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
PNC • Background Information • Current Directions • PNC 2005 Annual Conference & Joint Meetings
PNC • Background Information
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
Organization Chart of PNC Sub-committee Structure
PNC • Current Directions
PNC - Mission To serve PNC members in promoting multi-disciplinary and cultural knowledge development and information sharing through active scholarship.
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.
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.
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.
PNC - Goals (Continued) • Communicate information about academic progress and its impact on society. • Involve active scholars. • Enhance the International Academia Reputation of Taiwan, ROC.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
PNC Membership Fee
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
