Information Retrieval List Digest 246 (March 6, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-246 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 March 6, 1995 Volume XII, Number 9 Issue 246 ********************************************************** III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. JASIS 46:4 Table of Contents 2. The Information Society Quarterly Journal B. Meetings 1. ACRL Spring '95 2. Issues in Multilingual Language Analysis 3. Current Issues in Reference Services: A Miniconference--Citing Electronic Sources IV. PROJECTS C. Grants, Fellowships, & Scholarships 1. Library Fellows Positions ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Richard Hill Re: JASIS ToC Journal of the American Society for Information Science, TOC Volume 46, Number 4, May 1995 IN THIS ISSUE Bert R. Boyce 243 RESEARCH Diane K. Kovacs 244 Scholarly E-conferences on the Academic Kara L. Robinson Networks: How Library and Information Jeanne Dixon Science Professionals Use Them Brian T. Bartell, 254 Representing Documents Using an Explicit Garrison W. Cottrell Model of their Similarities Richard K. Belew T. B. Rajashekar 272 Combining Automatic and Manual Index W. Bruce Croft Representations in Probabilistic Retrieval Delia Neuman 284 High School Students' Use of Databases: Results of a National Delphi Study M. Carl Drott 299 Reexamining the Role of Conference Papers in Scholarly Communication Katherine W. 306 Biotechnology in Context: A Database- McCain Filtering Approach to Identifying Core and Productive Non-Core Journals Supporting Multidisciplinary R&D DISKETTE I SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Richard Hill Executive Director, American Society for Information Science 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 495-0900 FAX: (301) 495-0810 rhill@cni.org ********** III.A.2. Fr: Rob Kling Re - The Information Society quarterly journal CALL FOR PAPERS The Information Society (a Quarterly Journal) Taylor & Francis, publishers THE INFORMATION SOCIETY : An International Journal An "information revolution" is clearly underway. The exponential growth in computational capability per unit dollar will continue at least for the next several decades. Communication bandwidth is undergoing simultaneous exponential growth. Connectivity among individuals, companies and nations is forming what some are calling cyberspace and virtual communities and new forums and formats for electronic publishing, communication and commerce. These combined trends are leading us into an Information Society in which wealth, power and freedom of action derive from access to, and effective use of, information. "The Information Society" journal, published since 1981, is a forum for thoughtful analysis of the impacts, policies, system concepts, methodologies and cultural change related to these trends. It is a refereed journal that publishes scholarly articles, position papers, short communications and book reviews. "The Information Society" is a multidisciplinary journal whose audience includes policy- and decision-makers and scientists in government, industry and education; managers concerned with the effects of the information revolution on individuals, organizations and society; and scholars with an interest in issues regarding the Information Society. The Information Society is undergoing a transition under the leadership of its new Editor-in-Chief, Rob Kling. The journal's new editorial board will be experimenting with new electronic and paper formats. Rob Kling is soliciting individual articles and proposals from people who wish to organize and edit special issues. Among the topics addressed within the journal are: -- changing National Information Infrastructures, especially as they influence cultural expectations and social practices, -- the politics of change in National Information Infrastrustures, -- the implications of the coming surge in electronic data interchange (EDI) and electronic commerce among businesses globally, -- the ability of companies to "outsource" portions of their information processing to different countries around the world, creating transborder data flow issues for the countries involved and increasing the rapidity with which jobs migrate globally, -- meanings and implications of political/economic systems that are based on universal access to baseline information services or fees-for-all-services, -- options for, and implications of, various forms of "electronic democracy", -- the rise of "virtual communities" of persons worldwide engaging in "many-to-many" communication among their participants, irrespective of borders or corporate structures, -- the role of place and space in visions and practice of digital libraries and electronic forums, -- cultural changes in relation to cyberspace -- both empirical studies and studies of their representation in popular culture, -- the structure of the information industries, including markets, industrial alliances, the character of work, and management-labor relations. Manuscripts should be sent in triplicate (or electronically by Internet) to the editor-in-chief. For manuscript format details, contact the editor or see the inside back cover of an issue of the journal. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Professor Rob Kling Center for Research on Information Technology and Oganizations 320 Berkeley Place University of California, Irvine Irvine, Ca 92717- tel: (714) 824-5160 fax: (714)824-8096? email - internet: kling@ics.uci.edu http://www.ics.uci.edu/dir/faculty/CORPS/kling FOR SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION, contact Taylor & Francis Inc. 