In the last three years the number of domain names has increased by 600%. Government agencies continue to provide Web-based services, in some cases exclusively in electronic format. Entire network-based communities have been created to provide information and services, and to develop social spaces unbounded by geography. Indeed, the networked environment creates opportunities for service innovation, provision, distribution, and capabilities well beyond traditional means.
The development and provision of these innovative services is hindered by our limited knowledge of users and uses of networks, as well as by the lack of ongoing evaluation and assessment of networked resources. To a large degree, there is limited knowledge about users and uses of the network, nor is there much ongoing evaluation and assessment of networked information services and resources. Thus, the primary goals of the conference are to:
Program Committee:
Anne M. Buck, California Institute of Technology. buck@cco.caltech.edu
Michael Crandall, Boeing Company. Michael.Crandall@PSS.Boeing.com
Geoffrey Ford, University of Bristol. g.ford@bristol.ac.uk
Ed Fox, Virginia Tech. fox@vt.edu
Carol A. Hert, Syracuse University. cahert@mailbox.syr.edu
Paul Kantor, Rutgers University. kantorp@cs.rutgers.edu
Website Authors:
Jeffrey Pomerantz, Syracuse University. jppomera@syr.edu
Sarah Allen, Syracuse University. sealle01@syr.edu
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Last Update: 1 April 1999 |