Information Retrieval List Digest 348 (March 10, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-348.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 March 10, 1997 Volume XIV, Number 10 Issue 348 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Michigan Tech. U.: Instructional/Reference Librarian III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. The Information Society 12:3 2. JALN and ALN Magazine B. Meetings 1. Indexing Skills Workshop for Technical Communicators 2. ASIS '97 Mid Year 3. Virtual Diplomacy Conference 4. ASIS/SIG/Classification Research ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Marti Ahola Re: Michigan Technological U.: Instructional/Reference Librarian INSTRUCTIONAL AND REFERENCE LIBRARIAN J. Robert Van Pelt Library Michigan Technological University OVERVIEW OF POSITION: Reporting to the Head of the Department of Reference and Instructional Services, the librarian plans, schedules and delivers instruction in the use of print, electronic and Internet resources. Creates electronic user guides, presentations and computer-aided instruction materials. Directs the Library's Web Page Team and assures overall integration of web pages format, content and purpose. Coordinates the Library's electronic reference services in support of MTU's distance education programs. Provides general reference and research services with emphasis in the areas of science, technology and engineering. Participates in the provision of reference services including evenings and weekends. Participates in reference collection management in specific subject areas. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Masters Degree from an ALA accredited library or information science program, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired. Excellent interpersonal and written/oral communication skills. Demonstrated problem solving, negotiation, leadership, and organizational skills. Demonstrated ability to provide effective reference service using both print and electronic library research processes and resources. Demonstrated ability to conduct effective instruction/training in both small and large group environments. Demonstrated ability in using electronic library and information resources, software, and technologies: including CD-ROM and online databases, the Internet, FTP, World Wide Web browser, and HTML or SGML. Demonstrated ability to apply word processing, graphics, and presentation software for the creation of instruction/training materials, presentations, and web pages. Demonstrated ability to work in a Windows environment, and to learn and apply new software. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment with all levels of personnel. Demonstrated ability to organize, meet deadlines, perform multiple tasks simultaneously, and prioritize. Demonstrated ability to self motivate and take initiative. Demonstrated public service orientation. PREFERRED: Professional experience providing library instruction, reference, research, and/or mediated online search services. Professional experience working in an academic or research library. Education and/or experience in one of the following: science, engineering, technology, or education. Experience collaborating with library systems staff. BENEFITS: This is a full-time, 12 month position. Expected salary is mid to upper twenties. Competitive benefits package available. ENVIRONMENT: Michigan Technological University is located in Michigan's scenic Upper Peninsula and has over 6,000 students enrolled in its undergraduate and graduate programs. It is the Upper Midwest's only public technological university supporting programs in engineering, the sciences, business, technology, communication and forestry. The J. Robert Van Pelt Library employs a staff of 35, including 12 professional librarians. The library uses a team- oriented approach to problem solving in a rapidly changing environment. For more information visit our web site: http://www.lib.mtu.edu. DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin on February 24, 1997. Send letter of application, resume, names, addresses and phone numbers of three work related references, and URLs for web pages you have helped create to: Laura Alexander, Human Resources Department, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1295. Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer. ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Rob Kling Re: The Information Society 12(3) ToC The Information Society Letter from Rob Kling Editor-in-Chief For TIS Issue 12(3) This issue of The Information Society, 12(3), include articles about NII policies in Taiwan and the cultural construction of NII developments in Japan. It also includes an article that focusss on the social conditions under which people elect not to have home telephones. Associate Editor Mark Poster has organized a Forum that examines the controversial position paper, "Cyberspace and the American Dream: A Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age" by Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George Keyworth, and Alvin Toffler (http://www.pff.org/position.html). The issue opens with Joel West s "Utopianism and National Competitiveness in Technology Rhetoric: The Case of Japan s Information Infrastructure." He notes that technological utopianism and national competitiveness are two common rhetorics that inform technology policy in developed nations. Both are strategies