[220] in Information Retrieval
[pbh@MIT.EDU: Web/NCSA Conference--librarians needed]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim McGovern)
Wed Feb 2 14:50:44 1994
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From: tjm@MIT.EDU (Tim McGovern)
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From: pbh@MIT.EDU
I don't know if this is of interest to you or not.
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Subject: Web/NCSA Conference--librarians needed
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From: haseltin@ccit.arizona.edu (Michael Haseltine)
I thought that this would be appropriate to forward to this list. I would
expect a lot of information about user needs and other such stuff of
interest to this community will be floating around.
Appologies if you've seen it already.
Michael Haseltine -- Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I copy the following from an introductory NCSA Mosaic/WWW screen that gives
>notice of an upcoming conference that library issues should be represented
>at:
>
>NCSA Information Technologies User Conference
>The worldwide use of NCSA Mosaic and other NCSA software has sparked
interest
>in a software user conference. In response to that interest, the NCSA
>Software Development Group (SDG) is planning an information technologies
>software user conference with a focus on Mosaic to be held sometime in late
>May or early June, 1994.
>
>Now is your chance to help determine the topics for that conference. SDG is
>considering including Collage and HDF as well as Mosaic topics. Please take
a
>look at the topics listed below and tell us which ones would be of
interest.
>Also list any other topics that you think would be of use to a number of
>people. We are interested in hearing all of your suggestions.
>
>Direct all responses to: citconf94@ncsa.uiuc.edu . We will let you know as
>plans develop. Thanks for your input and please pass this request on to
>others who may be interested.
>
>Topics under consideration:
>
>% Future outlooks:
>1. Where we stand now - current status.
>2. What is the future of Mosaic?
>3. What is the future of the network?
>4. What is the future of cyberspace?
>5. What should be encouraged in WWW development?
>6. Who are the communities we should be hearing more from?
>7. What is the future of HDF and Collage integration?
>8. What is the future of CIT at NCSA?
>% Interesting applications. Mosaic and WWW use:
>1. in libraries
>2. in education
>3. in medicine
>4. in business
>5. in government
>6. in science
>7. in arts and humanities
>8. in ...
>% Tutorials:
>1. HTML - building documents, advanced users.
>2. Introduction to Mosaic.
>3. Advanced features of Mosaic.
>4. How to move information between Gopher/Web/FTP/WAIS...databases, other
>information sources.
>5. System administration of Web servers.
>6. Management of content on Web servers.
>
>o Special sessions on Mac, MS Windows and X Mosaic users and uses.
>o Day preceding or following the main conference for developer discussions.
>___________________________________________________________________________
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>_______________________
>citconf94@ncsa.uiuc.edu
>
>Peter Graham psgraham@gandalf.rutgers.edu Rutgers University Libraries
>169 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (908)932-5908; fax (908)932-5888
>
Michael Haseltine -- Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona
haseltin@ccit.arizona.edu
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