Information Retrieval List Digest 403 (April 27, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-403.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 April 27, 1998 Volume XV, Number 17 Issue 403 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Text Categorisation II. JOBS 1. U. TN, Knoxville: Systems Librarian for Networked Service Integration 2. Engineering Information, Inc.: Associate Editor and Webmaster 3. Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP: Technical Information Analyst 4. NCSU: Head, Textiles Library III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. Digital Documents Management 2. Katharine Sharp Review No. 6 3. Informatica Journal: Call for Papers 4. D-Lib Magazine, April 1998 5. FARNET'S Washington Update, April 20, 1998 6. FARNET's Washington Update, April 24, 1998 B. Meetings 1. LREC Workshop, Pre-final Programme 2. ECDL98 - Final Call For Papers C. Miscellaneous 1. California Digital Library ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. =46r: krohnu@info.bt.co.uk Re: Text Categorisation Hi, Are there any maillists on text categorisation? Uwe Uwe Krohn Networked Information Research Tel: +44 1473 605508 British Telecom Laboratories Fax: +44 1473 642459 MLB1/14 email: krohnu@info.bt.co.uk Martlesham Heath Ipswich IP5 3RE UK ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. =46r: Gail Conner Re: U. TN, Knoxville: Systems Librarian for Networked Service Integration POSITION: Systems Librarian for Networked Service Integration APPOINTMENT RANK: Assistant Professor SALARY: Minimum $33,000 AVAILABLE: September 1, 1998 RESPONSIBILITIES: The Systems Librarian for Networked Service Integration works within the Systems Team and reports to the Head. This position is one of four faculty positions in the Systems Team, along with six permanent staff positions. Systems is a service-oriented team that develops, maintains, and supports an array of networked services as well as the Libraries widely distributed information technology infrastructure. As a member of the Systems Team, this position will be expected to provide leadership in the planning and development of technology-based user services as outlined below. Participating in an environment of Library-wide collaboration, and in a collegial atmosphere within the Systems Team, this person will: coordinate UTK Libraries web-based services; implement UTK Libraries web interface to the online catalog (Ameritech Horizon) using OCLCs SiteSearch; implement SiteSearch interfaces to remote online catalogs (e.g. Law Library, Information Alliance); convert a variety of local non-marc databases to SiteSearch; initiate projects to maximize the interoperability of disparate web-based services such as the online catalog, bibliographic and full-text databases, ejournals, document delivery services, interlibrary loan, etc.; participate in a Team-based implementation of our automated library system; interact with campus computing units and vendors of automated systems; participate in Library-wide committees. Additionally, this position will involve some Library-wide training, and supervisory responsibilities within the Systems Team. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: MLS from an ALA-accredited institution. Computer-related experience in an academic library. Evidence of excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work collegially. Demonstrated experience managing complex projects. Demonstrated familiarity with some programming, scripting, and page-formatting languages such as Perl, Java, HTML, etc. Understanding of network standards and protocols. Knowledge of developments and trends in information systems. Ability to articulate a user-service philosophy of librarianship. Preferred: Experience implementing OCLC SiteSearch software. Demonstrated knowledge of Structured Query Language. Knowledge of the Z39.50 standard. Demonstrated familiarity with UNIX server environment. Familiarity with an automated library system. BENEFITS: Librarians at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have faculty rank and status and are appointed for twelve months. This is a tenure track appointment. Library faculty must meet University requirements for promotion and tenure. Annual leave is accrued at the rate of two days per month and sick leave at the rate of one day per month. Faculty have their choice of a state retirement plan or TIAA/CREF. Non-refundable contributions to either retirement plan are paid for the employee by the University. Group health and life insurance plans are available. Tuition remission is available for all university employees; partial undergraduate tuition remission is available to dependent children and spouses of UT employees. ADDITIONALINFORMATION about this position may be found at http://toltec.lib.utk.edu./~lss/search/netsrvin.html ENVIRONMENT: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a Carnegie Research Level One institution, enrolls approximately 26,000 students from every state in the United States and approximately 100 other countries. As Tennessee's comprehensive campus, UTK offers more doctoral programs than any other institution in the state, and its faculty attract nearly $80 million annually for