Information Retrieval List Digest 056 (April 5, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-056 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 5 Apr 91 09:14:16 PST Reply-To: Information Retrieval List Sender: Information Retrieval List From: IRLIST Subject: IRLIST Digest, Vol. VIII, No. 13, Issue 56 IRLIST Digest April 5, 1991 Volume VIII, Number 13 Issue 56 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meetings Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Symposium & Open House Center for Automation Research University of Maryland June 7, 1991 2. Management of Information in Science and Technology (MIST) Brussels, Belgium September 2 - November 29, 1991 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Ben Schneiderman Re: Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Symposium & Open House Center for Automation Research University of Maryland June 7, 1991 The Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory will hold a Symposium and Open House on Friday June 7, 1991 in celebration of its eighth anniversary. As usual we will serve Birthday cake. We cordially invite you to attend. During the past year we shifted from development of hypertext software to its application, refinement and evaluation. Applications of touchscreens flourished (home automation, tiny keyboards, fingerpainting programs), work continued on Programming in the User Interface, and we began work on a teleoperated pathologist's workstation. Visualization of tables of contents, boolean queries, hierarchical directories, and general tree structures (2-d planar space filling tree-maps) were also new directions for our design, prototype building, and empirical evaluations. We believe that the ideas and research results will be useful to you and hope that you can help us chart our course for the future. --Theories--Prototypes--Usability testing--Experiments-- --Hypertext--Information visualization--Collaborative Classroom-- --Graphical queries--Teleoperation--Touchscreens--Online manuals-- 8th Annual Symposium and Open House: June 7, 1991, Friday Lectures: Computer and Space Science Building, Room 2324 9:00am Welcome: Ben Shneiderman and Azriel Rosenfeld 9:15am Psychology Department HyperTools for HyperText: Supporting the use of electronic documents: Kent L. Norman Serious users of electronic documents do more than browse. They seek to use them in support of other activities such as problem solving, decision making, design generation, and planning. Yet hypertext systems have only sporadically provided tools to support users in activities other than navigating the hypertext. This presentation focuses on a cognitive needs analysis for a vast set of tools (hypertools) that assist the users of vast sets of electronic information (hypertext). Typically, the user of hypertext needs tools to plan a course of action, to find relevant information, to gather and store that information, to manipulate and analyze it, and to generate products from it. It is argued that the design and availability of such tools will be a critical determinant of the usefulness of hypertext databases beyond the browsing of novices. HyperTool examples are given for (a) activity planning using a hypertext document of tourist information and (b) anomaly resolution using hypertext technical manuals. The Application of Hypertext to Legal Reasoning: Leslie E. Carter A model of how interface design can affect human judgement is being developed and will be applied to reasoning in the domain of law. The domain of law was choosen because of its treamendous requirements for text management (a perfect task for hypertext) and because of the reasoning problems characteristic of law which require thoughtful human judgement. This research is the beginings of a dissertation study on the effects of screen design, information structure, and information access on users' attention, mental models, and the effectiveness of users' judgement when asked to solve reasoning problems. It is hoped that this research can lead to better designs for hypertext systems and for systems designed to train users' to reason more reliably. 9:50am College of Library and Information Services Multiple access methods for hypertext databases: Peter Liebscher A hypertext system (Hyperties) was used to examine the information seeking behavior of end-users in a full-text database. University undergraduates performed a number of information searches during 4 sessions lasting between 2 and 3 hours each. Four different access methods were provided, first separately and then combined. These were an alphabetical index, a conceptual index, boolean string search, and navigation of a hypertext semantic network. Participants searched for the answers to a series of fact retrieval questions of various degrees of complexity. The study examined 1. The appropriateness of access method for various tasks, 2. The learnability of the system, 3. User success, 4. User satisfaction, and 5. Ability of users to retain knowledge of system functions over time. Information seeking and learning in a large hypermedia database: Peter Evans Over the last two years we have been engaged in the evaluation of the Perseus project--a large hypermedia database containing Greek and English text, graphics, and still and motion video on ancient Greek culture. The evaluation has involved questioning the way Perseus impacts on the work of both instructors and students and also the way in which users are able to effectivly use nagivational tools to seek and use the vast amounts of information which are available within Perseus. The study draws on HCI, information science and also educational frameworks. Data which has been collected includes interviews with Perseus users and also the collection of keystroke interaction logs. Effects of user's knowledge on fulltext database searching: Xia Lin A series of experiments were conducted to study effects of user's knowledge on fulltext database searching. This report presents results from one of the experiments on comparisons of searches made by computer scientists and by librarians in a fulltext database called Computer Library. Searching and browsing behaviors of the two groups are interpreted through analysis of the verbal protocols and keystroke data. System features, including searching and browsing functions, the indexing of the database, and the user interface, will be discussed in light of our findings. 