SIG/III will sponsor or co-sponsor four panels at the 2009 Annual Meeting:

* Free Access to Computers and the Internet at Public Libraries: International Reflections on Outcomes and Methods

* International Partnerships in Developing and Deploying Health Open Educational Resources

* Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights: Implications of the TRIPS Agreement for Access to HIV/AIDS Drugs in Africa

* International Implementation of Digital Library Software/Platforms

In addition to these panels, there are additional panels and contributed papers relating to different aspects of international information:

* The Impact of ICTs on Politics in Uganda: The Convergence of Radio and Telephony in the Power Contest between the Resurging Buganda Nationalism and the Central Government

* Documentation and Communication in Aboriginal/Indigenous Cultures

* Nationality in information behavior: Comparing Koreans and Japanese

* Information Access across Languages on the Web: from Search Engines to Digital Libraries

Last but not least, we would love to see you at the 2009 International Reception!

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