Information Retrieval List Digest 176 (August 23, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-176 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 August 23, 1993 Volume X, Number 32 Issue 176 ********************************************************** I. NOTICES A. Meeting Announcements/Calls for Papers 1. Central European Confrence & Exhibition for Academic Libraries & Informatics 2. Combinatorial Pattern Matching Conference II. QUERIES B. Requests for Information 1. Application Software Development 2. Multimedia over Networks ********************************************************** I. NOTICES I.A.1. Fr: Dr. Algirdas Pakstas Re: Central European Conference & Exhibition for Academic Libraries & Informatics ADVANCED PROGRAM AND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION CENTRAL EUROPEAN CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AND INFORMATICS VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 27-29 September, 1993 Empowering Users in the 21st Century ADVANCED CONFERENCE PROGRAM: GENERAL SESSION (Sept.27): 1. Dr.Lee BURCHINAL, VITA, USA. Planning and Managing User Services in the 21st Century. 2. Romualdas KRUKAUSKAS, Vice Minister of Communications and Informatics, Lithuania. 3. Abdelaziz ABID, Division of the General Information Programme of UNESCO. The General Information Programme of UNESCO and its Activities in Eastern and Central Europe. 4. Ivor KEMP, International Book Development Ltd., United Kingdom. The Case for Investment in Higher Education Library and Information Services in Central and Eastern Europe. SESSION I (Sept.28): 1. Walter R.BLADOS, Gladys A.COTTER, NASA, STI Program, USA. Modernization and New Technologies: Coping with the Information Explosion. 2. Barbara LOCKETT, Director of Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, USA. The Role of the Twenty-First Century Librarian in Empowering Users. 3. Algirdas PAKSTAS, Institute of Mathematics & Informatics, Lithuania. Virtual Culture, Cyberspace and Libraries. 4. Dr.Elena MACEVICIUTE, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University. EC Libraries Programme and Lithuanian Libraries. SESSION II (Sept.28): 1. Vytautas KAMINSKAS, Antanas VIDZIUNAS, Daiva VITKUTE, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania. Information System Fundamentals in Vytautas Magnus University Curricula. 2. Ulle-Marike PAPP, Sirje VIRKUS, Tallinn Pedagogical University. Estonia. The Impact of New Technology on the Development of Information Science Education in Estonia. 3. Albert K. BOEKHORST, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Arts, Dept. Book, Library and Information Science, The Netherlands. New Technologies and Information Literacy. 4. Dr.Charles HENRY, Director, Vassar College, The Libraries, USA. Organizing Librarians as a Means of User Empowerment. SESSION III (Sept.29): 1. Richard FITZSIMMONS, Library Director, Pennsylvania State University Library, USA. The Pennylvania State University's Library Information System (LIAS): The Use of New Library Technologies in Meeting Present and Future Information and Research Needs. 2. Gene DUOBINIENE, Ramune MACIKENIENE, Vida MACEVICIENE, Regina SABALIAUSKIENE, Lithuania. A Common Program for the Library Automation. 3. Evaldas KRASAUSKAS, Chief of Library System Group, Computer Center of Vilnius University. First Steps Toward Automated Library in Vilnius University. 4. Renata MIGUS, BA, Grad Dip Lib SC, Faculty Librarian, Health, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, Australia. A New Australian University - the Macarthur Experience. 5. Ingar LOMHEIM, The Technical University Library of Norway. New Technology Versus Collection Quality. Library Priority Conflicts in Times of Economic Recession. SESSION IV (Sept.28): 1. Regina VARNIENE, Director, Center of Bibliography and Book Science, Lithuania. Retrospective and Current Bibliographical Lithuanistics Data Bank. 2. Leonard J.SIMUTIS, Director, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education The Ohio State University, USA. The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse: the Use of New Technologies for Storing and Retrieving Multi-Media Curriculum Materials in Mathematics and Science. 3. Roar STORLEER, The Technical University Library of Norway, CD-Rom in Networks at the University of Trondheim and the Actual Situation at other Institutions in Europe. 4. Anja UKKOLA, Lappenranta University of Technology Library, Finland, Pirkko PIETILAINEN, Oulu University Library, Finland. Support for Subject Searching. 5. V. KOCERE, Dr.E.KARNITIS, Latvian Academic Library. Academic Libraries - the Main Objectives. AGRICULTURE SESSION: 1. Pamela ANDRE, Associate Director for Automation, U.S. National Agricultural Library. New Technologies for Providing Access to Agricultural Information. 2. Andrea POWELL, Marketing Executive, CAB International, United Kingdom. New Technologies for Providing Access to Agricultural Information. 3. Dr.Andrejka SVORENOVA, Head of Library and Information Services, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information for Agriculture (ISTIA), Nitra, Slovak Republic. New Technologies for Providing Access to Agricultural Information. 4. Julija ZINKEVICIENE, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University, Lithuania. The Present Condition and Trends of the Agricultural Information System in Lithuania. MEDICINE SESSION: 1. Ramune KUBILIUTE, Head of Public Services, Northwestern University Health Sciences Library, Chicago, IL, USA. Academic Medical Library Public Service in the Age of Technology: Some American Experiences. 2. LOGINOV B.R., STARKOVA M.N., VYUGIN V.V., State Central Scientific Medical Library, Moskow, Russia. New Library and Information Technologies Used in Russian Central Scientific Medical Library. 