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March 1997 conference announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kathy Painter)
Tue Nov 19 20:28:22 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:38:55 -0600 (CST)
From: Kathy Painter <painter@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Reply-To: Kathy Painter <painter@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>
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34th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing:
"Visualizing Subject Access for 21st Century Information Resources
http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/dpc/index.html
Sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The three-day conference will be held March 2-4, 1997, at the Beckman
Institute for Advanced Science and Technology on the University of=20
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.=20
Clinic Co-Chairs: Pauline Atherton Cochrane, Visiting Professor, Graduate
School of Library & Information Science, University of Illinois; Eric H.
Johnson, Research Programmer, Digital Library Initiative, Grainger
Engineering Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The growth of the Internet only foreshadows what will happen with globally
distributed information resources in the coming century. Coping with
current problems of organization and retrieval using present-day
technological answers will not be enough for tomorrow's users. Some of
the questions we intend to discuss at this clinic include the following:=20
* What interface, browsing and navigation tools are on the drawing
board or in prototype systems which may help to improve subject access?
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* Do the designers of digital library systems envision a role for more
traditional library classification schemes and thesauri? If yes, how will
they be made more visual and useful than they are now? If no, how will
metadata and full text repositories be accessed and organized and what
kinds of tools will provide term suggestion and representation of related
concepts?=20
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* What new tools exist to create visual displays of vocabulary choices
and term relationships to improve browsing and search negotiation in=20
either collections of full-text information or information surrogate=20
files on the Internet, on CD-ROM, etc.?
* How will the new systems handle the Inter-space where switching
vocabularies will be needed to access and search federated and unfederated
repositories of full-text information in various languages?
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* Has the cognitive research and user modelling efforts produced=20
some results which could impact subject access tool design?
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Speakers who will address these issues will be drawn from various
communities of research and development here and in Europe: digital
library developers, interface and visualization experts, bibliographic
system vendors, cognitive researchers, librarians and information service
providers.=20
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PROGRAM
Schedule subject to change; check the Web site at
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http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/dpc/index.html=20
for the most up-to-date information.
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Sunday, March 2
1:00-5:30pm Registration (pick up conference packet)
2:30-5:30pm Demonstrations
5:30-7:00pm Reception (Beckman Institute Atrium)
7:00pm Keynote Address (Beckman Institute Auditorium)
Roland Hjerppe, LIBLAB, Department of Computer and
Information Science, Linko=94ping University, Sweden
Monday, March 3 (All sessions will be held in the Beckman Institute=20
Auditorium)
8:30-10:30am Session 1: The World of Distributed Repositories: Better or
Worse for Subject Access
8:30-9:15 David Levy, Member of Research Staff, Xerox PARC,=20
Palo Alto, CA
9:15-10:00 Raya Fidel, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Librar=
y=20
and Information Science, University of Washington, Seattle
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-Noon Session 2: Is Full-Text Access Sufficient without=20
Controlled Vocabulary Indexing?
10:30-11:00 Jessica Milstead, Principal, The JELEM Co., Brookfield, CT
11:00-11:30 Elizabeth Liddy, Professor, School of Information Studies,
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
11:30-Noon David Dubin, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of=20
Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Noon-1:30pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:50pm Session 3: Lessons Learned from Cognitive Research Projects
That Will Help Improve Subject Access
1:30-2:10pm Nicholas J. Belkin, Professor, School of Communication,=20
Information & Library Studies, Rutgers, The State=20
University of New Jersey
2:10-2:50pm Bryce Allen, Associate Professor, School of Library &=20
Informational Science, University of Missouri
2:50-3:15pm Break
3:15-5:00pm Session 4: Visualizing Information Spaces
3:15-3:50pm Eric H. Johnson, Digital Library Initiative, Grainger=20
Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:50-4:25pm Diane Vizine-Goetz, Research Scientist, OCLC, Inc.,=20
Dublin, OH
4:25-5:00pm Richard Greenfield, Consultant, Library of Congress
5:00-7:00pm Dinner (on your own)
7:00-9:00pm Demonstrations and/or small group discussions
Tuesday, March 4
8:30-10:00am Session 5: How Will We Provide Subject Access in 21st Centu=
ry
Inter-space?
8:30-9:15am Bruce Schatz, Director, Community Systems Laboratory,=20
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:15-10:00am Gerry McKiernan, Curator, Cyber Stacks, Iowa State Univers=
ity
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Session 6: Plans for Servicing Digital Libraries with=20
Improved Systems from Vendors
10:30-11:30am Developers of OPACs (a panel)
11:30-Noon Conference Wrap-Up:
Marcia Bates, Professor, Graduate School of Education an=
d
Information Studies, University of California, Los Angel=
es
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: All conference events will take place in the Beckman Institute,
an interdisciplinary research institute located on the campus of the
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews, Urbana.=20
Registration and Fees: The fee for the conference is $340 ($380 after
February 3, 1997), which includes all conference sessions, the Sunday
evening reception, break-out refreshments, and a copy of the proceedings.=
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Transportation: Champaign-Urbana's Willard Airport is served by TWA
Express, American Eagle, Northwest Airlink/Mesaba and USAir Express, with
connections from Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Nashville, Pittsburgh and
St. Louis. AMTRAK service is available from Chicago and points south.=20
Champaign is located 135 miles south of Chicago at the intersection of
Interstate routes 72, 74 and 57.=20
Accommodations: A block of rooms have been allocated for participants at
the Hampton Inn in Urbana (across the street from Beckman Institute, the
conference site). Participants must make their own hotel reservations,
and should do so before February 1, 1997. The conference rate is $55 per
night, single or double. The phone number is 800-426-7866. When making
your reservation, you MUST tell the operator the Group Code is G34 (for
our reserved block) or they may say that there are no rooms available.=20
The direct number for the Hampton Inn in Urbana is 217-337-1100. Please
make your room reservation as soon as possible.=20
Refunds: Refund of the conference fee will be made if you find that you
cannot attend and you notify us in writing by February 10, 1997. =20
Remember to cancel your hotel reservation.=20
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REGISTRATION FORM
34th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing:
"Visualizing Subject Access for 21st Century Information Resources"
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secure. You may wish to telephone your credit card information if you are
registering electronically.]
U.S. Mail address to mail registration form, or for more information:
DPC '97
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 E. Daniel Street
Champaign, IL 61820-6211
Email: painter@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
Telephone: (800) 982-0914 or (217) 244-3274 (Kathy Painter)