that can and have been used to sell technology policies to the government, industry and public at large. He examines the role of these rhetorics in shaping the emergence of the "multimedia"/information infrastructure boomlet in Japan in the mid 1990 s, and in the context of the country s history and institutions. The phrase J h -Ka - usually translated as "informatization" and denoting a change to an information-oriented society (j h shakai) -- has been a slogan of Japanese government policy for more than two decades. It is generally associated with two threads - the abstract concept of Japan as an information society, and a shift in government industrial policy away from heavy industries in the late 1960 s and early 1970 s. West argues that Japan s recent NII efforts blossomed not because of a maturation of the earlier j h shakai vision, but as a direct reaction to highly publiczed 1993 U.S. plans for "information superhighways." The second article for this isssue examines Taiwan's information technology industry ("Entrepreneurship, Flexibility and Policy Coordination: Taiwan's Information Technology Industry," by Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, Chin- Yeong Hwang, Tze-Chen Tu and Chee-Sing Yap.) In just fifteen years, Taiwan has emerged as a leading producer of hardware for nearly every major computer vendor in the world, despite little previous experience in high-technology industries. By 1995, Taiwan ranked fourth in the world in computer hardware production and exports through its strategy of being a fast follower. Kraemer and his colleagues examine how Taiwan's success in the computer industry has been due to a coordinated government strategy to support private entrepreneurship by a large number of small, flexible, innovative companies. They believe that Taiwan's computer companies have responded rapidly and effectively to continuing changes in the international market and avoided many of the problems encountered by their counterparts in Japan and South Korea in recent years by emphasizing close supplier relationships with multinational computer companies all over the world. They also examine the role of government agencies in collecting and disseminating market intelligence. They suggest that Taiwan is Asia's best positioned country for continued success in the global computer industry. In the third article, Milton Mueller and Jorge Schement report why some (poor) people avoid having telephones at home, even when they have other information services, such as cable TV. Mueller and Schement's findings are especially important in assessments of "basic communications services" and "universal access" since their data counter the conventional assumptions that people acquire telephone services before the subscribe to cable television, and which, in turn, is more basic than computer networking. This issue also includes a Forum, organized by TIS's Associate Editor Mark Poster, that examines the regulation of commerce on the Internet. The Forum includes the controversial position paper, "Cyberspace and the American Dream: A Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age" that was published on-line by Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George Keyworth, and Alvin Toffler in August 1994 (http://www.pff.org/position.html). "The dominant form of new knowledge in the Third Wave is perishable, transient, customized knowledge: The right information, combined with the right software and presentation, at precisely the right time. Unlike the mass knowledge of the Second Wave -- "public good" knowledge that was useful to everyone because most people's information needs were standardized -- Third Wave customized knowledge is by nature a private good .... If this analysis is correct, copyright and patent protection of knowledge (or at least many forms of it) may no longer be unnecessary. In fact, the marketplace may already be creating vehicles to compensate creators of customized knowledge outside the cumbersome copyright/patent process, And all of those confront a set of constituencies made frightened and defensive by their mainly Second Wave habits and locales: Command-and-control regulators, elected officials, political opinion-molders, philosophers mired in materialism, traditional interest groups, some broadcasters and newspapers -- and every major institution (including corporations) that believes its future is best served by preserving the past. TIS 12(3) concludes with reviews of five books: Democracy and Technology, by Richard Sclove. Reviewed by Steven K. Wyman; The Future Does Not Compute: Transcending the Machines in our Midst, by Stephen L. Talbott. Three reviews by Kevin Hunt, James Dalziel and William Bainbridge; Information Superhighways: Multimedia Users and Futures edited by S.J. Emmott. Reviewed by Andrew Dillon; City of Bits: Space Place and the Infobahn," by William Mitchell. Reviewed by Linda Wall; Resisting the Virtual Life," edited by James Brooks and Ian Boal. Reviewed by Karen Ruhleder: A description of the next issues 12(4) and 13(1) are posted on TIS's web page: (see http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS). Issue of The Information Society, 12(4), includes articles about electronic media and universities, the politics of computer networking, privacy in telephone listings, and regional plans for major information infrastructure initiatives, as well as a Forum and two book reviews. Issue 13(1) of The