del Arte.Para mayor informacin ver seccin deEventos realizados.

Actividades de CapacitacinGracias a la contribucin que el Gobiernode Venezuela realiz al ProgramaINFOLAC y en particular al aporte

efectuado por el CONICIT, se realiz elpasado mes de mayo , un curso sobremanejo de pginas web en la Universidadde Colima en Mxico, en el queparticiparon dos especialistas de la regin:

La Srta. Calista Pierre de (NALIS)Trinidad & Tobago, el Sr. Robson Lpezde Almeida (IBICT), Brasil y el Editor delBoletn INFOLAC y Coordinador de lapgina web de INFOLAC Sr. Ramn Parra.

Entre las actividades realizadas se destacala evaluacin de la pgina actual, laelaboracin de pginas espejo en ingls yportugus y la definicin de los procedi-mientos y la logistica necesaria para laubicacin de estas versiones en servidoresdistintos localizados en Mxico ( versinen espaol) Trinidad ( versin en ingls) yBrasilia (versin en portugus) lo quepermitir rpidas actualizaciones a nivellocal en cada idioma y la garanta de quela pgina siempre estar en lnea.

Cabe destacar la magnfica colaboracinprestada por la Lic. Lourdes Feria,Directora de los Servicios de Informacinde la Universidad de Colima y la de sueficiente equipo de trabajo quienes hanhecho posible la integracin de la reginen materia de informacin en tres idiomasde trabajo de la regin y en un foro comoINFOLAC que tiene como objetivo la

conjuncin los esfuerzos en funcin de unpromisorio porvenir para la comunidadlatinoamericana y caribea del sectorInformacin

Expresamos nuestro agradecimiento, elms sincero, a la gente de COLIMA por elinsuperable apoyo que hemos recibido parahacer posible lo que hasta ayer no pasabade ser un sueo y que esperamos seguirconcretando y mejorando da a daFinalmente, queremos anunciar a nuestroslectores que durante el tercer trimestre de1998 estarn disponibles para sudistribucin y venta los siguientesproductos elaborados con el Centro Editorde Discos Compactos de la Universidad deColima:

CD-ROM : Bancos BibliogrficosLatinoamericanos y del Caribe, volumenIV, Internet para Bibliotecarios,Bibliografa Venezolana ( 17 volmenes),Prensa Iberoamericana del Siglo XIX,Fotografas de Latinoamrica y del Caribedel Siglo XIX, en los que se incluyen basesde datos y colecciones significativas deinstituciones pblicas y privadas de laregin, que nos han confiado sus acervosde informacin como una muestrainequvoca del deseo de compartir ycooperar en funcin de la integracin yconocimiento mutuo.

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TITULARES/HIGHLIGHTSVEA EN ESTE NMERO / IN THIS ISSUE

The Information Revolution. In search of the Common Good. ---------- pg. 2Congreso Internacional de Informacin INFO 99 ----------------------- " 10

IV Encuentro de Educadores e Investigadores de Bibliotecologa,Archivologa y Ciencias de la Informacin de Iberoamericay el Caribe. Conclusiones y Recomendaciones ----------------------------- " 13

Programa de Actividades acadmicas del CUIB - 2do. Semestrede 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- " 16

ABINIA se prepara para su IX Asamblea General ------------------------- " 19

Vea adems / See alsoRed Iberoamericana de Informacin Deportiva (SPORTCOM) --------- " 20Se encuentra solo en la Red? ------------------------------------------------ " 34

Organization of American States, Columbus Memorial Library.Collections and Services -------------------------------------------------------- " 34Naciones Unidas en Feria Internacional del Libro en Montevideo -- " 35

Base de datos de INFOBILA ahora en INTERNET ----------------------- " 39

- The role of UNESCO in theInformation Society

- Globalization and Abstraction- In search of a global meaning

Is globalization really global?Glocalization. The CommonGood.Buzz phrases like global village orglobal information society aremisleading. The concept of global isnot itself global, in other wordsglobalization is not universal, it doesnot affect everybody in the same way.Exactly like the very concept ofuniversality is not itself universal. Iam referring here to some Asian voicesraising concerns about the occidentalflavour of the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights and supporting the ideathat Asian values were not takenproperly into account and might even bein contradiction with it (for instance theconfucean predominence of the Societyover the rights of the Person).The global civilization concept is abiased view, a partial dream of a veryprivileged minority (the globalmasters), a small subset of this planetsinhabitants. The overwhelming majoritydoes not live it, understand it and evenless benefit from this globalization, eventhough they are in fact supporting itsconsequences and are either directly orindirectly but very effectively affectedby it. This is the result of glocalisation:the local impact of global causesenslaves people unable to understand thereal forces at work.

We risk endorsing biased views andunsufficiently universal conceptions ifwe stay hooked on a conception ofInformation society that reflects info-haves needs. Can we build a reallyuniversal understanding of what ishappening? The blue planet seen fromsatellite appears united but fragile. TheInternet planet also appears united,thanks to the universality of TCP/IPprotocol or the WWW. But the globalsociety consensus is far more fragile.Who takes the most out of it? Whoprofits most from the Informationsociety?

For the techno-scepticists, newinformation and communicationtechnologies (NICTs) should be seen asmere tools. These tools may be put at

the service of a political will, providedthere is one available. But, they will notbring miraculously ready-made solutionsto the global problems that plague the endof this century: economic and financialinstabilities, social inequalities, growingunemployment in developed countries,planetary-wide environmental concerns,widening gaps between North and South,potentially leading to political turmoils.

For the techno-optimists, NICTs are notjust technologies. They are symptoms of adeeper revolution, useful indicators of acultural and mental landslide, that willultimately lead us to a collective reshapingof basic assumptions and values, such asthe notion of work in an automatizedproduction environment, the concept ofintellectual property in an economy ofideas, the relevance of nation state in aglobalized world or the meaning ofgeneral interest in a free-wheeling andinvisible-handed market. What is at stakeis in fact the emergence of a newcivilization, on the one hand certainly moreglobal, and presumably more virtual orpost-industrial, but on the other handglobally more unstable, more and moreefficient for the super-rich andunsympathetic to the needs of the poor,excluded from the required efficiency ofthe free market.

Both scepticists and optimists areright in their own way.Political will is a fundamental resource tosolve human problems. Yet the scale of theproblem might be bigger than the averagevision of political leaders.What we need most is a political vision, areally global vision able to subsume narrowchauvinistic, nationalistic or culturallybiased political agendas. Because thisplanet is shrinking rapidly, we need to startthinking globally, not only from thetechnological or economic vantage points,but from the political, cultural, societal,ethical viewpoints.The fundamental questions that should beaddressed are:What will be the real impact of theInformation revolution on the worldsglobal imbalances? Will it aggravateeconomic, cultural, societal gaps or tendto reduce them? In other words willglobalization aggravate globalization orhumanize it?What is the common good in this globalcontext? Is good what is good for the freemarket and its invisible hands? Is goodwhat is good for the leading superpowerstechnological and economic elites (thesymbol manipulators)? Or is there ahigher common good?

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One Globe, Lots of Tribes andMany GhettosThe pervasiveness of digitalconvergence now affects all aspects of oursocieties. This phenomenon is furthermoreaccelerated and facilitated by the generaltrend towards economic globalization.Technological and economicglobalizations are in fact interlinked andaffect all countries, either directly orindirectly.

Different types of globalizations (financial,economic, technological) do flourishcoincidentally and accompany thedevelopment of the global InformationSociety, which in return facilitatesglobalization. Technological globalizationrelates to the spatial distribution of ideas,methods, technologies or products. It is notan universalization of meaning, but astandardization of means.

Economic globalization takes the lead in acontext of laissez-faire andderegulation, while global politicalissues, such as reducing inequalities,favourising social justice and economicredistribution, are yet to be addressed. Aglobal overclass, disposing of mobileglobal capitals, makes all the majoreconomic decisions, without much controland countervailing power from relativelyweak political institutions, lacking of aglobal clout and of a global policy, a globalvision adequate to our times.

Cultural, social, political and ethicalglobalizations still lag behind.Globalizations translates into political,ethical, cultural relativism. Instead ofpromoting universal values, anduniversality as a value, globalization seemsto encourage relativism.The nation-state sees its power, legitimacyand scope for action seriously underminedby transnational players and processes:multinational corporations, the flow offinance and information, environmentalphenomena, mafias, migrations. Often theregional regulation is unsufficient. UnitedNations are too weak.The weakening of the state undermines itscapacity to stem the rise of poverty,exclusion and unemployment and to workfor the improvement of education andhealth systems. The Social contract ineach society is threatened by a blind andborderless globalization with no interest forcollective societal projects. Confronted tothe power and the influence of the market,the nation-state is weakened and it loses

its symbolic meaning, the very values thatmade it possible and meaningful.Chances are, that in the absence of aneffective global political power, able toredistribute the global wealth and toguarantee justice and a sense of thecommon good, the global InformationSociety will not be as advantageous for allcountries. We know that in nearly allsocieties, the needs and preferences of thewealthy and powerful are generally morerespected and reflected in official goals andpriorities. Information Society per se willnot change this state of fact. It might onthe contrary just aggravate it. At least it isa good point to debate. While one canobserve a certain widening of the accessto NICT, a closer look at it shows thataccess is in fact reserved to the alreadybetter-off.The World TelecommunicationDevelopment Report 1998 published inMarch 1998 by the InternationalTelecommunication Union said: Thereremain vast pockets of humankind withoutaccess to basic telecommunicationsservices. It is difficult to believe that thisis due to a shortage of funds: thetelecommunication industry has its mostprofitable year ever in 1996. A shortage ofsupply is also increasingly less of a reasonfor a lack of access. The greatest danger toimproving access today appears to becomplacency. There is a tendency tobelieve that a profitable industry withexpanding sources of supply will solve theproblem by itself.

