Ethics of Electronic Information Symposium Set for Oct. 24-27
For release: Oct. 7, 2002
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

Scholars from across the world will attend a symposium Oct. 24-27 at The University of Memphis to examine issues critical to management of information in the electronic age. "Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century" will be held at the University's Fogelman Executive Center.

Scholars and practitioners will share their research concerning ethical issues related to the proliferation of electronic information and information technology. Representatives from South Africa, China, Scotland, Canada and the U.S. are scheduled to attend.

Session leaders will include Wallace Koehler, director of the master of library and information science program at Valdosta State University in Georgia; Netiva Caftori, professor of computer science and women's studies at Northeastern Illinois University; J.J. Britz, professor of information science at the University of Pretoria, South Africa; and Peter Lor, director of the National Library of South Africa.

"EEI21" is sponsored by the University Libraries and the Department of Sociology at The U of M. Registration is $50 per day or $100 for the entire symposium. For more information, call Tom Mendina, conference chairman, at 901-678-4310, or visit the event's Web site: www.memphis.edu/ethics21.

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