3. Craig LOCATIS, Ph.D. Educational Research Specialist, National Library of Medicine, USA. 1. Interactive Multimedia Technology. 2. Internet and the National Library of Medicine. 3. Leonid VELKOVICH, Director of the Center of Medical Scientific Information, Latvian Medical Academy, Riga, Latvia. The Problem-Oriented System for Searching of Bibliographic and Abstractive Data. 4. Dale LUKAS, Selection and Acquisition, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The NLM Locator - Access to the National Library of Medicine's Catalog Databases. SESSION I (Sept.29): 1. Doris R.BROWN, President, Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization and Director of Libraries, DePaul University, Chicago, USA. Resource Sharing in a Multi-Type Library Network. 2. Dr.Aigars KRAUZE, Ivars INDANS, Latvian Academic Library. Organization of Effective Database Usage in the Latvian Academic Library. 3. Danielius KIRKA, Povilas SAUDARGAS, Library of Lithuanian academy of Science. The Automation and its Perspectives in the Library of Lithuanian Academy of Science. 4. Mark NEEDLEMAN, Coordinator Advanced Technology Development, University of California, USA. The Z39.50 Information Retrieval Protocol - The Promise and the Myth. SESSION II (Sept.29): 1. Liisa LEVOMAKI, Marja TALIKKA, Anja UKKOLA, Lappeenranta University of Technology Library, Finland. Automation in the Lappeenranta University of Technology Library and its Impact on the Customers and Personnel During the Last Five Years. 2. Jonas BARCIAUSKAS, Ph.D., Reference Librarian/Bibliographer - Theology, Philosophy and Classical Studies, Boston College, Thomas P.O'Neill, Jr.Library, USA. A Threshold to Knowledge: Assisting Users of Electronic Databases at Boston College. 3. Scott FINET, College of Law Library, Cleveland State University, USA. Integrating Users, Electronic Workstations and Traditional Formats in Academic Law Library Design. 4. Holly MOCKOVAK, Head, Music Library, Boston University, Mugar Memorial Library, USA. Boston University Libraries. PLACE OF MEETING: Lithuanian Technical Library. Library stock exceeds 20 millions copies of various documents such as descriptions of inventions, patent bulletins, state standards, industrial catalogues, statistical reference books, books, periodicals, informational publications, unpublished documents etc. Library takes up its quarters in a monastery built in the 17th century. Address: Sv.Ignoto 6, 2600 Vilnius FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Vida Maceviciene Vilnius Technical University Library Ausros Vartu 7a 2600 Vilnius Lithuania tel.+370 2 627843 fax +370 2 765210 e-mail: Vida.Maceviciene@AIA.VTU.LT ********** I.A.2. From: fraenkel@acs.ucalgary.ca Re: CPM Symposium The fifth symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove California on June 5 - 8, 1994. The first four meetings were held at the University of Paris in 1990, at the University of London in 1991, in Tucson, Arizona, in 1992, and in Padova, Italy, in 1993. Papers in all areas related to combinatorial pattern matching and its applications will be considered, including, but not limited to, string algorithms, pattern recognition, applications in molecular biology, text searching, information retrieval, symbolic computing, and data compression. Papers reporting on original research unpublished elsewhere are primarily sought. Surveys of important results, especially recent ones, are also invited. Proceedings, in the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, will be published. The goal is to keep the attendance to under 100 participants to allow ample time for informal interaction. Thus, attendance will require advance registration. To submit a paper, please send 10 copies of an extended abstract (5-10 pages - - standard, single-spacing single-column 11pt or 12 pt format) to the address below by November 16, 1993. This is a strict deadline. Papers arriving after that date or submitted electronically will not be considered. Please include e-mail address if possible. Authors will be notified by February 1, 1994. Camera-ready manuscripts will be due March 1, 1994. Maxime Crochemore Institut Gaspard Monge Universit'e de Marne la Vall'ee F-93160 Noisy le Grand, France Program Committee: M. Crochemore (co-chair), A. Ehrenfeucht, A. Fraenkel, Z. Galil, D. Gusfield (co-chair), D. Hirschberg, E. Myers, I. Simon, E. Ukkonen, M. Wat For additional information contact mac@litp.ibp.fr or gusfield@cs.ucdavis.edu Asilomar Conference Center overlooks the Pacific ocean on 105 acres of forest, dune and beach at the tip of California's historic Monterey Peninsula, gateway to Big Sur. Asilomar's semi-secluded, natural setting makes it ideal for serious meetings and conferences. Nearby areas offer a wide range of recreational and sightseeing activities, and the famous ``17 Mile Drive" begins less than a mile from the center. ********************************************************** II. QUERIES II.B.1. Fr: Lan S. Luu Re: Application Software Development I am Lan S. Luu and I am interested in application software development information. I am interested in any report or paper. ********** II.B.2. Fr: atina!zorzal!cjbclau@uunet.UU.NET (Borcovio) Re: From Argentina We are a group of students at the Buenos Aires Exact and Natural Science University in Argentina. We are preparing our thesis based on Multimedia over Networks, more precisely teleconferences. We have just started to work on it, trying to concentrate on one specific subject. If it's possible and not a lot of work for you we would appreciate receiving any kind of information or sources of information related to this subject. Our address is cjbclau@zorzal.edu.ar Hoping to hear from you we remain yours. Claudia Tejedor, Claudio Bercovich. ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. 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