Information Retrieval List Digest 342 (January 27, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-342.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 January 27, 1997 Volume XIV, Number 4 Issue 342 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Library of Congress: Chief, Congressional Ref. Div. 2. Cornell U.: Programmer III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. New Canadian E-Pub. Web Site 2. FARNET's Washington Update B. Meetings 1. Posters CFP for ASIS '97 Midyear 2. Forum on Technology-Based Intellectual Property IV. PROJECTS C. Fellowships, Grants, & Scholarships 1. NSF Learning & Intelligent Systems (DEADLINE 2/7/97) 2. US-Mexico Collab Funding (DEADLINE WED. 2/5/97) ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Joan Treacy Re: Library of Congress: Chief, Congressional Ref. Div. Any questions should be addressed to the office listed below and NOT to the sender of this message. Chief, Congressional Reference Division (Administrative Librarian) Congressional Research Service Vacancy Announcement #960176 $83,160 - $115,700* *The individual selected for this position will receive the applicable pay adjustment. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) invites applications for the position of Chief of its Congressional Reference Division. CRS is the department of the Library of Congress that provides objective, non-partisan policy analysis, research and information to Congress. The individual selected for this position will lead a division of approximately 100 employees that responds to congressional requests for information research and reader/reference services. Qualified candidates will possess a minimum of one year of specialized experience at the GS-15 level in the Federal Service or at a comparable level of difficulty outside the Federal Service which demonstrates a minimum level of proficiency in the ability to manage an information research and reader/reference assistance program and a knowledge of information technology and resources. Applicants must obtain a copy of Vacancy Announcement #960176 in order to apply for this position. The vacancy announcement lists the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that must be addressed. For a copy of this vacancy announcement and an application form, please call the Library of Congress Employment Office at (202) 707-4315 or (202) 707-5627. One can also obtain copies by visiting the Library of Congress Employment Office in Room LM-107, 101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Applications must be received no later than March 10, 1997. The Library of Congress is an Equal Opportunity Employer ********** II.2. Fr: Susan Barnes Re: Cornell U.: Programmer [SEARCH REOPENED] Mann Library at Cornell University is seeking a bright, energetic programmer or systems analyst with the following characteristics: self-motivated, sense of excellence in service, effective interpersonal skills, ability to express oneself clearly in both written and verbal form, willingness to adapt to changing project requirements and priorities, and excited by the prospect of participating in the creation of an Internet-based digital library. This is an unusually interesting job; rookies are encouraged to apply. We seek someone with programming experience with C, Perl, ksh, and/or Java; a bachelors degree in computer or information science, or 3-5 years equivalent experience. Experience as a member of a project team a plus; experience with Unix and systems management a plus. Mann is the second-largest library in the Cornell University Library system. It has one of the nation's finest collections of agriculture, biology, nutrition, and social science materials. Mann has a staff of 52, including an Information Technology Section of six programmer/systems analysts and two technical support people. We operate an extensive electronic library at http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu. For information about Cornell University and Ithaca, NY see http://www.cornell.edu. Susan Barnes Assistant to the Director Albert R. Mann Library, Room 311 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607)254-4993 ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: David McCallum Re: New Canadian E-Pub. Web Site SchoolNet, an internationally acclaimed initiative of Industry Canada, announces a new Web site devoted to electronic scholarly publishing in Canada. The URL of the Canadian Electronic Scholarly Network (CESN) is: http://www.schoolnet.ca/vp/cesn CESN is an easy to use source of comprehensive information about on-line scholarly publishing in Canada. It contains links to Canadian peer-reviewed electronic scholarly journals, and to national and international electronic publishing projects and articles. It also provides information on the Electronic Publishing Promotion Project (EPPP) led by Industry Canada. For further information, please contact: David L. McCallum Principal Consultant Electronic Publishing Promotion Project Industry Canada - SchoolNet Tel.: (613) 957-8616 Fax: (613) 941-2811 E-Mail: mccallum.david@ic.gc.ca (David L. McCallum is on professional leave from the position of Executive Director, Canadian Association of Research Libraries / Association des bibliotheques de recherche du Canada) Version francaise disponible (French version available) ********** III.A.2. Fr: Heather Boyles Re: FARNET's Washington Update FARNET's WASHINGTON UPDATE --- January 24, 1997 IN THIS ISSUE: - FCC holds "Bandwidth Forum" to address rising number of issues being brought to FCC regarding Internet and current telecommunications infrastructure - Former Gore aide and White House technologist Mike Nelson joins FCC staff >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Liz Kanter (liz@farnet.org) contributed to the report on the FCC Bandwidth Forum in this week's Update. Written from FARNET's Washington office, "FARNET's Washington Update" is a service to FARNET members and other interested subscribers. We gratefully acknowledge EDUCOM's NTTF and the Coalition for Networked Information for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Heather Boyles at heather@farnet.org. ********** III.B.1. Fr: Gregory B. Newby Re: Posters CFP for ASIS '97 Midyear ASIS Mid-Year Meeting Final Call for Poster Sessions INFORMATION PRIVACY, INTEGRITY, AND DATA SECURITY The preliminary program for the ASIS 1997 Mid-year meeting is almost complete. SIG sessions, special sessions, and contributed paper sessions on all aspects of information privacy, integrity, and data security are planned. Proposals for POSTER SESSIONS are solicited from scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and others involved in issues of concern to the ASIS community. Poster presenters will have a session during the conference for brief communication of results, and will be expected to bring a visual display ("poster") of their work to be displayed in a conference exhibition area throughout ASIS Mid-year 1997. The ASIS Mid-year 1997 Poster Session is intended as a forum for the presentation of work in progress and late-breaking news, current topics, and updates on ongoing projects. New products or services are always of interest to the ASIS community and may also be presented (contact mdevine@asis.org for details). More details about Mid-year 1997 are available from the ASIS Web page: http://www.asis.org/ DUE DATE: Poster session proposals are due to the conference co-chairs by MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10. Proposals should include the names and contact information for all participants in the proposed session and a short (100-500 word) description of the proposal. Poster presenters may submit papers, abstracts, etc. for inclusion in the printed and/or electronic conference proceedings. Final versions of these materials will be due in late March. CONFERENCE DETAILS: Location:Radisson Resort Scottsdale, Arizona Date:June 2 - June 4, 1997 TOPICS AND AREAS OF CONCERN: - information policy and legal issues - social and organizational change - privacy, ethics and norms - civil rights, empowerment, and equality - users, user studies, and methodologies - data transfer, encryption, and verification - electronic cataloging and retrieval - products and services - electronic publishing (provenence, copyright enforcement, etc.) - other topics related to the conference theme ADDRESSES FOR SUBMISSION: Please submit poster sessions proposals by EMAIL ONLY to: Gregory B. Newby GSLIS/UIUC 501 E. Daniel St. Champaign, IL, 61820 Tel: 217-244-7365 Fax: 217-244-3302 Email: gbnewby@uiuc.edu Mark H. Needleman UCOP 300 Lakeside Drive 8th Floor Oakland CA, 94612-3550 Tel: 510-987-0530 Fax: Email: mhn@stubbs.ucop.edu ********** III.B.2. Fr: Joan K Lippincott Re: Forum on Technology-Based Intellectual Property Interactive Multimedia Association and U.S. Copyright Office ELECTRONIC COMMERCE FOR CONTENT II Forum on Technology-Based Intellectual Property Management Mumford Room Library of Congress Washington, DC April 28-29, 1997 CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION: The Interactive Multimedia Association and the U.S. Copyright Office announce the second inter-sector/inter-industry forum on issues in technology-based intellectual property management. The forum builds on the success of the 1996 forum in bringing together different creator, industry, and user perspectives on requirements, standards, and implementation. (The proceedings of the 1996 forum are available from the IMA; see http://www.ima.org/store/ipp-2.html) Progress is being made in many areas, including digital object identifiers, rights management languages, software envelopes, billing systems, and copy protection for DVD systems. As before, the intent of the forum is not to provide a showcase for products but to promote understanding of critical technical issues and related market development problems across industries and along value chains. However, in the interests of increasing the benefits of the forum as a venue for exchange of information and ideas, the IMA is developing a Web-based directory of companies, products, and research projects. Priority will given to new material and reports on significant work in progress. Papers should be received by March 15, 1997, to ensure consideration for the presentation at the forum. Letters of intent to submit are encouraged. There will be an opportunity to revise papers for the proceedings after the forum, and materials not presented at the forum will also be considered for publication. Please send letters of intent, papers, and related documents, as well as requests for future mailings, to: IMA/CO Forum Interactive Multimedia Association 48 Maryland Ave., Suite 202 Annapolis, MD 21401-8011 410-626-1380 Fax: 410-263-0590 forum@ima.org To be listed in the directory of companies and products or to receive updated information on the forum, please contact karms@ima.org. Or visit the IMA Web site at www.ima.org. ********************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C.1. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: NSF Learning & Intelligent Systems (DEADLINE 2/7/97) NSF is announcing an opportunity for INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH in Learning and Intelligent Systems (Announcement NSF 97-18). Researchers in intelligent information systems are encouraged to join interdisciplinary teams to respond to this opportunity. The description below and other pertinent information can be found at the following URL: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/lis/home.htm The LIS initiative seeks to stimulate interdisciplinary research that will unify experimentally and theoretically derived concepts related to learning and intelligent systems, and that will promote the use and development of information technologies in learning across a wide variety of fields. The long-range goal of this initiative is very broad and has the potential to make significant contributions toward innovative applications. To pursue this goal in a realistic and sustainable fashion, the initiative focuses on fundamental scientific and technological research undertaken in the rigorous and disciplined manner characteristic of NSF-supported endeavors. The initiative ultimately should have a major impact on enhancing and supporting human intellectual and creative potential. Consequently, development of new scientific knowledge on learning and intelligent systems and its creative application to education and to learning technologies are an integral part of this solicitation. Deadline information: *REQUIRED* PRE-PROPOSALS DUE FEB. 7, 1997 see http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/lis/Project.htm ********** IV.C.2. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: US-Mexico Collab Funding (DEADLINE WED. 2/5/97) DIRECTORATE FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (CISE) DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING (ENG) DEADLINES: FIRST WEDNESDAY IN FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR NSF - CONACyT Collaborative Research Opportunities for FY 1996 (CISE, ENG) The National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT) of Mexico announce the continuation of a five year pilot activity to support new efforts in international cooperative research and research infrastructure in computer science, information systems, and computer engineering in areas where the efforts are likely to produce complementary and synergistic effects. The objective of this initiative was extended in FY 1996 to engineering research, including environment and manufacturing, civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical and biomedical systems. Proposals from Mexican researchers and research institutions are selected and administered by CONACyT's DAIC Directorate (Direccion Adjunta de Investigacion Cientifica) and are subject to the regulations of the Program for the Support of Science (PACIME) in Mexico. Proposals to NSF from researchers at U.S. institutions will be subject to standard NSF review procedures outlined in the Grant Proposal Guide, (GPG), (NSF 95-27) and will be processed by the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), and the Directorate for Engineering (ENG). OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the initiative is to advance scientific and engineering knowledge through joint research efforts of investigators from the United States of America and Mexico having complementary talents and interests, and capitalizing on the international character of modern scientific research and its support by computer network infrastructures. This initiative complements and enhances prior collaborative efforts between CONACyT and NSF in CISE and ENG. Proposals are accepted in all areas usually covered by CISE and ENG. A complete list of programs is available in the Appendix A of the Grant Proposal Guide (NSF-95-27), and on WWW (http://www.nsf.gov/CISE and http://www.nsf.gov/ENG). SCOPE AND TYPES OF SUPPORT: Projects supported in this collaborative initiative must include researchers and educators in institutions from both countries in areas relating to either CISE (computer science, information science, and computer engineering, and can involve computer-related infrastructure and learning in areas such as networking and supercomputing), and/or ENG (all areas of engineering). In all cases, corresponding proposals are required from submitters in both countries for binational awards. It is expected that, in general, the Mexican and U.S. projects will have the same duration. Funding from this initiative is intended to support international collaborative activity; it is not meant to exclusively provide support to US investigators for individual on going research efforts. In general, NSF under this initiative will administer and support U.S. investigators only, while CONACyT will administer and cover costs incurred by the Mexican researchers. Exceptions to this rule may include per diem for travel by visitors within the host country. Projects may range in scope from supplements to an existing award through joint efforts to a new joint-effort proposal up to $100,000 with a duration from one to three years; larger grants may be awarded under special circumstances if appropriate. NSF customarily does not pay indirect cost for grants awarded primarily for the support of travel or equipment. Medical insurance during travel is fundable according to the guidelines of each supporting agency. Research proposals submitted to NSF under this collaborative initiative should avoid requests for equipment. Nonetheless, under special circumstances, the latter may be requested with appropriate justification. CONACyT has its own guidelines with respect to equipment. CISE & ENG estimate around 20 awards per year for both directorates. Cooperative proposals considered under this announcement may include initial requests or supplements for ongoing research involving: Projects for research collaboration by individuals or small research teams in each country, including researchers and graduate students, sharing common research objectives. The Principal Investigator(s)-(PIs)- on each of the two complementary proposals in a collaborative project may be located at a single institution in each of the two countries, or may form a network of computer scientists and engineers at several institutions within each country who interact frequently by electronic or other means among themselves and with their counterparts in the other country. Projects supporting focused research workshops on topics within the scope of the initiative, within the specified guidelines of the two supporting organizations. INITIATIVE MANAGEMENT: NSF and CONACyT will identify respective program officers who will form a Joint Working Group for U.S/Mexico Cooperation to conduct oversight, evaluation and assessment of proposals. The Joint Working Group will meet at least once a year and provide periodic recommendations for improving the cooperation. Individual proposals are reviewed within the corresponding disciplinary research/education area in CISE and ENG. WHO MAY APPLY: Scientists and engineers from universities and other non-profit research institutions in the United States of America and Mexico conducting research in areas relating to either CISE or ENG may submit proposals for support under this initiative. All research proposals submitted under this initiative must be bilateral, collaborative, and related to a corresponding proposal from the other country. WHAT TO SUBMIT: Proposals must be addressed with the proper announcement Number (NSF 96-145) directly to the relevant disciplinary program in CISE or ENG. The GPG, Appendix A, provides a list of programs and phone numbers. An information copy must be mailed to the corresponding NSF-CONACyT coordinator within CISE or ENG. FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: (703-306-1371), email should be sent to nsf-mex@nsf.gov. proposal to NSF must be addressed as follows: PROPOSAL REVIEW PROCESS: Each agency will carry out a pre-evaluation and ranking of proposals within the appropriate divisions within CISE and/or ENG. These will be subjected to merit review following the corresponding agency guidelines and reporting process. Those proposals in the competitive categories will in turn be considered for funding by program officers of both countries. Final decision for funding will be made jointly by NSF and CONACyT. DEADLINE: Proposals to this initiative submitted under this announcement must be received by NSF no later than the First Wednesday in February. ********************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division of Library Automation, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA. 94612-3550. 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