Information Retrieval List Digest 267 (August 7, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-267 IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 August 7, 1995 Volume XII, Number 30 Issue 267 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Cornell U.: Public Services Librarian 2. SW Oklahoma State U: System Librarian III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. IP&M Special Issue B. Meetings 1. CPSR Conference 2. ASIS '95 Annual Meeting IV. PROJECTS E. Miscellaneous 1. Questionnaire for Information Specialist ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: dcarlson@UCLINK.BERKELEY.EDU Re: Cornell U: Public Services Librarian Public Services Librarian Albert R. Mann Library Cornell University Library Albert R. Mann Library provides innovative information services for the 21st century and its staff has a reputation for research and publishing. The library has achieved national renown for its working electronic library and the Mann Library Gateway, and for its groundbreaking collection development efforts, its preservation program, and its innovative use of staff. The Albert R. Mann Library's collection of agricultural, life sciences and related social sciences materials serves the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the College of Human Ecology, and the Divisions of Biological and Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. Mann is considered to be the premier agricultural and life sciences library within an academic institution in the United States and has won several national awards. Responsibilities: The Public Services Librarian provides quality reference, consulting, and instructional services. The individual will be expected to develop expertise in the technologies of information delivery as well as to lead and/or participate in innovative research projects. The individual is one of 8 librarians reporting to the Head of Public Services. Qualifications: MLS or equivalent graduate degree. Strong communication, presentation, interpersonal skills and commitment to professional development required. Experience in the use of computing, telecommunications, and information technologies desirable. Some work experience in an academic setting preferred. Enthusiasm for an innovative environment is important. Apply immediately. Applications will be accepted until position is filled, and interviews will begin September 1. Appointment will be made at entry or intermediate level; depending on qualifications. Apply to: Bernadette Heath Human Resources Associate 235 Olin Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-5301 (Send letter, resume, and names, addresses, and phone numbers for three references.) Informal, preliminary applications will be accpeted electronically (lab3@cornell.edu) with paper copy to follow. Cornell University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ********** II.2. Fr: Beverly Jones Re: Southwestern Oklahoma State U: The Al Harris Library System Librarian POSITION: Opportunity to continue development of one of the most sophisticated electronic libraries in Oklahoma. Responsible for maintaining and developing a Data Research integrated online library system; a Novell network with 30 networked CD-ROM products; and Saber LAN Workstation network management system. Responsible for planning, management, implementation, operation, maintenance and training for all computer services and systems operated by the library Supervises one full-time assistant. Shared supplemental duties include staffing the information desk, attending staff planning meetings and assisting faculty, staff and patrons in a rapidly changing environment. Works closely with the Computer Services department in management of these systems, and in the extension of electronic library services to two campuses. Participates in the academic and statewide library communities. Works evening and weekend hours on a flexible schedule. QUALIFICATIONS: ALA-accredited Masters degree in Library/Information Science required;, a minimum of 1 year of current experience managing systems similar to those described above preferred; communication, leadership, and planning skills required. Experience with management of CD-ROMs in a networked environment (not just end user experience). DRA experience preferred. SALARY AND ACADEMIC RANK: Non-tenure track faculty rank and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Send letter of application, resume, and the name, address, and telephone number of three current references, with Internet addresses, if possible, to: Personnel Office, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive, Weatherford, OK 73096. Applications are currently being reviewed and the position will be filled as soon as possible. THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY: The Al Harris Library contains 250,000 titles and 1300 periodicals and is staffed by 7 professional librarians, 11 full-time staff, and students. A second campus is located in Sayre, 60 miles west. It is a user oriented, rapidly changing environment. Southwestern is located on the Great Plains, 70 miles west of Oklahoma City on Interstate 40 and historic Highway 66. Southwestern enrolls 5,550 and offers masters degrees in education, business, music and psychology and includes a pharmacy program. Weatherford has a population of 10,000, offers a low cost of living, good schools and recreational facilities and is home to 3 divisions of the 3M Company. The University is an EEO/AA employer. ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: James Allan Re: IP&M Special Issue Special topic issue of Information Processing and Management on Methods and Tools for the Automatic Construction of Hypermedia Guest editors Maristella Agosti and James Allan The impressive popularity of the World Wide Web has created a corresponding demand for on-line data organized as a hypertext or hypermedia document collection. To date, most of that organization has been done by hand, a daunting--if not impossible--task for very large or very volatile collections such as newswire services or archival collections. To help organize such collections as well as those that are smaller or less dynamic, techniques are required for automatically constructing hypertext or hypermedia, or for providing user-assistance in that process. In July of 1995, a workshop was held in Seattle in conjunction with SIGIR '95 on Information Retrieval and the Automatic Construction of Hypertext. The workshop highlighted the importance and difficulty of this problem and indicated the value of more in-depth study. To help consolidate quality research on this problem, Information Processing and Management has created a special issue to address this topic. This issue is intended to address different approaches for the automatic transformation of collections of "flat" textual and multi-media documents to produce a structured hypertext/hypermedia base. Submitted papers should address tools and methods capable of producing an informative hypertext/hypermedia collection of documents that can be searched and browsed by content. Techniques for automatically augmenting the links in an existing hypertext/hypermedia are also relevant. A list of topics that may be addressed in submitted papers includes: automatically creating static and dynamic links, automatically assigning types to links, strategies for updating an existing hypertext/hypermedia base, evaluation of the quality of hypertext/hypermedia collections, usability by the final user of the resulting hypertext/hypermedia, and so forth. *** The deadline for paper submissions is Monday, 5 February 1996. *** If you intend to submit a paper, please send an e-mail message to both guest editors informing them of your intention, preferably by 15 January 1996; their e-mail addresses are listed below. Sending such a message is not necessary, but it will help the editors prepare for the review process. Instructions for submitting a paper: The following are invited: (i) full length papers reporting original work generally of up to 4000 words; (ii) brief communications of original work or work in progress of up to 1200 words; (iii) book reviews and critical literature reviews. Two copies of the manuscript must be sent to each guest editor (4 copies in all) at the addresses listed below. Include a title page with the article's title, the contact author's name, affiliation, address, telephone and FAX numbers, and e-mail address, if available. For more details refer to the ``Instructions to contributors'' included in each issue of Information Processing and Management. Papers submitted to this Special Issue are subject to the usual IPM peer review. Maristella Agosti James Allan Dept. of Electronics and Informatics Center for Intelligent IR University of Padua Computer Science Dept. Via Gradenigo, 6/a University of Massachusetts 35131 Padova Amherst, MA 01003 Italy USA agosti@ipdunivx.unipd.it allan@cs.umass.edu ********** III.B.1. Fr: Susan Evoy Re: CPSR Conference Oct. 7-8 Chicago The Good, the Bad, and the Internet A Conference on Critical Issues in Information Technology October 7 & 8, 1995 Chicago Circle Center, University of Illinois - Chicago 750 South Halsted Chicago, Illinois http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/discussions/cpsr/annual/index.html New technologies have been appearing at a dizzying pace. The use of these technologies affect all of us and the questions about what technologies get developed, and how they are deployed are too important to leave to the government or to the private sector. Periodically we need to step back, and take stock of where we are. Are the "right" technologies being developed? Are they achieving what we want? What are we gaining, and what are we losing? And on the eve of a major election year, what issues should be raised in upcoming national and local debates? These