WHEN: March 27, 2001 (Tuesday), 4:30 PM-- Speaker and 5:30PM-- Dinner.

WHERE: College of Mortuary Science, Cincinnati, OH

COST: Presentation & dinner-- $13.00 for ASIS, SLA, AALL, GCLC, OPLIN, OCLC, MVAHSL members; $14 for non-members; $10 for student or retired members. PREPAYMENT REQUIRED TO GUARANTEE CATERER. COST: Presentation only-- $3.00 for members; $4.00 for non-members; free for student or retired members.

PAYMENT DEADLINE: 5PM on 03/23/2001

Now that we have survived the change of millennia (remember Y2K?) the Web is consolidating its position as the technical fix, bogeyman, or touchstone for the new era. It underpins proclamations of increased worker productivity, threatens individual privacy, or underwrites a cottage industry of inventing new metaphors. The Web has introduced profound and cumulating changes in our personal and professional lives. But the Web is not uniform - personal home pages differ from e-business storefronts or search engine portals. We will explore information science research approaches to the Web, uncovering new perspectives and dimensions, teasing apart tangled skeins, and possibly predicting where this 500-pound gorilla may be headed. Debora (Ralf) Shaw is a Past-President of the Association for Information Science and Technology, and Associate Editor of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. She is Associate Dean at the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, and also a founding faculty member of the University's new School of Informatics. Her research and teaching interests include representation of information and analysis of WWW hypertext linking practices. She holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from Indiana University, a M.A.L.S. in Library Science from the University of Michigan, and a B.A. in the History of Ideas from the University of Michigan. Web site: http://www.slis.indiana.edu/Faculty/shawd.html . Dr. Shaw can be reached at shawd@indiana.edu

Directions from Dayton: I-75 South Take the OH-4/Paddock Rd./561/Seymour Ave. exit Turn right which is North Paddock Rd. Take the 1st left which is E. North Bend Rd., before the White Castle restaurant It's less than 2 miles to the College..., 645 W. North Bend Rd. which will be on your left [You'll travel uphill, passing Caldwell Preserve, Faith Ministries, & St. Xavier High School] If you've reached Pineknoll Ct., you've gone too far

Directions from Cincinnati: >From I-75, Take the OH-4/Paddock Rd./561/Seymour Ave. exit Take North Paddock Rd. Take the 1st left which is E. North Bend Rd., before the White Castle restaurant It's less than 2 miles to the College..., 645 W. North Bend Rd. which will be on your left [You'll travel uphill, passing Caldwell Preserve, Faith Ministries, & St. Xavier High School] If you've reached Pineknoll Ct., you've gone too far

AGENDA: 3:45 - 4:30: REGISTRATION and social time. 4:00 - 4:30: TOUR of College and Library 4:30 - 5:30: DEBORA SHAW 5:30 - 6:30: DINNER

Optional dinner: buffet of lasagna, fried chicken, roast beef, bread crumb pasta, green beans almondine, tossed salad, garlic bread, assorted sodas, bottled water, and assorted desserts.

PREPAYMENT REQUIRED with check made out to "SOASIS" by 5 p.m., Friday, 03/23/2001, sent to Patricia Carter, B6F1 room 82, LEXIS-NEXIS, 9595 Springboro Pike, Miamisburg, OH 45342. Please indicate (1) association affiliation noting student/retired as appropriate, and (2) the name of your employer. Questions may be addressed to: patricia.carter@lexis-nexis.com ; (937) 865-6800 x6099.

Beverages and a portion of dinner cost are being underwritten by LEXIS-NEXIS. [an error occurred while processing this directive]