In our view, it will not.In other words, there will still be winnersand losers in the emerging InformationSociety order. And the gap between themwill probably widen. The problem will notbe solved miraculously by the immanentvirtues of industry. Are there any ways touse NICTs to bridge such a daunting gapbetween rich and poor? How can NICTsbe of any help to the 4 billions people livingon less than 2$ a day? This is not just aquestion of global justice. It is also in theobjective interest of the rich. What wewould like to stress is that even the winnerswill ultimately be losers, too, if they let thegap widen. For two reasons: i) they willsuffer from the political and social unrestthat the world-wide spectacle of thisgrowing gap will inevitably induce, ii)raising the standards of living of worldpopulation will profit ultimately toeverybody, except of course to those who

now take advantage from exploitation ofthe global gaps.What should we do to prevent thediscrepancies and the inequalities that willarise from these different types ofglobalization and from the unevendistribution of their effects among nations?How could we contribute to the elaborationof a concept of common good, ofhumankinds general interest, in thecontext of Information Society in its mostglobalized phase?

Is There a Pilot in the GlobalPlane?As the representative of the people and theguardian of democratic values, the state hasthe right and responsibility to help integratecyberspace and society. But whoguarantees the integration of cyberspaceand global society? Our planet as a wholeis not yet democratically represented,except maybe by internationalorganizations such as United Nations,which notoriously lack of financial andpolitical means to effectively intervene oncore global issues.Cyberspace is not a no mans land, anymore than fiscal paradises are. If thegovernments of the world decided to unitein order to clamp down all possibilities oftax evasion or illegal money trafficking,they could very well impose their will onoffshore fiscal and money launderingparadises. Similarly, if sometimes in thefuture, the governments of the worlddecided to impose a strict reinforcementof a future cyberlaw, this could very wellbe done. After all, computers and networksare still very material objects that areneeded by the immaterial cyberspace. Andpolice and justice may very well act on thereal estates of cyberspace.Technology standards and privacy issues,for example, are too important to beentrusted to the marketplace alone.Competing software firms have littleinterest in preserving the open standardsthat are essential to a fully functioninginteractive network. Markets encourageinnovation, but they do not necessarilyinsure the public interest. Governmentscould decide to encourage and support thedevelopments of public domain softwareand freewares (such as LINUX, Apache).This goal might appear absolutely vital ina few years, when will appear theimportance to equip the schools of theworld with basic computer facilities. The

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software side might wery well belong tothe world public domain.Privacy issues are also of strategicimportance. Commercial interests arewilling to keep a low profile and be lefthands-free to exploit powerful data-miningresources for marketing research or forinformation reselling to data brokers andindividual reference service industry.They are not interested by hot questionssuch as: should personal informationscopyright belong to the concerned personsor to the data miners? What level ofanonymity and privacy protection isdesirable? It is essentially a philosophicaland political issue. US and EU differsomewhat on the isues of transbordersdataflow. US accuses EU ParliamentsDirective on the protection of individualswith regard to the processing of personaldata and on the free movement of such data(October 1995) of being a non-tariffcommercial barrier to free trade. In effect,Article 25 states that the transfer to a thirdcountry of personal data which areundergoing processing or are intended forprocessing after transfer may take placeonly if (...) the third country in questionensures an adequate level of protection.Since it remains to be seen if there is anyadequate level of protection in the US, thequestion is still pending: who is going tohave the last word? The free market or theprivacy-conscious global citizen?

The market vs. General interest.Need for RegulationThe market is not concerned by socialredistribution. Important social issues(such as basic education, basic health ormaintaining social or even internationalpeace) are left to the political sphere. Themarket needs peace and also an educatedpopulation to perform its own operations.But peace and education must be taken careof and also paid for it. By whom? It is notsure that international peace for instancereceives all the credits that should be inpriority given to it.Deregulation and globalisation have a tasteof free-wheeling market. But we need a re-regulation at a higher level. We need aglobal governance, i.e. a globalgovernment with a global currency and aglobal fiscality (such as the famous TobinTax on all financial transactions proposedby Nobel Prize James Tobin). Why notimagine a global telecommunicationstax or a global energy tax to help

reducing information access imbalancesand fighting global ecological concerns?Market is based on competition: hence thestrongest emerge, with a non-linear effect:the fall of weaker competitors (provokedby the free market) creates monopolies oroligopolies (which are contrary to generalinterest). Problems of monopolies ofsoftware (Microsoft/Netscape, Java/ActiveX) are good examples.This is why regulators have still a role toplay, even in a free market.What should be the new universal accessparadigm? Based on physical access?Should it include access to content, forinstance public domain data? What shouldbe the minimum level of service for users?Is it possible to cost obligations to thepublic service mission in a meaningfulway?What should be the consumers rights?Are these rights interfering with thecitizens rights, if they are limited by theinterest of the market ?The regulators are also needed for a fairallocation of resources (access to numbers,availability of radio-frequency spectrum,pricing the spectrum, frequencyauctioning)The level of demand for spectrum is likelyto outstrip currently available frequencyresources. How to set up a pricing policyof this public resource?

Deregulation does not necessarilymean more competitionOne of the principal failures of regulationin Telecom can be summarized as follows:the regulator never had the independanceto make professional decisions because ofundue influence either from politicians,politically driven ministries, or theregulated monopolies. Private monopolytelecom operators overwhelm theregulators and frequently prevent themfrom applying effective standards ofconsumer protection or economicefficiency.In recent years, telecom regulators in theUS, Canada and the UK have beenremarkably unsuccessful in restraining theanti-competitive behaviour of the dominantoperators and promoting effective marketcompetition. For instance, the FCCadmitted its inability to regulate AT&T atthe time of AT&T divestiture. Today, innearly all countries, on the major

regulatory issues, the big players are goingstraight to the politicians.Thus, following the new 1996 USAtelecom legislation liberalizing all telecommarkets, the first mergers involved theregional Bell holding companies (RBHCs)in defensive moves to strenghten theirmonopoly positions in local telecommarkets.The public telecom operators (PTOs) standat the gateway of commerce and oftenrepresent a bottleneck that can slow downor even stop improvements, especially innew service development. The PTOs havea very powerful incentive to use theirmonopoly power at the bottleneck of thetelecom value chain to capture as much aspossible of the efficiency and value-addedbenefits being created in both theequipment supply and service developmentsectors. If policy makers and regulatorsadopt a hands-off or laissez-faire positionon the issue of competition, most telecomcustomers run a risk of being served in amarketplace with a competition policy butfew real competitive options.

Sharing the costs of internationalcalls. The case of InternetAccounting rates in the internationaltelecommunications traffic have a majorimpact on the revenues and on the growthof telecommunications in developingcountries. The full liberalisation oftelecommunications along with otherfactors (advent of callback, Internettelephony) raises serious concern on theold way of sharing the cost of aninternational call between countries. Theconventional Accounting Rate Systemwhich has been in place for many years, isa revenue sharing system established onthe basis of bilateral negociations.International telecom carriers negociatebetween themselves the price for handlingone minute of international telephoneservice. The rate is usually divided 50/50between the originating and terminatingcarriers on a direct route between them. Forindirect routes, there is also a fixed transitfee.Since there is usually an imbalance, theoperator with the higher volume of minutespays a net settlement to the operator withfewer minutes. As traffic volumes haveincreased over the years, strong pressurehas been exerted by outpayingadministrations to reduce the settlementrate to the level of actual costs for

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terminating calls. Most Asia and Pacificcountries are developing countries and arenet receivers. Generally the cost of telecominfrastructure in developing countries ishigher because economies of scale does notcompare with advanced countries whichhave the advantage of local manufacturingand high economies of scale. Thesecountries may be tempted to resist theefforts of traffic originating countries toexert a downward pressure on the rates.Practices like call back can put furtherpressures on the system. The Call backoperator attracts high value customers fromoperators with higher collection rates. Thisoften means loss of business to operatorsin developing countries. The recent UnitedStates FCC Order aims at a hugereductions in Settlement Rates. This hasbeen opposed by many countries, whichfeel that the sole purpose of the FCC Orderis to benefit US carriers at the expense ofdeveloping countries. Cost-based chargingis not easy to implement, and implies inparticular rebalancing of tariffs betweenlocal, domestic long distance andinternational. In effect, that diminishinginternational settlement would ultimatelylead in lowering developing countriesrevenues and telecommunications viability,already threatened by the steady fall in theircall colection revenue due to theproliferation of call back services.Conventional telecom arrangements willmoreover be bypassed with carriage ofvoice over Internet or Virtual PrivateNetworks.It is a global problem, but addressed atmainly from the vantage point of the USand call generating countries. FCC hasalready taken unilateral actions (July1997).But the growth of international networkwill be inefficient if facilities are not evenlydistributed in relation to usage patterns.The principle of termination charge isbeing explored. Telecom operators mightset up a standard and transparent chargefor incoming traffic based on cost and otherfactors (such as interest charges ondevelopment loans, and even cross-subsidyelements...). It would be applicableirrespective of the source of the calls andwould therefore eliminate the need toworkout bilateral settlements.The case of Internet is very illustrative ofstrong imbalances. Internet serves as aninformation bank where non-US basedusers access web-sites in the US anddownload information. Traffic is almost all

one-way or asymmetrically from the US.Hence, US carriers insisted that non-USbased carriers pay for the full circuit linkto US instead of the traditionalarrangements whereby each carrier wouldpay for its own half circuit. Internet todayserves beyond its information provisionfunction. It is increasingly used as anotherplatform for international communication(2-way traffic), e.g. e-mail, Internettelephony, e-commerce.The continuation of the existingasymmetrical payment arrangement can nolonger be justified. It is unfair to non-USbased carriers and especially users becauseUS-based users are not paying for theirinternational Internet access. The revenuebenefits of Internet services around theglobe are directed toward US operators.The US operators, content and databasebusiness owners are getting full advantageof inward traffic flow.