10:40am Coffee Break 11:00am Computer Science Department: Ben Shneiderman Browsing hierarchical tables of contents: An evaluation of three interfaces: Rick Chimera Three different interfaces were used to browse a medium (174 lines) and large (1296 lines) table of contents. A fully expanded stable interface, expand/contract interface, and multi-pane interface were studied in a between-subject experiment with 41 participants. Timed tasks and incidental learning tasks were performed, and subjective satisfaction ratings were collected. We found that both the expand/contract and multi-pane interfaces produced significantly faster performance times than the stable interface for large hierarchies; other advantages of e/c and m-p over the stable interface are discussed. The importance of animation characteristics of the expand/contract interface is explicated. Further research on extending the multi-pane interface will be covered. Remote direct manipulation: the case of a telepathology workstation: Catherine Plaisant Direct manipulation is traditionally described as a visual representation of the world of action with rapid, incremental and reversible actions. The objects and actions are shown continuously and feedback indicating changes is immediate. However, when devices being operated are remote, the realization of these requirements becomes a complex design problem. The main issues we recognize for remote direct manipulation are the time delays, the reduced or estimated feedback and the increased chances of breakdowns. We have been studying these problems in the context of a remotely controlled microscope system to be used by pathologists who must make diagnoses based on seeing microscopic slides of specimens. We have built prototypes and are evaluating their usability. A graphical filters/flows representation of boolean queries: Degi Young Many users have difficulty composing boolean queries with standard languages such as SQL. To overcome the difficulties in expressing complex combinations of AND, OR, and NOT, we have developed a prototype system with a graphical representation based on water flow and filters. This representation shows the filtering effect of each query component, avoiding the complications of nested parentheses and operator precedence. Design considerations, sample queries, and the results of empirical testing will be presented. A new era in touchscreen applications and predictive theories: Andrew Sears A study was conducted comparing four touchscreen keyboards ranging from 2 3/4 inches to 9 inches wide. The results were encouraging: 10 to 20 words per minute for novices, 20 to 30 WPM for experts, depending on the size of the keyboard. The results of this study will be presented with respect to a new effort to predict user performance. This effort focuses on combining perceptual, cognitive, and motor demands created by the interface to determine overall user performance. Additional studies will also be analyzed with respect to this new performance predictive theory. Gestural input and remote tele-operation are being explored. 12:15pm Wrap up and Discussion: Ben Shneiderman 12:30pm Lunch buffet - with Birthday cake! 1:30pm - 2:15pm AT&T Teaching Theater: A collaborative classroom The Interactive Lecture: Glenn Ricart Computer technology can transform the traditional lecture class into an interactive experience for the students that encourages critical thinking and active learning. In a classroom just opened at College Park, we intend to make careful use of intuitive feedback controls to allow students to have important steering effects on the lecture without disrupting its normal flow. In addition, the classroom is potentially capable of capturing a hypertext version of the lecture indexed to the student's own notes. Our Teaching Theater will have 20 high resolution monitors with AT&T 6386 computers networked together, a powerful instructor's console, a multimedia file server, and two large screen projectors to support collaborative educational experiences. 2:30pm - 5:00pm Open House demonstrations and informal discussions: Demos (Psychology): Zoology Psychology Building Room 3111 HyperTools: Helping the user gather and use information (Kent Norman) HyperQUIS ! Online Questionnaire for User Interface Satisfaction (Leslie Carter) Diagnostic problem solving and heuristics (Daniel Wallace) Demos (Library and Information Services): Hornbake Library Room 4121 Multiple access methods for hypertext databases (Peter Liebscher) Perseus: Hypermedia tool for Scholars, Instructors and Students (Peter Evans) Effects of user's knowledge on fulltext database searching (Xia Lin) Demos (Computer Science): AV Williams Building Room 4166 Toggle switches & Periodic device scheduling for home automation (Catherine Plaisant) Data visualization with treemaps: Planar 2-D color & size coded representations of tree structures (Brian Johnson & Ram Naresh Singh) Touchscreen keyboards: From big to tiny (Andrew Sears) Hyperties database in a kiosk: Computer Science Department Introduction (Chris Williamson) A filter/flow model of graphical boolean queries (Degi Young) Interfaces for browsing hierarchies in Open Windows (Richard Chimera) Demos (Teaching Theater): Engineering Building 3140 AT&T Teaching Theater: (Walt Gilbert & Ellen Yu) Videotape: Registrants will receive a 1-hour VHS videotape containing reports on HCIL projects: 1. Scheduling home control devices 2. Touchscreen toggle design & small keyboards 3. Three interfaces for browsing tables of contents 4. Pie menu variations 5. PlayPen II: A novel fingerpainting program 6. Home automation overview Technical Reports and Handouts: Registrants will receive a set of recent HCIL technical reports plus copies of slides used in the morning lectures. Registration Information: Full fee includes catered lunch, videotape, technical reports, and handouts: Advance registration up to May 17 $ 90 Late registration after May 17 $130 University faculty & staff fee includes catered lunch, videotape, technical reports, and handouts: Advance registration up to May 17 $ 60 Late registration after May 17 $100 Special arrangements can be made for groups from a single organization. A limited number of free registrations (without materials or lunch) will be granted to full-time undergraduate and graduate students. Please apply in writing prior to May 17. Payment should be in checks made out to the University of Maryland. Your check is your receipt. We cannot accept charge cards, purchase orders, or cash. Parking: A four story parking garage is available. If you enter campus from Route #1 onto Campus Drive, go to the circle with the big "M" in the middle, then go right at Regents Drive. The garage will be on your left. Yellow capped meters on the First and Second Levels allow up to 8-hours parking at 50 cents/hour (bring quarters!). The Computer Science Building is just across the street. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For planning purposes we would like your response by May 17. Thank you. Please enclose checks made out to the UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. Name: ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ Mail to: Mildred Johnson Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Department of Computer Science University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 College Park, MD 20742 ********** I.A.2. Fr: P. Nieuwenhuysen Re: Management of Information in Science and Technology (MIST) Brussels, Belgium September 2 - November 29, 1991 INVITATION to participate to training activities and courses organised during the 3-month period 2 September 1991 - 29 November 1991 in Brussels, BELGIUM: MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ( M I S T ) with an emphasis on information related to water and the environment Approved by: the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) Sponsored by: the Belgian General Administration of Cooperation for Development (ABOS) and by the Unesco International Hydrological Programme (IHP) COSTS: - Free of charge(!) for participants from developing countries. - Others pay a fee for the right to participate during the whole period (30,000 Belgian Francs = about 1000 US$) or to particular items selected from the programme. (1000 