topics will be discussed at the "The Good, the Bad, and the Internet" conference in Chicago this fall, being held in conjunction with the Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility 1995 Annual Meeting. The conference will feature plenary sessions on: -- Democratizing the Internet -- Privacy and Civil Liberties: What's happened? What's next? -- Technology and jobs: What's happened? What's next? -- The Good News Is: Local initiatives in democratizing technology -- Election Year 1996: Towards a Technology Platform plus workshops, CyberCabaret, Virtual Conference, and more! Watch this list for conference details, or visit the web site listed above, but reserve the dates on your schedule now! Conference sponsors: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, Chicago Coalition for Information Access, Center for Research in Information Management at the University of Illinois - Chicago, ACM Chicago Chapter, ACM - University of Illinois Student Chapter, (others to be announced). CPSR, PO Box 717, Palo Alto, CA 94302 / (415) 322-3778 / cpsr@cpsr.org ********** III.B.2. Fr: Richard Hill Re: ASIS '95 Annual Meeting Preliminary Program Converging Technologies: Forging New Partnerships in Information ASIS 1995 Annual Meeting October 9 - 12, 1995 Chicago Marriott Hotel PLENARY SESSIONS *Monday, October 9: Technological and Policy Developments: Access *Tuesday, October 10: Content and Conduits: Is There a Public Interest in Competition *Wednesday, October 11: The Trouble with Groupware TECHNICAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 9 *DELIVERY: The Life (and death?) of Print (SIG LAN, LITA) *ACCESS: A Federated Approach to Information Resource Organization: New Roles and Models for Managing Information on Campus *DELIVERY: Community Health Information Networks (SIG MED) *NAVIGATION: Contributed Papers -- Images *NAVIGATION: Current Applied Research in Natural Language Processing (SIG ALP) TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS *ACCESS: Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval: Findings from the CNI White Paper *DELIVERY: Contributed Papers: Libraries *NAVIGATION: End-Users' Models of Database Searching and Database Structures - Part I and II (SIG CR, SRT) *OVERVIEW AND UPDATE on the NSF Digital Library Initiative (SIG LAN, VIS) Part I *SIG/CHAPTERS OFFICERS WORKSHOP: Publishing Styles: Practical Hints for Creating Your Own Publications *NAVIGATION: Case Study: Automatic Indexing of a Large Document Collection (SIG ALP) *ACCESS: Convergence or Divergence in Education for the Information Professions? A Dialogue Between Educators and Consumers (SIG ED) *CAREER OUTLOOK for New Information Professionals (FID, Career Development Committee) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 CONTENT AND CONDUITS: Is There a Public Interest in Competition? *NAVIGATION: Advanced Tools for the Navigation and Use of Information Across the Internet (SIG CR, HCI, ALP) *ACCESS: Establishing Common Ground: Technologically Focused Relationships in Context (SIG CRS) *DELIVERY: Partnerships Between Academic and Business Worlds: What Works (SIG ED, BSS) *NAVIGATION: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Computer Interaction: Present and Future (SIG HCI) *NAVIGATION: Contributed Papers: Indexing *NISO Standards Session *ACCESS: Scientific Collaboratories : Technological and Sociological Issues - Part 1 (SIG STI) *DELIVERY: Re-Inventing Information Services -- Linking IS to Business Strategies (I) (FID) *NAVIGATION: Advanced Information Retrieval Systems: System Design and Significance of Interfaces (SIG HCI) *NAVIGATION: Contributed Papers: Information Needs of End Users *NAVIGATION: Re-Inventing Information Services -- Linking IS to Business Strategies (II) (FID) *ACCESS: Scientific Collaboratories : Technological and Sociological Issues - Part II (STI) *NAVIGATION: Systems for Information Exploration and Retrieval: Demonstration of Research Prototypes (SIG HCI) *NAVIGATION: Classification and Technology: New Roles for Maps of Knowledge (SIG CR) *ACCESS/NAVIGATION: Accessing the Internet: Chaos or Complexity (SIG CR) *ASIS ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING *CONVERGING UNIVERSES:://Forging Users into Relevant Submission / (SIG CON) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 *NAVIGATION: Plenary Session: The Trouble with Groupware *DOCTORAL FORUM: Participants from the ISI Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship and Doctoral Forum competitions will present and discuss their research. *ACCESS: Global Networks & Transborder Information Exchange (FID & SIG III) *ACCESS: International Information Sector R&D Initiatives (FID & SIG III) *DELIVERY: Innovative Electronic Information Pricing: Seeking a Win-Win-Win Model for Users, Vendors, and Providers (SIG LAN) *NAVIGATION: Contributed Papers: IR Research *NAVIGATION: "Help Desk" Software: Usage and Avoidance in Libraries and