Information Society, 13(1) focusses on electronic commerce. TABLE of CONTENTS: The Information Society 12(3) Letter from the Editor-in-Chief "Utopianism and National Competitiveness in Technology Rhetoric: The Case of Japan s Information Infrastructure," by Joel West "Entrepreneurship, Flexibility and Policy Coordination: Taiwan's Information Technology Industry," by Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, Chin- Yeong Hwang, Tze-Chen Tu and Chee-Sing Yap "Universal Service from the Bottom Up: A study of telephone penetration in Camden, New Jersey," by Milton Mueller and Jorge Reina Schement "Controlling Access: Demographic Characteristics of Unlisted/Nonpublished Subscribers," by James E. Katz "American hegemony in packaged software trade and the "culture of software," by Erran Carmel Forum on the Magna Carta "Introduction," by Mark Poster "Cyberspace and the American Dream: A Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age," by Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George Keyworth and Alvin Toffler Cybercowboys on the New Frontier: Freedom, Nationalism, and Imperialism in the Postmodern Era," by John Carlos Rowe "Cyberspace Inc. and the Robber Baron Age: An Analysis of PFF s "Magna Carta," by Richard Moore Book Reviews Reviewed by Kevin Hunt: "The Future Does Not Compute: Transcending the Machines in our Midst," by Stephen L. Talbott. Reviewed by James Dalziel: "The Future Does Not Compute: Transcending the Machines in our Midst," by Stephen L. Talbott. Reviewed by William Bainbridge: "The Future Does Not Compute: Transcending the Machines in our Midst," by Stephen L. Talbott. Reviewed by Steven K. Wyman: "Democracy and Technology, " by Richard Sclove. Reviewed by Andrew Dillon: "Information Superhighways: Multimedia Users and Futures," edited by S.J. Emmott. Reviewed by Karen Ruhleder: "Resisting the Virtual Life," edited by James Brooks and Ian Boal. Reviewed by Linda Wall: "City of Bits: Space Place and the Infobahn," by William Mitchell ********** III.A.2. Fr: John R. Bourne & J. Olin Campbell Re: JALN and ALN Magazine We are pleased to announce the completion of the first issue of the JALN and the first issue of the ALN Magazine. You may view these publications on the ALN Web. A listing of the contents of the issues is given below. You are invited to use the discussion areas associated with each article. The authors have agreed to respond to comments on their papers in the discussion areas provided. We hope that you will enjoy reading the papers and will provide your own contribution to the Journal and Magazine. JOURNAL OF ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING NETWORKS Vol. 1, Issue 1, March 1997 Table of Contents: Asynchronous Learning Networks: A Sloan Foundation Perspective. Frank Mayadas, Program Officer, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation The Economics of ALN: Some Issues. Lanny Arvan, Associate Professor of Economics, Associate Director, Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments (SCALE), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Costs for the Development of a Virtual University. Murray Turoff, Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology Gender Similarity in the Use of and Attitudes About ALN in a University Setting. John C. Ory, Cheryl Bullock, Kristine Burnaska, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writing Across the Curriculum Encounters Asynchronous Learning Networks or WAC Meets Up With ALN. Gail E. Hawisher, Michael A. Pemberton, Department of English, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign A Model for On-Line Learning Networks in Engineering Education. J. R. Bourne, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Management of Technology, A. J. Brodersen, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, J. O. Campbell, Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education M. M. Dawant, Research Instructor of Electrical Engineering, R. G. Shiavi, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, Vanderbilt University "FREE TRADE" IN HIGHER EDUCATION The Meta University, William H. Graves, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ALN MAGAZINE, Volume 1, Issue 1 What's Going On In Colleges and Universities? UI-OnLine: The Realization of the 21st Century Land-Grant University by Sylvia Manning and Burks Oakley II Integrating Technology into Distance Teaching at The Open University of Israel by Michal Beller Consortia Reports Demonstration Projects by Six Members of the Consortium for Manufacturing Competitiveness by Cynthia D. Liston Course Experiences Developing Web-Based Notes and Conferencing for An On-Campus Course In Plant Biology by Richard F. E. Crang Cyberspace Assisted Responsive Education implemented on the Internet (I-CARE) by Ifay F. Chang, Li-Chieh Lin, Xiaolong Hao, Humbert Suarez and Jim St. Lawrence Definitions ALN's Relations: Current Educational Trends and Concepts and their Relation to ALN by John Sener Hints and Tips How to Create Your Own Website to Support an On-line Course: tips, hints and practical information by Martine Dawant and John Bourne ********** III.B.1. Fr: Maryann Corbett Re: Indexing Skills Workshop for Technical Communicators AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INDEXERS Twin Cities Chapter SPRING MEETING, April 5, 1997 INDEXING SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS (and others eager to learn about indexing technical