SUNDAY, May 23, 1999
6:00-7:00 p.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS: CLIFFORD LYNCH
7:00-9:00 p.m. All conference reception

MONDAY, May 24, 1999
 

8:30-10:00 a.m.   EVALUATION OF RESOURCES: Contributed Papers   Fallis, Don How to Make Information on the Internet More Verifiable.   Middleton, Michael and S. Edwards Development of an Internet Site Evaluation Tool for Use by Information Management Students   Rachael Bower Ongoing Evaluation of Internet Resources: Policies and Procedures	8:30-10:00 a.m.   IMPACT AND USE: Contributed Papers   Zhang, Ping and Jiangping Chen What is Web Usability Anyway? A Conceptual Study on Usability in the Web Environment  Evans, Mark and Paul Wormald "Beam It Up Scotty" – Industrial Designers Using Networks to Design and Distribute Products  Klobas, Jane E. The Role of User Evaluation in Design and Ongoing Development of a WWW Browser-based Interface to Library and Networked Information Resources at the University of Western Australia	8:30-10:00 a.m.   DISTANCE EDUCATION: Contributed Papers   Gregory, Vicki L. and James Carey  Web-based Course Delivery: The Effect of the Medium on Student Perceptions of Learning and Their Use of Library-based Resources  Oh, Sam G. Evaluating a Gateway to Faculty Syllabi (GFS) on the Internet.
10:30 a.m.-noon	10:30 a.m.-noon   METRICS   Measurement and Evaluation Of Federated Digital Libraries Moderator: Larry Lannom	10:30 a.m.-noon   IMPACT AND USE   Networked Resources for Environmental Decision Making (SIG IFP, STI) Moderator: Gail Hodge
noon-1:30 p.m.   LUNCH	noon-1:30 p.m.   LUNCH	noon-1:30 p.m.   LUNCH
1:30-3:00 p.m.       ß---------------------------------	1:30-3:00 p.m.   Plenary Session: The Importance of Evaluating Networked Information Services and Resources Peter Brophy, Ann Bishop, Ron Larsen, Moderator and Respondent: Charles R. McClure	1:30-3:00 p.m.       ----------------------------à
3:30-5:00 p.m.   COMMUNITY NETWORKS: Contributed Papers   Bishop, Ann P., Tonyia Tidline, Susan Shoemaker, and Pamela Salela CNI Research and Evaluation Activities: Methodological Issues Related to Evaluation User Needs and Outcomes Related to Community Information Systems   Schamber, Linda and Terry Sullivan Winners and Survivors: Evolution of Digital Community Networks	3:30-5:00 p.m.   EVALUATING WEB SITES   Initiatives in Evaluating Federal Websites  Moderator: Carol A. Hert	3:30-5:00 p.m.  METRICS:  Contributed Papers  Besser, Howard  Structural & Administrative Metadata for Digital Libraries: The Making of America II Project  D’Ambra, John Measuring the Impact of the WWW On Non-Work Based Tasks