Information Centers (SIG PC) *ACCESS: Electronic Resources in Support of Scientific and Technical R & D (SIG STI) *DELIVERY: Global Information Infrastructures - Chaos or Coordination? (FID & SIG III) *NAVIGATION: Contributed Papers -- Bibliometrics *ACCESS: Contributed Papers: Information Technology *DELIVERY: Partnerships Through Global Multimedia Networking (FID) *ACCESS: Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere: Health Information in the Fourth Dimension (SIG MED) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 *DELIVERY: Internet Interfaces to Harness Health Sciences Sources (SIG MED) *NAVIGATION: Virtual Information Maps (SIG STI) *ACCESS: Distance Education for Information Science (SIG ED) *NAVIGATION: Intelligent Information Filtering: Oxymoron or Off-the-Shelf? (SIG LAN, MGT) *DELIVERY: Contributed Papers: Communication Technology *NAVIGATION: Contributed Papers: System Design *THEORIES OF INFORMATION SCIENCE (SIG FIS) *CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES: The Mexican Experience CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1995 Separate Registration Required *PRACTICAL HTML: A Hands-on Workshop (Off-Site) *DATABASE INDEXING: An Update *COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1995 9:00am-5:00pm unless otherwise indicated; Separate Registration Required *INTRODUCTION TO SGML *DIGITAL LIBRARIES -- Computer Concepts and Technologies for Managing Library Collections *MANAGEMENT AND PRIVACY ISSUES for Internet Service Providers *DEVELOPING A QUALITY PRESENCE ON THE NET *ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY NETWORK - or How to Start a Freenet Text Encoding for Information Interchange *6TH ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop: An interdisciplinary meeting 1:00pm - 5:00pm *DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCE: The Influence of the International Institute of Bibliography (IIB) and the International Federation for Documentation (FID) FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: 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 ********************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.E.1. Fr: Yasushige Matumura Re: Questionnaire for Information Specialist Dear IR-L Subscribers, This is my first mail to IR-L. I work in a Japanese chemical company and I am an information specialist. I am very interested in foreign information specialists. I would like to get the information about the educational background of searchers who search scientific information in companies, for the purpose of making clear the difference between foreign searchers and the Japanese. I have prepared the following questionnaire. Thank you for the attention you pay to this mail. The data will be analyzed and the results will be presented in the 32th Annual Meeting on Information Science and Technology in Tokyo, Japan, 12-13 Octber 1995. I will present the results anonymously. And I am sure to report the results in IR-L too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please fill out and send to: Yasushige Matsumura Daikin industries,LTD. CHEMICAL DIV. R&D PLANNING SECT. OSAKA,JAPAN FAX:81-6-349-4753 E-mail:dkc-matu@ppp.star-net.or.jp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- < Questionnaire for Information Specialist > To :IR-L 1.Country ( ) 2.Organization Type Private Enterprise ( ) Nonprofit ( ) Government ( ) Other ( ) 3.Occupation Information Specialist ( ) (incl. Searcher) Librarian ( ) Engineer or R&D ( ) Student ( ) Other ( ) 4.Subject Field at Work Science ( ) Social Science ( ) Humanities ( ) Other ( ) 5.Subject Fields of Degrees in School | 1st degree | 2nd degree | 3rd degree | (bachelor) | (master) | (doctor) ------------------------------------------------------------- Science | | | Social Science | | | Humanities | | | (Library)Inf.Sci | | | Other | | | 6.Continued Education Producer/Vendar Training ( ) Formal Cource of School ( ) On-the-Job Learning ( ) Self-education ( ) Group Study in your org. ( ) Group Study outside your org. ( ) Other ( ) 7.Use of databases Online Databases ( ) (DIALOG etc.) the Internet ( ) Inhouse Databases ( ) CD-ROM ( ) Other ( ) 8.Note ( ) $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (B $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (B - Thank you very much for your kind cooperation! - $B!! (B ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yours sincerely, Yasushige Matsumura Daikin industries,LTD. CHEMICAL DIV., R&D PLANNING SECT. E-mail:dkc-matu@ppp.star-net.or.jp ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. Send subscription requests and submissions to: NCGUR@UCCMVSA.UCOP.EDU Editorial Staff: Clifford Lynch calur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu Nancy Gusack ncgur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu The IRLIST Archives is now set up for anonymous FTP, as well as via the LISTSERV. 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