Price setting and regulation fortelecommunicationsThe practical problems of estimating therelevant costs for a complextelecommunication network system arevery difficult.

Statement by Commissioner Barrett of theUSAs FCC: Cost allocation will becomeincreasingly difficult and meaningless inthe future... Once the local exchangecarriers are transporting broadband andvideo along their present voice services,and wireless is used extensively for localaccess, the allocation of costs will becomea nightmare with little meaning... To takea simple example, consider how the costof a local loop will be allocated if that loopwas used to carry voice, broadband andvideo simultaneously.

A concrete example:In Japan, until recently, NTT charged itsown long-distance division 3.7 Yen (US 4cents) per call for access (which constitutedabout 4% of that divisions long distancerevenues), and charged its long distancerivals over ten times as much (about 42 Yenper call) taking up roughly 45% of theserivalsrevenue. This access pricing policyis attributed to have been a major factorimpeding the development of competitionin Japan (source: Price setting andregulation for telecommunications in theabsence of reliable and detailed costinformation, Patrick Xavier,

Telecommunications Policy, Vol 21, N3,pp213-233, 1997).What we would like to stress out is thatthere is no universally correct tariffsetting principles. Pricing policy is a meansof achieving desired objectives. Thequestion is therefore: who should decidethese objectives: the market, or theregulator supposed to guarantee thegeneral interest?

Proper competition vs. Faircompetition: the case of KoreaIn 1990, the Korean Ministry ofInformation and Communication (MIC)decided to introduce competition into theinternational telecommunication servicemarket with a hope to strenghten thecompetitiveness of the Koreantelecommunications industry. In 1991,DACOM which had been providingmonopolistic data communication services,entered into the market, so far dominatedby Korea Telecom (KT).However, competition in the internationaltelephone service did not worked as hoped.The competition failed to shift the demandupward in spite of increased advertisingand new services. The MICs direct priceregulation hindered carriers from competingin prices and induced the collusion of carriersat the cost of consumers surplus. Therestricted price competition encouraged thecarriers to engage in abnormal advertisingcompetition and diminished incentives forcost efficient investment. Knowing that theprice is not determined by their competitiveinteractions but by the regulator, thecarriers did not need to pay attention tocustomers.

In sum, these disappointing competitionexperiences can be attributed to poorcompetition environment. It was naive toexpect that competition wouldautomatically arise by allowing a firm intoan industry, without providing anenvironment for effective competition(which should have been MICs role). InKorea, adding one more competitor onlyled to tacit collusion against the originalintention of promoting competition.This rather undesirable competitionexperiment stemmed from a peculiarconcept of competition, that is, propercompetition. The MIC actively intervenedin the competition process, which lessenedthe rivalry between carriers. MICestablished a controlled, not an effective,competition system.

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It is essential that the proper competitionconcept be replaced with a faircompetition concept. Fair competitionregulation stresses the suppression of theincumbents incentives to utilize itsadvantages and to stage anti-competitivebehaviour such as predatory pricing,unequal access arrangements and exclusivepossession of information. Under the faircompetition concept, the regulator shouldnot judge, control or modify the degree ofthe competition. Rather the regulatorshould confine its role to preparingenvironment for active competition.Competition is the most powerfulmechanism for maximizing customerbenefits and limiting monopoly power. Thecore of competition is not the number ofcompetitors, but rivalry between them. Theregulator framework must be contrived tofacilitate rivalry. Unfortunately, the Koreangovernment failed to recognize thisimportant point and behaved in a traditionalway to control monopoly and suppressedrivalry.Regulators in the developing countriesshould bear in mind that controlledcompetition is no better than monopoly.They should confine their role to protectfair competition, which requires a visionof the General Interest.

Public and Private. The crucialimportance of public domainThe primary concern of privately ownedmedia is to make money. The primary taskof public-interest oriented media is to fosterpolitical and cultural development, atnational and international levels. Openended goals such as public interest orcultural development are very difficultto measure. Public interest is a much moredifficult issue to grasp than private interest.It is more abstract, and in essence moreconflictual to define. It is scattered amongall the people, and thus nobody in particularseems directly and personally concerned,and eager to tackle with this vague andglobal type of problems, left often toanonymous bureaucracies. This problem isanother aspect of the tragedy of thecommons. When everybody is supposedto take care of the commons, nobody inparticular feels urgently and primarilyconcerned to do so. Somebody else willcare... And vested interests take advantageof this public disinterest for public goodto lobby decision-makers for their ownspecific needs. The more the problems

grow global and abstract, the more publicgood seems to be left unattended and themore private interests become efficient andactive at taking their own profit share outof the public cake.This universal mechanism will not bestopped by the Information revolution. Onthe contrary, it will be aggravated.We need a deep understanding of whatactually is the common good at theInformation age? Is it universal access,for instance? Or something more abstractlike equal oportunities for all in theInformation society?A good start to think concretely overpublic good is the question of publicdomain.At the height of economic bubble inJapan, there was a tongue-in-cheekproposition to give all land back to theEmperor. This idea was not new. Theconcept of commons existed a long timeago, in the feudal times, in Europe, andeven earlier was conceptualized under thepolitical category of res publica. Nowthe bubble has been somewhat deflated.But the very concept of public domainremains valid. The international sea zone,the outerspace or the human genomebelong to the public domain, or theinalienable human heritage.In our globalized era, it is of vital andstrategic importance to recognize, promoteand strengthen the global public domain,be it physical (such as radio spectrum) orcultural and informational (such asmasterpieces of the past or the informationproduced on public funds).The hertzian spectrum belongs to the publicdomain. Thus the public should benefit fromtheir use. The recent digital spectrumgiveaway to broadcasters underscores theinefficient and biased misuse of publicresources. The citizenry should benefit andprofit from the use of public frequencies,and should retain a portion of the spectrumfor educational, cultural, and public accessuses. We should demand more for privateuse of public property.Same problem with public domain data.Masterpieces of the glorious past, storedin public libraries and museums do notbelong to curators. They belong to thepublic of a particular nation, and also tohuman kind. If every nation decided to giveback to its own people free access to itsown memory, then not only everyonewould have access to its own culturaltreasures, but also to all other nationscultural heritage.

Global regulation is indeed needed. Butabove all, we need to find a new meaningto our collective action. We need toformulate a higher and wiser vision of whatwe are heading at, as citizens of our globalsociety. We need new mental tools.

New cognitive tools for a globalcitizenshipToo much data is just noise. Informationis not knowledge and even less wisdom.We need meaning not just informationmeans. We even more need wisdom.Proliferation of information will not addone minute in a humans day. In theinformation overflow, we are notnecessarily doing any better than before.On the contrary, we may simply loseground with reality, and human touch.Information flood is a serious challenge,requiring discipline, distance andskepticism. We will need cognitive skillsof awareness, perception, reasoning, andcommon sense judgement.There is an atrophy of the sensuscommunis (the common sense). Thesensus communis is the sense that cangive us a sense of the common good.This sixth sense is pre-eminently thepolitical sense, the sense of judgement. Tojudge implies always a form of distance,of withdrawal, of retreat, of abstractionfrom events and facts. To judge impliesalso an attention to plurality, to diversity.It implies a widened and enlightened wayof thinking, obtained by comparing onesown personal judgement to others. Itimplies the ability to put oneself at othersplace, to understand other slants, othervantage points. It implies a capacity todistance oneself from oneself. It is anaptitude to think as a person in the interestof the community.In a world driven by the flow of information,the interfaces and the underlying code that make information visible are becomingenormously powerful social forces.Understanding their strengths andlimitations, and even participating in thecreation of better tools, should be animportant part of being an involved citizen.These tools affect our lives as much as lawsdo, and we should subject them to a similarscrutiny.We need to understand better theunderlying assumptions of the cognitivetools (simulation models, computing andconceptual models, cognitive schemes,statistics) we are more and more using,

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consciously or not. A new cognitiveenlightenment is necessary. We are still inthe Dark Ages of global governance andwe do not even know how far we still arefrom acquiring minimal cognitive tools todeal with globalization problems.Wiring the schools will not be enough. Weneed to know what kind of citizen we wantour children to become. We want ourchildren to grow happy and wise, not justas egg heads, full of unnecessary volatiledata. We do not want our children to beinstrumentalized at the service of aneconomico-techno-sphere devoid of anyreal human vision. In brief, we need ahumanistic approach. NICTs should onlyserve us, and not us serving thetechnosphere.Hence the fundamental questions: whatkind of global civilization are we in factbuilding? What kind of civilization shouldwe rather try to build? Then what NICTsand tools are needed? What role for globalorganizations like UNESCO?

