Information Retrieval List Digest 259 (June 12, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-259 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 June 12, 1995 Volume XII, Number 22 Issue 259 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. OhioLINK: Director, Development of New Services 2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab: Research Librarian III. NOTICES B. Meetings 1. People, Networks,and Communication '95 Networks 2. Imaging on the Internet 3. 1st ACM Int'l. Conference on R&D in Digital Libraries C. Miscellaneous 1. The RELATOR Language Resources Server ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Tom Sanville Re: OhioLINK Director, Development of New Services- Search Extended Inquiries to: Tom Sanville OhioLINK 2455 North Star Rd Suite 300 Columbus, Ohio 43221 tom@ohiolink.edu 614-728-3600 x322 614-728-3610 fax INTRODUCTION: OhioLINK new services, such as digitizing of materials, evolution to client/server platforms, and expansion of electronic document deliveery, will require new or existing technologies applied in new ways as extensions of traditional library practice or as a way of creating new paradigms. The OhioLINK program has the financial resources and an academic library community that provide a robust environment for planning and implementing these new directions. The Director should have a mature and seasoned insight to add to the chorus. A strong, technological grounding is a must. It is a fundamental prerequisite that the director is capable in seeing the potential and the impact of new services on the OhioLINK and OhioLINK libraries' operations. Most importantly, the Director must be capable of focusing on and sifting through ideas in a manner which will lead to sound, practical, leading-edge applications in our environment. While grasping the big picture, the Director must lead in the practical education of the OhioLINK community and lead in the practical evaluation and planning for the new services. As the task to envision the future is not the singular burden of this position, the Director must be able to work well with all sources of ideas and harness group activities in pursuit of the best ideas. POSITION TITLE: Director, Development of New Services REPORTS TO: OhioLINK Executive Director MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Will have primary responsibility to analyze, recommend, and coordinate plans for the introduction and use of new information technologies and services by OhioLINK and its member institutions. This will entail serving as key contact with information and library hardware, software, and database vendors, and providing leadership and support of OhioLINK committee, task force and other planning groups. QUALIFICATIONS: A master's degree in library science from an ALA-accredited program or Bachelor of Science or Arts in computer science, systems engineering, or a related technical field. Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging information technologies. A minimum of five years library computer operations experience, including managerial/supervisory experience, in a university, academic consortium, or comparable environment. Excellent oral and written communication skills. The ability to work successfully in group settings to facilitate discussion and build consensus. The ability to work well with staff, vendors, and library representatives from academic, public, and corporate settings. DUTIES: 1.Serve as primary agent to investigate new services and technologies under consideration by OhioLINK. Prepare analysis, recommendations and plans for appropriate OhioLINK use.40% 2.Monitor new developments in information and library services. Provide input and recommendations to OhioLINK strategic plans.25% 3.Maintain ongoing dialogue with staff and OhioLINK committees concerning new services under consideration. Coordinate analyses and recommendations to include resources and expertise available for staff and committees.15% 4.Organize and oversee special implementation groups as necessary. 10% 5.Propose and coordinate educational programs and workshops for the OhioLINK community in new technologies and information services. 5% 6.Attend and represent OhioLINK on regional or industry committees or task forces including NISO voting representative for OhioLINK. 5% ********** II.2. Fr: Reference Desk CIC-14 Re: Position Announcement: Los Alamos, NM Job Number: 951075 Series: SSM 01 Organization: CIC-14 Date Posted: 06/02/95 Availability: This job is open to all applicants Job Title: TECH INFO SPEC 2 Job Status: Open No. Openings: 1 Clearance: Q (Position will be cleared to this level) Salary Range: ($32,232-$54,096) (Regular Full-Time) SUMMARY: As part of the Research Library, develop and maintain premier physics library collections. Provide timely and accurate answers in response to patron and staff requests/needs. Such needs typically range from analysis and evaluation and generally include referrals and information in a variety of formats. Responsible for research and information services; collection development; participating in higher-level cataloging activities in compliance with national/international standards; and maintenance of traditional and electronic physics resources. Perform online, CD-ROM and Internet searching to support Lab research. Collaborate with Lab research staff to ensure information needs relevant to the research effort are appropriately met. Develop innovative and creative research strategies. Teach/train patrons and staff how to access information for their own research needs. REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES: Demonstrated professional-level library experience, preferably in scientific/technical library utilizing resources in the physical sciences. Background in literature. Experience in at least two of the following online resources: DIALOG, STN, CD-ROMs, bibliographic utilities, the Internet. Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work well with library patrons and colleagues. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Must be service oriented and able to set priorities and manage multiple tasks. Demonstrated ability and willingness to work both as a team member and independently with creativity, flexibility and versatility. DESIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES: Background in electronic resources collection development. Bibliographic instruction or teaching experience. Familiarity and experience with technical reports and standards. PC experience in word processing, spreadsheets and personal file management software. BS in physics. EDUCATION, TRAINING, OR LICENSING: ALA-accredited MLS or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. Upper level college course work in physics, physical sciences or demonstrated expertise. To request an application form, contact an HR representative at 505)665-0524. Submit resume and application materials to Los Alamos National Laboratory, Staffing Group, MS P286, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Research Desk, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research MS P362 Los Alamos, NM 87545 505.667.5809 (voice) 505.665.2948 (FAX) mharper@lanl.gov http://lib-www.lanl.gov/ ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.B.1. Fr: Robert Mathews ICICX-PNC Re: PNC: People, Networks,and Communication '95 - ALOHA! Join us in Hawaii - Please consider this your PERSONAL invitation to PNC: People, Networks,and Communication '95 Networks October 30 - November 3, 1995 Hear Industry Professionals Share Their Perspectives @ How do you get past BUZZ words to understand them and create benefit? @ Concerned about PRIVACY in an Online community? @ Concerned about issues regarding INTELLECTUAL property? @ How will community and specialized LIBRARIES evolve? @ What form and function will EDUCATIONAL networking possess? @ What about COPYRIGHT & PATENT issues? @ BUSINESS and the Internet? What must I be aware of? @ SECURITY: Understanding Policy & structures. Why NOW?.. How should I? @ DIRECTIONS of the Global Internet... more forked roadways ahead? TITLE: "PNC - People, Networks & Communication '95" THEME: "Turning 21 - A Journey to Maturity in Communications" TOPIC: "The Emergence of Application, Information Technology & Policy for the 21st Century." DATES: October 30 - November 3, 1995 VENUE: Mid-Pacific Conference Center, Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort. Honolulu; Island of Oahu -"The Gathering Place", Hawaii. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, send email to: bm189@po.CWRU.EDU FURTHER CONTACT: Dr. Ernest Kho, Jr. Mr. Robert Mathews. Conference Chairman Conference Coordinator University of Hawaii. ICICX Telephone: 808.933.3383 Telephone: 808.921.2097 Telecopier: 808.933.3693 Telecopier: 808.921.2097 E.mail: ekho@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu E.mail: bm189@po.CWRU.EDU ********** III.B.2. Fr: Brian Smith Re: Imaging on the Internet IMAGING ON THE INTERNET Part of the IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science And Technology San Jose, California Jan 29 - 31, 1996 The proliferation of applications like the World-Wide Web and the Internet Multimedia Backbone (the MBone) has resulted in vast amounts of image and video data traffic on the Internet. This, in turn, has given rise to a host of technical, social, and legal problems relating to creating, publishing, storing, indexing, transmitting, and viewing image and video material on the network. This conference serves as a forum where practitioners and researchers can present and discuss state-of-the-art research, development, and applications that use image and video on the Internet. Papers are solicited in the following areas related to Internet imaging and video, including, but not limited to: o Communication and Operating system issues for Internet image and video o Compression and processing o Language and Environments for Internet image and video applications o Security, including encryption, and copy protection o Applications of images and video on the Internet o Content issues, such as indexing and retrieval o World-Wide Web browsing and authoring tools o User Interfaces for on-line materials o Billing models for accessing and publishing on-line material o Legal issues, including copyright and privacy o Social impact IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS: Please submit an extended abstract for review. Submissions should be 500 words or less and no more than 4 pages, including figures, tables, and references. Your extended abstract should include a cover page with the following information: 1. Title of paper 2. Author names and affiliations, principal author first 3. Correspondence address (both postal and electronic) for EACH author 4. Submit to: (Conference Title -- Imaging on the Internet, Conference Chair -- Brian C. Smith) 5. Keywords 6. Brief biography: 50 to 100 words (principal author only) If possible, please print the abstract double sided, to save trees and mailing costs. Please send 5 hard copies of your extended abstract to: Professor Brian C. Smith Department of Computer Science Upson Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY, 14853 Phone: (607) 257-8120 E-mail: spie96@cs.cornell.edu In addition, send your extended abstract to SPIE in one of the following ways: o Electronic mail: one copy (ASCII format) to abstracts@mom.spie.org o Fax: one copy to SPIE at 360-647-1445 o Surface Mail: 4 hard copies to: IS&T/SPIE EI '96 SPIE, PO Box 10, Bellingham, WA, 98225 Telephone: 360-676-3290; FAX: 360-647-1445 Each extended abstract will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. Authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit a camera-ready manuscript (not exceeding 12 pages) that will appear in the conference proceedings. The Conference Chairs and Program Committee will also ask authors of the best papers to enhance their papers and make journal form submissions to the ACM/Springer Verlag Multimedia Systems Journal or tutorial style submissions for IEEE Multimedia Magazine. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: July 3, 1995 Notification of acceptance: September 15, 1995 Camera-ready abstracts due: November 13, 1995 Camera-ready manuscripts due: January 2, 1996 ********** III.B.3. Fr: Paul Evan Peters Re: 1st ACM International Conference on R&D in Digital Libraries Initial Announcement and Call for Participation DL' 96 First ACM International Conference on Research and Development in Digital Libraries March 20-23, 1996 Bethesda, MD FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Program Chair: Edward A. Fox Dept. of Computer Science 562 McBryde Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA 24061-0106 Phone +1-703-231-5113 FAX +1-703-231-6075 Email: fox@vt.edu WWW Information: http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL96/ CO-LOCATION: DL'96 follows immediately after Hypertext'96, held at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda on March 16-20. DL'97 should be co-located with SIGIR'97, held in Princeton, NJ. We seek papers, posters and workshop proposals on topics related to Digital Libraries, including but not limited to the following list: * authoring and electronic publishing * intellectual property rights * publisher plans and concerns * economic and social implications and issues * collecting, capturing, filtering * cataloging, indexing, preserving * distributed data, knowledge and information representation and systems * handling of graphics, GIS, multimedia information * hypertext and hypermedia systems (especially including WWW) and support * visualization, browsing, searching and interfaces * networked information discovery * information storage and retrieval * architectures, reference models, standards * modeling and simulation * networking systems, protocols, security IMPORTANT DATES: Oct. 15, 1995: Papers due to Program Chair Dec. 1, 1995: Authors notified about PC decisions Jan. 1, 1996: Papers due to Program Chair Feb. 15, 1996: Deadline for early registration discount March 20, 1996: Hypertext'96 closing, DL'96 reception March 23, 1996: Post-conference workshops SPONSORSHIP: The DL series is sponsored by ACM, through a number of its SIGs, led by SIGIR and SIGLINK. Approval is pending regarding the many co-sponsors and in-cooperation agreements. ********** III.C.1. Fr: Elizabeth Hinkelman Re: The RELATOR Language Resources Server ANNOUNCING THE RELATOR LANGUAGE RESOURCES SERVER The RELATOR language resources server was built with the sponsorship of the Council of the European Commissioners, by the RELATOR project, for the European Language Resources Association. The RELATOR server uses wide-area networking software to support distribution of natural language processing resources. It provides WWW, FTP, resource installation on the AFS, and email consulting services. This enables users to get an overview of speech and natural language resources very quickly, identify and compare resources of possible interest, ftp them if they are available through RELATOR and, for AFS clients, actually run pre-installed executables on the client machine for testing or development purposes. Resources that are currently available through RELATOR include speech and text corpora, lexicons, natural language processing programs and tools, and related databases and systems. The process of acquisition and expansion is ongoing, so watch this space for further developments. RELATOR SERVICES: WWW INFORMATION ABOUT LANGUAGE RESOURCES: The most effective way to get an overview of natural language resources, whether available through RELATOR or not, is to browse the multilingual Web pages (http://www.XX.relator.research.ec.org, where XX stands for the two-letter country codes of the EU countries, such as de, uk, etc.). RELATOR RESOURCES: Many resources can be obtained from RELATOR by ftp. Because the RELATOR file system is replicated across several sites, you can choose the EU site nearest you by substituting the appropriate two-letter country code for "de" (Federal Republic of Germany) in the ftp address below. Resources can also be accessed through AFS. AFS has the additional advantage that executable files can be shared transparently across compatible hardware: this means that AFS clients can directly run preinstalled programs. Resources available only to ELRA members, or that must be purchased or licenced before use, will not be visible at these interfaces until the necessary permission is obtained. ftp://de.relator.research.ec.org/relator afs: /afs/research.ec.org/projects/relator EMAIL SERVICES: ELRA membership information: info@relator.research.ec.org advice on finding relevant resources: advice@relator.research.ec.org system support: systems@relator.research.ec.org the RELATOR network management: secretariat@relator.research.ec.org POSTAL ADDRESS: RELATOR Secretariat Centre for Cognitive Science University of Edinburgh 2 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9LW Scotland Telephone:+44 (0)31 650 4594 Fax: +44 (0)31 650 4587 ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. 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