"At the Naples G-7 Summit in July 1994, the G-7 leaders emphasized the necessity of encouraging the
development of a worldwide information society and they agreed
that the relevant ministers should meet in Brussels. The
European Commission extended an invitation to the G-7 to convene
a ministerial level conference on the Information Society on
February 25-26, 1995. The Information Society Conference will
include ministerial level discussions on:
- regulatory and competitive frameworks
- the development of the infrastructure and access to it
- essential applications as well as the social, societal, and cultural aspects of the information society
Each G-7 Country, plus the European Union, will send
Ministers responsible for telecommunications and information
matters. The conference will include a session with private
sector representatives, both users and producers of
telecommunications and information equipment and services from
each of the Member states participating in the G-7 conference.
Technology demonstrations will be given by governments and
industry during the conference to showcase the benefits and
capabilities of information technology."
From the U.S. Department of Commerce notice of public meeting on November 16, 1994, regarding
the G-7 ministerial level conference on the Information Society on February 25-26, 1995, in Brussels.
Of interest to librarians are the Theme IV Electronic Libraries projects. "The purpose of this theme is to help create an advanced infrastructure for the interconnection of libraries. The bulk of
information remains underexploited in most G-7 libraries because they are not linked to available networks. Few of these institutions are experienced in providing users with electronic access to their vast resources. Network links and
related information navigational tools would enable these actors to work together through integrated network infrastructures. Projects under this theme will aim to demonstrate how telecommunications and information
technologies can provide an open and global platform for access, manipulation and circulation of digitized information in many forms."
For further information, see:
- Electronic Libraries Project - Theme IV: Electronic Libraries
- Progress Report - Bibliotheca Universalis. April 1996.
The contact person for the Electronic Libraries project is:
Mr. Akitaka Saiki
Director
2nd International Organisations Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tel: +81-3-3581-0018
Fax: +81-3-3503-3136
kyk00026@niftyserve.or.jp
- EC Information Society Project Office.
- URL: http://www.ispo.cec.be/
- A Brief Overview of the Conference.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/backg/gen-info.html
- Fact Sheets on the Information Society.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/sheets.html
- 10 Key questions about the Conference.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/backg/qa10.html
- Conference Programme.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/prog.html
- The G7 Theme Paper.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/keydocs/themepap.html
- Chair's conclusions of the G7 Information Society Conference.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/keydocs/G7en.html
- Pilot Projects - Summaries and descriptions of the Pilot Projects which were agreed at the G-7 Information Society Conference.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/projidx.html
- Electronic Libraries Project.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/projects/theme4.html
- G7 Pilot Projects Theme Areas - Theme IV: Electronic Libraries.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/projects/theme4.html
- Progress Report - Bibliotheca Universalis. June 1995.
- URL:
http://www.ispo.cec.be/g7/projects/g7pr4.html
- G-7 Information Society Conference - Fact Sheet.
- URL: http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/intl/g7/g7facts.txt
- G-7 Ministerial Conference on the Information Society: Cooperation on Applications and Testbeds.
- January 12, 1995.
- URL:
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/intl/g7/g7-113qa.txt
- U.S. Goals and Objectives for the G7 GII Conference.
- Provided to European Commission Secretariat on September 14 for input in the development of the G7 Conference.
- URL:
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/intl/g7/g7us.txt
- Notice of public meeting.
- U.S. Department of Commerce on November 16, 1994, regarding the G-7 ministerial level conference on the Information Society on February 25-26, 1995, in Brussels.
- URL:
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/intl/g7/g7meet.txt
- The Global Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action.
- U.S. government position paper. n.d. (1995?).
- URL:
http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/intl/gii/95gii001.txt [116 Kb]
- Global Information Infrastructure.
- U.S. Vice President Al Gore speech. International Telecommunications Union - Monday March 21, 1994.
- URL: http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/us/goregii.txt [26 Kb]
- FINS Special Report on G-7 meeting.
- Vigdor Schreibman - February 21, 1995.
- URL: http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/intl/g7/g7fins01.txt
- University of Toronto G7 Information Centre.
- URL:
http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/
- What is the G-7?
- URL:
http://UTL1.LIBRARY.UTORONTO.CA/www/g7/what_is_g7.html
- G-7 Bibliography.
- URL:
http://UTL1.LIBRARY.UTORONTO.CA/www/g7/phg7.htm
- G-7 Scholarly Publications and Papers.
- URL:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/g7/scholar/index.html
- G7 Summit Information.
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 15-17, 1995.
- URL: http://ttg.sba.dal.ca/g7/
- The 1995 People's Summit.
- The People's Summit is a series of events from June 11 to 18, 1995 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as an alternative to the G-7 Economic Summit. Events are being organized by various communities, nonprofit organizations and other concerned citizens.
- URL: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Current/P7/
- The G-7 Summit and Its Documents.
- Peter I. Hajnal, University of Toronto Library and Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto.
- URL:
http://www.usask.ca/library/gic/v1n3/hajnal/hajnal.html
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