materials) Presented by Lori Lathrop This all day workshop is designed to meet the needs of technical writers who need to index. It would also be useful for novice indexers and those who want to learn about the problems of technical documents. Lori Lathrop is a communications professional with over 16 years' experience as a technical writer, editor, and professional indexer. She delivers indexing workshops for corporate clients and professional organizations throughout North America. Her clients include the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), Asymetrix Corporation, AT&T, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM Corporation, Sybase, Texas Instruments, Basic Books, IDG Books Worldwide, International Thompson Computer Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, Online Books, Oryx publishing houses. Lori is past Chair of the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (ASI). She is also a member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and was co-Chair of that Chapter's 1996 Publications and Arts Competition. Several of Lori's articles have appeared in ASI's KeyWords newsletter and the STC Intercom magazine; her book, _An Indexer's Guide to the Internet_, was published by ASI in 1994. DATE: April 5, 1997 (Saturday) LOCATION: Minnesota Commons room, Student Center, Saint Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota, 217 Buford Avenue, Saint Paul, MN For REGISTRATION forms and information, CONTACT: Maryann Corbett at 612-297-2952 (work) or 612-645-5985 (home) or email her at maryann.corbett@revisor.leg.state.mn.us Maps, parking guides, and lodging info available on request. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. Sign in 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Workshop, part I 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and ASI business meeting 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Workshop, part II COSTS: $50.00 per regular ASI member, $65.00 per non-member. Student members of ASI and RASTEC may attend for $20.00. Registration includes the all-day workshop, plus morning coffee and sweet roll, box lunch and beverages. Maryann Corbett Language Specialist Office of the Revisor of Statutes Minnesota Legislature 612-297-2952 ********** III.B.2. Fr: Richard Hill Re: ASIS '97 Mid Year Information Privacy, Security, and Data Integrity ASIS 1997 Mid Year Meeting May 30 - June 3, 1997 Scottsdale, Arizona PRELIMINARY PROGRAM: We all rely on electronic data, secure, we hope, from compromise. Technology developments have surpassed social norms and ethics. Who owns data? How can we verify accuracy of data, and verify that data are authentic? What can you do when data about you are incorrect or misappropriated? What values for privacy, data sharing, and ethical responsibility will we need? How can you protect your organization and its information? These are the concerns of the 1997 ASIS Mid Year meeting. Following is the current (2/6/97) program of the 1997 ASIS Mid Year Meeting. For up-to-date information, session descriptions, schedule, registration information, and more, please see the ASIS Web site at Re: Virtual Diplomacy Conference VIRTUAL DIPLOMACY The Global Communications Revolution And International Conflict Management April 1 and 2, 1997 Omni Shoreham Hotel 2500 Calvert Street NW Washington, D.C. http://www.usip.org/oc/virtual_dipl.html You are invited to attend an international conference to explore how information and communication technologies are affecting the sovereignty of nations and shaping global affairs. "Virtual Diplomacy" will catalyze original thinking and encourage new partnerships and alliances for improving the means of preventing, ameliorating, resolving and settling international conflict. By attending this conference, you will have an opportunity to engage in critical discussion with: - senior diplomats and respected scholars such as George Shultz (former Secretary of State); Jean-Marie Guehenno (Director of France's Office of Budget and former representative to the European Union); Thomas Pickering (former ambassador to Russia and nominee for Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs); Chester Crocker (former Asst. Secretary of State for African Affairs); and Francis Fukuyama (author of "The End of History" and "Trust") - national security professionals including Lt. Gen. Anthony Zinni, Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Marine Corps; Adm. William Owens (Science Applications International Corp.); and Anita Jones (Director of Defense Research and Engineering) - business, financial, and international development leaders such as Katharine Graham (Chairman of the Executive Committee, The Washington Post); Walter Wriston (former chairman and CEO of Citicorp), Ismail Serageldin (Vice President for Environmental Sustainable Development, World Bank), and Paul Strassman (President, Information Economics Press) - media luminaries including David Gergen (U.S. News and World Report); Lawrence Grossman (former president of NBC and PBS), and Ralph Begleiter, (CNN correspondent) - pioneers in science and technology, including Nobel Laureate Arno Penzias (Lucent Technologies); Robert Kahn (President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives); Jack Dangermond, (President, Environmental Sciences Research Institute); Mark Weiser (Chief Technologist, Xerox PARC), and John Gage, (Director, Science Office, Sun Microsystems) - and