The role of UNESCO in theInformation SocietyFor UNESCO, the Information Societyrepresents a challenge and a opportunity.The challenge is that the Organization mustfind an original and indisputable role in adomain that is now covering the whole ofsociety, and that interests therefore manyother organizations. The opportunity is thatInformation Society values and methodswill give UNESCO a unique chance tofulfil one of its fundamental missions, asstated in its Constitution, i.e. to developthe free exchange of ideas andknowledge.UNESCOs strategy may be summarizedby two main ideas:Given its intellectual and moral mandate,UNESCO concentrates on the contentaspects of the Information Society,including information access, training andethical issues.As for the infrastructure of the InformationSociety, UNESCO concentrates onInfostructure (policies, networking andapplications) rather than on basictelecommunication and informaticsfacilities.The content aspects of this strategyinclude :- info-ethics issues (access to

information, privacy, confidentiality,security of information).

- observation of national informationpolicies and legal frameworks or codesof practices.

- fostering the access to diversifiedcontents for the info have-nots, bydeveloping a strong public domainof information accessible on-line andoff-line: the Global Cyber Commons.

- promotion of cultural and linguisticpluralism in the Information Society,including access to the virtualMemory of the World

- promotion of standards and cooperationin information categorization, labellingand filtering

- training in the information age and inthe context of globalization, withparticular attention given to the needsof information professionals andtrainers (journalists, librarians,archivists, documentalists, computerspecialists), user communities(educators, scientists, members ofsocial and cultural organizations) andgovernments.

- participation to the global cyber-culture, with special attention to youthneeds, and

- last but not least, a very active presenceof UNESCO on the Web, through theHeadquarters, field units and allassociated organizations Web sites.

The infostructure aspects of the strategyinclude:- supporting consistent national

information policies (in particularappropriate telecommunications tariffpolicies, and so-called universalaccess policies, in a context oftechnological convergence,deregulation and privatization )

- networking of people and institutions(with a view to sharing experience andknowledge and avoiding duplication ofefforts)

- designing innovative, application-oriented, pilot projects: virtual learningcommunities, virtual laboratories,virtual libraries, on-line governance,multi-purpose community telecentresin rural or disadvantaged areas,information access for illiterate people,user-friendly interfaces for all.

- improving infrastructures: publiclibraries, archives and documentationcentres serving as gateways to theInformation Society, informationservices and networks.

Globalization and AbstractionInformation Society imposes a model(cognitive, efficient, abstract, market-based).Some alternative values are emerging(knowledge sharing, freeware, groupware,new sense of global citizenship),but this ispossible only within a certain infostructureand a level of literacy.We need to define in a very deep way whatwe expect from the emerging globalcivilization. This should not be done underpressure from the different globalizations,but from a higher, wiser viewpoint.Some anthropologists, like Andr Leroi-Gourhan, define the progress ofcivilizations by their level of abstraction.Classic examples are the tool which is anabstraction for the claw or the hand, thewritten word which is an abstractequivalent of the oral word. If we followthis view, we are indeed making a big leapforward in abstraction, when we tend toreplace reality by virtuality in most of ouractivities. We might then be tempted tothink that we are a civilization in progress.Abstraction is not a progress of civilization.It is, at most, a progress in theinstrumentalization of humanity put toserve other rather narrow, unspecified,unquestionned, non-humane goals.The definition of another thinker (Teilhardde Chardin) is more illuminating. Hedefines progress as a capacity to gotoward and to understand other-ness.The main risk of a global civilization is thatit may end up in limiting diversity andother-ness, by imposing powerful normsof conduct and standards of behaviour.If that would happen, we would not be acivilization in progress.The foreigner, the alien are unforgettablesymbols of difference as such. They areimages of the other . But there are manyother others: the unemployed, the pooror the illitterate. They are almost by natureexcluded from the Information society.This is why, more than an Informationsociety, we need a Wisdom society, aMeaningful society, a society of justice,where all the others may find their place.

In search of a global meaning.We need hope and meaning. How can wedevelop not-for-the-profit activities in asociety which recognize individuals onlythrough the prism of their market value?How can we give some human meaning to

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globalization? How can we create a senseof global solidarity?For global problems, nations-states are toosmall to be of any decisive influence.United Nations Organization is far frombeing recognized as a Global Governancebody. It is a kind of an abstraction. As citizenof the world, we lack the communicationmeans to create an effective commonground, a global public agora, where todiscuss and implement global policies. Theonly truly international operators are the highflying financiers, the global speculationoperators, the global information andcommunication operators. But even thesehave no real sense of the global commongood in mind. They tend to maximize theirown private, specific interests. And theonly criterium of success is the quantitativereturn from the market.A global public life has yet to be created.What has been lost in the modern age, isthe very space where a public life could benurtured and developed.We need urgently such a common world,as opposed to the global world.McLuhan spoke of the Global Village.What we need now is the CommonHouse of this village.

The common good exists only if we talkabout it, if we discuss it, if we come to agreewith others on a common action about it.Our globalized world has indeed a commonpresent.But it lacks of any common past, and hasno assured ground for a common future.It shares the global instants of speculation,it broadcasts the global tools ofstandardization. But it lacks of any consensuson the ultimate ends it seems to pursue.The unity of mankind cannot be foundedon a unique religion, a unique philosophyor even a unique form of government. Itshould be founded on the paradoxical anddifficult assumption that diversity is in factmore needed for unity than unity itself.Multiplicity hides and reveals unity. Butmultiplicity, like bio-diversity, is hard tomaintain in a globalized age. Hence, thevery basis for a profound unity (madepossible by the preservation of and theattention to diversity) is radicallythreatened by globalization, which imposesits oversimplified unification.We need a new philosophy for mankind,the central concept of which should becommunication. Not in the sense of

EVENTOS FUTUROS / FORTHCOMING EVENTS

IDICT/PROINFO. PLAN DE EVENTOS 1998. Cuba

mass communication or Information andcommunication technologies, but in thesense of : communication of the differences,communication with different people andcommunication with all what has beenthought at different times and places.The word communication comes fromthe latin cum (with) and munio (to buildfortified walls). It then meansetymologically: to build together acommon fortification. It reminds me ofthe Preamble of the Constitution ofUNESCO: Since wars begin in the mindsof men, it is in the minds of men that thedefences of peace must be constructed.Ignorance of each others ways and liveshas been a common cause of suspicion andmistrust between the peoples of the world.Communication should be viewed as amethod and a philosophy to build thedefences of peace. But lets never forgetthat communication technologies do notguarantee communication. They are justmeans and have no meaning.For more information please contact: INF/UNESCO. Pars - Fax: (33-1) 45685583

Source: INF/UNESCO-Pars

Fecha: 4, 5 y 6 de junio de 1998Sede: Matanzas

Objetivo del evento:Realizar la segunda edicion de la Jornadaque tiene como uno de sus objetivosfundamentales buscar un espacio deconcertacion nacional en el tema biblioteca-rio con nfasis especial en la concepcion dela biblioteca de referencia electrnica.

* SEMINARIO SOBRE DERECHO DEAUTOR Y NUEVAS TECNOLOGIASDE INFORMACON

Fecha: 25 y 26 de junio de 1998Sede: IDICT

Objetivo:Realizar un intercambio de ideas y criteriosalrededor del tema propuesto con elobjetivo de buscar un espacio deconcertacion nacional.

* ENCUENTRO SOBRE GESTIONDE LA INFORMACION. LIDERESJOVENES.Fecha: Por definir (verano de 1998)Sede: IDICT

Objetivo del evento:Dar continuidad a los eventos sobreGestin de la Informacin iniciados enaos anteriores. Este encuentro estardedicado a los lderes jovenes.

* TALLER DE PUBLICACIONESELECTRONICAS.Fecha: 23, 24 y 25 septiembre de 1998Sede: IDICT

Objetivo del evento:

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Crear un espacio de confrontacion nacionalpara el intercambio de ideas y criterios enrelacion con el tema.

* FORO IBEROAMERICANO DEDISCUSION SOBRE PROCESOS YSERVICIOS DE INFORMACION.Fecha: Del 26 al 30 de octubre de 1998Sede: Por definir

Objetivo del evento:Abordar en un foro de discusin estos dostemas de forma particular con el objetivode confrontar experiencias, ideas ycriterios.

* TALLER NACIONAL DEGERENCIAFecha: 25, 26 y 27 de noviembre de 1998Sede: IDICT

Objetivo del evento:Buscar un espacio de concertacin nacionalque permita abordar este tema de vitalimportancia para las organizaciones deinformacin.

* CONGRESO INTERNACIONALDE INFORMACION, INFO99.Fecha: Del 4 al 8 de octubre de 1999

Sede: Palacio de las Convenciones

Objetivo:Comenzar a preparar las condicionesorganizativas del referido evento durante1998.

Para mayor informacin puede contactara: PROINFO/IDICT, Apartado 2019, LaHabana 10200, Cuba. Telf.: (53 7) 635500,Fax: (53 7) 338237Correo E: info@ceniai.inf.cu /promoc@ceniai.inf.cu

Fuente: IDICT/PROINFO

El Instituto de Informacin Cientfica yTecnolgica, IDICT del Ministerio deCiencia, Tecnologa y Medio Ambiente dela Repblica de Cuba, tiene el placer deinvitarlo a participar en el CongresoInternacional de Informacin, INFO99que se efectuar del 4 al 8 de octubre de1999, bajo el lema LA INFORMACIONA LAS PUERTAS DE UN NUEVOMILENIO, en el Palacio de lasConvenciones de La Habana, Cuba.

INFO99 organizar para usted:SEMINARIOS, MESAS REDONDAS,TALLERES, CURSOS Y CONFEREN-CIAS MAGISTRALES.

