In May 2000 all of the world’s science academies created the InterAcademy Council (IAC) to mobilize the best scientists and engineers worldwide to provide high quality advice to influential international bodies–such as the United Nations and the World Bank–as well as to other institutions. Since then the IAC has produced reports on scientific, technological, and […]

Streaks and flashes of lightening intermittently lit the sky in Chapel Hill, North Carolina as JCDL conference-goers picked their way through puddles to attend the 2006 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)–Opening Information Horizons, held June 11-15.

Highlights of the conference included a plenary, workshops, tutorials, informal meetings, and a North Carolina “Pig Pull” where the […]