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101 Bristol PA 19007-1598 toll free: 1-800-821-8312 or fax: 1-215-785-5515 OUTSIDE THE U.S. contact: Taylor & Francis Ltd. Rankine Road Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 0PR, United Kingdom tel: +44 (0) 256 840366 fax: +44 (0) 256 479438 ********** III.B.1. Fr: Mounir Khalil Re: ACRL Spring '95 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Eastern New York Chapter/ ACRL Spring 1995 Conference "The Internet and the Academic Library" March 17, 1995 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York KEYNOTE 1: "A5C4DE2IL3MNOR2SU2 (ak-del-em-nor-su): Decoding the Library Profession's Response to Emerging Networked Resources," Thomas G. Kirk, Jr., College Librarian, Earlham College [With apologies to Tom Kirk for the inability to transmit special characters in his title accurately through electronic means.] SESSION 1: "What Are They Doing With the Internet: A Study of User Information Seeking Behaviors," Peter Wei He, Network Services Librarian, and Trudi Jacobson, Coordinator of User Education Programs, University at Albany "Using Internet for Document Delivery," Prof. Mounir A. Khalil, Assistant Professor, Science and Engineering Library, City University of New York SESSION 2: "Use of the Internet via Universal Information Access Workstation," Hye Ok Park, Library Automation Coordinator, California State University, Fresno "Wiring the Trenches: Teaching Faculty and Librarians Working Together On the Internet," William D. Graziadei, Professor of Biology, State University of New York College, Plattsburgh; and Gillian M. McCombs, Assistant Director, Technical Services, University at Albany SESSION 3: "The Dirty Details of Gopher Maintenance:The University of Michigan and the Economic Bulletin Board," Jan Zauha, Assistant Librarian, Documents and Data Support, University of Michigan "Using WWW Software as a Teaching and Outreach Tool," Michael Engle, Reference Services Division, Cornell University SESSION 4: "Rare Books Catalogers and the Internet," Eric v.d. Luft, Project Staff Assistant for Rare Books and Special Collections, State University of New York Health Science Center Library, Syracuse and Special Projects Cataloging Consultant, Arents Research Library, Syracuse University "Sharing CD-ROM Databases Over a Wide-Area Network: Preliminary Findings," David Ritchie, Technical Coordinator, A-V Cataloging, and Keith Ostertag, Access Services Librarian, State University of New York College at Cortland SESSION 5: "Multi-User Technologies for Library Settings," A.M. Iliana Filby, University at Albany "Evaluating the Use of the Internet Among Academic Reference Librarians," Marilyn Rosenthal, Head of Interlibrary Loan and Reference Librarian, and Marsha Spiegelman, Instructor, College Archivist and Reference Librarian, Nassau Community College SESSION 6: Internet "Hands-On" in Rensselaer Labs with Rensselaer Librarians KEYNOTE 2/Conference "Wrap": "Change and Challenges: The Impact of Emerging Technology on Library Services," Bill Davis, Director of Computing and Information Technology, SUNY Geneseo For additional directions and special needs, contact Kristina MacCormick at 518-276-8350 or by email: userbsea@rpitsmts.bitnet REGISTRATION MUST BE MADE BY MARCH 8 FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kristina MacCormick, Local Arrangements Chair Folsom Library Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, N.Y. 12180-3590 ********** III.B.2. Fr: Evelyne Tzoukermann Re: Issues in Multilingual Language Analysis FROM TEXTS TO TAGS: ISSUES IN MULTILINGUAL LANGUAGE ANALYSIS Dublin, Ireland - March 27, 1995 *D. Elworthy, Tagset Design and Inflected Languages *J. Hughes, C. Souter & E. Atwell, Automatic Extraction of Tagset Mappings from Parallel-Annotated Corpora *K. Gojenola, Different Issues in the Design of a Lemmatizer/Tagger for Basque *G. Leech (invited speaker) *S. Teufel, A Support Tool for Tagset Mappping *S. Armstrong, G. Russell, D. Petitpierre, G. Robert, An Open Architecture for Multilingual Text Processing *C. Thielen, An Approach to Proper Name Tagging for German *H. Feldweg, Implementation and Evaluation of a New German HMM Model for POS Disambiguation *H. Schmid, Improvements in Part-of-Speech Tagging with an Application to German *E. Tzoukerman, D. R. Radev & W. A. Gale, Combining Linguistic Knowledge and Statistical Learning in French *J.-P. Chanod & P. Tapanainen, Creating a Tagset, Lexicon and Guesser for a French Tagger *R. Sproat, A Finite-State Architecture for Tokenization and Grapheme-to-Phoneme Conversion in Multilingual Text Analysis *E. Giguet, Multilingual Sentence Categorization According to Language *T. McEnery & Oates, Cognate Extraction in the Crater Project: Methods and Assessment *Conclusion/Discussion Registration Information for EACL-95 is available from the ftp file server: $ ftp ftp.cs.columbia.edu Name (cs.columbia.edu:pereira): anonymous Password: yourname@address [not echoed] cd acl-l/Eacl95 ftp> get registration.txt.Z ftp> quit $ uncompress registration.txt.Z FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Evelyne Tzoukermann; Susan Armstrong AT&T Bell Laboratories ISSCO University of Geneva Room 2D-448, P.O. Box 636 54 route des Acacias 600 Mountain Avenue CH-1227 Geneve Murray Hill, NJ, 07944-0636 Switzerland ********** III.B.3. Fr: STEELEN%SLSCVA@SNYCENVA.BITNET Re: Citing Electronic Resources-Miniconference-NYC THE SUNY/OCLC NETWORK PRESENTS CURRENT ISSUES IN REFERENCE SERVICES: A MINICONFERENCE CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES April 21, 1995 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ************ Goethe House German Cultural Center Library 1014 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 ************ SUNY/OCLC Network State University of New York State University Plaza Albany, NY 12246 (800) 342-3353 (518) 443-5444 FAX (518) 432-4346 CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES Speakers: Nancy Crane Head of Reference