Simultneamente con el Congreso seorganizar la Exposicin internacionalEXPOINFO99. En esta exposicin lascompaas, instituciones, y organizacionesespecializadas podrn mostrar susproductos, equipos y softwares, as comoexhibir servicios de valor aadido.

TEMATICAS FUNDAMENTALESDEL CONGRESO* Las tecnologas de informacin y

comunicacin en el nuevo siglo.

CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE INFORMACIONINFO99

La Habana, Cuba, del 4 al 8 de octubre de 1999

* El uso y acceso a la informacin entiempos y escenarios diferentes.

* Los nuevos estilos de gestin de lainformacin como expresin delreposicionamiento de los servicios deinformacin.

* Las exigencias y retos que expondrna los profesionales de informacin enlos albores de un nuevo siglo.

* Las demandas y necesidades delusuario como exponente de los nivelesde desarrollo de una nueva era.

* Las nuevas condiciones y los cambiosnecesarios que tendrn que acometerlas instituciones de informacin.

Los idiomas oficiales de INFO99 sern elespaol y el ingls.

Si est interesado en recibir informacinadicional sobre este Congreso, srvasellenar el cupn adjunto y enviarlo a ladireccin del Comit Organizador.

COMITE ORGANIZADOR

Lic. Nicolas Garriga MndezPresidenteIDICT/PROINFO, Apartado 2019, LaHabana 10200, Cuba.

Telf.: (53 7) 635500, (53 7) 603411, ext.1142, Fax: 53 7 338237Correo E.: info@ceniai.inf.cuINTERNET: http://www.ceniai.inf.cu/eventos

Fuente: IDICT/PROINFO

CUPON DE INSCRIPCION:

Nombre y apellidos: __________________

Cargo: _____________________________

Especialidad: _______________________

Institucin: _________________________

Direccin: __________________________

Apartado Postal: ___ Cdigo Postal: ____

Ciudad: ______ Pas: ________________

Telf:/Fax: __________________________

Correo E.: __________________________

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This is the seventh in a series ofincreasingly successful biennialconferences. The previous conferenceswere held at the Limburgs UniversitairCentrum Diepenbeek, Belgium; at theUniversity of Western Ontario, Canada; atthe Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore;at the Association for Science Studies,Berlin; Rosary College, River Forest,lllinois, and the Hebrew University ofJerusalem.

The scope of the fields of Scientometricsand Informetrics can be broadly definedas those topics which treat in quantitativefashion the creation, flow, dissemination,and use of scholarly or substantiveinformation. Representative topics are:informetric laws and distributions;mathematical models of communication;citation analyses; theory of document, text,

Seventh International Conference on Scientometrics and InformetricsUniversity of Colima, Colima, Mexico

July 5-8, 1999sponsored by the The International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics

Universidad de ColimaUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

and information retrieval; information andproductivity; the quantitative sociology ofscience and of other substantiveinformation-based activities; study ofaging and dispersion of scientific literature;evaluation of databases; interdisciplinaryconnections; application of informetrics tofile design, data compression; informetricapplications to policy analysis, R&Dmanagement.

If you are interested in receiving the callfor papers and other information on theConference, please contact the ConferenceOrganizers or visit our home page:

http ://www.ucol.mx/udec/7LSSI/

Chairman of the International ProgramCommittee:Cesar Macias-Chapula, PhDHospital General de Mxico

EVENTOS REALIZADOS/PAST EVENTS

1 Seminrio de Informao e Documentao Jurdica do Rio de Janeiro

1 Seminrio de Informao eDocumentao Jurdica do Rio de Janeirorealizou-se de 5 a 7 de novembro de 1997.Ao final de cada congresso, encontro ouseminrio comum serem feitasrecomendaes para o prximo evento.Ns, que participamos deste evento,achamos por bem fazermos uma sntese daspalestras apresentadas.

A informao jurdica precisa umanecessidade do mundo moderno e umareivindicao do cidado atual. o bemmais precioso que podemos levar para oprximo milnio.

O profissional da informao aquele quetransmite corretamente a informao e sua

fonte ao usurio certo, no tempo exato, pelomeio mais adequado, por um custo quejustifique seu uso.A modernidade exige uma nova viso dosprofissionais da Informao e a construode condies necessrias para a suaviabilizao: criao de novos mecanismos de

tratamento da informao; Organizao dos mecanismos de

buscas que possibilitem uma maiorrelevencia/ pertinncia na recuperaode acervos;

criao de instrumentos pblicos quepossibilitem a preservao de coleesque esto sendo digitalizadas;

implantao de polticas que obriguemrgos pblicos, previamenteescolhidos, a manterem em bom estadode conservao e acessveis pesquisa,as publicaes oficiais;

elaborao de tabelas detemporalidade, ou, pelo menos, tabelasde validao documental, sob pena denum futuro bem prximo, sermosresponsabilizados por no tomarmosatitude para impedir o descarte pelasautoridades;

implantao nos rgos pblicos e nasempresas privadas de uma poltica detratamento e de arquivamento dedocumentos jurdicos;

Apartado Postal 7-826,06702 Mxico DF MxicoPhone/Fax: (525) 578 05 22Email: macias@cenids.ssa.gob.mxcesarmch @ Iiceaga.facmed .unam.mx

Chairperson for Latin America and theCaribbean:Jane M. Russell, M.Sc.Centro Universitario de InvestigacionesBibliotecolgicas (CUIB)Universidad Nacional Autonma deMxico (UNAM)Apartado Postal 22-06014000 Mxico DF. MxicoPhone: (525) 623 03 63Fax: (525) 623 03 65Email: jrussell@servidor.unam.mxFuente: Universidad de Colima - UNAM

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conscientizao da impossibilidade dese aplicar a informtica como soluopara todos os problemas relacionadosao gerenciamento da informaojurdica

conscientizao de que a qualidade porsi s, a agilizao e a facilidade dearmazenamento da informtica no conseguida sem a necessriainterveno dos profissionais da reade informaco jurdica;

elaborao de rotinas em relao aosdireitos autorais, notadamente aodireito da imagem .

No momento atual, com aproliferao desoftwares na rea da informao jurdica, muito importante que o profisional dedocumentao, no momento de deciso,identifique que o objetivo principal arecuperao da informao mais exata pelousurio.

A evoluo da informtica uma formade facilitar e democratizar o acesso informao e justia.O Poder Pblico deve, seguindo umatendncia que j mundial, preocupar-semuito mais em criar arquivos pblicos euma poltica de arquivamento erecuperao das informaes do quedescartar seus documentos.O Poder Pblico, principalmente o PoderLegislativo e o Poder Judicirio de algunsestados, esto procurando dinamizar oservio de documentao jurdica, paralevar a informao ao cidado,concretizando uma norma da ConstituioFederal.Documentos gerados nos rgos pblicosso a memria administrativa do Poder aque os mesmos pertenecem.A biblioteca serve como uma porta deacesso informao pela Internet, que tem

necessidade de ferramentas para selecodas bases de dados, para poder recuperarinformaes de relevncia.

A biblioteca virtual pode ser no somenteuma porta, mas um grande porto deacesso, pois rene vrios acervos em seusprprios habitats.

Que o 2 Seminrio de Informao eDocumentao Jurdica do Rio de Janeiroseja realizado em 1999, respeitando aperiodicidade do ENIDJ. EncontroNacional de Documentao e InformaoJurdica.

Para mayor informacin favor contactar a:Ali Celestino M. Santos. ConselhoRegional de Biblioteconomia, 7a. regiaoAv. Rio Branco, 277. Sala 710. Cep.20040-000. Rio de Janeiro RJ. Brasil Tel (21)533.3609/3312. FAX: (021) 2404425Fuente: Boletn CRB-7 V. 25, No. 3, jul/mar 1997

personal que labora en este sector tanimportante de la educacin, ya que se tratade la formacin de nuevos ciudadanos,cuyas posibilidades de acceso a lainformacin, el conocimiento y el gusto porla lectura enriquecern su desarrollopersonal.

Los asistentes al curso fueron 30, contandoprimordialmente con la presencia debibliotecarios de las escuelas secundariasenviados por la propia Secretara deEducacin y Cultura del Gobierno delEstado, y la Representacin de la SEPestatal, as como con bibliotecarios ymaestros de escuelas particulares.

Las actividades desarrolladas seencaminaron a motivar a los asistentes enla realizacin de programas que estimulena los nios en la lectura. Aunque enrealidad al finalizar el evento, quienesresultaron ms estimulados fueron lospropios bibliotecarios y maestros, ya queel entusiasmo de los instructores logratraer, compenetrar y comprometer a losasistentes en las actividades que puedengenerar para sus bibliotecas.

La experiencia de este Taller, nos dejconocimientos importantes que nosservirn, no slo como bibliotecarios sinocomo padres de familia interesados en la

formacin cultural de nuestros hijos.En general, las conclusiones determinadaspor los mismos asistentes, coincidieron enla evaluacin del curso considerndolo:muy productivo; interesante; calidadexcelente de los instructores, motivacine integracin al trabajo con los nios.Como resultado inmediato del curso, en laASBAC se ha integrado un pequeo grupode personas que participaron para iniciar,al interior de la Asociacin, sesiones conlos hijos de los socios, aplicando losconocimientos adquiridos. Por otra parte,existen bibliotecas como en el DIF Estataldonde se ve reflejado ya el inters y actitudpositiva del personal mediante lautilizacin de los materiales que le fueronentregados. Se considera que losresultados fueron muy favorables; esto nosimpulsa a continuar presentando eventosde alta calidad que apoyen las actividadescotidianas de la bibliotecas.