TUESDAY, May 25, 1999
 

8:30-10:00 a.m.   EVALUATION OF WEB SITES: Contributed Papers   Welch, Jeanie M.  Gee- Look What We Did! Methods of Measurement and Evaluation of Departmental and Individual Web Sites in an Academic Library  Morgan, Keith North Carolina State University Libraries Evaluate the Use of Network Resources  Porter, George S., Ian Roberts, Caroline Smith, Ed Sponsler, and Judith Jo Nollar Online Journal Use in a Segment of Academe	8:30-10:00 a.m.        Fidel, Raya and Efthimis Efthimiadis; Harry Bruce; Joseph James A Research Perspective on the Users of Networked Information Resources and Services	8:30-10:00 a.m.   METHODS: Contributed Papers   Sallis, Phillip, Linda Hill, Mary Larsgaard, Kevin Lovette, Catherine Masi, and Mary-Anna Rae Alexandria Digital Library User and Use Evaluation: Experiments with a Neural Network Method for Log Data Analysis  Fieber, John Browser Caching and Web Log Analysis   Lazar, Jonathan and Jennifer Preece Sampling Methodologies for Using Electronic Surveys to Evaluate Networked Information Resources
10:30 a.m.-noon   EVALUATING WEB SITES   Evaluating the Web: A Look at Web Pages, Web Databases, and Evaluation Theory (SIG LAN, ED, IAE) Moderator: Laura K. Cousineau	10:30 a.m.-noon   METRICS   Developing Performance Measures for Networked Information Resources And Services: Issues and Prospects Moderator:Charles R. McClure	10:30 a.m.-noon   METHODS   The Next Wave of Z39.50 Implementation: Informed by Evaluation Moderator: William E. Moen
noon-1:30 p.m.   LUNCH	noon-1:30 p.m.   LUNCH	noon-1:30 p.m.   LUNCH
1:30-3:00 p.m.   METRICS: Contributed Papers   Brophy, Peter The Effective Electronic Library  Murray, Kathleen Networked Information Resources: A Review of Research Methodologies	1:30-3:00 p.m.   IMPACT AND USE   Information Use in the Professions (Proto-SIG USE) Moderator: Nancy Roderer	1:30-3:00 p.m.   IMAGES   Network Access to Visual Information: a Study of Costs and Uses (SIG AH, VIS) Moderator: Howard Besser
3:30-5:00 p.m.   COMMUNITY NETWORKS   Evaluation of Community Networks Moderator: Ann Bishop	3:30-5:00 p.m.	3:30-5:00 p.m.   IMPACT AND USE   Economics of Web-Based Information (SIG MGT, III) Moderator: Beverly Colby

WEDNESDAY, May 26, 1999
 

8:30-10:00 a.m.   IMPACT AND USE   Accessing Knowledge Through the Window: Database Providers’ Methods for Evaluating Network Interfaces (SIG CRS) Moderator: Trudi Bellardo Hahn, Ph.D	8:30-10:00 a.m.   SOCIAL ASPECTS: Contributed Papers   Ackerman, Mark S. Privacy, Electronic Commerce Resources, and the Web: An Actor-Theoretic Examination of the P3P Project  Campbell, D. Grant Texts and Users: The Relevance of Humanities-Based Theories of Text Production to the Study of Networked Information Use  Whitney, Gretchen Private Lives and Public Spaces	8:30-10:00 a.m.   IMPACT AND USE: Contributed Papers   Kim, Kyunghye Use, Users, and Usability of Academic Library Websites  Menou, Michel J., Jane Asaba, Bernard Bazirake, Vitalicy Chifwepa, Nancy J. Hafkin, and Abebe Rorissa Use, Benefits and Constraints of Electronic Communications in Africa: Lessons Learned in Trying to Assess Them
10:30 a.m.-noon   IR EVALUATION: Contributed Papers   Cole, Charles Designing Informative Information Retrieval Devices for Undergraduates Researching a Social Science Term  Newby, Gregory B. Evaluation of a Visualization System for Information Retrieval at the Front End and the Back End  Hastings, Samantha Kelly and T.J. Russell Show Me the Pictures! or Evaluation Studies of Art Image Retrieval	10:30 a.m.-noon   VERIFICATION       Authentication and Authorization: How is it Being Implemented? (SIG LAN) Moderator: Merri Beth Lavagnino	10:30 a.m.-noon   EVALUATION OF RESOURCES: Contributed Papers   Wang, Peiling  Inside the Processes of User-Web Interactions: Cognative, Affective, and Physical Behaviors: Individual Differences and System Factors  Klobas, Jane E. Networked Information Resource Use as Planned Behaviour in Context: a Reflection on the Role of Definition and Measurement in Quantitative User Studies
noon-1:00 p.m.   Conference Wrap-up: moderated by John Bertot and Carol A. Hert.		Updated:  5/20/99