Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information Hosted by the IIAV, International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement To be held at the Royal Tropical Institute and the IIAV Amsterdam, The Netherlands 22-26 August 1998 Ms Joke Blom, Director, IIAV Ms Lin Pugh, Manager, Know How Conference Know How Conference Organizing Committee IIAV Obiplein 4 1094 RB Amsterdam The Netherlands phone: +31 20 6650820 fax: +31 20 6655812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iiav.nl/knowhow/index.html What is the Know How Conference? The Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information is a process, which will cumulate in a global meeting of women's information centres in Amsterdam, in August 1998. Its mission is to improve the accessibility and visibility of women's information services throughout the world. Hundreds of women's information centres and women's archives, their activities as diverse as their geography, work to strengthen the position of women. Our visibility and accessibility is essential to our work and a prerequisite to proper policy making at international, national and local government levels. To ensure a truly global effort, the Know How Conference is committed to creating a forum where ideas and experiences from the South, North, West and East are equally represented. It will be innovative, professional and dynamic. One of its exciting outcomes will be the Mapping the World project, a comprehensive overview of women's information facilities: their work, their goals, their achievements. The material collected will be in a variety of forms, including audio-visual and print, all of which will be incorporated in the final product. Who is organizing the Know How Conference? The International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement in the Netherlands is hosting the Know How Conference. The IIAV was founded in 1935 as a private initiative, then as now an international resource and research centre. For the past 20 years the IIAV has enjoyed national government funding, and has grown to become the Dutch focal point for the international exchange of information. All 35 staff look forward to welcoming the 'world of women's information' in their beautiful library in August 1998. The permanent members of the Know How Conference Organizing Committee are Ms Lin Pugh, project manager Ms Ansje Roepman, fundraising and publicity Ms Petra Branderhorst, fundraising Ms Marlise Mensink, programme co-ordinator Supported by staff of the IIAV, Ms Marieke Kramer as Senior Adviser and Ms Jessica L'Esperance How can you participate in the Know How Conference? Follow the Know How Conference on the Internet The Know How Conference has a Listserv., so that you can communicate with other women's information services throughout the Conference process. To subscribe, send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message area, type SUBSCRIBE KNOWHOWCONF yourfirstname yourlastname. Our web site will keep you informed of developments in the Know How Conference. If you do not have Internet access, mark on the registration form if you would like regular paper updates of Listserv. discussions. Organize and join in pre- and post- Know How Conference activities .. Organize national or regional meetings of women's information services before the Know How Conference to discuss how the participants from your region can best represent the local women's information services. These meetings will be your own initiative, but please report on the proceedings to the Know How Conference, as it will interest us all! .. Organize meetings after the Know How Conference to report back on what was achieved at the Conference and to plan regional follow-up activities. .. Send articles to the International Newsletter, an official communication instrument throughout the Know How Conference. Publication dates are June 1st and October 1st, 1998. .. Send material for the Know How Conference's Mapping the World project. Participate in the Know How Conference in Amsterdam, 22-26 August 1998 Not all people who provide women's information services will be able to attend the Know How Conference in Amsterdam. The meeting will be limited to 300 participants; a large meeting but small enough for effective communication. Two hundred and fifty people will be from women's information services, representing local, national, grassroots, and university level activities. Fifty participants will be from the 'second circle': information technology experts, politicians and policy makers. At the Know How Conference delegates will represent their world of women's information. Broadly speaking there will be a limit to three delegates per country, except where this conflicts with the representation of migrant women, Indigenous women and lesbian women. If more than three women from any one homogenous community register, the conference organizers will contact each woman to pass on the names of the other women. It will be the responsibility of these women