sponsored research programs. UTK is one of 27 higher education institutions holding the distinction of being both a land-grant institution and state university. The UTK Libraries, with an annual budget of almost $10 million, holds 2 million volumes and receives approximately 14,000 current serials. The Libraries system includes the John C. Hodges Library and four branches on the Knoxville campus: Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine, Map, Music, and University Archives and Special Collections. A fifth branch, the Social Work Library, is located in Nashville. Over three hundred persons are employed, including 49 librarians, 8 exempt, 123 non-exempt, and 150 students. UTK Libraries is a member of the Association of Research Libraries, SOLINET, and the Center for Research Libraries. The UTK Libraries installed a client-server integrated system in 1997. The Libraries also offers a Web-based information system and access to a variety of electronic information sources. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Send letter of application, a current resume, and the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three recent references to: Jill Keally, Head, Library Support Services, 1015 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996-1000, fax 423/974-4696. Review of applications will begin June 1,1998, and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability or veteran status in provision of educational programs and services or employment opportunities and benefits. This policy extends to both employment by and admission to the University. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in the education programs and activities pursuant to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Inquiries and charges of violation concerning Title VI, Title IX, Section 504, ADA or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) or any of the other above referenced policies should be directed to the Office of Diversity Resources & Educational Services (DRES), 1818 Lake Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-3560, telephone (423)974-2498 (TTY available). Requests for accommodation of a disability should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at the Office of Human Resources Management, 600 Henley Street, Knoxville, TN 37996-4125. Gail Conner SWAT Supervisor Library Support Services 642 Hodges Library 974-4658 Gail-Conner@utk.edu ********** II.2. =46r: Bill Bartenbach Re: Engineering Information, Inc.: Associate Editor and Webmaster Associate Editor and Webmaster Overall responsibility for implementing and maintaining a high quality information website catalog, containing links to websites and databases. Responsibilities include supervision of identification, description, indexing, classification, linking of websites, training, supervision and reviewing the work of staff and vendors. Qualifications: college degree required, knowledge of computer or information science desirable, orientation to detail with an ability to differentiate and classify, and an ability to supervise editorial staff. Salary: $35,000, plus fringe benefits, including 2 weeks vacation, health benefits, and sick leave. Send applications to: Bill Bartenbach Director, Editorial Content Engineering Information Inc. 1 Castle Point Terrace Hoboken, NJ 07030 =46ax: (201)216-8526 E-mail: bartenb@ei.org ********** II.3. =46r: Teresa Juzba Re: Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, LLP: Technical Information Analyst Description: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is a West Los Angeles-based law firm with approximately 145 attorneys. The Information Services Department (IS) contains more that 10,000 volumes and documents and is a member of TLIN. The IS Department is currently involved in automation projects throughout the Firm. The IS Department has full access to the internet via a T-1 link and to numerous online databases. Each IS Department member has CD-Rom access at his or her own desktop. Job Summary: The Technical Information Analyst provides support and development for the firm's knowledge management activities in coordination with the Information Services Director. Provides programming support, maintenance, and training for Information Services in developing the firm's knowledge management systems. Coordinates, in conjunction with Information Services Director, the assessment, development and management of all knowledge management resources. Responsibilities: Will implement and maintain the Firm's information management projects. Will perform systems analysis and programming specific to knowledge management projects. Will researche knowledge management problems and find solutions. Conducts studies relating to development of knowledge management products as required. Will manage CD-ROM LAN and server where CD-ROMS are copied; implementation, networking and troubleshooting of electronic information resources, including the Internet, full-text databases (internal and external), and all public access PC products. Will test and convert data for computer software (and occasionally hardware) and the prepare documentation. Will write or revise user training manuals and procedures. Develop training