APEC Workshop on e-Learning and Digital Libraries
16-20 December 2002
Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei
Sponsored by
Institute of Information Sciences, Academia Sinica
National Science Council
Technology R/D Division, National Digital Archives Program Office
Training & Promotion Division, National Digital Archives Program Office
URL: http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/APEC02
Workshop Goal
Digital library development has great potential for every member economy to
transform digital divide into digital opportunity. This workshop intends to
convene in experts to exchange their experiences on how to explore the ways in
which digital libraries can accommodate the changes in further and higher
education. In the workshop Chinese Taipei, the host of the workshop, also plans
to share with APEC member economies their experiences of the practices on a
national-scale Digital Archives Project.
Workshop Format
This five-day interdisciplinary workshop will include invited speeches by
internationally recognized experts, oral presentations, and panel discussion
sessions. In the first three days, it will offer a
series of training courses including tutorials and practice experiences to
interested participants who might not have much background in the area of
digital libraries/archives. The last two days will be a joint conference
meeting with ICDAT2002 (2002 International Digital Archive Technologies), http://www.iis.sinica.edu.tw/ICDAT02
a two-day international conference meeting with an emphasis on more advanced
topics. All of the training courses and technical presentations will be focused
on topics related to the digital library and archive technologies, especially
their applications to e-learning including, but not limited to the following:
1. Integration of digital library technologies in e-learning environments
2. Digital library support for collections of learning resources
3. Technologies and tools for advanced interoperable digital library systems
4. New knowledge about archival storage and preservation
5. Cooperation and collaboration of digital libraries
6. Experience sharing of best practices in digital library development
7. Applications of digital libraries in education and training environments
Workshop Venue
and Date
The workshop will be held in the Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei, on December
16-20, 2002.
Contact Person
Ms. Andrea Chen
Institute of Information Science
Academia Sinica, Nankang,
Taipei, TAIWAN
Tel: 886-2-27883799 ext. 2204
Fax: 886-2-27824814
E-mail: achen@iis.sinica.edu.tw