to decide who will attend the conference. If financial assistance is needed... To ensure global representation, the Know How Conference Organizing Committee is raising funds to help cover costs to enable delegates from the South and Eastern Europe to attend. This funding is limited. The expenses for which assistance can be applied include full travel costs, accommodation, daily allowance and registration fees. Funding through the Know How Conference is additional to your own search for funding. Contact the Know How Organizing Committee as soon as possible to discuss strategies. Eligibility for funding . You represent a women's information project or service. . Your participation is endorsed by other information services or women's projects in your country. . You undertake activities to represent the interests of other women's information services, for example by arranging meetings with other women's information services before and after the meeting. Programme summary The Know How Conference in Amsterdam will offer presentations, hands-on Information Communications Technology workshops, a preliminary meeting of Indigenous women, a social programme and a working programme. There is a limited area available for stands and displays. Contact Lin Pugh for more information. One hundred and forty two people representing 67 countries responded to the initial announcement of the Know How Conference. Their proposals form the basis of the working programme. The working programme is organized along four tracks. Keynote speakers will address the topics of the tracks, and participants will work together in a workshop environment. The programme will highlight women's information services, will look at future perspectives and will develop strategies, alliances and coalitions. Track 1. The professional development of women's libraries, archives, documentation centres and information centres How do we develop searching tools for gender-specific information on the Internet? How do we develop professional training in our field? How do we use new technologies to our advantage? How do we maintain a practice of learning from each other? As professional information collectors and disseminators it is important to develop the 'tools of our trade'. Track 2. Policy decisions within the collections In some countries the amount of information that is available to collect is so diverse that decisions have to be made on which themes to collect and disseminate information. In other countries there is such a lack of information that the task of women's information services is to produce information. Multicultural collections, lesbian archives, working with Indigenous knowledge and women's studies collections are themes in this track. Track 3. Women's information as an instrument for policy-making In the Platform for Action of the United Nations Women's World Conference, Beijing, 1995, Strategic Objective 3H was defined as "Generate and disseminate gender disaggregated data and information for planning and evaluation." Statement 237 reads "Women should be empowered by enhancing their skills, knowledge and access to information technology." The vital task of women's information services in the implementation of these objectives is an important theme in this track, as is the role of our services in the protection of human rights. Track 4. Developing the policy of women's information and positioning ourselves in the world of information services The week Saturday 22 August Arrival, check in to hotels/boats First day Indigenous women's preliminary meeting Sunday 23 August 14.00 18.00: Registration and official opening Final day of Indigenous women's preliminary meeting Monday 24 August to Wednesday 26 August 9.00 - 12.30: Keynote speakers on all four tracks 14.00 - 18.00: Workshops The social programme will take place in the evenings and on Thursday, August the 27th. Hotel or boat? Comfortable hotels in various price categories are available to conference participants. You can also consider a unique sleeping arrangement: a cabin in the fleet of sailing boats organized especially for the conference. These will be situated within easy access to the Know How Conference locations. Cabins can be hired individually, or can be shared by up to four people. There are cooking facilities on the boats. Amsterdam, like every city, has cheaper alternatives, which you are welcome to look into for yourself. For information on prices, see the hotel/boat booking form. International programme commission AFRICA Ms Fahima Hashim Al Fanar Center for Development Services Khartoum, Sudan Ms Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng ISIS-WICCE Kampala, Uganda NORTH AMERICA Ms Suzanne Hildenbrand School of Inform. & Library Studies University at Buffalo U.S.A. Ms Phyllis Holman Weisbard University of Wisconsin Library/Women's Studies Madison, U.S.A. Ms Jacquelyn Marie McHenry Library University of California at Santa Cruz U.S.A. Ms Wendy Thomas Schlesinger Library Cambridge, U.S.A. Ms Lourdes Vazquez Hostos Community College Bronx, U.S.A. