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Evaluating Network Reosurces, May 23-36
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Hill)
Mon Mar 22 20:06:30 1999
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:13:40 -0600
From: Richard Hill <rhill@asis.org>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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Please excuse multiple postings. For complete information, see
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/MY99/ or contact meetings@asis.org.
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Evaluating and Using Networked Information Resources and Services
ASIS Mid-Year Meeting
May 23-26, 1999
Pasadena Hilton, Pasadena, CA
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/MY99/
USE: Who uses networked resources and why? What is "successful use?"
Does culture affect use?
EVALUATION: Why is ongoing evaluation and assessment important? What
evaluation methods work in the networked environment? What hinders
successful evaluation?
MEASUREMENT: What should be measured? Are performance measures and
quality standards appropriate? How do we insure quality of data?
THEORY: What models do or can describe and predict use? Are new types of
conceptual underpinnings needed?
TECHNOLOGY: Do technological advances - log files, authentication,
security, privacy, etc., affect use studies and evaluation research?
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND IMPACTS: Will the networked environment create
social divisions? What are the impacts of equal (or unequal) access to
networks?
EDUCATION: What kind of training can develop evaluation techniques? How
can evaluation inform policy, management, and others?
POLICY: Do national/local/organizational policies affect use & evaluation?
What policies might improve use and evaluation? How do politics affect
evaluation?
PARTIAL LIST OF SESSION TOPICS:
SUNDAY, May 23, 1999: 6:00-7:00 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: CLIFFORD LYNCH,
Coalition for Networked Information
* CNRI's D-Lib Working Group on Digital Library Metrics & D-Lib Test Suite
* Performance Measures
* Authentication and Authorization
* A Neural NET Method for Log Data Analysis
* Using Electronic Surveys
* Making Internet Information More Verifiable
* Query Characteristics and Use Analysis
* Quantitative User Studies
* Web-based Course Delivery
* Access to Visual Information
* Visualization System for IR
* Evaluating User Needs and Outcomes
* Next Z39.50 Implementation
* "Provider" Methods for Evaluating NET Interfaces
* Evaluating Web Sites and Site Evaluation Tools
* Measuring & Evaluating Federated Digital Libraries
* Evaluation of a Common Command Language Gateway
Pre-conference Seminars:
+ Digital Lib: Computer Concepts & Technologies
+ 2nd Generation Intranet Development
+ Metadata for Digital Libraries
+ XML
American Society for Information Science
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 495-0900 FAX (301) 495-0810
http://www.asis.org