materials such as exercises and visual displays. Will train users on software and hardware on-site or in classroom; responsible for teaching attorneys how to utilize knowledge management tools. This will include developing training classes and teaching the use of information technology, coordinating other Information Services' instruction for information management projects. Qualifications: Master's degree (M. L. S.) or equivalent from ALA-accredited program; or four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in libraries. Demonstrated knowledge of information management and programming. Excellent interpersonal communication. Demonstrated teaching skills and training experience. Preferred: Knowledge of DOS/Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 and UNIX operating systems; FolioViews, Visual Basic, Microsoft Office (especially Access), MARC and RLIN records; WWW browsers and HTML and Java applications. Familiarity with PDF (portable document format) and Adobe Acrobat and capture applications. Demonstrated teamwork, communication and organizational skills. Salary: $38,000 per year and up depending on experience. Deadline: Review of applications continues until position is filled. To apply: Please send or fax cover letter, resume and salary history to Jennifer Zeidler, Recruiting Administrator, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, 11355 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064-1614. Fax: (310) 312-4224 Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is an EEO employer. Teresa Juzba Information Services Director Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (310) 312-4108 Phone (310) 312-4224 Fax ********** II.4. =46r: Lea Wells Re: NCSU: Head, Textiles Library NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Head, Textiles Library The NCSU Libraries invites applications and nominations for the position of Head, Burlington Textiles Library. The Textiles Library is located on NC State's Centennial Campus, a 1000-acre academic village adjacent to the main campus, where university, corporate, and government partners conduct research and development in a collaborative atmosphere. The Textiles Library serves a primary clientele of 50 faculty and 950 students in the College of Textiles. Current initiatives in the college include not only production of fabric and apparel, but development of composites, artificial organs, fireproof materials, and computer circuit boards. The Head of Textiles, with assistance from the Textiles and Engineering Services Librarian, provides reference service to faculty and students with research interests that include textiles design, engineering, electronics, chemistry, management, and computer science. The Textiles Library is currently the NCSU Libraries' central service point for other Centennial Campus faculty, students, and corporate partners. Responsibilities Under the direction of the Associate Director for Public Services, has administrative responsibility for the Textiles Library, manages the budget and staff (two library assistants and student assistants), and works with personnel from College of Textiles to manage the facility. Plans, develops, and delivers responsive and innovative service programs that support teaching, research, and extension. Develops and manages the collection, working closely with Collection Management Department and as a member of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Subject Team. Provides direction in textiles reference service for the Textiles and Engineering Services Librarian. Utilizes information technologies to support access to a broad range of networked electronic resources, including citation databases, full-text journals, electronic reserves, and web sites. Collaborates with faculty on delivery of digitized information to the classroom. Develops and maintains robust web site in support of College of Textiles information needs. Is a member of the Textiles Library faculty committee. Serves on Libraries Department Heads group, develops departmental goals and objectives, and participates actively in library wide planning process. Is active professionally. Qualifications Required: MLS degree from ALA-accredited library school. Minimum three-to-five years' experience in academic, research, or special library. Academic preparation or significant library work experience in textiles, engineering, or physical sciences. Demonstrated ability to work with digital resources in science and technology. Knowledge of current issues in scholarly communication and science and technology. Evidence of leadership potential. Excellent interpersonal skills; evidence of effective collaboration with researchers, faculty, and students; ability to communicate clearly, knowledgeably, and personably, orally and in writing. Preferred: At least five years' relevant experience. Experience with web technology and with databases relevant to textiles research and manufacturing. Supervisory experience. The University and the Libraries North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh within the Research Triangle. This region of North Carolina encompasses one of the nation's premier concentrations of academic, corporate, and public