Para mayor informacin favor contactar a:Asociacin Sonorense de Bibliotecarios c/o AMBAC. Angel Urraza 817-A. Col. delValle CP. 03100, Mxico, D.F. MxicoTels. 575.1135/3396. Fax: 575.1135.E-mail: ambac@.solar.sarn.et

Fuente: Noticiero AMBAC, Oct - Dic 1997, N 114

CURSO - TALLER

FOMENTO A LA LECTURA EN LAS BIBLIOTECAS ESCOLARES

RESULTADOS Y CONCLUSIONES. Mxico

Como parte de la celebracin del DaInternacional del Libro, la AsociacinSonorense de Bibliotecarios, ASBAC,llev a cabo el Curso-Taller denominadoFomento a la Lectura en BibliotecasEscolares, durante los das 7 y 8 denoviembre pasado. El personal encargadode impartir el curso cuenta con una granexperiencia profesional especializada enbibliotecas infantiles y escolares.

De esta manera, se cont con laparticipacin de Susan Husband de TucsonPima Public Library-Valencia, MarthaCastro de la Universidad Autnoma deCiudad Jurez, Obdulia Gonzlez deTucson United School District; MartnRivera de Woods Branch Library (Tucson,Az); Blanco Martnez, del Club Sonorensede Lectura, A.C. y Mireya Lpez de laASBAC.

El curso represent un acercamiento msentre la Arizona State Library Asociation(ASLA) de la que ellos forman parte, yASBAC, en cumplimiento de un objetivocomn: desarrollar y fomentar la lecturaen nuestras comunidades, propiciando eluso adecuado de las bibliotecas.

En esta ocasin, el programa fue orientadoa las bibliotecas escolares, puesconsideramos fundamental apoyar al

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A continuacin ofrecemos algunas de lasconclusiones y recomendaciones emanadasde este evento y que se resumen en lossiguientes trminos:

Conclusiones y recomendacionesde la Mesa 1.Formacin Profesional en elPregrado.Se constituye un Comit Permanente dePregrado integrado por los siguientessubcomits: Planes de Estudio, FormacinDocente, Apoyo a la Docencia.El objetivo del Comit Permanente dePregrado es el de constituirse en grupo deapoyo al Consejo Ejecutivo de la Asociacinpara el cumplimiento de sus funcionesrespecto a la educacin bibliotecolgica enel nivel de pregrado y en los siguientesrubros:Generalidades de la educacin biblioteco-lgica, planes y programas de estudio,modalidades y estrategias de la enseanza,usos de los medios electrnicos y tecnologade la informacin, promocin de la carrerade Bibliotecologa, Archivologa y Cienciasde la Informacin entre otras.

Con respecto a la Mesa 2.Paradigmas Didcticos

Se obtuvieron las siguientes conclusiones yrecomendaciones.Que el nuevo profesional a ser formadodebera reunir entre otras las siguientescaractersticas: Ser receptivo a nuevas ideas,capaz de adaptarse al cambio de suorganizacin, habil difusor de servicios deinformacin, poseer destrezas paradesenvolverse en la esfera poltica.

Se recomend adems:

Impulsar el desarrollo de los programas deEducacin a distancia como estrategiadidctica que facilita la ampliacin decobertura y el desarrollo social de la regin.

Utilizar las tecnologas de informacin, tantopara mejorar o romper procesos tradicionalescomo para crear nuevas estrategias en elquehacer acadmico y profesional.

Realizar eventos interinstitucionales,relacionados con la formacin y lainvestigacin, que se desarrollen en el marcode paradigmas didcticos basados en laintegracin de pensamiento-efecto-accin.Propiciar el desarrollo de investigacionessobre los nuevos paradigmas didcticosorientados a la formacin en Ciencia de laInformacin

En relacin con la Mesa 3.Investigacin y PostgradoSe recomienda:Area de publicaciones:- Que las Escuelas con postgrado evalen

su produccin e investigacin a fin deseleccionar las de mayor calidadcientfica y gestionar su publicacin enrevistas indizadas en el Social ScienceCitation Index.

- Que las Escuelas y centros deinvestigacin asuman el compromiso deestablecer parmetros de calidad, quegaranticen la seleccin de los trabajosms relevantes y la entrega oportuna alcomit editorial responsable de la revistacorrespondiente para la publicacin.

Area de investigacin:- Que las Escuelas de Bibliotecologa,

Archivologa y Ciencias de laInformacin establezcan mecanismosque permitan detectar las investigacionesculminadas y en curso- realizadas fueradel mbito universitario, con la finalidadde garantizar su registro en las bases dedatos existentes y de propiciar una visinms completa e integradora de lainvestigacin generada en los pasesIberoamericanos y del Caribe.

- Que las Escuelas reformulen su diseocurricular, orientndolo hacia lainvestigacin como actividad esencialpara perfeccionar el ejercicio profesionaly ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento.

Recomendaciones finales: - Incentivar la publicacin de los trabajos

de investigacin en revistasIberoamericanas y del Caribe.

- Generar una lista confiable de laspublicaciones peridicas en Bibliote-

cologa, Archivologa y Ciencias de laInformacin.

- Incentivar la cooperacin entre losinvestigadores Iberoamericanos y delCaribe, garantizando el registro de laspublicaciones en la base de datos ICBAL,desarrollada por el CUIB/UNAM

- Que las revistas de la especialidadpublicadas en la regin incluyanresumenes en espaol, portugus e ingls.

Para concluir y como parte de los incentivospara la investigacin, el CUIB/UNAMinform del avance de INFOBILA y de tresinvestigaciones que abarcan a AmricaLatina: el Tesauro en Bibliotecologa yCiencias de la Informacin, coordinado porel CUIB en colaboracin con Venezuela yColombia; la investigacin sobre elComportamiento Bibliomtrico de laLiteratura Bibliotecolgica y Disciplinasafines en Latinoamrica, y otra sobre lainfluencia espaola en la BibliotecologaLatinoamericana.Para mayor informacin favor contactar: Prof.Ruby Portillo de Hernndez. Escuela deBibliotecologa y Archivologa de laUniversidad del Zulia. Ncleo Humanstico. Av.Guajira 16 A. Maracaibo - Zlia, Venezuela.Telf. (58-61) 596273/74.E-mail: rportill@luz.ve

Fuente: Universidad del Zulia - Venezuela

IV Encuentro de Educadores e Investigadoresde Bibliotecologa, Archivologa y Ciencias de la Informacin

de Iberoamrica y el CaribeMaracaibo, Edo. Zulia, Venezuela, 20-24 abril 1998

TALLER DE LINGSTICAAPLICADA EN CUBA

El Taller Internacional de Lingstica aplicadase desarroll en las instalaciones de laUniversidad de La Habana, entre el 9 y el 12 dediciembre de 1997. Su objetivo fue elintercambio de experiencias sobre lastendencias ms actuales en la lingsticaaplicada y conocer el resultado deinvestigaciones recientes.Se intent, adems, derivar temas de inters parala proyeccin de nuevos cursos, investigacionesy proyectos de colaboracin, as como brindarun espacio para la reflexin creativa y elintercambio cientfico entre especialistas.Para mayor informacin, dirigirse a la Facultadde Lenguas Extranjeras, Universidad de LaHabana, 19 de Mayo No. 14, esq. a Ayestarn,Municipio Plaza, Ciudad de La Habana, CP10600. Cuba.Fax: (53 7) 335930, 335774 y 335842.Fuente: Informaciones SIIT, No. 44, Oct-Dic. 1997

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Del 18 al 22 de mayo de 1998, se realizen la sede de la Biblioteca Pblica Centralde Caracas, Venezuela, la VI Reunin deExpertos en Polticas de Lectura yBibliotecas Pblicas en Amrica Latina,bajo el auspicio y coordinacin delCERLALC, la Biblioteca Nacional deVenezuela y la Fundacin para el Fomentode la Lectura (FUNDALECTURA),instituciones que adelantan programas dedistinta ndole desde diferentes espaciosgubernamentales en sus pases: Argentina,Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, Per,Repblica Dominicana y Venezuela.

Entre los documentos resultantes delevento se destaca la Carta de Caracas en la

que se reiteran las recomendaciones deanteriores reuniones internacionales dePolticas Nacionales de Lectura que hansido convocadas por el CERLALC y otrosorganismos de la Regin.

Entre los trabajos presentados en el eventoy que generan acciones a ser acometidasen el corto plazo se destacan:

Coedicin de una coleccin bsica parafacilitar la gestin en las bibliotecas ygarantizar un mnimo de unidad en todasellas, bajo la coordinacin de LuisaVillalba, de la Biblioteca Nacional deVenezuela.

Coedicin del vdeo: serviciosbibliotecarios para el sector rural,

coordinado por Beatriz Len,Direccin de la Red de BibliotecasPblicas de Colombia.

Estudios comparados sobre lasbibliotecas a partir de la normalizacin,coordinado por Martha Fernndez, dela Biblioteca Nacional del Per.

Para mayor informacin favor contactar a:Dr. Alfonso Quintero. Director deCooperacin Internacional BibliotecaNacional de Venezuela. Telf. (582)505.9153. Fax: (582) 505.9139E-mail: alfquint@reacciun.ve

Fuente: Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela

VI Reunin de expertos en polticas de lectura ybibliotecas pblicas en America Latina

Los das 25 y 26 de junio del presenteao, se realiz en Santo Domingo,Repblica Dominicana, una importantereunin cuyo ttulo fue Informacin yTelecomunicaciones: plataforma para latransformacin la organizacin delevento, estuvo a cargo de la UniversidadInteramericana de Puerto Rico y de laUniversidad del Caribe de la RepblicaDominicana con el auspicio de laAsociacin de Estados del Caribe (AEC),UNESCO, IBM, Codetel, y el decididoapoyo del gobierno de ese pas. Asistieronrepresentantes de varias universidades dela regin tales como: la UniversidadInteramericana de Puerto Rico,Universidad de Antioqua, Universidad deLos Andes, (Mrida- Venezuela),Columbus University (Panam),Universidad de Costa Rica, Universidadde Colima, (Mxico) University of WestIndies, entre otros.

