The LSC 2007 Annual Conference will be held in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China from August 4-8, 2007. LSC is the new English name for the China Society for Library Science (CSLS). As in the past few years, the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) will form a delegation to participate in the Conference.
1. The main theme (主题) is: Library--New Environment, New Changes and New Development (图书馆：新环境、新变化、新发展)
2. The sub-themes are: (分主题)
a. Revisit the core value of library (图书馆核心价值的再认识)
b. Build Library Law in China (中国图书馆立法研究)
c. Library Education professional development in China (中国图书馆学专业教育与职业需求)
d. New development of decumbent description and organization (文献信息描述与组织的新进展及其对策)
e. Bring city and countryside library service development into line (城乡图书馆信息服务的协调发展)
f. Build network for library services (图书馆服务网络模式构建)
g. Library building and facility in the networked environment (网络信息环境下图书馆建筑与设备的新发展= 图书馆建筑与设备功能的新变化、环境的新要求、人文的新品位、技术的新发展）
h. Harmonious society and the library in China's Western area (和谐社会与西部地区图书馆的新变化)
i. Reading society: broad the growing space for library (社会阅读：拓展图书馆生长空间)
j. Chinese libraries in the international perspective (国际视野下的中国图书馆)
k. The role of library society in promoting academic communication and development of library science (各级图书馆学会在促进学术交流、推动事业发展中的作用)
LSC confirmed the registration fee for 2007 LSC conference as:
· CALA member: CNY 800(OR USD 110)
· Non-CALA member: CNY 1200(OR USD 160)
· Deadline for paying the registration fee is June 16, 2007.
LSC will reserve the hotel rooms for the registered delegates, which is Jincheng Hotel, at USD 40 per room, but will not be responsible for booking hotel rooms for the delegates who don't pay their registration fee on time.
LSC decided NOT to be responsible for arranging post-conference travel for the delegates but recommended a travel agency (Gansu Yellow River Travel Agency) for the delegates.
Contact information:
Please contact him directly for price, route and more information about travel.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Guoqing Li
Co-Chair of CALA International Relations Committee
Email: li.272@osu.edu