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA Ms Irene Leon Agencia Latinomericana de Informacion - Area Mujeres Quito, Ecuador Ms Victoria Jim�nez Gonzalez Women's Information Program Universidad Nacional Heredia, Costa Rica ASIA Ms Anju Vyas Centre for Women's Development Studies New Delhi, India Ms Chat Garcia-Ramilo ISIS International Manila Quezon City, Philippines EUROPE Ms Maria Gr�nroos Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research University of Oslo, Norway Prof dr. Dagmar Jank Postdam Fachhochschule Fachbereich Archiv-Bibl-Documentation Potsdam, Germany Ms Asli Mardin Women's Library and Information Centre Fener Mahallesi Istanbul, Turkey Ms Annamaria Tagliavini Centro di Documentazione delle Donne Bologna Italy EASTERN EUROPE Ms Valdet Sala Women's Center Open Society Foundation for Albania Tirana, Albania Registration Form Know How Conference on the World of Women's Information Please fill in this registration form. We are only able to process forms that have your signature. Please note: fill in this form for whatever form of participation in the Know How Conference. Deadlines to keep in mind Registration: 1 April 1998 Financial assistance: 1 April 1998 Mapping the World: 1 April 1998 International newsletter no. 6: 1 June 1998 No. 7 1 October 1998 Our confirmation of your participation: 1 July 1998 If you register as a participant who will attend the conference in Amsterdam, don't forget to also fill in the HOTEL AND BOAT REGISTRATION FORM. This will ensure your accommodation during the conference. Only people who attend the conference in Amsterdam pay the registration fee. Use BLOCK LETTERS or a TYPEWRITER. One registration form per participant. For all interested in the Know How Conference � I register as a general participant and will not attend the conference in Amsterdam � I register as a general participant and will attend the conference in Amsterdam About yourself Family name: First name: Organization: Is this � a NGO, � a governmental organization, � other .... (please tick the box) Job title: Address: Postcode/zipcode: Town/City: Country: Internet web site address: E-mail address: Telephone number: Fax number: � I will participate in listserv. � Please send me regular paper updates of listserv. discussions For people who will attend the conference in Amsterdam � I require wheel chair access to all facilities � For religious purposes I have the following requirements: ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ � I have the following dietary requirements: ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ � Other requirements: ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ Conference language I will follow the conference in � Spanish � English � French Fee To be officially registered your registration fee must be paid. The registration fee is 750 guilders. You can also pay a "donor registration fee" of 2000 guilders. The "donor registration fee" means you will help sponsor the participation of organizations from the South and the East. All people paying this sponsor registration fee will be listed with the sponsors of the Know How Conference. Late registration may be possible at a higher fee. Please do not hesitate to contact the Know How Organizing Committee. This fee covers the social programme and the conference programme. � I will pay the registration fee of 750 guilders � I will pay the donor registration fee of 2000 guilders � I am applying for financial assistance. Please include a letter of endorsement and letter indicating how you will represent other organizations in your region and how your region will benefit from your attendance. Please make sure this registration form is returned to us as soon as possible, and no later than April 1st. Payment Guaranteed by credit card or by Eurocheque made out in guilders. Tick how you will pay: � MasterCard/Eurocard � VISA � Diners Club International � American Express � This is a company card � Private card of Mr/Mrs/Ms Name :-------------------- Card number :�_�_�_�_� �_�_�_�_� �_�_�_�_� �_�_�_� Expiry date :__/__ (month/year) � Eurocheque made out in Dutch guilders (enclose cheque with registration) � Other... .. A guarantee via credit card or a Eurocheque or deposition of the money by other means is required. .. After receipt of your payment/credit card details/agreement on financial assistance you will receive confirmation of your participation. Included in the confirmation letter will be a more complete overview of the programme. .. Notification of cancellation should be sent in writing to the Know How Conference organization. We will fully refund your payment if cancellation is received before July 1st 1998. Signed: Date: Please send your registration form and your hotel booking form to: Know How Conference IIAV Obiplein 4 1094 RB Amsterdam The Netherlands Fax: +31 20-6655812 REGISTRATION BY E-MAIL: USE THE REGISTRATION. Please do not give us your credit card details by e-mail. These you should either fax or mail us.
