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                        Connections '97
        The Third Great Lakes Information Science Conference


                        Call for Papers

A doctoral student conference hosted by the University of Michigan School
of Information will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 24-25,
1997.  The conference will provide a forum for the exchange of research
among doctoral students from all information science related fields.
Abstracts are currently being accepted for presentations including, but
not limited to:

        abstracting & indexing
        archival theory & practice
        digital libraries
        electronic documents
        history of publishing, authorship, & reading
        human-computer interaction
        imaging & multimedia
        information management
        information needs & users
        information policy
        information retrieval
        information systems & architecture
        Internet & World Wide Web
        knowledge management
        management of information in
        organizations
        media & communication studies
        museum studies

                ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION AND DEADLINES

Abstracts will be accepted from currently enrolled doctoral students.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by August 1, 1997.
Both hard copy (3 copies) and electronic submissions will be accepted.
Be sure to include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address,
and institutional affiliation with all submissions.  Electronic
submissions must be submitted as the text of an electronic mail message
or in ASCII format.  Reports of research in progress as well as recently
completed studies are welcome.  Presentations will be limited to 15
minutes, with a 5 minute question period to follow.  Abstracts will be
blind refereed by doctoral students and faculty at the host institution.
Presenters will be notified of the status of their abstract by September
5, 1997.  Abstracts will be printed in a proceedings volume to be
available at the Conference and will be posted on the Connections web site.

                Abstracts and queries can be (e)mailed to:

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                                Connections 97
                                School of Information
                                University of Michigan
                                304 West Hall
                                550 East University Avenue
                                Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092

                Or, for further information call: (313) 647-3110


Watch the Connections 97 web site for registration information
and other updates!
        http://www-personal.umich.edu/~anoakes/Connections97/