The International Seminar on Bibliographic Services, organized by the JULAC Bibliographic Services Committee and hosted by the University Library System, was held at the Cho Yiu Conference Hall, The Chinese University of Hong Kong on August 28, 2006. This Seminar was held with great success, hosting over 100 participants including cataloguing professionals, acquisitions librarians, reference librarians, subject specialists, IT professionals, etc. from both local and overseas.
Local experts were joined by colleagues from Australia, Mainland China and the United States to present their latest projects and to share their insights into the latest cataloguing standards, subject and name access, etc. with the participants. During the Q&A sessions, both speakers and participants were eager to exchange ideas and experiences.
The speakers included:
Ms Ann HUTHWAITE (Library Resource Services Manager, Queensland University of Technology)
Mr. Hideyuki MORIMOTO (森本英之) (Japanese Cataloguer, Columbia University Library)
Ms. WANG Yan (王燕) (Assistant to Project Manager, CALIS Administrative Center; Peking Univ. Library)
Ms. Louisa KWOK (Head of Cataloguing Dept., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library)
Mr. Edward T. O'NEILL (Consulting Research Scientist, Office of Research, OCLC)
Mr. Patrick LO (盧百祥) (Cataloguing Librarian, Lingnan University Library, Hong Kong ; Secretary of HKCAN (Hong Kong Chinese Name Authority Workgroup))
Mr. Paul Lau (劉得光) (Computer Officer, University Library System, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
The Library was thanked at the end of the Seminar for hosting the event.
