LACASIS Fall 1998 Workshop Program
7:45-8:45 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introduction
9:00-10:00

Does Technology Drive Change, or Does Change Drive Technology?

What's happening with web access, machine translation, automated text summarization, and information retrieval today?
Eduard Hovy, Director, Natural Language Group, Information Science Institute, USC
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00

What Does Information Literacy Mean to Different Users?

Are Definitions Changing? Are expectations changing? Are we doing a good job?
Nancy O'Neill, Principal Librarian, Reference Services Santa Monica Public Library
Ken Pflueger, Associate Provost for Information Services, California Lutheran University
11:00 - 12:00

High Tech and High Touch: Unusual Interfaces and Technologies

Information Systems Los Angeles interface
Information System for Los Angeles (ISLA), is made up of two components: (1) a library of multidisciplinary digital materials about the Los Angeles region; and (2) a specific search and retrieval method involving space/time/full-text.
Li Hunt, Senior System Analyst, Information Services Division, USC

The Living Web
Living Web is a distributed architecture, tools, and enterprise solutions based on existing and emerging Internet standards designed to enable intellectual teamwork in intranets and extranets.
Jeffrey Smith, Evangelist, Collaboration Products, NTT Multimedia Communications Laboratories

12:00 - 12:15

Vendor presentation
12:15 - 1:30

Lunch, discussions, and exhibits

Moderator: Lucy Wegner, Information Services Division, USC
1:30 - 2:30

Agent Technology

Agent technologies can change the way people gather and manage information, they have the potential of impacting the role of information professionals within organizations, so what are the latest developments

The ARIADNE Project
In Greek mythology, Ariadne was the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae who gave Theseus the thread with which to find his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth.
Craig A. Knoblock, Senior Research Scientist ,Information Science Institute, USC

Autonomy Agentware Technology
Michael Lynch, Founder and CEO, Autonomy, Inc.

2:30 - 2:45 Afternoon break
2:45 - 3:15

Will the Millennium Bug Bite You? Y2K Compliance Case Study

What is your response when your CIO asks "Are the systems in the library/information center ready for the Year 2000 glitch?"
Jody Simon, Associate Manager for Library Systems; Karl Geiger, Senior Database Analyst, Amgen, Inc.
3:15-4:00

Access to Resources by Remote Users

Technologies have made it a reality to provide resources to users from remote locations, here are two examples.
The Distributed MLS Program at California State Universities
Debbie Hansen, Associate Director; Jacqueline Lesch, Technology Administrator, School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University.

Los Angeles Times Editorial Library Experiences
Cary Schneider, LA Times Editorial Library, Los Angeles Times
4:00-4:15 Drawings, Evaluation and Closing

Have a safe trip home!