people, like you, who are using new tools to change the world including Veran Matic, Editor, Radio B92, Belgrade; Sharon Rusu, ReliefWeb; Kevin Klose,designate for director of International Broadcasting, USIA, former president Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty ; Ted Okada, Food for the Hungry; Steve Cisler, Apple Computer, Inc., and Hans Zimmerman, United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs. Policy makers, implementors, funders, opinion makers, scholars and enterpreneurs will shape the future of the planet. "Virtual Diplomacy" will provide a forum for you to interact with key international players to explore how new information technologies can help to resolve international conflicts. "Virtual Diplomacy" is the first major public international conference to explore the critical impact of the information technology revolution on international affairs. The conference will showcase practical applications of these technologies to international conflict resolution and will address critical management issues associated with this transformation. Case studies in conflict prevention, management and resolution will highlight the critical role information technologies have played in helping to resolve conflict in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Organizations including Chadwyck-Healey, Open Source Solutions, Institute of World Affairs, Iridium, SAIC, Infostructure International, Sandia National Laboratories and Telediplomacy will be exhibiting their projects. Conference registration ranges from $75 for students to $150 for on-site registration, (special luncheon and banquet events are extra). There is a substantial discount for early registration, details are at the bottom of this message. =========================================================== TUESDAY, APRIL 1 =========================================================== Welcome and Introductions: Richard Solomon, President, United States Institute of Peace:"The Global Information Revolution and International Conflict Management" "The Topology of Sovereignty" Jean-Marie Guehenno, author of "The End of the Nation-State" and Director of International Affairs and Chief Counselor, Office of Budget, Republic of France Old Borders, New Frontiers: Interdependence, Integration and Interconnectedness: Moderator: Francis Fukuyama, George Mason University, author, "The End of History" and "Trust" -- Panelists: Arno Penzias, Nobel Laureate, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies; William A. Owens, Science Applications International Corporation; Ismail Serageldin, Vice President for Environmental Sustainable Development, World Bank Noon Lunch (Special Event): Twilight of Sovereignty: How the Information Revolution is Transforming the World" will discuss how ready access to information has become a capital asset in global competition for markets and political power. Charting the Terrain: Tools for Decision-Makers and Practitioners: Moderator: Anita Jones, Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Pentagon -- Panelists: Robert Kahn, President, Corporation for National Research Initiatives; Mark Weiser, Chief Technologist, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; Jack Dangermond, President, Environmental Systems Research Institute Parallel Sessions: Barriers to Networking and Information Sharing: Hans Zimmermann, Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications, U.N. Department of Humanitarian Affairs / International Telecommunications Union Building Alliances, Shaping Communities: Steve Cisler, Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer Inc. Harnessing Data for Decision Making: John Gage, Director, Office of Science, Sun Microsystems Banquet (Special Event): George Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State. Introduced by Katharine Graham, The Washington Post =========================================================== WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 =========================================================== Introduction: Chester Crocker, Georgetown University: "Virtual Diplomacy in Practice: Networks, Communities, and Decision-Making in International Conflict Management" Setting Agendas and Building Political Will: Mass Media's Impact on International Affairs: Part I: Moderator: David Gergen, U.S. News & World Report Panelists: Ralph Begleiter, Cable News Network; Tom Donilon, former Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs and Chief of Staff, State Department, Clinton Administration; Margaret Tutwiler, former spokeswoman for the Department of State, Bush Administration; and Direct Impact Communications; Lt. Gen. Anthony Zinni, Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command, U.S. Marine Corps (invited) Part II: Dialogue: David Gergen, U.S. News & World Report; Lawrence Grossman, Former President of PBS and NBC News, author of "The Electronic Republic: Reshaping Democracy in the Information Age" Noon Lunch (Special Event): "America's Stake in the Global Information Infrastructure," Albert Gore, Jr., Vice President of the United States of America (invited) Case Studies (Parallel Sessions): Preventive Diplomacy: Great Lakes Region of Africa, 1996 Conflict Management: Chiapas, Balkans, Burma, Liberia Reconciliation Media: Belarus, Balkans, Middle East Meeting the Challenge of Virtual Diplomacy: What Does It Cost, and Who Pays? Moderator: Gordon Adams, U.S. Office of