Free ethics seminars set

The NMI Council for the Humanities wishes to invite the public to a series of seminars that will explore a variety of ethical issues associated with the development and use of information and technology.

Dr. Cecilia Lizama Salvatore will facilitate five “Ethics and Technology” sessions: three on Saipan and one each on Rota and Tinian.

The first session, entitled Ethics, Technology and Cultural Resources, will be held on Sept. 6, from 8am to 1lam at the Pacific Islands Club. Dr. Salvatore will discuss issues relating to ownership of native culture, freedom of information, equal access to information, user service policies, and other related topics.

Session two will be held on Sept. 6, from 1pm to 4pm, at the same venue and will cover Ethics, Technology and Education. This session will explore issues relating to plagiarism, intellectual property, copyright, and access to databases.

The series will continue on Sept. 7 at the Governor’s Conference Room from 8am to 11am, with the third session entitled Ethics, Technology and the Public and Private Sectors. Dr. Salvatore will discuss issues relating to records management, electronic information policies, national information infrastructure, and e-commerce, among others.

The venue will shift to Tinian on Sept. 7, where Dr. Salvatore will cover a variety of ethics and technology issues of interest to the Tinian community. It will be held from 1pm to 4pm in Room E at Northern Marianas College.

The final session of the series will be held on Rota on Sept. 8, from 1pm to 4pm. The venue will be the Northern Marianas College and topics on ethics and technology will be tailored to the interest of the audience.

Dr. Salvatore is an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Management, at Emporia State University. She teaches in areas of management, organization theory, information transfer in special populations, theoretical foundations of services and archival studies. She also is involved in a wide range of research and publication relating to information management.

These seminars are free of charge and open to all interested parties. For more information about this and other upcoming Humanities Council programs, contact Council staff at 235-4785. (PR)