Belgian Francs per day = about 30 US$) - Participants pay themselves for travel, meals, and housing. The following text is an electronic mail version of a similar leaflet which we can send on request: CONTACT: Tel. ++32-2-641 24 29 (preferably first half of the week), Fax ++32-2-641 22 82, Telex 61051 vubco-b, E-mail (Internet): PNIEUWEN@RC1.VUB.AC.BE Mail: P. Nieuwenhuysen or P. Vanouplines MIST University Library 318B Free University Brussels Pleinlaan 2 B - 1050 Brussels BELGIUM COURSE CONTENTS: (Theory - seminars - individual work - ...) - Introduction to the Unesco International Hydrological Programme. - Orientation tour of the University Library. - Orientation tour of the Laboratory of Hydrology. - Introduction to microcomputer systems: software and hardware. - Microcomputer operating systems. - The flow of information. - Text editing, word processing, and presentation of information. - Bibliographic descriptions. - Exchanging bibliographic data. - Subject classification schemes; thesauri; ... - Telematics. - Online information retrieval. - CD-ROM. - Bibliographic databases related to water and the environment. - Downloading of information. - Software packages for local storage and retrieval of bibliographic information, including the Unesco Micro - CDS/ISIS package. - Bibliometrics-informetrics and quantitative methods in information science. - Library automation. - Online Public Access Catalogues (OPACs). - Interlibrary lending and cooperation. - Document collection development. - Information networks, electronic mail, computer mediated communication. - Marketing of information and documentation. - Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS) - ... STUDY VISITS: - International Reference Centre (IRC) for Water Supply and Sanitation (The Hague - The Netherlands). - Library of the University of Antwerp (U.I.A.) + Inter-university Postgrauate School for Information and Library Science at the University of Antwerp. - Documentation centre of the national asssociation for the prevention of accidents. - Information service of the Geology Department of the Royal Museum on Africa in Tervuren near Brussels. - ... PERSONAL PROJECT: Related to the trainee's personal interest, based on the newly acquired knowledge. LOCATION: The training is mainly organized at the University Library of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), close to the rich cultural city of Brussels, Belgium. The participants will have the opportunity to participate also free of charge to the 2-day 3rd International Seminar on the Management of Information Related to Water and the Environment, also in Brussels, on 14-15 November 1991, organised in the framework of the Unesco IHP. Previous seminars were organised in London, England (1989) and in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (1990). LANGUAGE USED: English. GRANTS: 15 grants can be awarded for travel and accommodation by the Belgian General Administration of Cooperation for Development (ABOS) to participants from developing countries. AIMS: - To stimulate the use of internationally available information systems (Which systems are available and how to use them?). - To stimulate the development of local and national information and documentation systems (How to develop a document collection? How to build a bibliographic data base?). CONTRIBUTORS: Information-experts, librarians and engineers from Belgium, The Netherlands, England, Yugoslavia and Unesco. ORGANIZERS: - Dr. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Science and Technology Librarian, and Head of Information and Documentation - Frank Provost, hydrologist, information specialist - Patrick Vanouplines, hydrologist, course assistant and secretariat. Participants will obtain a certificate at the end of their training. The Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB): The university campus is located just outside the centre of the city, and can easily be reached by Metro (subway). tram and bus. The UNIVERSITY LIBRARY offers - more than 200,000 books and 3000 journals - CD-ROM facilities - access to external databanks and networks - the computerized library information management system VUBIS - advice on hard- and software - for word processing - communication via networks - storage and retrieval of structured textual information - etc. ... 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Authors assume full responsibility for the contents of their submissions to IRLIST. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Apr 91 09:49:50 PST Reply-To: Information Retrieval List Sender: Information Retrieval List From: IRLIST Subject: IRLIST Digest, Vol. VIII, No. 14, Issue 57 IRLIST Digest April 8, 1991 Volume VIII, Number 14 Issue 57 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. Canadian Association for Information Science 1991 Annual Conference Guelph, Ontario, Canada May 22-24, 1991 B. Publications Announcements 1. Ellis Horwood Series in Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Concepts 2. Library and Information Science Research Electronic Conference (LIBRES) ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: B. Katz Re: Canadian Association for Information Science 1991 Annual Conference Guelph, Ontario, Canada May 22-24, 1991 THEME: Networked Nations: the Emerging Meganets Telecommunications and computer networking have covered the world in a pervasive global network. Users of these massive, interlinked networks have unprecedented access to a vast array of people and resources. While the current capabilities of the meganets are impressive, they pale beside even their short-term prospects. The Networked Nations conference will explore these developments and provide a challenging forum for learning and exploration. The Conference will consist of a 1 day tutorial on computer networks, with emphasis on the existing academic networks (Netnorth, Bitnet, EARN, etc.) and their capabilities. Following the tutorial there will be two days of presentations, panel discussions and contributed papers. Preliminary Program Wednesday, May 22, 1991 9:00 - 10:00 Registration/Coffee in School of Landscape Architecture 10:00 - 17:00 Vivek Khindria, Network Analyst, McMaster University. A Novice's Tutorial on Academic Networking. 19:00 - 20:30 Small Group follow-up sessions Thursday, May 23, 1991 8:30 - 9:15 Registration/Coffee in School of Landscape Architecture 9:15 - 9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:30 - 10:30 Keynote Speaker: Paul Peters, Director, Coalition for Networked Information. Networked Nations: An American Perspective 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee 11:00 - 12:00 Keynote Speaker: Alan MacDonald, Director, Information Services and University Libraries, University of Calgary Networked Nations: A Canadian Perspective 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:00 Keynote Speaker: unconfirmed 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee 15:30 - 17:00 Summary and panel discussion. Friday, May 24, 1991 9:00 - 10:30 - Session #1 Contributed Papers Albert Tash McGill University Communication of Research Results Across a Physics Network Rory O'Brien The Web. Association of Progressive Communication (APC) Networks: Linking Social Change Activists World Wide 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee 11:00 - 12:00 AGM 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:30 - Session #2 Contributed Papers Michael Ridley McMaster University. The Public Access Computer Systems Review: An Electronic Journal Ron Davies Information Documentation Systems Consultant. The Management of Mailing Lists as a Corporate Information Resource S. Raman Venkataraman University of British Columbia. Information System Development in India. 