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kb.nl>BIBLIOGRAPHIE LINGUISTIQUE / LINGUISTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY AND THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD * PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Symposium on the occasion of the 50th volume of Bibliographie Linguistique under the auspices of the Permanent International Committee of Linguists organized by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) The Hague, 2-3 November 2000 The year 2000 marks the publication of the 50th volume of Bibliographie Linguistique / Linguistic Bibliography (BL). Founded by the Comit� International Permanent des Linguistes / Permanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL), BL was first published in 1949 in a two-volume set covering the years 1939-1947. Half a century later, BL has established itself as a major work of reference in the field of linguistics and language studies, renowned for its comprehensiveness and accuracy. The year 2000 also marks the beginning of a new era for BL. After fifty printed volumes, BL is to be made available on the Internet in the near future. Four volumes worth of records totalling over 90,000 titles are now waiting to be accessed electronically. To celebrate both these occasions, a symposium will be held under the auspices of CIPL and organized by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), the national library of the Netherlands, which employs and houses the BL team. The symposium will cover two related topics. First, some of the international contributors to BL will elaborate on (socio)linguistic aspects of some lesser known languages and on their bibliographic coverage. Second, much attention will be given to the future of BL and bibliography of linguistics in general. The world-wide accessability of files, texts and linguistic utterances creates challenging new opportunities for the linguist. Combined searches in several bibliographic systems, full-text availability of electronic publications, and links to text and speech files are some of the new possible developments in the field. In this contex several important issues should be addressed: what is the expected need for lingusitic resources in the near future; what bibliographic model is best suited to meet this need; what is the relation between classical bibliographies and the plethora of bibliographical sources on the Internet; what opportunities are offered by the Internet for cooperation between existing bibliographical projects; what are the consequences of these developments for BL? Specialists in the field are invited to a panel discussion on these topics, and all attendants will be encouraged to take an active part in it. The provisional programme of the Symposium is as follows: Thursday 2 November 2000 09.00-10.00 Registration 10.00-10.15 Opening Symposium 10.15-10.35 Sijmen Tol (Den Haag) : The history of BL 10.35-10.55 Stephen Wurm (Canberra) : Pacific Languages 10.55-11.00 Short break 11.00-11.20 Christian Bauer (Berlin) : Tai-Kadai 11.20-11.40 Stefan Georg (Bonn/Leiden) : Mongolian 11.40-12.00 Aone van Engelenhoven (Leiden) : Indonesian 12.00-13.30 Lunch 14.00-14.20 Yves Duhoux (Louvain-la-Neuve) : Pre-Hellenic 14.20-14.40 Ludwig Paul (G�ttingen) : Iranian 14.40-15.00 Paul Videsott (Innsbruck) : Rhaeto-Romance 15.00.15.20 John D. Nichols (Winnipeg, Manitoba) : Amerindian 15.20-16.30 Presentation BL on-line 16.30-18.00 Reception Friday 3 November 2000 09.00-09.20 Georges Rebuschi (Paris) : Basque 09.20-09.40 Cornelius Hasselblatt (Groningen) : Uralic 09.40-10.10 Zinaida Kharitonchik (Minsk) : Belorussian 10.10-10.30 Han Steenwijk (Cottbus) : Sorbian 10.30-11.00 Coffee break 11.00-12.30 Panel discussion on the future of linguistic bibliographies 12.30-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.00 Guided tour of the library The symposium is free * including coffee, lunches and reception. Since, however, the number of participants is limited to 100, registration beforehand is imperative. Participants will be admitted on a first come, first served basis. The Editors: Mark Janse & Sijmen Tol Bibliographie Linguistique / Linguistic Bibliography Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 Postbus 90407 NL-2509 LK Den Haag Tel.: 00 31 70 31 40 345 / 282 / 256 - Fax: 00 31 70 31 40 450 E-mail: blMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue