Saturday  9:00am - 1:00pm
Finding the Right Stuff: Using and Evaluating Internet Search Engines

This seminar will give a brief overview of the evolution of subject access on the Internet and definition of search engine types and will go on to explore each type in depth. Discussion will focus on selecting appropriate tools for different needs, discovering search capabilities and making the most of the capabilities provided by typical representatives of the various types. Guidelines will be presented for evaluating search engine content, interface, ease of use, functionality, retrieval performance and presentation of results. Concluding remarks will present strategies for managing multiple search engine access and will look at important new research on subject access to networked information.

The seminar will not feature hands-on experience, but a seminar workbook will include ample materials and resources to allow participants to put knowledge to practice in their own workplaces. Examples throughout the seminar will focus on the needs of corporate information professionals.

Candy Schwartz is associate professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science, teaching courses on the applications of computers in information organization and retrieval, including a new course on information services and the WWW. She writes on optical information services, records management and information retrieval. ASIS named her Outstanding Information Science Teacher of the Year in 1994. Candy has an MLS from McGill University and PhD in information science from Syracuse University.

Law and the Internet will provide an update on the legal developments with regard to the Internet use and technology. Although time does not allow an in-depth analysis of every aspect of the law that might be implicated, the following areas will be covered: intellectual property protection regimes as well as regulation of the use of intellectual property on the Internet, criminal law developments, jurisdictional issues, contract formulation and enforcement (with particular note to "cyberwrap licenses"), freedom of speech issues and developments, and defamation and other tort issues. Recent developments in statutory and case law will be discussed and presented with the primary focus on U.S. law. However, international law developments will be covered where those have great influence in a particular area.

Mickie A. Voges is director of the Legal Information Center and an associate professor of law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. She received her MLS and JD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Texas Bar. Before joining Chicago-Kent, she was director of the Law Library and associate professor of law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and director of information services at the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin School of Law. She currently serves on the ABA Intellectual Property Section Committee on New Information Technologies. Ms. Voges has written and lectured extensively on automated legal research, intellectual property, and legal issues in information science and related to artificial intelligence.

This course will provide a sound understanding of emerging network collaboration technologies and their potential for creating a new generation of efficient, effective, distributed organizations: a) provide a framework for understanding both the technological and the social dimensions of these technologies b) show how they build upon, complement, or supersede older network tools like e-mail and the world wide web, and c) illustrate the opportunities for enhancing old or developing new information services. Discussions include: Asynchronous vs. Synchronous collaboration; Anatomy of a collaborative application - Social interaction & networking architecture; Implementation of collaborative applications; Asynchronous communication & document sharing; Approaches to Synchronous Collaboration... and more.

Upon completion, students will understand the underlying concepts of network collaboration, appreciate the potential of
technology for changing the information and communication landscape, and be able to accurately assess the value of new
products in this burgeoning field. It will enable information professionals to plan intelligently for the use of these technologies within their organizations or in creating new information services.

This course is designed for information professionals at all levels, but especially those with some involvement in or responsibility for upgrading, redesigning, or replacing their organization's information infrastructure, including its internal or its external aspects.

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of Internet and Internet technologies; hands-on experience with communication tools such as e-mail, World wide web; knowledge of common network terminology (e.g. "client/server", tcp/ip, etc.) is helpful.

Micah Beck has published and taught in most applied areas of computer science, including operating systems, fault tolerance, databases, programming languages and compilers. He has been a member of technical staff at Bell Laboratories, an industry consultant in technological strategy and has taught at Cornell University, Syracuse University and the University of Tennessee. Dr. Beck is currently assistant professor of computer science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and faculty associate to the Java SunSITE.

Terry Moore has worked, researched and lectured in networking and information technology for more than six years, first at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, then as the director of computing and communications for the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and currently Network Services Coordinator at at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Sunday, May 17

Sunday  9:00am - 5:00pm
Digital Libraries: Computer Concepts & Technologies for Managing Library Collections

This course will deal with digital libraries in which library materials, as opposed to bibliographic citations, are maintained in computer-processible formats for online access. As part of defining Digital Libraries, we'll explore the differences between digital libraries, electronic libraries and virtual libraries. We'll examine computer concepts and technologies for the management of library collections. Emphasis will be placed on two broad approaches to digital library implementations: storage of library materials as images and storage of library materials as text.

For each of these implementation approaches we'll identify the system components and requirements, discuss the typical work flows and the advantages and limitations of each approach. We'll also look at some examples of current real-life implementations.

We'll cover the issues and concerns involved in planning a digital implementation. The special problems associated with the conversion and storage of library materials will be examined in detail. We'll also cover various methods of estimating the costs associated with digital library implementations.

William Saffady is a professor in the School of Information Science and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, where he teaches courses in various aspects of information management. He is the author of over 30 books and many articles on records management, document imaging, information storage technologies, office automation, library automation and other information management topics. His most recent books include Electronic Document Imaging Systems, Optical Disks vs. Micrographics 1993 Edition and Managing Electronic Records. Two of his books, Introduction to Automation for Librarians and Micrographic Systems, are considered the standard textbooks on their subjects. In addition to teaching and writing, Dr. Saffady serves as an information management consultant, providing training and analytical services to corporations, government agencies and other organizations.

This course will look at the current realities and implications of protection of rights in the electronic environment: the Internet and World Wide Web, CD-ROM, DAT, digital video, online, etc., and how these protections influence software publishing, information publishing and multimedia production, and other forms of electronic distribution. We will survey the thorny issues associated with intellectual property in the emerging electronic world. A unique and thought-provoking role-playing exercise will illuminate issues and interests. We will examine the history of intellectual property and give a brief tutorial on the subject with emphasis on copyright.

We will cover principles and rights, fair use guidelines and the economics of proprietary rights. We will explore the impact of patents, trademarks, trade dress and trade and international issues and concerns related to moral rights, WIPO, UNESCO and Transborder Communication.

Mickie A. Voges is director of the Legal Information Center and an associate professor of law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. She received her MLS and JD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Texas Bar. Before joining Chicago-Kent, she was director of the Law Library and associate professor of law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and director of information services at the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin School of Law. She currently serves on the ABA Intellectual Property Section Committee on New Information Technologies. Ms. Voges has written and lectured extensively on automated legal research, intellectual property, and legal issues in information science and related to artificial intelligence.

This workshop will explore issues in the design, management and creation of image databases, including capture, storage, display, networking, standards, copyright and vocabulary control. Participants will learn the issues involved in creating and maintaining image databases and how to evaluate image database products. Examples will be taken from existing or prototypical image database systems used in a variety of environments. New technologies such as CD-I, CDTV and DVI will be explained.

The workshop will be primarily lecture format, liberally illustrated with slides and overhead transparencies. The workshop is aimed at the information professional with little or no knowledge of the issues involved in creating an image database. The goal of the workshop is to enable participants to understand some of the complexities and gain the knowledge needed before undertaking image database projects of their own.

Howard Besser is a frequently published author and speaker on this subject. He has consulted for a wide range of organizations, including the Getty Art History Information Program, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Italian Association for Computing Machinery and Francis Coppola's American Zoetrope. Dr. Besser has published articles on automation of image collections in JASIS and other publications. He has served on national committees grappling with issues of metadata for digital information and was a member of the Commission on Preservation & Access "Task Force on Digital Archiving." Dr. Besser received the 1995 award for Best Information Science Teacher from ASIS.

Join Howard McQueen to explore conceptual and proven technologies that can realize the power of the Internet within your organization as an intranet. One of the organizational benefits of a Knowledge Center is having a centralized access to a myriad of resources certified by in-house information professionals as containing appropriate, accurate and timely content. Discussions will focus on providing access to information resources, including Z39.50 catalogs, internal and external URLs, mailing lists, news filtering services, CD-ROMs and virtual-mounted databases.

Case studies will illustrate design standards. We'll show you how tools like CGI and JAVA can build an interactive
environment, supporting reference requests and feedback, offering self-serve ready-reference and incorporating basic and advanced search tools. Usage analysis tools will help analyze use of the Knowledge Center.

We'll show you how to keep users on your intranet page, even after they have accessed a locally mounted CD-ROM or other application. Discover how a Web browser can be the common client over the existing WAN to deliver centralized
reference/research databases branch offices. Howard will review case studies for expanding the WAN to reach remote dial-in and remote branch WAN (56K+) users. Why and how are firewalls playing an integral role in providing and prohibiting access to users and resources?

Prerequisites: Familiarity with LAN, WAN and Internet terminology and concepts will be very helpful.

Howard McQueen is president of McQueen Consulting, Inc., which provides Internet consulting and training services.

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