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee 16:00 - 17:00 - Session #3 Contributed Papers John Nash University of Ottawa Mary Nash Nash Associates. Matching Risk to Cost in Computer File Back-up Strategies. Chun Wei Choo University of Toronto. Towards an Information Model of Organizations. REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Please check the appropriate Box(es) below and enclose your cheque or Money Order payable to CAIS/ACSI CONFERENCE '91: Mail To: Ellen Pearson Library University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1 Canada Conference Conference Workshop Workshop Only Only =============================================================== CAIS Member [ ] $210. [ ] $120. [ ] $90. Non-Member [ ] $255. [ ] $135. [ ] $120. Student or [ ] $140. [ ] $50. [ ] $90. Senior or Unwaged Day Rate/May 23 [ ] $75. Day Rate/May 24 [ ] $75. BBQ ticket (May 23 evening) (day registrants only) [ ] $25. Lunch is provided on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, for full and day registrants. A BBQ dinner is provided on Thursday evening for those registered for the full Conference. The cost of these meals is included in your registration fee. ACCOMMODATION: 1. Campus Residences only: Rooms are available in Campus Residences at the following rates: Single: $27.50/night (+ 7% GST, 5% PST) Double: $22.95/night (+ 7% GST, 5% PST) On arrival, you may check into your room at Lambton Hall Porter's Desk, which is open 24 hours a day. To reserve a room, please indicate which nights you wish: Single Double ================================== May 21, 1990 [ ] [ ] May 22, 1990 [ ] [ ] May 23, 1990 [ ] [ ] May 24, 1990 [ ] [ ] If requesting a double room, and sharing with another Conference attendee, please indicate that person's name, so that we may keep the number of reservations straight. ________________________________________ (sharing with) 2. MOTELS: (please make your own bookings) Single Rate/night ======================== Biltmore Inn (519) 822-9112 $59.63 (taxes .incl.) College Inn (519) 836-1240 $78.40 " " Holiday Inn (519) 836-0231 $89.60 " " Airport limousine service to Guelph $44.00 return trip Red Car (519) 824-9344 (quote special conference rate for CAIS/ACSI) ********** I.B.1. Fr: Simon Tait Re: Ellis Horwood Series in Artificial Intelligence Foundations and Concepts Series Editor: Dr Ajit Narayanan, Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter. TOWARDS A THEORY OF COGNITION AND COMPUTING J GERARD WOLFF, School of Electronic Engineering Science, University of Wales, Bangor. E-mail: gerry@sees.bangor.ac.uk. This important book describes an innovative theory of knowledge developed by the author which promises new insights in cognition and computing. The book, which is relevant to several different fields, comprises a selection of previously published articles by Dr Gerry Wolff together with new chapters. The SP theory grew out of attempts to understand how a child learns his or her first language. A computer model which is based on the theory and which is described in the book provides explanations for many observations of children learning to talk. The concept of 'efficiency' in the use of information - which has a precise definition in the theory - provides a bridge between language learning and computing. Possible applications of the theory in computing include: - logic and logical deduction - probabilistic inference - automatic inductive learning - natural language processing - pattern recognition - automatic planning - information storage and retrieval - formal specification of software - object-oriented design - configuration management - project management. A new kind of computing system with a simple but powerful computer language is being developed by the author, based on the theory. A prototype of the system is described in the book with examples of the kinds of things it can do. The expected benefits of a mature SP system - in knowledge management, software engineering and artificial intelligence - are also described. CONTENTS: Introduction; Learning a first language; The SNPR model; The SP theory; A prototype of the SP system; The expected benefits of a mature SP system; The SP language in project management. READERSHIP: researchers, students and others with an interest in one or more of cognitive science, computing, software engineering, artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, theoretical linguistics, philosophy. PUBLISHERS: Ellis Horwood (Chichester) - Simon & Schuster International Group. PUBLICATION DATE: February 1991. ORDERING: Through any bookseller. ISBN 0-13-925025-5. In case of difficulty order from: International Book Distributors, 66 Wood Lane End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 4RG, UK. Tel: +44 442 231555. Fax: +44 442 255618. ********** II.B.2 Fr: Diane Kovacs Re: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Conference (LIBRES) LIBRES is an electronic conference designed to foster library and information science research and support the development of our knowledge base. This forum will serve as a professional networking and information source. We will share ideas, solutions and experiences. LIBRES will include discussions of research in progress, reviews of research, queries and responses from participants, and conference announcements. LIBRES will be distributed weekly as editorial staffing allows. All editors are volunteers on the LIBRES Project. Subscription is open to anyone interested. All participants will be asked to submit a biography form before being added to the list. Completed biographies will be available on the LIBRES fileserver and via anonymous ftp from ksuvxa.kent.edu for review by LIBRES participants in order to facilitate identifying others with similar research interests. You may subscribe to LIBRES by sending a subscribe command by interactive message or by e-mail. To subscribe by interactive message, send the command: "SUB LIBRES YourFirstname YourLastname" to LISTSERV@KENTVM. For example: IBM VM CMS users would enter tell listserv at kentvm "sub LIBRES YourFirstname YourLastname" VAX VMS users would enter send listserv@kentvm "sub LIBRES YourFirstname YourLastname You may also subscribe by sending an e-mail message to LISTSERV@KENTVM or if your account is on the internet send to LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU, with the following command as the text of the message. SUB LIBRES YourFirstname YourLastname You must leave the subject line *empty* and please don't include any extra text as a machine will read this not a human (at first). EDITORS@KENTVM or EDITORS@KENTVM.KENT.EDU is the address to which to send submissions and questions about the LIBRES Conference. The Co-Editors are: Diane Kovacs dkovacs@kentvm dkovacs@kentvm.kent.edu Tom Froehlich tfroehli@kentvm tfroehli@kentvm.kent.edu Julie McDaniel jmcdanie@kentvm jmcdanie@kentvm.kent.edu Amey Park apark@kentvm apark@kentvm.kent.edu Barbara Schloman bschloma@kentvm bschloma@kentvm.kent.edu Ellen Detlefsen ellen@pittvms ellen@idis.lis.pitt.edu Rosemary Dumont rdumont@kentvm rdumont@kentvm.kent.edu ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. Send subscription requests to: LISTSERV@UCCVMA.BITNET Send submissions to IRLIST to: IR-L@UCCVMA.BITNET Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch lynch@postgres.berkeley.edu calur@uccmvsa.bitnet Mary Engle engle@cmsa.berkeley.edu meeur@uccmvsa.bitnet Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.bitnet The IRLIST Archives will be set up for anonymous FTP, and the address will be announced in future issues. These files are not to be sold or used for commercial purposes. Contact Mary Engle or Nancy Gusack for more information on IRLIST. The opinions expressed in IRLIST do not represent those of the editors or the University of California. Authors assume full responsibility for the contents of their submissions to IRLIST. