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Co-chairs
DR. JOHN BLACK, Chief Librarian (retired),
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
JANE BORTNICK GRIFFITH, Chief,
Science Policy Research Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C.
Members
DR. GBADE A. ALABI, Department of Library, Archival,
and Information Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Nigeria
STEVE CISLER, Senior Scientist, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino,
California
DR. NANCY HAFKIN, Head, Pan African Development Information
Systems (PADIS), United Nations/Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
DR. HEATHER HUDSON, Director, Telecommunications Program, University
of San Francisco, McLaren College of Business, San Francisco, California
DR.
BERNARD LOWN (IOM), Lown Cardiovascular Center, Brookline,
Massachusetts
THEOPHILUS E. MLAKI, Director of Information and Documentation,
Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
DR.
ALEX TINDIMUBONA, African Science and Technology Exchange, Kampala, Uganda
Staff
WENDY D. WHITE, Senior Progam Officer, Office of International
Affairs
PAMELA GAMBLE, Assistant, Office of International Affairs
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