Information Retrieval List Digest 387 (January 5, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-387.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 January 5, 1998 Volume XV, Number 1 Issue 387 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS 1. SUNY/Albany: School of IS and Policy: Ass't/Assoc. Professors 2. NE Ohio Universities: Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center: Systems Librarian 3. CNET: Web Librarian/Ontologist III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. JASIS Vol. 49, No. 2, Table of Contents (Feb. '98) B. Meetings 1. Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries 2. Living the Future II Conference Announcement C. Miscellaneous 1. User Support Survey ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Philip Eppard Re: SUNY/Albany: School of IS and Policy: Ass't/Assoc. Professors The School of Information Science and Policy of the University at Albany expects to fill two tenure track faculty positions for September 1998 at the assistant/associate professor rank. Candidates should be committed to teaching and research in an interdisciplinary environment and have the ability to teach at the undergraduate, master's degree, and doctoral levels. Preference will be given to applicants with specializations in information technology, information sources and services, information storage and retrieval, and information theory, but other areas of specialization will be considered. A demonstrated ability to secure external funding and interest in distance learning are highly desirable. A joint appointment within the University is a possibility. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, or anticipate completion by August 1998. Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to Dean Philip B. Eppard, School of Information Science and Policy, University at Albany, 135 Western Ave., Albany, New York 12222. Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Informal preliminary interviews with interested candidates will be held at the meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education in January. The School of Information Science and Policy is one of four professional schools that comprise the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. It offers a Master of Library Science degree and a Master of Science in Information Science as well as an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts in Information Science. In addition it is also the key participant in the University's interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Information Science. It currently enrolls over 300 students at all levels. More detailed information about the School and its programs can be found at the School's website at http://www.albany.edu/sisp/. The University at Albany is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Philip B. Eppard, Dean School of Information Science & Policy University at Albany, State University of New York 135 Western Ave., Draper 113 Albany, New York 12222 Phone: (518) 442-5115 Fax: (518) 442-5367 E-Mail: pbe40@cnsunix.albany.edu pbe40@cnsibm.albany.edu ********** II.2. Fr: Larry S. Ellis Re: NE Ohio Universities: Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center: Systems Librarian The Northeastern Ohio Universities college of Medicine (NEOUCOM) seeks a Systems Librarian to coordinate the implementation of additional software and maintenance of the integrated library system, and other Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center automated information. The successful candidate will also, provide training for the Council of NEOUCOM Associated Hospital Librarians, NEOUCOM faculty, staff, and students in the use of OORMIC online integrated systems and act as liaison to the office of the Associate Dean of Information and Education Technology on all automation matters relating to the information center. The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) is a community-based, state medical school which offers a combined BS/M.D. degree through consortium arrangements with The University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University. NEOUCOM is also associated with 18 community hospitals, eight of which are teaching hospitals for NEOUCOM students. The mission of NEOUCOM is to graduate qualified physicians oriented to the practice of medicine at the community level, with an emphasis on primary care: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology. The Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center, with more than 90,000 bound volumes and 1,000 current serial subscriptions, provides regional medical library services to a 17 county area and is associated with 18 community hospitals, eight of which are teaching hospitals for NEOUCOM students. The information center also serves as the medical library, to The University of Akron, Kent State University and Youngstown State University through a consortia arrangement. It has a staff of 20.2 permanent FTE, including 9.5 librarians. It is a member of OhioLINK, Ohio's statewide library network network and other state, regional and local library organizations. The NEOUCOM campus is located 50 miles South of Cleveland, OH. The site for the campus, in Rootstown, OH, was selected because of its location in the center of the consortium. The campus includes several connected buildings. The academic support facility houses the conference center, the Oliver Ocasek Regional Medical Information Center, cafeteria, bookstore, exercise room and administrative offices. QUALIFICATIONS: A minimum of 3-5 years significant, relevant experience in academic librarianship including some experience in both public and technical services; course work or extensive experience in information and computer science; experience with automated integrated library systems and online searching essentials; strong communication, writing, interpersonal and problem-solving skills; knowledge of applications and trends in information technology. ALA accredited Master's Degree in Library or Information Science. SALARY: Negotiable and commensurate with experience and qualifications. PREFERRED: Willingness to work with various groups and respond to their needs; willingness to travel; good command of spoken and written English; membership in the Academy of Health Information Professionals, demonstrated creativity, flexibility and leadership. Familiarity with Innovative Interfaces Inc. Innopac software and OhioLINK. Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae and names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three references to : Department of Human Resources, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, P.O. Box 95, Rootstown, Ohio 44272-0095. Applications must be received by January 19, 1997 or until filled. The Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative ********** II.3. Fr: Sean Lally Re: CNET: Web Librarian/Ontologist Snap! Online (http://www.snap.com) a property of CNET The Computer Network (http://cnet.com)seeks a highly qualified Web Librarian/Ontologist. This position will be located in our San Francisco HQ. We're looking to hire a full-time and highly qualified Ontologist/Librarian who is an expert in classifying information. We're thinking that the ideal candidate would actually have professional experience and some sort of advanced degree in Information, Library Science or Ontology. Someone who worked as a corporate librarian or municipal librarian might be a good choice, as well as somebody who was going to graduate school in ontology. The person needs to have experience with the Web, and particularly using search engines. I appreciate that this is not much to go on but I wanted to see if there were any subscribers with an immediate interest in exploring opportunities with a recognized leader in new media. I hope to post a more complete position description including required skills and responsibilities in the very near future. Please email resumes or questions to Sean Lally (seanl@cnet.com) for more info please check out our sites: http://www.cnet.com http://www.snap.com http://www.shareware.com http://www.shareware.com http://www.tv.com http://www.mediadome.com http://www.download.com http://www.buydirect.com http://www.search.com http://www.activex.com http://www.gamecenter.com http://www.computers.com CNET is hiring! http://www.cnet.com/Jobs Sean Lally Director, Corporate Recruiting seanl@cnet.com http://www.cnet.com ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Richard Hill Re: JASIS Vol. 49, No. 2, Table of Contents (Feb. '98) JASIS (Journal of the American Society for Information Science) Volume 49, Number 2, February 1998 IN THIS ISSUE, by Bert R. Boyce, 102 Bookstein, A., S.T. Klein, and T. Raita. "Clumping Properties of Content-Bearing Words," 102. Wang, Peiling and Dagobert Sorgel. " A Cognitive Model of Document Use During a Research Project. Study I. Document Selection," 115. Watters, C.R., M.A. Shepherd, and F.J. Burkowski. "The Electronic News Delivery Project," 134. Perry, Claudia A. and Ronald E. Rice. "Scholarly Communication in Developmental Dyslexia: Influence of Network Structure on Change in a Hybrid Problem Area," 151. He, Shaoyi. "Concept Similarity and Conceptual Information Alteration Via English-to- Chinese and Chinese-to-English Translation of Medical Article Titles," 169. Khan, Kushal, and Craig Locatis. "Searching Through Cyberspace: The Effects of Link Display and Link Density on Information Retrieval from Hypertext on the World Wide Web," 176. BOOK REVIEWS Virtual Individuals, Virtual Groups: Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking by Jo Ann Oravec, Leslie Regan Shade, 183. Entertainment Technology and Tomorrow's Information Services by Tom Kinney, Sue Myburgh, 184. Highway of Dreams: A Critical View along the Information Superhighway by A. Michael Noll, Donald O. Case, 185. Implementation of Organizational Innovation: Studies of Academic and Research Libraries, by Peter Clayton Peter G. Underwood 186. Beyond the Library of the Future: More Alternative Futures for the Public Library by Bruce A. Shuman, Amy E. Sanidas, 187. Culture of the Internet edited by Sara Kiesler, Thomas A. Peters, 188. Gateways to Knowledge: The Role of Academic Libraries in Teaching, Learning, and Research edited by Lawrence Dowler, Ebrahim Afshar, 190. ********** III.B.1. Fr: Stavros A. Papadakis RE: Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries 19 - 23 September, 1998 Heraklion, Crete, Greece Web Page: http://www.csi.forth.gr/2EuroDL E-mail: ecdl@cc.uch.gr Sponsors: European Union European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ICS-FORTH University of Crete OBJECTIVES: This conference is the second of a series of European conferences on research and technology for digital libraries funded by the European Commission's TMR Programme. Its objectives are: to bring together researchers from multiple disciplines whose science relates to the development of digital libraries; to provide an opportunity for these scientists to form a research community in Europe specific to digital library development and to enable them to discuss issues and strategies specific to the European context; to assist young researchers in establishing relationships with senior scientists in their areas of interest; to enable review and discussion of research under way in Europe, the US, Japan and other countries on digital libraries; to stimulate researchers, especially young scientists, to explore new areas of interest in digital library development; to establish a forum for discussion of issues specific to Europe such as interoperability, multilinguality, intellectual property policy, and information commerce; to provide an opportunity for researchers in the relevant enabling technologies and information sciences, to discuss issues related to interoperability between world wide distributed digital libraries. From a technical point of view, the European Conferences series aims to contribute to the definition of those digital library parameters which especially influence issues of access, retrieval, and interaction with information; to identify key problems which must be solved to make digital library services an effective reality; to identify a general structure or framework for integrating research and solutions; and to propose and encourage specific, high priority research directions within such a framework. TOPICS: The conference organisers solicit papers on topics related to digital libraries, including but not limited to the following list: * Digital Library Models, Frameworks, and System Requirements * Metadata * System Integration and Architecture Issues * Interoperability, Scalability * Networked Information Discovery, Agent Technologies * Information Retrieval, Organisation, Navigation - Tools and Paradigms * Multilinguality * Role of Knowledge Representation Systems in Digital Library Interactions * Collecting, Capturing, Filtering, Cataloging, Indexing, * Preserving * Intellectual Property Rights, Terms and Conditions, Rights Management * Authoring, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Commerce and Information Economies * Economic and Social Implications and Issues * User Interfaces * Handling of Graphics, GIS, Medical Data, Multimedia Information, Experimental Data and * Scientific Models CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: The conference will be held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Tutorials will be organised on the 19th and 20th of September 1998. The opening session will take place at 9.00a.m. on Monday the 21th of September 1998 and the final session will take place on Wednesday afternoon, the 23th of September 1998. Full details on the scientific programme of the Conference will be published on our Web site by the 1st of July 1998. IMPORTANT DATES IN 1998: 15 March Proposals for tutorials, panels and demos due to the Programme Chair 15 April Notification of tutorial, panel and demo acceptance 15 May Papers and proposals for posters due to the Programme Chair 25 June Notification of paper and poster acceptance 1 July Scientific Programme on the Web 25 July Final papers due 19,20 September Tutorials 21-23 September Conference PANELS: Suggestions for the organisation of panel sessions on one of the proposed topics or on related topics are welcomed. Proposals should include a short CV and position paper for each panelist. POSTERS: During the conference a space will be reserved for poster sessions. Research projects of any scale are invited to illustrate innovative concepts and prototype systems. Poster proposals should include title, names of presenters and outline (max. 500 words). TUTORIALS: Tutorial days will be held before the Conference, on Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th of September 1998. Proposals for tutorials are solicited. Tutorials would be either half day (3 hours) or full day (6 hours). Each proposal should include a title, a summary (intentions, objectives, etc.), duration and a short CV of the instructor(s). DEMOS: Result demonstrations of on-going projects are strongly encouraged. Those interested should submit a description of the intended Demo to the Programme Chair. PAPERS: Papers (max 20 pages, double spaced) should be submitted electronically in HTML format, either by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat, ecdl@cc.uch.gr, or to our ftp site, ftp://ftp.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL. PROCEEDINGS: The Proceedings will be published by Springer as a volume in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science series and will be distributed at the Conference. FELLOWSHIPS FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS: A limited number of fellowships for the Conference and also for Tutorials are available for young researchers who are citizens of European Union countries or Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland. The fellowship offers free registration for the participants and, in special cases where necessary and appropriately justified, may pay for or reimburse travel and lodging expenses. CONTACT INFORMATION: Rena Kalaitzaki and Maria Stavrakaki Conference Secretariat University of Crete, Computer Science Department, Tel: +30 81 393504 Fax: +30 81 393501 E-mail: ecdl@cc.uch.gr You can subscribe to the announcement list of the "Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries" by sending electronic mail to 'majordomo@csi.forth.gr' with body 'subscribe ecdl2-announce ' ********** III.B.2. Fr: Ann Eagan Re: Living the Future II Conference Announcement The Future is Fast Approaching! -- Living the Future II Conference The University of Arizona Library is sponsoring Living the Future II: Organizational Changes for Success conference to be held April 21-24, 1998 in sunny Tucson, Arizona. Living the Future II is a follow-up to the University of Arizona Library's 1996 conference Living the Future: Organizational Change and Process Improvement. The conference will feature Meg Wheatley and Ernest B. Ingles as key note speakers. Ms. Wheatley is renowned for her book, "Leadership and the New Science: Learning About Organizations from an Orderly Universe" which is credited for changing how we think about organizational structures. Mr. Ingles has achieved prominence for his strategic planning initiatives; the planning and building of a Canadian university's first remote storage and document supply facility; and his award winning, cost-containment initiatives. The presenters are from all types of libraries in the United States, Canada and Australia. The papers and poster sessions will focus on Partnerships, Information Literacy, New Services and their Impact on Organizations, Human Resource Issues, and Organizational Changes. Visit the Living the Future II conference web site at http://www.library.arizona.edu/conference/ltf2.htm for full information about the conference including registration information, local accommodations, and the conference schedule. Hurry, early bird registrants save money ********** III.C.1. Fr: Joan K Lippincott Re: User Support Survey Something a bit different in user support: A group is attempting to build a user support toolkit which all organisations could use. This 'ETINU' task force is working both with TERENA (Trans European Research and Education Network Association) and the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) to promote awareness of how network services can be applied to provide more effective and scalable user support. A repository of software modules with accompanying recommendations is planned following a survey (currently running) to gather evidence on current practices and requirements. The online questionnaire form only takes a few minutes to complete and after submitting, the respondent receives graphic summaries of all the results so far. It is an excellent resource for anyone wishing to be informed about how others are providing user support. Funding has been provided by TERENA for the task force leaders to complete the schedule of deliverables by June next year. The form is available at: http://www.terena.nl/task-forces/tf-etinu/survey/q.html George Munroe, PhD UNITE Solutions Limited email george@unite.co.uk 6 Edgewater Road telephone +44 1232 777338 Belfast BT3 9JQ mobile +44 410 964096 Northern Ireland fax +44 1232 777313 http://discovery.unite.co.uk/people/gm.html ****************************************************************** 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: nancy.gusack@ucop.edu Editorial Staff: Nancy Gusack nancy.gusack@ucop.edu Cliff Lynch (emeritus) cliff@cni.org The IRLIST Archives is set up for anonymous FTP. 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