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 16 Apr 91 10:32:35 PST Reply-To: Information Retrieval List Sender: Information Retrieval List From: IRLIST Subject: IRLIST Digest, Vol. VIII, No. 15, Issue 58 IRLIST Digest April 16, 1991 Volume VIII, Number 15 Issue 58 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. Association for Computational Linguistics 1991 Annual Meeting University of California, Berkeley, California June 17-21, 1991 2. Workshop Announcement: CD-ROMS and Collection Development Kent State University, Kent, Ohio July 11-13, 1991 3. Workshop Announcement: Automating the Library Kent State University, Kent, Ohio August 5-9, 1991 4. Second Call: 2nd ASIS SIG/CR Workshop on Classification Research Washington, DC October 27, 1991 5. HICSS -25: Architectural and Operating System Support for Persistent Object Systems Kauai, Hawaii January 7-10, 1992 II. QUERIES B. Requests for Information 1. Full Text Corpuses ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Don Walker Re: Association for Computational Linguistics 29th Annual Meeting University of California, Berkeley, California June 17-21, 1991 The program for the Annual Meeting itself, which will take place on 19-21 June, features papers on all aspects of computational linguistics. Two invited lectures will be given during the meeting: "Linguistic Problems and Extra-Linguistic Problems in Machine Translation" by Jun-ichi Tsujii, UMIST; and "Word Meaning: Starting where the MRDs Stop" by Charles Fillmore, University of California, Berkeley and Sue Atkins, Oxford University Press. In addition, there are a special set of Student Sessions featuring papers that describe `work in progress' so that students can receive feedback from other members of the computational linguistics community. The Annual Meeting is preceded on 18 June by a set of tutorials: "Natural Language Generation" by Kathleen McCoy and Johanna Moore; "Intonation in Spoken Language Systems" by Julia Hirschberg; "Computational Linguistics Methodologies for Humanities Computing" by Nancy M. Ide; and "Machine Translation: An In-Depth Tutorial" by Jaime Carbonell and Yorick Wilks. There are also three preconference workshops: (1) "Lexical Semantics and Knowledge Representation" (17 June), sponsored by the ACL Special Interest Group on the Lexicon (SIGLEX). For more information, contact James Pustejovsky, Computer Science Department, Ford Hall, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110, USA; (+1-617)736-2709; jamesp@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu. (2) Reversible Grammar in Natural Language Processing (17 June), sponsored by the ACL Special Interest Groups on Generation (SIGGEN) and Parsing (SIGPARSE). For more information, contact Tomek Strzalkowski, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 715 Broadway, Room 704, New York, NY 10003, USA; (+1-212)998-3496; tomek@cs.nyu.edu. (3) Evaluation of Natural Language Processing Systems (18 June). For more information, contact Jeannette G. Neal, Calspan Corporation, P.O. Box 400, Buffalo, NY 14225, USA; (+1-716)631-6844; neal@cs.buffalo.edu. Lexical Semantics and Knowledge Representation CONFERENCE INFORMATION The Program Committee was chaired by Douglas Appelt, SRI International. The Tutorials were organized by Cecile Paris, USC/ISI. The exhibits and demonstrations are being arranged by Sandra Newton, Brown Bear Consulting, 3842 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA; (+1-415)856-6506; newton@decwrl.dec.com. Local arrangements are being handled by Peter Norvig, Division of Computer Science, University of California, 573 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (+1-415)642-9533; norvig@teak.berkeley.edu. For program and registration brochures and other information on the conference and on the ACL more generally, contact Don Walker (ACL), Bellcore, MRE 2A379, 445 South Street, Box 1910, Morristown, NJ 07960-1910, USA; (+1 201)829-4312; walker@flash.bellcore.com. ********** I.A.2. Fr: SLIS, Kent State Re: Workshop Announcement: CD-ROMS and Collection Development Kent State University, Kent, Ohio July 11-13, 1991 CD-ROMS AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Dates & Times: Thursday -Saturday July 11-13, 1990 (Thursday 6-9 p.m., Friday & Saturday 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) Credits & Costs: 1 credit hour; $133.75 graduate only Parking: $2.50 Location: Kent State University, Kent OH Instructor: Jeff Gatten, Head of Collection Management, Kent State University Libraries This workshop will equip participants with the ability to develop a realistic methodology for building a library collection of CD-ROM resources. Participants will understand the advantages and disadvantages of CD-ROM technology, understand various methods of financing CD-ROMs, be able to write a CD-ROM collection development policy, and be able to systematically evaluate the usefulness of various CD-ROM products. To register, call the College of Continuing Studies, 216-672-3100. Presented by the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 216-672-2718. (cslibshp@kentvm) ********** I.A.3. Fr: SLIS, Kent State Re: Workshop Announcement: Automating the Library AUTOMATING THE LIBRARY Dates & Times: Mon.-Fri. August 5- 9 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Credits & Costs: 2 credit hours; $267.50 graduate only Parking: $5.00 Location: Kent State University, Kent OH Instructor: Greg Byerly, Associate Professor, School of Library Science, Kent State University This workshop will take you step-by-step through the process of planning for automation beginning with an assessment of your local environment, resources,and needs, the evaluation of currently available technology, development of a budget and an RFP, selection of hardware and software, and planning for staffing and services. Emphasis is on integrated library systems for public and academic libraries. Evaluation of workshop participants will be based on attendance and participation in discussions, completion of readings and of individual and group assignments. To register, call the College of Continuing Studies, 216-672-3100. Presented by the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 216-672-2718. (cslibshp@kentvm) ********** I.A.4. Fr: Susanne Humphrey Re: Second Call: ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop Re: Second Call: ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop Washington, DC October 27, 1991 2nd ASIS Workshop on Classification Research Organized by the ASIS Special Interest Group on Classification Research (SIG/CR) Call for Participation The American Society for Information Science Special Interest Group on Classification Research (ASIS SIG/CR) invites submissions for the 2nd ASIS Classification Research (CR) Workshop, to be held at the 54th Annual Meeting of ASIS in Washington, DC. The Workshop will take place Sunday, October 27th, 1991, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ASIS '91 continues through Thursday, October 31. The CR Workshop is designed to be an exchange of ideas among those engaged in active research or practice in the creation, development, management, representation, display, comparison, compatibility, theory, and application of classification schemes. Emphasis will be on semantic classification, in contrast to statistically-based schemes. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Warrant for concepts in classification schemes. - Concept acquisition. - Basis for semantic classes. - Automated techniques to assist in creating classification schemes. - Statistical techniques used for developing explicit, nonstatistically-based semantic classes. - Relations and their properties. - Inheritance and subsumption. - Knowledge representation schemes. - Classification algorithms. - Procedural knowledge in classification schemes. - Reasoning with classification schemes. - Reasoning with classification schemes. - Software for managing classification schemes. - Data structures and programming languages for classification schemes. - Comparison and compatibility between classification schemes. - Previously-named topics, highlighting specific applications such as subject analysis, database navigation, information retrieval, natural language understanding, expert systems, and image processing. The CR Workshop welcomes submissions from various disciplines. Attendance will be by invitation only. Those interested in participating are invited to submit a short (1-2 page single-spaced) position paper, summarizing their substantive work in the above areas or other areas related to semantic classification schemes, and a statement briefly outlining the reason for wanting to participate in the workshop. Submissions may include background papers as attachments. Those selected as presenters will be invited to submit expanded versions of their position papers and to speak to those papers in brief presentations during the workshop. All position papers (both expanded and short papers) will be published in proceedings to be distributed prior to the workshop. The workshop registration fee is $30.00 per person, and includes a copy of the proceedings and lunch and refreshments. Submissions should be sent by email, or diskette accompanied by paper copy, or paper copy only (fax or postal), to arrive by May 1, 1991, to Barbara Kwasnik: Barbara Kwasnik, Co-Chair Raya Fidel, Co-Chair School of Information Studies Graduate School of Library and 4-206 Ctr for Science and Technol Information Science Syracuse University University of Washington, FM-30 Syracuse, NY 13244 Seattle, WA 98195 I'net: bkwasnik@suvm.acs.syr.edu I'net: fidelr@vax1.u.washington.edu Phone: (315) 443-2911 Phone: (206) 543-1888 Fax: (315) 443-5806 ********** I.A.5. Fr: David Koch Re: HICSS - 25: Architectural and Operating System Support for Persistent Object Systems Persistent object systems are systems which support the creation and manipulation of objects in a uniform manner, regardless of how long they persist. This is in direct contrast with conventional systems where temporary objects are created and manipulated using one mechanism (typically programming language data structures) and permanent objects are maintained using a different mechanism (usually a filestore). The unification of temporary and permanent objects yields systems which are both smaller and potentially more efficient than conventional systems, whilst providing a platform for the development of large, data intensive applications. Since persistent systems have vastly different requirements from conventional systems in terms of store management it is unreasonable to expect conventional architectures and operating systems to provide an appropriate platform. The Emerging Technologies Track of HICSS-25 will contain a special set of sessions concentrating on architectural and operating system support for persistent object systems. The presentations in this minitrack will provide a forum to discuss advances in theory and practice in this important emerging area. This minitrack may be seen to complement a minitrack in the software track on seen to complement a minitrack in the software track on persistent object systems. The latter will concentrate more on higher level software issues. The organisers of the two minitracks will co- ordinate submissions and so papers on borderline topics may be sent to either minitrack. Papers are invited that may be practical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which are published by the Computer Society of the IEEE and possibly also in a special issue of a professional society journal. HICSS-25 is sponsored by the University of Hawaii in cooperation with the ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, and the Pacific Research Institute for Information Systems and Management (PRIISM). Submissions are solicited on the following topics: * Persistent architectures * Large virtual memory management * Addressing and address translation for persistent systems * Fault tolerance and reliability * Distribution mechanisms * Operating system support * Architectural/OS Support for object-oriented languages INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS Manuscripts should be 22-25 typewritten, double-spaced pages in length. Please do not send submissions that are significantly shorter or longer than this. Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript will be subjected to a rigorous refereeing process. Manuscripts should have a title page that includes the title of the paper, full name(s) of author(s), affiliation(s), complete postal and electronic mail address(es), telephone number(s), and a 300-word abstract of the paper. DEADLINES * A 300-word abstract is due by April 18, 1991. * Feedback to author concerning abstract by April 30, 1991. * Six copies of the manuscript are due by June 5, 1991. * Notification of accepted papers by August 30, 1991. * Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, are due by October 1, 1991. SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO Associate Professor John Rosenberg, Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, N.S.W. 2308, Australia. Phone: +61 49 216085 FAX: +61 49 601712 Email: johnr@cs.newcastle.edu.au - -- David Koch, Technical Manager Department of Computer Science, University of Newcastle, NSW, 2308 Ph: +61 49 21 6080 (direct), +61 49 21 2034 (sec.) Fax: +61 49 601 712 ********************************************************** II. QUERIES II.B.1. Fr: Hanhwe N. Kim Re: Full Text Corpuses Hi, I am trying to find some recent and up-to-date full text corpuses to perform information retrieval upon. Are there any that are downloadable through ftp anywhere? Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Han Kim Information Science Univ. of Pittsburgh ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. Send subscription requests to: LISTSERV@UCCVMA.BITNET Send submissions to IRLIST to: IR-L@UCCVMA.BITNET Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch lynch@postgres.berkeley.edu calur@uccmvsa.bitnet Mary Engle engle@cmsa.berkeley.edu meeur@uccmvsa.bitnet Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.bitnet The IRLIST Archives will be set up for anonymous FTP, and the address will be announced in future issues. These files are not to be sold or used for commercial purposes. Contact Mary Engle or Nancy Gusack for more information on IRLIST. The opinions expressed in IRLIST do not represent those of the editors or the University of California. Authors assume full responsibility for the contents of their submissions to IRLIST. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 12:20:34 PST Reply-To: Information Retrieval List Sender: Information Retrieval List From: IRLIST Subject: IRLIST Digest, Vol. VIII, No. 16, Issue 59 IRLIST Digest April 18, 1991 Volume VIII, Number 16 Issue 59 ********************************************************** Subscribers: Two issues this week since I'm away all next week. I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. ICAME '91: Corpus ResearchOpen Day Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England May 9, 1991 2. Reminder Call for Papers: Workshop on Language and Information Processing Washington, DC Papers due: May 31, 1991 C. Miscellaneous 1. Announcement of the Natural Language Software Registry II. QUERIES B. Requests for Information 1. Update on Information Literacy 2. Informix Mailing List ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Donald Walker Re: ICAME '91: Corpus Research Open Day Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England May 9, 1991 Please circulate the following flier on the ICAME'91 Open Day to anyone who may wish to attend. The principles apply to Corpora of other languages, not just English, so linguists working on other languages might well be interested as well; I realise that not many people are likely to travel overseas just for a one-day gathering, but perhaps the Open Day might be of interest to anyone who plans to be in England at the time on other business. Eric Steven Atwell National Coordinator, UFC Knowledge Based Systems Initiative Centre for Computer Analysis of Language And Speech (CCALAS) Artificial Intelligence Division, School of Computer Studies phone: +44 532 335761 Leeds University FAX: +44 532 335468 Leeds LS2 9JT JANET: eric@uk.ac.leeds.ai England EARN/BITNET/ARPA: eric%leeds.ai@ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- ICAME'91 Corpus Research Open Day Thursday May 9th 1991, Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, Yorkshire The International Computer Archive of Modern English (ICAME) annual conference is the principal meeting place for linguists annual conference is the principal meeting place for linguists and computer scientists using English language Corpora in their research. Recently there has been a surge of interest in Corpus-based research in the wider speech and language technology community. For the benefit of this wider community, the 12th ICAME Conference will include an Open Day, when leading ICAME researchers will give overviews of the stages in the "Corpus life cycle": 10.30 Arrival and registration 11.00 An Overview of ICAME (Stig Johansson, Oslo University, ICAME Committee Chairman) 11.30 Corpus Collection (Antoinette Renouf, Birmingham University) 12.00 Corpus Annotation (Sidney Greenbaum, University College London) 12.30 Corpus-based Parsing (Eric Atwell, Leeds University) 1.00 Lunch 2.00 Tools for Using Corpora (Jan Aarts, Nijmegen University) 2.30 Corpora for Lexicography and English Language Teaching John Sinclair, Birmingham University) 3.00 Using Spoken Corpora (Gerry Knowles, Lancaster University) 3.30 The ICAME Storehouse: Corpus Availability and Distribution (Knut Hofland, Bergen University) 4.00 Departure All are welcome to attend this Open Day; in addition to seeing the above presentations, Open Day participants will be able to meet other ICAME'91 conference delegates to discuss specialist needs, applications, etc. The conference language will be English. The Craiglands Hotel, Cowpasture Road, Ilkley (0943 607676) is c5 minutes walk from the station, and is on the edge of Ilkley Moor (hats not required). Ilkley is about half an hour by rail or road from Leeds, which in turn has good rail and road links to the rest of the UK. Leeds/Bradford Airport, mid-way between Leeds and Ilkley, has regular flights to several UK and European cities. Attendance at the ICAME'91 Open Day costs 50 pounds, which covers lunch and ICAME'91 documentation including a full list of ICAME'91 conference delegates. To attend, please return the booking form below a.s.a.p. (not later than 1st May) to: Eric Atwell, School of Computer Studies, Leeds University, Leeds LS2 9JT; tel: +44 (0532) 335761 email: eric@uk.ac.leeds.ai ---------------------cut here------------------------------------ ICAME'91 CORPUS RESEARCH OPEN DAY: May 9th 1991, 10.30-4.00, Craiglands Hotel, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. I would like to register for the ICAME'91 Corpus Research Open Day. NAME: ADDRESS: EMAIL ADDRESS: PHONE: FAX: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (eg vegetarian; disabled access): DELETE ONE OF: I enclose a cheque/bankers draft for fifty pounds sterling made payable to the University of Leeds. OR: I have arranged for a bank to bank transfer of fifty pounds sterling to National Westminster Bank, Leeds City Office, 8 Park Row, Leeds LS1 1QS A/c name: University of Leeds; A/c no: 86577220; Sort-code: 60-60-05 NB PLEASE QUOTE REFERENCE: "ICAME91 Conference a/c 334320/0618". ********** I.A.2. Fr: Alexa T. McCray Re: Reminder Call for Papers: Re: Reminder Call for Papers: Workshop on Language and Information Processing Washington, DC Papers due: May 31, 1991 The American Society for Information Science (ASIS) invites sub- missions for a Language and Information Processing Workshop, to be held on October 27, 1991 at the ASIS '91 meeting in Washington, D.C. The theme of ASIS '91 is "Systems Understanding People, People Understanding Systems". The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers who are concerned with the potentially significant role of sophisticated natural language processing (NLP) in intelligent information retrieval (IR). The workshop will focus on the progress that has been made to date on the application of NLP methods to the IR problem and will provide a forum for discussing some promising areas for future research. Submitted papers must reflect substantive work done at the intersection of NLP and IR. Papers should emphasize completed work rather than future plans. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Alexa T. McCray, National Library of Medicine Elizabeth Liddy, Syracuse University Carl Weir, Unisys David Lewis, University of Massachusetts FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS: Submit 5 copies of a draft paper, not exceeding 10 single-spaced pages (exclusive of references) to arrive no later than May 31, 1991. A cover page should include the title, full names of all authors, the address of the primary author, including an e-mail address if possible, and a short abstract. Send submissions to the workshop chair: Alexa T. McCray National Library of Medicine Bldg. 38A/9N905, Mail Stop 54 Bethesda, Md. 20894 Phone: (301) 496-9300 Internet: mccray@nlm.nih.gov SCHEDULE: Submissions should be sent to arrive by May 31, 1991. Notification of acceptance will be made by July 15, 1991. Camera-ready papers will be due on September 16, 1991. Workshop will be held on October 27, 1991. WORKSHOP INFORMATION: The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 54th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science (October 27-31, 1991). A full proceedings of the workshop will be made available to those attend. The workshop will be open to all interested researchers, but presentations will be limited to accepted papers. There will be a $30.00 workshop registration fee which will be used to cover the cost of preparing the proceedings and providing refreshments. Lunch will not be provided. ********** I.C.1. Fr: Computational Linguistics Re: Announcement of the Natural Language Software Registry NATURAL LANGUAGE SOFTWARE REGISTRY The Natural Language Software Registry is a catalogue of software implementing core natural language processing techniques, whether available on a commercial or noncommercial basis. The current version includes + speech signal processors, such as the Computerized Speech Lab (Kay Electronics) + morphological analyzers, such as PC-KIMMO (Summer Institute for Linguistics) + parsers, such as Alveytools (University of Edinburgh) + knowledge representation systems, such as Rhet (University of Rochester) + multicomponent systems, such as ELU (ISSCO), PENMAN (ISI), Pundit (UNISYS), SNePS (SUNY Buffalo), + applications programs (misc.) This document is available on-line via anonymous ftp to tira.uchicago.edu (IP 128.135.96.31), by email to registry@tira.uchicago.edu, and by physical mail to the address below. If you have developed a piece of software for natural language processing that other researchers might find useful, you can include it by returning the description form, available from the same sources. Elizabeth Hinkelman, Director (registry@tira.uchicago.edu) NL Software Registry Center for Information and Language Studies 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637, USA Authors: Person to contact for software (if different): Institution: Department: Street: City/State/Zip: Country: Phone (with country & area codes): Email network & address: Name of system: Type of system: research system/commercial product/other (specify) Primary task of system: linguistic analysis/test of linguistic theory (specify)/text generation/machine translation/text proofing/database interface/other (specify) Components: phonological analyzer/generator morphological analyzer/generator parser/generator semantic interpreter knowledge representation discourse structure pragmatic features other (specify) Components available as independent modules: (subsequent questions may need a separate answer for each) questions may need a separate answer for each) Components can be extended by: the developer/computational linguist/linguist/programmer/experienced user/new user Data components are: firmly embedded in program/independent of program Data provided: (give size, features and language as in the examples) 120,000 entry wordlist for French 5,000 word LFG lexicon of basic Swahili w/affixes, English gloss 15 rule transformational grammar for Dutch cross-serial dependencies 200 node knowledge base for AIDS case histories w/10 30-node cases. Data components can be extended by: the developer/computational linguist/linguist/programmer/experienced user/new user Character set used for language data: programmable (describe) fixed, 16-bit -- Unicode fixed, 8-bit -- ISO (specify, eg ASCII+Latin II)/proprietary ASCII fixed, 7-bit -- ISO (specify, eg US ASCII)/extended ASCII (specify) other (specify) Range of applicable natural languages: (give theoretical or technical limits) Approximate number of examples processed successfully, as a power of 10: Specify example type: words/sentences/paragraphs/other Its coverage level is now: demonstration/small research/large research/ production quality/high volume Size of system: lines of source code, kilobytes of executable Programming language: Operating system or hardware: Is there a stable version of the system? Is there continuing development? Summarize the main goals and ideas. Indicate what makes the project a useful and interesting tool for research applications. List documents in which the software is described: User documentation: System documentation: Available support: upgrades/source code/consulting/other Format for software distribution: Price: Restrictions on use: If you are willing to have the software reviewed, please send us a version along with this information. We are also interested in reports and documentation, even for software not reviewed. NL Software Registry Center for Information and Language Studies 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637, USA registry@tira.uchicago.edu ********************************************************** II. QUERIES II.B.1. Fr: Wilfred E. Drew, Jr. (Call me "Bill") Re: Update on Information Literacy Update on my original message Than you for all the references to the Breivik book. I have already read it. I am looking for actual real world uses that go beyond library instruction. I need lists of skills or objectives that result from Breivik's definition. Again , thank you. that result from Breivik's definition. Again , thank you. ====================== Original Message============================ April 8, 1991 I have been given the task of writing general education goals related to information literacy. I need definitions of information literacy and clearly stated skills involved in it. Please send any information to my BITNET address rather than to the list. Thanks; Wilfred E. Drew Jr. call me "Bill" Serials Librarian SUNY Morrisville College of Agriculture and Technology P.O. Box 902 Morrisville, N.Y. 13408-0902 Voice:315-684-6055 Fax: 315-684-6115 BITNET: DREWWE@SNYMORVA ********** II.B.2. Fr: Bob Stringfield Re: Informix Mailing List Hello: Does anyone know of a mailing list that discusses Informix Software Products in specifically their relational database management systems (RDBMS) material. Please reply directly as I am not a regularly list reader. Thanks. Bob Stringfield Systems Analyst Mainz Germany Internet: bstring@mainz-emh2.army.mil Alternative: bstring%mainz-emh2.army.mil@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. Send subscription requests to: LISTSERV@UCCVMA.BITNET Send submissions to IRLIST to: IR-L@UCCVMA.BITNET Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch lynch@postgres.berkeley.edu calur@uccmvsa.bitnet Mary Engle engle@cmsa.berkeley.edu meeur@uccmvsa.bitnet Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.bitnet The IRLIST Archives will be set up for anonymous FTP, and the address will be announced in future issues. These files are not to be sold or used for commercial purposes. Contact Mary Engle or Nancy Gusack for more information on IRLIST. The opinions expressed in IRLIST do not represent those of the editors or the University of California. 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