Bailey/How Library University of Vermont Libraries & Media Services Xia Li Business Reference Librarian Bailey/Howe Library University of Vermont Libraries & Media Services Electronic sources are well established as a means of communication and information dissemination. Where would we be without electronic encyclopedias on CD-ROM, America Online, electronic mail, and the newer avenues to information on the World Wide Web? Students and researchers gravitate easily to these electronic media when they do their research, but are confused when it comes to making reference to these sources in their written papers and projects. Xia Li and Nancy Crane, authors of Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information (Westport, CT: Mecklermedia, 1993), will discuss formats for citing these electronic media with you. Come with examples. Li and Crane will guide you through the process of citing the examples offered by the audience. Copies of Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information will be available for purchase at a discounted price. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Nancy Steele The SUNY/OCLC Network State University Plaza Albany, NY 12246 (518) 443-5444 or (800) 342-3353 FAX - (518) 432-4346 STEELEN@SLSCVA.CA.SUNYCENTRAL.EDU ********************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C. 1. Fr: U58539%UICVM.bitnet@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU Re: Library Fellows Positions Available Ten Library Fellows positions open Applications are being accepted through March 15 for the 1995-96 Library Fellows Program. The joint program of the American Library Association (ALA) and the United States Information Agency (USIA) will place approximately 10 U.S. citizens overseas beginning in September 1995. While 16 positions are listed, funding will permit approximately 10 placements. Stipends for Library Fellows are $34,000 per year. Travel expenses for the fellow and one dependent to and from the host country will be reimbursed. Health insurance and a small housing subsidy are provided. Eligibility requirements are U.S. citizenship, language skills of the host country (desired and sometimes required) and education and experience in library or information science or other fields directly related to the needs of specific projects with demonstrated competency as required. If selected, certification from a physician attesting physical and emotional soundness to conduct the fellowship may be required. Persons who have lived abroad for a 10-year continuous period (1986-1995) immediately preceding application are not eligible. A description of available positions and requirements is attached. To apply, send a resume with a cover letter, briefly stating desired position, foreign-language skills, subject expertise and maximum placement service length (there is no application form) to: Robert P. Doyle, Director, Library Fellows Program, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone 800-545-2433, ext. 3200. The USIA, an independent agency within the executive branch, is responsible for the U.S. government's overseas cultural and information programs, including 153 libraries in 95 countries, the Fulbright scholarship program, the Voice of America and the WORLDNET satellite television system. 1995-96 Library Fellows opportunities: Africa Senegal, Dakar: Government of Senegal, Economic and Social Council. French required. Five months, January-May 1996. Develop a planning document to further the establishment of the State Council information center. Analyze the information needs and usage patterns of the Council's researchers. Assess other local information resources relevant to research in the social sciences. Introduce and illustrate examples of information technology appropriate to the mission of the information center. Harare, Zimbabwe: Ministry of Education and Culture, National Library and Documentation Service. One year, January- December 1996. Introduce concepts of multimedia centers to secondary schools and conduct related workshops for educators. Convert a selected school library to serve as a model multimedia center. Formulate standards for equipment, staff and facilities. Work with staff to design a handbook on establishing and organizing school media centers. Durban, South Africa: University of Durban-Westville. Six months, February 1996-July 1996. Organize and conduct workshops for library staff on how to develop reference and outreach services for students and academics. Develop a library skills course for new incoming students. Provide direction on collection development principles and practices. Europe Warsaw, Poland: Warsaw Public Library. Moderate level of Polish essential. Six months, September 1995-February 1996. With staff, assess all current library functions with the goal of developing a plan for an automated, open stack public library to serve as a model in Poland. The fellow will produce a written document with recommendations for the municipal authorities indicating major changes in management, reallocation of resources and a plan for automation. Training of staff to work in a modern, automated library environment will be an important part of the project. Minsk, Belarus: National Library of Belarus. Facility with Russian is necessary to carry out project. Six months, dates are flexible. Complete study of how access to the library's collection can be improved physically and by automated means. Provide an analysis of the current automation efforts and compare locally developed programs with commercial software for online public access catalogs. Analyze the library's plan for catalog access by extending direct computer access to members of Parliament. Leipzig, Germany: American Studies Institute, University of Leipzig. Basic knowledge of German. Eleven