Information Professionals Seek Fellowships to Global 2000

Information Outlook, March, 2000

Nearly 400 information professionals from around the globe have submitted applications for fellowships to Global 2000, the Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship, which will be held October 16-19, 2000, in Brighton, UK. Over 1,000 people are expected to attend the Global 2000 Conference to discuss the future of global information management in the digital age.

SLA, through its Washington, DC Chapter, has raised over US$50,000 to provide transportation, lodging, and conference expenses for a select group of Global 2000 Fellowship applicants from developing nations. SLA reports that information professionals from over fifty nations applied before the January 31 deadline. The recipients for the Global 2000 Fellowship will be notified in early April, and will be announced publicly at SLA's 91st Annual Conference in Philadelphia, June 10-15, 2000.