Mark Perkins Librarian

CONFERENCES ATTENDED / PAPERS PRESENTED

Workshop - The IFLA Internet Manifesto: Management of Public Access to the Internet. (18th February 2008, Center for Documentation and Research, Abu Dhabi) [Co-presenter]
Wonders of the Internet [Powerpoint Presentation]

Conference on Human Resources For Libraries, Information Centers, and Archives. (19th -21st February 2008, Center for Documentation and Research, Abu Dhabi)

Seminar on Information Literacy. (20th February 2006: Hanoi, Vietnam)

World Library and Information Congress: "Libraries - A voyage of discovery". IFLA General Conference (71st : August 14th - 18th 2005 : Oslo, Norway)

FAIFE Satellite Meeting. Documenting Censorship - Libraries Linking Past And Present, And Preparing For The Future (11-12 August 2005 : Oslo, Norway)

Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives Annual Conference (13 : November 15 - 19, 2004 : Majuro, Marshall Islands)

World Library and Information Congress: "Libraries: Tools for Education and Development". IFLA General Conference (70th : August 22th - 27th 2004 : Buenos Aires, Argentina)

First Pacific Community / International Federation of Library Associations Workshop (Noumea, New Caledonia, 17-20 September 2001) [Co-organiser]
(see http://www.spc.int/library/What'sNew/UAP%20Workshop/Conf%20Bibliotheque%201%20-%20Programme%20-%20E_.htm at Internet Archive)

Internet Political Economy Forum (3 : 14-15 September, 2001 : Singapore)
Oceania versus "Western Views on Information and Intellectual Property" [Special Panel on Intellectual Property paper][ Real video presentation http://streams.cis.washington.edu:8080/ramgen/ipef2001/ipef01_perkins_complete.smi - link broken]

Pacific Information And Communication Technologies Needs Assessment And Strategy Planning Workshop (27 - 31 August 2001, Noumea, New Caledonia) see <http://www.spc.int/it/ictnoumea> at Internet Archive

Oceania versus "Western Views on Information and Intellectual Property".
Pacific Science Inter-Congress (10 : 1-6 June 2001 : Guam)

Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives Annual Conference (10 : 9-11 November, 2000 : Guam)
Copyright, libraries and problems of traditional knowledge ownership in the Pacific [Paper]

WIPO Sub-Regional Seminar on Copyright and Related Rights for South Pacific Countries (September 2000 : Apia, Samoa). [SPC representative]

Regional Symposium on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Indigenous Culture in the Pacific Islands. (February 1999 : Noumea, New Caledonia)

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. PACNET (SPC) / PBMA WPHNet (Pacific Basin Medical Association - Western Pacific Health Net) PACIFIC TELEHEALTH CONFERENCE. (30 November - 3 December 1998 : Noumea, New Caledonia)
Literature searching & Document Delivery: Organisational issues [Paper] version français
Panel discussion 2 : Distance education, academic and continuing: how to deliver a curriculum?
Panel discussion 3: Integrating methods and resources for distance health consultation: development of a joint PACNET/WPHNet web site
Workshop 2: How to access and request for literatures searches & document delivery

EBLIDA & DLA Conference and Workshop on New Developments in Electronic Copyright (12-13 February 1998 : Copenhagen, Denmark)

Umbrella: UK Library Association Conference (4th : 27th ? 29th June 1997 : Manchester, UK)
China, libraries & human rights [Paper, International Group Meeting 'China Now'] see <http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ilig/meetings.html#1997> at Internet Archive

Internet training for Ghanaian participants [28/5/97]. IFLA Interlending and Document Delivery in Developing Countries.

Creating Web Pages with Hot Metal Pro. International Group of Library Association training session. 25th April 1997, London, UK. see <http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/ilig/meetings.html#1997> at Internet Archive

IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE (62nd : 26th - 31st AUGUST 1996 : BEIJING, CHINA)
Advancement of Librarianship Programme (for developing Countries)/government Libraries Group Workshop - Aid Agency Information Services Assisting Economic Development. 29th August [Workshop organiser]
Barriers to technical solutions: Institutional, policy and legal barriers to information support to development projects [Paper]
Internet Discussion Group - Design of Web Sites. 25th August [Chair]

IFLA Pre Conference Seminar on Copyright. (21st - 24th August 1996 : Tianjin, China)

Bibliographic Information on Development - Institute of Development Studies Study Seminar (22nd July - 13th August 1996 : British Library for Development Studies, Brighton, UK)
Use of InMagic at the Overseas Development Institute [Paper] Printer friendly version

Interlend '96: Information rich / information poor - Annual Conference of Forum for Interlending. (11th - 13th July 1996 : University of Kent at Canterbury, UK)
Internet workshop [Presenter]

Information Superhighways, City Streets and Country Lanes Routes to Action for Voluntary Organisations and Environmentalists Conference. (24th October 1995 : London, UK)
Monitoring, Feedback and Resources Workshop [Joint facilitator]

The information cycle: Production, provision and use. EADI Working Group on Information & Documentation seminar. (28-30 September 1994 : Barcelona, Spain)
Uses and abuses of technology: the copyright implications [Paper] see <http://www.euforic.org/eadi/94mp.htm> at Internet Archive

BLIP Seminar: Copyright for non-book materials. Hosted by Reading Central Library, Reading, UK, 17th May 1995. [Joint paper with Sandy Norman].