months, September 1995- July 1996. Catalog and inventory the collection of 15-20,000 books and journals of the American Studies Institute. The cataloging project will use LC "CD-MARC Bibliographic." Student assistants will work under the guidance of the Fellow who will provide training in LC classification, in searching bibliographic records and the development of an automated catalog. Geneva, Switzerland: Library, United Nations Office of Geneva. Six months, September 1995-February 1996. Prepare the automated catalog of the UNOG library for public access via the Internet. Supervise data preparation for monographs and serials, evaluate and recommend Internet options for data dissemination in discussion with the UN International Computer Center and other Geneva providers. Set up training procedures for Internet use of the OPAC, and prepare training and documentation to assist long-distance users. Paris, France: The American Library in Paris. Working knowledge of French. One year, September 1995-August 1996. Improve public services, specifically reference service, reference collection development and user needs assessment. The Fellow will conduct workshops in reference services to staff, develop and implement user surveys, improve outreach activities, improve public documentation on computer searching and library use, analyze reference collection, train in searching OPAC and CD-ROM indexes and conduct advanced workshops on LAN and the Internet. Latin America Panama City, Panama: Panama University of Technology. Spanish not required. Twelve months, September 1995-August 1996. Train university faculty, graduating seniors and ministry of the presidency personnel in using the Internet and accessing U. S. databases. Conduct workshops for faculty and students on bibliographic networks and computerized reference sources. Advise on the development of a management information program for government ministries. Bucaramanga, Colombia: Universidad Industrial De Santander. Spanish preferred, but not required. Twelve months, September 1995- August 1996. With Colombian librarians, design and organize a graduate program in library science. Activities will include: analyzing preferred modes of study, optimal program length, and the selection of bibliographic resources necessary to mount a program; development of curriculum design; assist in drafting a proposal for presentation to university officials, and advise on potential international sponsors and grant application procedures to seek funds to establish the program. Ciudad Obregon, Mexico: Instituto Technologico De Sonora. Spanish required. Nine months, September 1995-May 1996. Work with a consortium of five northern Mexican University libraries to develop reference services. Provide direction on collection development principles and practices. Conduct training workshops for library staff at each university in basic reference philosophy and skills. Select appropriate reference service technology. Develop reference service. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Office of the Prime Minister, Libraries Division. Twelve months, September 1995-August 1996. Assist in the development of secondary school libraries nationwide. Provide training for school librarians that would result in the integration of the library into the school curriculum. Plan and assist in the implementation of a program for the training of primary school teachers integrating information skills into the curriculum. East Asia Rangoon, Burma: The Universities Central Library, Department of Higher Education. Six months, starting date flexible. Assist with the inventory and assessment of library resources and services. Advise on appropriate automation systems and online databases to meet the user needs of the academic community. Provide information on the acquisition of library software and on access to online systems. Conduct workshops on library automation. Consult with library studies teaching staff on the addition of a library automation component to the curriculum. Jakarta, Indonesia: University of Indonesia (UI). Five months, September 1995-January 1996. Evaluate American studies resources at the UI and selected Indonesian institutions to determine policy guidelines for collection development. Instruct staff on drafting grant proposals. Advise on how to analyze and identify organizational needs for automation, conduct feasibility studies and specify requirements for library technology. And Perth, Australia: University of Notre Dame. Seven months, February 1996-August 1996. Develop collection development policies for an American studies collection and make recommendations for acquisitions. Promote contact between the host institution, organizations and individuals within the American studies community in the U.S. Advise on the accessibility of American studies resources available on the Internet. NOTE: Fellow will work at both institutions as specified. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei: Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Nine months, September 1995-May 1996. Consult with the library director to advise on current policies and procedures for academic library management . Develop strategies to improve practices and user services. Conduct staff development workshops in library management. Near East Jerusalem, Israel: Israeli Center for Libraries. Six months, starting dates flexible. Advise the center's director on the establishment of a cooperative, interlibrary loan system to serve the 1,200 system libraries. Advise on the development of an extension services publication department. To obtain more details regarding a specific projects, contact: Robert P. Doyle, Director, Library Fellows Program, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. 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