Se lograron los objetivos que acontinuacin se mencionan:

Integrar a la alta gerencia universita-ria en el desarrollo de la Informticay las Telecomunicaciones.

Exponer a los asistentes las distintasopciones que ofrece las tecnologasemergentes.

Facilitar la colaboracin entre lospases caribeos mediante elestablecimiento de proyectosintrarregionales.

Fomentar el intercambio deexperiencias mediante conveniosbilaterales.

Establecer parmetros para laplanificacin estratgica y la alineacincon las nuevas tecnologas

El Lic. Jos Ramn Holgun, Rector de laUniversidad del Caribe pronunci laspalabras de bienvenida y el Presidente dela Repblica, Sr. Leonel Fernndez , en sumensaje de apertura enfatiz el papel de la

Informtica y las Telecomunicacionescomo instrumento de desarrollo de lospueblos.

En el marco del evento se proyect lavideo-conferencia: Informtica yTelecomumicaciones: Plataforma para latransformacin, a cargo del Dr. FedericoMayor Zaragoza, Director General de laUNESCO.

Los temas tratados se describen acontinuacin:

El tema denominado: Las redes enAmrica Latina y el Caribe: estado delarte, tuvo como moderador al Sr. IsidroFernndez-Aball, Consejero Regionalde la Divisin de Informacin eInformtica de la UNESCO paraAmrica Latina y el Caribe y comopanelistas al Ing. Jess MartnezAlfonso, Director del CENIAI, Cuba, ala Lic. Lourdes Feria, Directora deTecnologa de Informacin, Universidadde Colima, Mxico y el Dr. JaimeRestrepo Cuartas, Rector de laUniversidad de Antioqua, Colombia

El jueves 25 de junio se realizaron dossesiones concurrentes, estas son:

Educacin virtual e Integracinregional, coordinada por la

Informacin y Telecomunicaciones: plataforma parala transformacin

Acto de instalacin del evento

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Universidad de West Indies, actucomo moderador Badri N. Koul,Director del Centro de Educacin aDistancia, University of West Indies.

Centros de Acceso a la Informacin:Bibliotecas Virtuales, coordinada porla Universidad de Colima, Mexico,actu como moderadora la Lic.Lourdes Feria, Directora de Tecnologade Informacin, Universidad deColima, Mexico.

El viernes 26 de junio se realizaron tresactividades, estas son:

La videoconferencia interactiva:Estrategia de integracin, a cargo de laUniversidad Interamericana de PuertoRico, bajo la coordinacin de la Prof.Marilina Lucca Wayland, Rectora deUIPR, Bayamn

Los multimedios y su aplicacin en elaprendizaje, la cual estuvo coordinadapor el Ing. Jess Martnez Alfonso,Director del CENIAI de Cuba.

La Sesin Plenaria. Informtica yTelecomunicaciones: una visinprospectiva fue presidida por el Dr. Jos

UNESCO International TrainingSeminar in 1997The International Training Seminar:Introduction to IDAMS took place from24 through 28 November 1997 atUNESCO Headquarters, Paris, gathering8 participants from 6 countries and 4participants from the International LabourOrganization. As it is a rule in IDAMStraining seminars, there was no registrationfee. All other costs (travel, board, lodging)were at the charge of designatinginstitutions with the exception of fourparticipants from African countries whoreceived small grants from UNESCO tocover their board and lodging expenses.The extended course (five days instead ofthree) provided better conditions forindividual and group-wise consultations onnational and international projects.

UNESCO International TrainingSeminar in 1998The basic part of the International TrainingSeminar: Introduction to IDAMS will takeplace from Monday 23 through Wednesday25 November 1998 at UNESCOheadquarters. Paris. Its purpose is tointroduce the latest version of the IDAMSsoftware package. Participants who would

like to extend their knowledge and/orperform more exercises could continueindividual work on 26 and 27 November.The IDAMS development staff andcomputer rooms will remain at theirdisposal during this period.

The overall structure of IDAMS, theeditors, graphical facilities and otherutilities offered by the package will bepresented, and also the interface with microCDS/ISIS. The Seminar is not meant totrain participants in statistical techniques.The training sessions will comprise twomain components: lectures (oralpresentations) and exercises during whichparticipants will be guided and assisted intheir work. English will be the mainlanguage of this Seminar althoughexplanations in French can also beprovided. Training material will beavailable in both English and French.

There is no registration fee, but all othercosts (travel, board, lodging) are at thecharge of participants.

The following form may be used forapplication.

I would like to send a participant to / Iwould like to participate in the 1998UNESCO International Training Seminar:Introduction to IDAMS at theabove-mentioned conditions. Please send

him-her/me a personal invitation anddetailed information about the Seminar.

Name of participant: Ms / Mr

Name of person nominating the participant:

Name of institution:Address (including Fax number ande-mail):Language: English / FrenchLetter: UNESCO, CII/INF - IDAMS1, rue Miollis,75732 Paris Cedex 15,FranceTelephone: (33-1) 45.68.38.96,45.68.38.97 and 45.68.37.89Fax: (33-1) 45.68.55.82 (specifyIDAMS)Internet e-mail: idams@unesco .orgWeb site: http://www.unesco.org/idamsNote concerning the distribution of MicroCDS/ISIS

Micro CDS/ISIS is available from nationalCDS/ISIS distributors whenever they exist,or if not, from Mr. G. Del Bigio,Programme Manager of Micro CDS/ISIS.

For more information please contact:UNESCO, CII/INF. 1, rue Miollis, 75732PARIS CEDEX 15, France

Internet e-mail: m.albin@unesco.org

Fuente:IDAMS News. Issue N 18, February 1998

IDAMS Events in 1997 and 1998

R. Gonzlez, Presidente de laUniversidad Interamericana de PuertoRico.

Cabe destacar que las conclusiones yrecomendaciones del evento estarndisponibles muy pronto y sern ofrecidasen una prxima entrega.

Para mayor informacin favor contactara: Dr. Jos Gonzlez. UniversidadInternacional de Puerto Rico. Fax: (787)751.3375

Fuente: INF/LAC

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CAPACITACION / TRAININGCentro Universitario de InvestigacionesBibliotecolgicas. (CUIB-UNAM-Mxico)

ACTIVIDADES ACADEMICAS 1998

Coloquio:

XV Coloquio de InvestigacinBibliotecolgica: Internet, metadatos yacceso a la informacin en bibliotecas yredes en la era electrnica.5 al 7 de agosto 199810:00 a 14:00 Hrs,

Objetivo: Discutir las tendencias, a nivelinternacional, sobre la organizacin deinformacin electrnica con el fin de

propiciar el intercambio de ideas en estalnea de investigacin.

Coordinadores: Dr. Filiberto F. MartnezArellano y Lic. Lina Escalona Ros.

Conferencia sobre Servicios deInformacin en el Sector Industrial.

20 de agosto - 9:00 a 13:00 Hrs.

Objetivo: Ofrecer un panorama generalsobre la situacin que guardan los serviciosde informacin en y para empresas

medianas y grandes de algunos sectoresindustriales del D.F. y el Estado de Mxico.

Mtra. Guadalupe Carrin Rodrguez

Fundamentos de la CienciaBibliotecolgica (Filosficos y Tericos).24 al 28 de agosto - 9:00 a 14:00 Hrs.

Objetivo: Analizar los principalesproblemas epistemolgicos de lafundamentacin de la ciencia de labibliotecologa, y examinar algunasrespuestas a dicha problemtica con el

DOCUMENTUMQu es DOCUMENTUM?

DOCUMENTUM. Sistema Integrado para la Gestin de Bibliotecas y Centros de Documentacin. Ha sido desarrolladobajo la estructura de bases de datos CDS/ISIS, utilizando como lenguaje de programacin el Microsoft Visual Basic y las librerasde programacin IsisDlls suministradas por BIREME/OPS que permite la gestin de bases de datos MicroIsis en ambienteWindows. Las bases de datos manejadas por el sistema son totalmente compatibles con las versiones de CDS/ISIS 3.07, WINISISy WWWISIS.

Consta de los siguientes mdulos operativos:

Catalogacin: Mdulo principal del sistema, el cualpermite el registro de los materiales en la base de datos. Elingreso puede realizarse bajo formato MARC, CEPAL, ocualquier otro formato definido por el usuario.

Kardex de Publicacin Peridicas: Permite el manejodetallado de las revistas y sus existencias.

Circulacin y Prstamo: El sistema de prstamo se apoyaen las Bases de Datos: Bibliogrfica, de Usuarios y dePrstamo. La operatividad de este mdulo se adapta a lapoltica de prstamos de la biblioteca.

Estadsticas: Este mdulo, totalmente parametizable,permite al usuario definir las estadsticas que requiera tantosobre la Base de Datos Bibliogrfica, el Kardex de

Publicaciones Peridicas o la Base de Datos de Prstamos.

Diseminacin Selectiva de Informacin: Facilita ladefinicin de perfiles de usuario, a ser utilizadosposteriormente en la Base de Datos de los materiales deinters de acuerdo a los parmetros definidos para cadausuario.

