educom conf (Washington, D.C., mid-April)

frischj@uwgb.edu
Thu, 25 Mar 1993 10:09:00 CDT

Here's a bit of info I thought you might be interested in,
especially the asterisk-highlighted reference in the "COMMUNITY
OF COMMUNITIES stuff. This is a brief excerpt from conference
schedule information re the noted national network
conference -- which info I've included for context and in case
anyone wants to pursue further. - jack
Jack E. Frisch, Professor Emeritus
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
568 Edgewood Drive
Green Bay, WI 54302-4518
(414)468-4225 [FAX: -2718]
Internet E-mail: FRISCHJ@UWGB.EDU

FROM A NETWORK OF NETWORKS TO A COMMUNITY OF
COMMUNITIES
The Internet is increasingly being used to meet the needs of
communities, and to link these communities. This session will
focus on the linking of scholarly communications, **Indian
groups**, and on citizen-based, geographically delimited community
information systems. (Chair: Steve Cisler, Apple Computer)

NATIONAL NET'93
EXTENDING THE BENEFITS
April 14-16, 1993
Loews L'enfant Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC

Sponsoring Organizations
American Library Association; Association of Research Libraries;
CAUSE; Coalition for Networked Information; Consortium for School
Networking: Computing Research Association; CREN; EDUCOM
Networking & Telecommunications Task Force; FARNET, Internet
Society; NASULGC; National Science Foundation

Corporate Sponsors:
AT&T; IBM; Novell; Xerox

National Net'93
c/o EDUCOM
1112 16th Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

Questions, call Elizabeth Barnhart at 202-331-5342 or email
barnhart@educom.edu

[ Thanks for this information, Jack! I will try to go myself. If anyone
else is planning to attend, please let me know, so we can meet. --Gary
(gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us) ]