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 9:00 am

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - JOHN SEELY BROWN

 10:30 am

Evaluating the Documents Found/Retrieved
(Contributed Papers)

Pertti Vakkari , University of Tampere, Finland
Relevance and Contributing Information Types of Searched Documents in Task Performance
Sandra Erdelez, University of Texas at Austin
Understanding Information Encountering on the Web: Initial Propositions
Mark Rorvig, University of North Texas
The Relationship Between TREC Topic Dispersion in a Visual Field and Overall TREC System Performance

Web Searching: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

The answers to all of our questions may indeed be just a mouse click or a few keystrokes away on the World Wide Web. We won't get there, though, without effective tools for organizing, browsing and retrieving information. In this session panelists will look at the current state of web search and browsing tools, including recent innovations, ongoing challenges, and future trends.

You Will Learn About

The types and amounts of information available on the web; the limitations of search engines; the latest search techniques; and the future of web search tools;

Efforts to develop a multilingual search engine that is simple, easy-to-use, fast and capable of indexing, searching and displaying information from a complex, multi-platform environment;

New ways to give users overviews and previews of what is available on a web site without forcing them to explore every page;

The current state of evaluation work on web search tools, including what tools are being studied, the methods being used to evaluate them, findings, and the implications for system design/tool choice in the future.

Presenters
Steve Lawrence, NEC Research Institute
The State of the Web Search, Its Fundamental Limitations, New Techniques, and Future Directions
Matt Koll, AOL
The State of the Web Search, Its Fundamental Limitations, New Techniques, and Future Directions, Take 2: Same Questions, Another Perspective
Laust Sondergaard, Mondosoft Inc., Denmark
MondoSearch and the Internet Search Engine Technology
Louise Su, University of Pittsburgh
Web Searching: Evaluation From a Multidisciplinary Perspective

Contributed Papers
Brunk and Bidgood, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
An Empirical Comparison of Web Overview Techniques
Marchionini, Brunk, Komlodi, Conrad and Bosley
Look Before You Click: A Relational Browser for Federal Statistics Web sites

Moderator
Louise Su, University of Pittsburgh

IT Strategy for the Library of Congress

Overview

You Will Learn About

How the role of libraries must evolve in the face of the digital revolution;

What it means to collect information in an era when web links cause the physical location of information to be irrelevant;

How libraries and other information-oriented institutions will need to adjust their management in the decade ahead to respond to the digital revolution.

Strategies for ensuring that digital information is preserved for future generations;

Presenters
Carl Lagoze , Cornell University
Ann Okerson, Yale University
Ginnie Cooper, Multnomah County Libraries

Moderator
Alan  Inouye , Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

On Information Retrieval Systems: Revisiting Their Development, Evaluation Methodologies and Assumptions
(SIG LAN, ED)

Overview

In keeping with the theme of this year's conference, "Celebrating our Heritage, Designing our Future," this session will feature some of the leading figures in the information science field who will share with us their thoughts on where the profession has been and where it might be heading in the years to come. Join us as we tap into the knowledge and experience of these highly respected information scientists who for decades have wrestled with core information system issues and have made substantial contributions to the field's literature. 

You Will Learn About

Significant developments in retrieval system performance and evaluation over the past three decades and key areas the profession should be focusing on in the future;

How the "independence assumption" has impacted on the effectiveness of retrieval system models;

Questions related to the consequences of applying metalanguages to digital objects;

Recommendations on helping end-users assess the reliability, timeliness and bias of information;

An assessment of the quality of information science research today.

Presenters
William Cooper, University of California at Berkeley
On Evaluating IR System Performance
M.E. (Bill) Maron, University of California at Berkeley (retired)
Revisiting the Assumptions
Anthony Debons, University of Pittsburgh
On the Meaning of Information

Emerging Models for Knowledge Management
(CONTRIBUTED PAPERS)

J. Andrew Kok , Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
New Structures for the Effective Dissemination of Knowledge in an Enterprise
Knowledge Management as Discourse Analysis
Edwin Cortez , University of Wisconsin, Madison and Edward Kazlauskas, University of Southern California
Using Theory Elaboration for Building a Knowledge Management Apparatus
Mirja Iivonen , University of Oulu, Finland and Maija-Leena Huotari, University of Tampere, Finland
The Impact of Trust on the Practice of Knowledge Management

Moderator
TBA

 2:30 pm

Using XML, XSLT, and CSS in a Digital Library

Overview

By using XML, XSLT and CSS in concert, information specialists can create powerful and robust text applications for the Web. In this session speakers will help participants gain a better understanding of these tools by discussing how they used them in a digital library application.

You Will Learn About

Methods used to transform over 50,000 SGML-formatted articles from more than 44 scientific-technical journal titles into well-formed XML, the XML metadata structures used, and the XSLT and CSS features employed;

Techniques for rendering mathematics and for transforming real-time between XML and HTML formats.

Presenters
Timothy Cole, William Mischo, Robert Ferrer and Thomas Habing , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Historiography and History of Information Science
(SIG HFIS)

Overview

The past can indeed be a valuable teacher. In this session speakers will take a thought-provoking look back at the history and historiography of information science to glean insights and lessons that can be applied to meet the challenges and opportunities of today and tomorrow.

You Will Learn About

Classical laws of bibliometrics and how they remain relevant to considerations of document supply;

The use of foundational texts for information science;

Adopting established methodologies from scientometrics and cognitive science to explore the intersection (or lack of it) between information science and information systems.

Presenters
Stephen Bensman, Louisiana State University
Line vs. Garfield: A Resolution of the Conflict
Ronald E. Day , Wayne State University
Information, Historicism, Historiography, and Historicity
Ira Monarch, Carnegie Mellon University
An Information-Based Performative History of Information Science and Information Systems

Moderator
Mikel Breitenstein, Long Island University

Will Today's E-Journals be Accessible in the 23^rd Century?
(SIGs STI, IFP)

Overview

For several centuries academic journals have served as the primary means of recording and sharing scientific and technical advances. The job of preserving and providing access to these journals and the critical knowledge they hold has traditionally fallen to academic libraries. Today, as the number of electronic academic journals grows, these libraries are faced with an array of new problems as they seek to create and maintain a permanent electronic archive. In this session speakers will discuss some of the challenges libraries face and how they are overcoming them.

You Will Learn About

Policy and standard issues related to long-term electronic archives;

Digital archiving models;

The economics of sustainable archives;

Negotiation of long-term access rights;

Creating and managing large data archives;

Hardware and software issues related to electronic archives;

Format considerations and future data migration needs

Presenters
Peter Boyce, American Astronomical Society
Gail Hodge, Information International Associates Inc.
Tim Ingoldsby, American Institute of Physics
Todd Morris, ScienceServer

Moderator
Margret (Lippert) Branschofsky, MIT Libraries

Data Visualization in Information Retrieval and Data Mining
(SIG VIS)

Overview

Presentation is everything. That's the operative philosophy behind the emerging field of data visualization, which seeks to present abstract data—such as numbers and geographic coordinates—in ways that are easier for users to grasp and that will help them explore the facts concealed behind the data. In this session speakers will demonstrate cutting-edge data visualization strategies.

You Will Learn About

The results of the latest analysis of data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology Text Retrieval Conferences (TREC), the foremost venue for experimental information retrieval research;

New concepts in cartographic information retrieval;

A study of the criteria that users apply in making judgements about the relevance of a digital image.

A data presentation tool which integrates a map viewer and a seriation matrix to help users better perceive and interpret spatially-related information. Seriation is the process of looking for univariate sequences in data, such as the chronological order of pottery shards at an archeological site;

Efforts to build an experimental testbed for the immersive representation of a large data archive, based on spatial metaphors;

Presenters
Corinne Jorgensen, Peter Jorgensen, Sara Fabrikant, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Creating an Immersive Information Space Based on a Spatial Metaphor
Myke Gluck , Florida State University
Visualization of Spatial Data Using Multi-Dimensional Matrices With Maps
Mark Rorvig, University of North Texas
The Relationship Between TREC Topic Dispersion in a Visual Field and Overall TREC System Performance
Lixin Yu, Florida State University
Visualization of Users' Information Needs in Cartographic Information Retrieval
Youngok Choi , University of Pittsburgh
Users' Relevance Criteria in Image Retrieval in American History

Moderator
Efthimis Efthimiadis, University of Washington

Innovative Computer-Based Medical Knowledge Resources for Primary Care
(SIG MED)

Overview

Physicians need to keep pace with the latest medical breakthroughs in order to give their patients the highest possible level of care. In recent years, though, medical discoveries have been coming at an astonishing rate. In the few spare hours that they have each week between treating patients physicians have to try to keep up with a torrent of medical literature covering a broad array of topics and then apply this information to the day-to-day selecting of tests and treatments. To stay afloat physicians need more than just user-friendly search interfaces, reference works on CD-ROM or even skilled clinical medical librarians. What they require is accessible, interactive, high-quality, computer-based resources with concise, evidence-rated medical information directly relevant to patient care. They also need cost- and time-effective access to clinically-relevant continuing education resources. In this session speakers will examine three innovative projects that seek to address these information needs.

You Will Learn About

An effort to identify the information needs of health care providers and to evaluate access barriers to the use of evidence-based knowledge resources in outpatient settings. The goal of the project is to design a standardized assessment method to aid in developing a successful information systems strategy for integrating knowledge resources into clinical practice;

P-Chip, a dynamic, updateable Web-based resource that provides primary care physicians with evidence-rated, clinically-relevant information about topics such as diabetes and hypertension. Physicians can specify study type, evidence quality and subtopics such as diagnosis, treatment, complications, etc.

Primary Care Ground Rounds, a Web-based system that provides physicians with access to "live" medical seminars in the comfort of their office without having to travel to remote locations or take valuable time away from their practice. Primary Ground Rounds is linked to P-Chip.

Presenters
Debra Revere, University of Washington
PrimeAnswers: Knowledge at the Point of Primary Care
Dr. Russell Maulitz, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine
P-CHIP: The Primary Care Health Information Project
Arnold Smolen, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine
Primary Care Grand Rounds

Moderator
Katherine McCain, Drexel University

 3:30 pm

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
(SIGs IA, USE)

Overview

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was established in 1994 to develop common protocols to promote the evolution of the Web and to ensure its interoperability. Today, W3C has more than 430 member organizations from around the world and it has earned international recognition for its contribution to the growth of the Web. This session will provide an overview of the work being done at W3C and its potential impact on the future of the Web.

You Will Learn About

W3C's 30+ working groups, which have produced technical specifications that serve as the foundation of web technology, including HTML, XML, CSS and over 20 other Web standards that provide graphics, multimedia, privacy, digital signatures, metadata and other technologies critical to the Web;

Recent achievements by W3C and plans for the future.

Presenter
Janet Daly, World Wide Web Consortium

Largest Living Library

Overview

Steve Coffman's controversial proposal to create the "Earth's Largest Library"—a mega virtual library based on the Amazon.com model—has generated a great deal of discussion in the library and information science community. In this session the speaker will explain the proposal and evaluate its merits.

You Will Learn About

Details regarding the proposed library;

The speaker's concerns about the proposal, including issues related to privacy, censorship, scope, costs, legal aspects, collection development, and library mission.

Presenter
Teresa McGervey, National Technical Information Service
Haven't We Been Here Before? Some Comments on Steve Coffman's Proposal for "Earth's Largest Library"
Additional speaker(s) TBA

Innovations in Scholarly Electronic Journals: The Challenge From Nontraditional STM Publishers
(SIG PUB)

Overview

Increasingly, nontraditional publishers, such as societies and associations, are taking advantage of the World Wide Web to offer low-cost electronic alternatives to expensive, printed, scientific, technical and medical journals. In this session speakers will examine the rise of electronic scholarly journals and the implications of this new format for libraries.

You Will Learn About

Evolving pricing and licensing models for electronic journals;

The growing divergence between print and electronic journals, including an examination of some of the additional services offered by electronic journals, such as selective dissemination of information, alerting services, and bibliographic citation management;

The library's role in a networked journal environment and the extent to which libraries will participate in publisher innovations.

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, an initiative of the Association of Research Libraries aimed at increasing competition in the publishing of scientific journals by creating partnerships with publishers who are developing high-quality, economical alternatives to existing high price publications.

Presenters
Kent Anderson, director of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Division of Medical Journals and Professional Periodicals
Peter Boyce , executive officer of the American Astronomical Society
Julie Blixrud, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
Bob Donohue, Technical Information Specialist, DOE, OSTI

Moderator
Heting Chu, Palmer School of Library & Information Science

Emerging Technologies for Distance Education: The Use of CourseInfo and WebCT for Course and Information Delivery

Overview

In the past three years there has been a remarkable increase in the number of colleges and universities offering students distance education through Web-based courses. For administrators and students distance education is a godsend addressing a wide range of problems related to space, resources, parking and scheduling. From the faculty's viewpoint, though, distance education is not quite so exciting. It means more preparation, working with unproven and undependable technology with arcane rules, and very little support for instruction. In this session speakers will discuss some state-of-the-art software programs designed to ease the burden of distance-learning on faculty members, speed the migration to e-classes and offer new and useful management tools for the virtual classroom.

You Will Learn About

Web course development programs, including a direct comparison of two industry leaders, CourseInfo and WebCT.

A study of a pilot program in which undergraduate and graduate courses are being taught through a combination of distance learning—using Blackboard CourseInfo—and face-to-face meetings. The goal of the study is to determine if the combination can ease student fears about distance education—related to the lack of interaction with others—and smooth their transition to online learning.

How CourseInfo software can be used as a vehicle to integrate a variety of resources and activities into classes. The USC Center for Scholarly Technology has used CourseInfo to develop a series of portable modules that faculty may easily import into classes. These modules include webliographies that reference electronic resources and library instruction; pools of standardized questions and procedures for administering an anonymous mid-course evaluation; and recommended policies for conducting virtual office hours where student questions and instructor responses are automatically available and searchable by students.

Presenters
Martha Smith, Long Island University
Higher Tech/Higher Touch: Easing the Transition from Face-to-Face to Online
Thomas Terrell, University of South Florida
Vicki Gregory, University of South Florida
Sue Gautsch, University of Southern California
Extending CourseInfo: Tools for Library Instruction and Mid-Course Evaluations

Moderator
Karen Howell, University of Southern California

Information Seeking in Industrial R&D
(Contributed Papers)

Collen Cool, Queens College, City University of New York and Hong (Iris) Xie, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Patterns of Information Use, Avoidance and Evaluation in a Corporate Engineering Environment
Sandra Hirsh , Hewlett-Packard Company
Information Needs, Information Seeking, and Communication in an Industrial R&D Environment
Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University
Electronic Commerce, Digital Information and the Firm