Gestin de Tesauro, Bases de Datos de Terminologa yListas de Autoridades: Este mdulo facilita al usuario elmantenimiento de la terminologa a ser aplicada sobre lasBases de Datos.

Acceso Remoto (WWW): Las bases de datos definidas enel sistema pueden ser consultadas a travs del WWWutilizando un motor de bsqueda elaborado con elWWWIsis.

Multimedium Sistemas de Informacin, C.A. - Calle Neveri, Qta. Maita, Colinas de Bello Monte. Caracas, VenezuelaTelf. / Fax. : (58 2) 751.13.81 (58 2) 751.97.28 gmelet@cantv.net; ascencio@clad.org.ve, E-Mail:: http: //www.multimediumsi.com

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propsito de delimitar un marco tericopara la investigacin en la disciplina.

Dr. Miguel Angel Rendn RojasCosto: $ 800Seminario Internacional sobre ControlBibliogrfico Universal.El Control Bibliogrfico en Amrica Latinay El Caribe hacia el Tercer Milenio.

21 al 23 de Septiembre9:00 a 13:00 Hrs.15:00 a 17:00 Hrs.

Objetivos: Conocer, en el marco de lacooperacin y las tecnologas deinformacin y comunicacin, lastendencias en el Control BibliogrficoUniversal. Analizar la situacin del controlbibliogrfico en Amrica Latina y ElCaribe a fin de identificar problemas deinvestigacin relacionados con el uso denormas, formatos bibliogrficos ytecnologas de informacin y comuni-cacin, formular propuestas encaminadasa fortalecer el control bibliogrfico deAmrica Latina y El Caribe con elpropsito de coadyuvar a una mayorcooperacin bibliogrfica en la regin.

Coordinador: Mtro. Roberto Garduo Vera,con la participacin de reconocidosespecialistas nacionales y extranjeros.Costo: $ 1,000.00

Investigacin de Mercados en Bibliotecasy Unidades de Informacin.30 de Septiembre al 2 de Octubre9:00 a 14:00 Hrs.

Objetivos: Ofrecer a los participantesconceptos fundamentales de lamercadotecnia. Proporcionar informacinsobre la importancia de la investigacin demercado en bibliotecas y unidades deinformacin. Asimismo, informacin sobrelos aspectos a considerar para el diseo deinvestigacin de mercado. Herramientaspara realizar estudios de mercado.

Mtra. Guadalupe Carrion RodrguezCosto: $ 900.00La Formacin de Usuarios y las NuevasTecnologas19 - 23 Octubre9:00 a 13:30 Hrs.

Objetivo: Que el personal que labora enunidades de informacin analice el uso delas nuevas tecnologas de la informacinen el diseo y funcionamiento de sistemasde informacin y la relacin que guardacon el proceso denominado formacin deusuarios, con el fin de resolver problemasrelacionados con el acceso a la informacinelectrnica propios de alguna unidad oservicio, mediante la problematizacin porparte del participante.

Mtra. Patricia Hernndez SalazarCosto: $ 900.00Mtodos para detectar las Necesidades deInformacin de los Usuarios.26 al 30 de octubre10:00 a 14:00 Hrs.

Objetivo: Analizar los diferentes mtodosy tcnicas que se pueden emplear paradetectar las necesidades de informacin delos usuarios en bibliotecas universitarias yespecializadas.

Coordinador: Mtro. Juan Jos CalvaGonzlezCosto: $ 800,00Los usos de la Lectura y la RepresentacinCultural.30 de noviembre al 4 de diciembre9:00 a 13:00 Hrs.

Objetivos: Que los asistentes al seminarioaprecien la complejidad de la prctica dela lectura actuando en su realidad nacional.Que comprendan la historicidad de los usosde la lectura as como las pugnas socialesque se han dado en y a partir de ellos.

Para mayor informacin favor contactar a:Elsa Margarita Ramirez Leyva. Direccinelectrnica: eramirez@servidor.unam.mx

Fuente: UNAM/CUIB

IV Simposio Internacional Informacion y Redesdel Conocimiento de Cara al Nuevo Milenio

CGI/Universidad de Camagey- CUBA

El Centro de Gestin de Informacin de laUniversidad de Camagey tiene el gustode comunicarle que del 29 de marzo al 2de abril de 1999 se celebrar en laUniversidad de Camagey el IV SimposioInternacional Informacin y Redes delConocimiento de Cara al Nuevo Milenio.

Estimamos que su presencia enriquecerlas actividades y ser una excelenteoportunidad para que disfrute de lasbellezas de la ciudad de Camagey.

Comit OrganizadorAngel Vega Garca, PresidenteSara Artiles Visbal, VicepresidenteFidel Garca Gonzlez, ProgramaProfesional

Rita Raposo Villavicencio, SecretariaMiriam Figueredo Conde, Tesorera

ObjetivosIntercambiar experiencias de bibliotec-logos, especialistas de informacin yacadmicos que laboran en el sector, enfuncin de: Comprender los nuevos escenarios y

cambios derivados del desarrolloimpetuoso de las nuevas tecnologas deinformacin y las telecomunicaciones.

Definir las estrategias conducentes aperfeccionar la gerencia de informacinen una sociedad cada vez ms basadaen el conocimiento.

Desarrollar redes de conocimientos yvnculos de cooperacin internacionalalrededor de las temticas abordadas.

Temticas Modelos de cambio para bibliotecas y

centros de documentacin de cara altercer milenio.

Gerencia de informacin y produccinde conocimientos. Redes de informa-cin digital y de transferencia deconocimientos.

Los ambientes virtuales en la bibliotecay el aula.

La industria de la informacin en laacademia y la empresa.

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NOTICIAS DE ASOCIACIONES DE BIBLIOTECAS/ NEWS FROM LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS

Asociacin Mexicana de Bibliotecarios A.C.Programa de Trabajo 1997-1999

Implicaciones sociales, econmicas ylegales del auge de las autopistas deinformacin.

Impacto de Internet en una sociedad delconocimiento.

Conferencias magistrales Dr. Ann Seror. La transferencia de

tecnologas de informacin en eldesarrollo de una tecnoestructurainstitucional. Casos de Tnez, Vietnamy Cuba

Dr. Jos Vicente Muoz. El ingenierode la informacin: Un profesional deltercer milenio.

Dr. Fidel Garca Gonzlez: Gerenciadel conocimiento en el sectoracadmico.

Mesas Redondas Estrategias de modernizacin de los

sistemas de informacin en la academiay la empresa.

La nueva cultura del tercer milenio:retos para la academia y las unidadesde informacin.

Competitividad y mercados paraproductos de informacin yconocimiento.

Talleres Ingeniera de productos basados en

informacin. Servicios de informacin en ambientes

de redes de alcance global. Proyectos de redes de conocimiento y

produccin cooperada de servicios deinformacin.

Cursos Posteventos

Reingeniera de procesos enorganizaciones de informacin.

Las redes globales de informacindigital y los ambientes virtuales.

Requisitos

No deben exponerse trabajos que se hayanpublicado ni presentados en eventossimilares. Su extensin ser de diezcuartillas como mximo, escrito a dosespacios y con un margen de 3 cm por cadalado, las ponencias debern incluirbibliografa, resumen no mayor de unacuartilla, curriculum abreviado de los

autores, debern enviarse impresas y enversin electrnica utilizando lossiguientes procesadores: Microsoft Wordo Word Perfect. Las tablas y grficas seanexarn por separado.

Cada trabajo deber incluir en la primerahoja: Temtica en la que participar, ttulode la ponencia, autores, nombre, domicilio,telfono, fax y correo electrnico.

La fecha limite para la presentacin de lostrabajos es el 15 de enero de 1999.

Cuotas de participacinDelegados - USD 85.00Acompaantes - USD 45.00Estudiantes - USD 45.00

Los ponentes recibirn un 40 % dedescuento. La cuota de participacinincluye las actividades del programa oficialy refrigerios durante las sesiones delsimposio.

Para mayor informacin favor contactar a:Centro de Gestin de Informacin.Universidad de Camaguey.

E.mail: simposio@reduc.cmw.edu.cu

Fuente: CGI

El presente plan de trabajo representa lasuma de ideas, propuestas y uno que otrosueo de los integrantes de la Mesa y lasComisiones correspondientes al bienio1995-1997 y la nueva Mesa Directiva1997-1999. En particular, se ha integradoel proyecto de trabajo del Prof. NahmPrez Paz, nuestro Vicepresidente, ya queconsideramos conveniente que se realicede manera coordinada con el fin de pensaren programas un poco ms amplios quelogran consolidar metas, as como dar la

posibilidad de que el Prof. Prez Paz cuentecon elementos y bases que le permitandesarrollar su programa de trabajo.Nuestras metas estn enfocadas a:A. Fortalecer a la AMBAC en cuanto a

membresas. Incrementar el nmero desocios personales e institucionales,considerando que nuestra Asociacindebera, contar cuando menos con1.000 socios, no disminuir de esenmero y buscar un incremento.

Ello implica desarrollar programasdirigidos a formular ofertas deactividades y servicios que aportenbeneficios a los socios personales einstitucionales y a los organismosinvolucrados en funciones biblio-tecarias y de otras reas relacionadascon nuestro campo.

Estas ofertas estaran dirigidas a:

La actualizacin o educacin continuay capacitacin mediante cursos,

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talleres, reuniones, produccin deliteratura u otros medios, etc.

Crear instrumentos de informacinrelacionados con el sector bibliotecariotales como, dir