research. The area offers outstanding opportunities for professional growth and an exceptional quality of life. As one of the nation's outstanding land-grant universities, NC State offers degrees through the Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management, Education and Psychology, Veterinary Medicine, Forest Resources, Textiles, and the School of Design. As the largest academic institution in the state, NC State enrolls 28,000 students and offers doctoral degrees in 58 fields of study. The university ranks seventh nationally in research support from private industry and ninth in the number of patents awarded. The Centennial Campus is an expanding enterprise, whose current occupants include more than 25 high-tech companies and agencies conducting research in such areas as communication, biotechnology, environmental technology, and microelectronics. The College of Textiles, located on the Centennial Campus, awards half of the nation's four-year textiles degrees. The library system consists of a central library and branch libraries for design, natural resources, textiles, and veterinary medicine, and maintains an affiliation with a separately administered learning resources library and African-American Cultural Center reading room. With a staff of 309 FTE, the Libraries has over 2.6 million volumes in its collection, acquires more than 26,000 current serials, and has a total annual budget in excess of $18 million, with over $7 million allocated to collections. The NCSU Libraries is a founding member of SOLINET and a member of the Association of Research Libraries and the Center for Research Libraries. Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University and NC State form the Triangle Research Libraries Network with combined resources approaching 12 million volumes, and collections budgets totaling more than $22 million. =46or more information about the NCSU Libraries, visit our home page at: www.lib.ncsu.edu Salary and Benefits The Libraries offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, not less than $43,000 for this position. Librarians have academic status without tenure or rank. Benefits include: 26 days vacation, 12 days sick leave; health insurance (comprehensive major medical or HMO); and state, TIAA/CREF or other retirement options. Additional and optional dental, life, disability, deferred compensation, and legal plans are available. Tuition waiver program for all campuses of The University of North Carolina is available. Recruiting Schedule Position available immediately. Review of applications will begin April 22, 1998. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply by the review date above to receive full consideration. To apply, send cover letter (including title of position), resume, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of four current, professional references to: Wendy L. Scott, Office of Personnel Services; Box 7111, NCSU Libraries; Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 North Carolina State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer H. Lea Wells Recruitment Librarian, Office of Personnel Services NCSU Libraries Box 7111 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 919.515.3522 Internet: jennifer_obrien@ncsu.edu ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. =46r: Pedro H=CCpola Re: Digital Documents Management The next special topic issue of IWE is scheduled to come out in September 1998 on "Digital Document Management". IWE editors will be pleased to receive contributions. Further information for contributors is available upon request. El Profesional de la Informacion (formerly Information World en Espanol) is a monthly journal addressed to Spanish language information professionals. Launched in 1992 by Learned Information (Oxford, UK) IWE is now published by Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers (Lisse, The Netherlands). The IWE team also created in 1993 IweTel, the main email list in Spanish for information professionals (more than 1,700 subscribers). http://www.rediris.es/list/info/iwetel.html Tomas Baiget and Pedro Hipola IWE editors IWE editors: iwe@sarenet.es IWE suscriptions: orders@swets.nl Advertising in IWE: akeefer@arrakis.es http://www.ugr.es/~phipola/ ********** III.A.2. =46r: Katharine Sharp Review Re: Katharine Sharp Review No. 6 Katharine Sharp Review ISSN 1083-5261 http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review Katharine Sharp Review, the review of student scholarship in library and information science, announces the publication of issue No. 6, Winter 1998. KSR is published by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Articles are available in both HTML and PDF formats. http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review/6/ Table of contents: * Jonathan W. Estrin. Instructional Communication as a Core Service Competancy: A Call for Curricular Change in Professional Library Education * Ali Al-Ghamdi, Mohsin Al-Harbi, Natalie A. B. Beacom, Jennifer Dedolph, Marci Deignan, Charles Elftmann, Nancy Finley, LeAnn LoCicero, John Middlecamp, Christine O'Regan, Faymarie Pluskota, Andrew A. Ritter, Scott Russell, Irene Sabat, Joseph Schneider, Maria Schoeberl, Phyllis Tragash, and Bonnie