Conveners of the Connections '97 Conference are pleased to announce the
participation of two nationally prominent guest speakers at this year's
conference.  Mr. Mark Abel of Intel Corporation will deliver the keynote
address, "The Corporate Commitment to the University Research Agenda:
Collaborative Innovations for the Next Century" and Prof. Virginia
Rezmierski of the University of Michigan will address guests at the
opening night dinner with her thoughts on "Ethics and the World of
Information."

Connections '97, the Third Great Lakes Information Science Conference,
will provide a forum for the exchange of research among doctoral students
from all information science related fields. Registration materials are
now available for Connections '97, a doctoral student conference to be
held October 24-25, 1997 at the University of Michigan School of
Information in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Registration materials for Connections '97 can be found at our website:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~anoakes/Connections97/

For additional information on the conference, visit our website or write
us at:

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Please register soon.  Only those registered by October 17 will be
eligible to participate in the Opening Night festivities!




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Bradley L. Taylor
School of Information
University of Michigan

   Connections '97:  The Third Great Lakes Information Science Conference

     University of Michigan School of Information, October 24-25, 1997