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Report on the 171st National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Danielle Mihram (Assistant Dean and Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.(dmihram@usc.edu))
G. Arthur Mihram (Independent Researcher who studies Science and Higher Education Policy.)
Julia Gelfand (Sciences and Engineering Librarian at the University of California, Irvine Libraries, California, USA and co‐author of LHTN. (jgelfand@uci.edu))

Library Hi Tech News

ISSN: 0741-9058

Article publication date: 1 April 2005

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Abstract

Purpose

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To report on the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Washington, DC in February 2005.

Design/methodology/approach

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An overview of the seminars, symposia, workshops and presentations at the conference.

Findings

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The theme of the meeting was The Nexus: Where Science Meets Society. The meeting was attended by 4,000 registrants, 105 exhibitors; and 900 members of the press. The meeting highlighted the academic role and infrastructure of technology in different science applications, including publishing, and national policy.

Originality/value

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A report of interest to library and information management professionals.

Keywords

Citation

Mihram, D., Arthur Mihram, G. and Gelfand, J. (2005), "Report on the 171st National Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050510604611

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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