Management and Budget -- Panelists: Esther Dyson, President, EDventure Holdings and Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation (invited); Thomas Pickering, The Eurasia Foundation, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and current nominee, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs; Paul Strassmann, President, Information Economics Press FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Telephone: 202.429.3832 E-mail: virtual_diplomacy@usip.org The latest information about the conference, case studies, papers, and exhibitors may be found at: http://www.usip.org/oc/virtual_dipl.html Or retrieve a registration form from http://www.usip.org/oc/vagenda.html ********** III.B.4. Fr: ene@argo.ucop.edu Re: ASIS/SIG/Classification Research CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 8th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop: An interdisciplinary meeting. Washington D.C., Sunday, November 2, 1997, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m The American Society for Information Science Special Interest Group on Classification Research (ASIS SIG/CR) invites submissions for the 8th ASIS Classification Research Workshop, to be held at the 60th Annual Meeting of ASIS, November 1-6, 1997, Washington D.C., URL: http://www.asis.org/annual-97/ASIS97.htm. The workshop will take place Sunday, November 2, 1997, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The conference hotel is the J.S. Marriott on Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C. SCOPE: The Classification Research Workshop is designed to promote the exchange of ideas among active researchers with interests in classification creation, development, management, representation, display, comparison, compatibility, theory, and application. TOPICS INCLUDE, but are not limited to: - Applications such as subject analysis, natural language understanding, information retrieval, expert systems. - Automated techniques to assist in creating classification schemes. - Bases for semantic classes. - Classification algorithms. - Comparison and compatibility between classification schemes. - Concept acquisition. - Data structures and programming languages for classification schemes. - Image classification. - Inheritance and subsumption. - Interfaces for displaying classification schemes. - Knowledge representation schemes. - Procedural knowledge in classification schemes. - Reasoning with classification schemes. - Relations and their properties. - Representation and access on the Internet. - Software for management of classification schemes. - Statistical techniques used for developing explicit semantic classes. - User-based classification strategies. - Warrant for concepts in classification schemes. The Classification Research Workshop welcomes submissions from various disciplines.Those interested in participating are invited to submit: 1) a short (2-3 page single-spaced) research paper summarizing substantive work that has been conducted in the above areas or other related areas, 2) a statement briefly outlining the reason for wanting to participate in the workshop, and 3) a brief (1 page) personal statement describing research interests. * Submissions may include background papers as attachments. Submitted papers will be refereed for acceptance. The authors of accepted papers will be asked to submit an expanded version. Some of the authors of expanded papers will be invited to speak to their papers in brief presentations during the workshop. All expanded papers will be published in the preliminary proceedings and mailed to all early registrants prior to the workshop. After the workshop, authors will be given the opportunity to revise their papers for final publication of the proceedings by Information Today, Inc. Early registration fees for ALL PARTICIPANTS are $35.00 for SIG/CR members and/or participants with expanded papers; $45.00 for ASIS members; $60.00 for non-members. (As the workshop is separate from the ASIS Annual Meeting, an additional registration is required for the Annual Meeting). Previous proceedings are titled "Advances in Classification Research: proceedings of the n_th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Workshop" and are published by Information Today, Inc., 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055. Tel: 609/654-6266; URL: http://www.infotoday.com. DEADLINES: April 11, 1997: Extended Abstract (2-3 pages single-spaced, in english, following the APA Manual of Style 4th ed, 1994) should be received by the workshop chair. E-mail submissions. May 9, 1997: Notification of acceptance, and publication of detailed specifications for expanded papers. June 27, 1997: Expanded papers due to workshop chair for refereeing by the program committee. July 23, 1997: Refereed papers back to authors for final revision. August 29, 1997: Final copies of expanded papers in camera ready copy are to be received by the workshop chair for publication in the workshop proceedings. PUBLICATIONS: a) Workshop Proceedings: includes all accepted papers; b) "Advances in Classification Research: proceedings of the 8th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Workshop": includes selected papers. SUBMISSIONS AND INFORMATION REQUESTS: Submissions should be made by email (paper copy, fax or postal, submission is a non-preferred method) to arrive by Friday April 11, 1997, to: Efthimis N. 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