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Pacific Neighborhood Consortium: Current Directions and Annual Conference 2005

Explore the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium's background, goals, and strategies for promoting digital content development and sharing. Learn about the upcoming 2005 Annual Conference and the organization's mission toward cultural knowledge development.

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Pacific Neighborhood Consortium: Current Directions and Annual Conference 2005

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  1. 太平洋鄰里協會Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC) http://www.PNCLink.org An organizational mechanism for encouraging development and sharing of digital content

  2. PNC • Background Information • Current Directions • PNC 2005 Annual Conference & Joint Meetings

  3. PNC • Background Information

  4. PNC - History • 1994 -1997 • Founded by a group of Pacific Rim University Presidents • Administered by the University of California, Berkeley • Original focus: network access • 1997 • Administration transferred to Academia Sinica, Taiwan • New focus: content development and sharing • Help scholars work together • Help scholars select common standards • Help scholars coordinate projects

  5. Organization Chart of PNC Sub-committee Structure

  6. PNC • Current Directions

  7. PNC - Mission To serve PNC members in promoting multi-disciplinary and cultural knowledge development and information sharing through active scholarship.

  8. PNC - Vision • Through active scholarship, culture knowledge development and information sharing will be promoted. • Information technology will be no more obtrusive than printed books or telephones. • The Pacific Rim's libraries, archives, and Museums in all languages will be available to anyone, anywhere. • Expert know-how will be available to all.

  9. PNC - Vision (Continued) • Students will never need printed reference materials. • Students anywhere will be able to study any subject. • Scholars will be able to use any tool to analyze any material. • Scholars will be able to collaborate with anyone, anywhere.

  10. PNC - Goals • Promote public availability of information resources. • Facilitate coordination of international scholarly activities of PNC members. • Stimulate, design, coordinate, and participate in international interdisciplinary programs.

  11. PNC - Goals (Continued) • Communicate information about academic progress and its impact on society. • Involve active scholars. • Enhance the International Academia Reputation of Taiwan, ROC.

  12. PNC Strategy and Action (1) • Provide workshops for scholars and students • on how to do projects • Provide information on best practices and tools • for different types of digital projects

  13. PNC Strategy and Action (1.1) • Coordinate with regional, national and multinational organizations sharing similar goals 6 Annual Conferences and Joint Meetings • 2004 in Academia Sinica, Taiwan • 2003 in Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC), Thailand • 2002 in Osaka City University, Japan • 2001 in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong • 2001 in Guadalajara, Mexico • 2000 in University of California, Berkeley, USA • 1998, 1999 in Academia Sinica, Taiwan

  14. PNC Strategy and Action (1.2) 12 Workshops & 2 Training Courses • International Symposium of Grid Computing 2004 Workshop (2004) • Grid 2003 Workshop (2003) • ApGrid Workshop (2002) • Open Source International Conference (2001) • Workshop of Technical Communication over Internet (2001) • Workshop of Infinite Bandwidth (2001) • XML Training Course (2000) (2001) • DLM &TEI Workshop (2000) • A New Millennium for Resources Sharing (2000) • 4 Pre-workshops (1999) • Alliance with PRDLA

  15. PNC Strategy and Action (2) • Coordinate with scholarly organization on digital projects • Address emerging social and cultural impact of Information Technology • Address information ethics issues • Consult with vendors and standards organizations • Focus PNC administrative operations to meet the needs of members • Increase information and services to benefit members and their countries

  16. The main themes discussed in PNC Conferences • Atlas Development • Digital Archive • Digital Divide • Digital Library • Digital Museum • e-Learning • Grid & e-Science • Library/ Information Sharing /e-Resource • Library/ Metadata • GIS • Networking/ Internet • Intellectual Property Rights

  17. PNC 2005 Annual Conference • Date: Fall, 2005 • Venue: Stanford University or University of Hawaii • Estimated Number of Speakers: 80 • Jointly Organized: PRDLA / ECAI / EBTI / IPSJ • Estimated Number of Participants: 220 • Expected Participating Countries: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea, Lao, Mexico, Nepal, Singapore, Taiwan, Russia, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, etc.

  18. PNC Membership Fee

  19. Steering Committee of PNC • Dr. Royol Chitradon, NECTEC, Thailand • Dr. Shoichiro Hara, National Institute of Japanese Literature, Japan • Prof. Curtis Hardyck, UC Berkeley, USA • Prof. C.C. Hsieh, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan • Prof. Heung-kyu Kim, Korea University • Prof. Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley, USA • Prof. John Lehman, Alaska University at Fairbank, USA • Dr. Simon C. Lin，Academia Sinica Computing Centre, Taiwan • Dr. Assunta Pisani ，Stanford University, USA • Prof. Mamoru Shibayama, Kyoto University, Japan • Dr. Piyawut Srichaikul, NECTEC, Thailand • Dr. Ovid Tzeng, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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