H. Withers. Authorship in JASIS: A Quantitative Analysis * Harold E. Thiele, Jr. Appraisal, Provenance, and the Computer Revolution: An Examination of Organizational Records in the Electronic Age * Eron Main Records Management for Electronic Mail * Jonathan W. Estrin From Bibliographic Instruction to Instructional Management: A Process-Oriented Approach for Reengineering Library Instruction Programs * Line Pouchard. Cataloging for Digital Libraries: The TEI Scheme and the TEI Header Katharine Sharp Review is also available on the following mirror site: http://mirrored.ukoln.ac.uk/lis-journals/review/review/ Kevin Ward Editor Katharine Sharp Review review@edfu.lis.uiuc.edu http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review ********** III.A.3. =46r: Informatica Journal Re: Informatica Journal: Call for Papers CALL FOR OVERVIEW PAPERS The area of PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING has matured to the point when it could benefit from papers providing a broader perspective on the discipline and attempting to introduce order into the rapidly expanding knowledge. To address this need the new journal -- Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices (http://orca.st.usm.edu/pdcp) -- decided to publish OVERVIEW papers. An overview paper is expected to cover a subarea of parallel and/or distributed computing. It is supposed to contain a historical perspective on the developments up to date as well as information about the state of the art. It should also contain the description of what research is currently considered the most important and which roads are considered to be the most promising to lead to the answers. The paper should contain extensive bibliography. It is crucial that the paper be written in such a way as to be accessible to computer professionals who do not have detailed knowledge of the subject. All papers are refereed against a specially designed set of criteria matching their special nature (see the WWW site for more details). Due to the nature of the endeavor we expect the overview papers to be longer than the papers typically accepted for journal publication. I am happy to announce that the first issue (in print now) contains an overview paper: "Asynchrony in Parallel Computing: From Dataflow to Multithreading" by J. Silc, B. Robic and T. Ungerer. It is a rather extensive study (with 236 references) providing an excellent source of information about the subject. I would like to invite all everyone interested in contributing an overview paper to contact the Editor-in-Chief (Marcin Paprzycki) at: m.paprzycki@usm.edu to discuss the details of the project. ********** III.A.4. =46r: Richard Hill Re: D-Lib Magazine, April 1998 The April 1998 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available at . The UK Office for Library and Information Networking maintains a mirror site for D-Lib Magazine at: , and The Australian National University Sunsite also maintains a mirror at . In this issue, we feature research stories about Internet 2; a new user studies project funded jointly by the NSF and the British Library; a description of Case Western Reserve University's approach to intellectual property management; a discussion of some of the recent legal developments relating to hyperlinking and framing; and a note on the ongoing discussion about object identifiers. In addition, we have some new information concerning the DLI-2 solicitation and GILS, and a description of a new museum digital licensing collective. CONTENTS All Packets Should Not Be Created Equal: The Internet2 Project. William H. Graves, COLLEGIS Research Institute. Modeling Users' Successive Searches in Digital Environments: A National Science Foundation/British Library Funded Study. Amanda Spink University of North Texas, Tom Wilson, David Ellis, and Nigel Ford University of Sheffield. Safeguarding Copyrighted Contents: Digital Libraries and Intellectual Property Management, CWRU's Rights Management System. Tareq M. Alrashid, James A. Barker, Brian S. Christian, Steven C. Cox, Michael W. Rabne, Elizabeth A. Slotta, Luella R. Upthegrove, Case Western Reserve University. Legal Issues on the Internet: Hyperlinking and Framing. Maureen A. O'Rourke, Boston University School of Law. Safeguarding Digital Library Contents and Users: A Note on Universal Unique Identifiers. Henry M. Gladney, IBM Almaden Research Center. Rhonda Burton-Arnold, D-Lib's editorial assistant, is leaving to pursue other opportunities. We wish her the best in her new position and trust that the wind will always be at her back. D-Lib Magazine is produced by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives and is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on behalf of the NSF/DARPA/NASA Digital Libraries Initiative. William Y. Arms, Vice President Amy Friedlander, Editor, D-Lib Magazine ********** III.A.5. =46r: Garret Sern RE: FARNET'S Washington Update, April 20, 1998 =46ARNET'S WASHINGTON UPDATE --- APRIL 20, 1998 =46ARNET (http://www.farnet.org) is a non-profit public interest Internetworking organization with a primary focus on the education, research and related communities. IN THIS ISSUE: UCAID unveils Abiline, kicks off week of Internet policy meetings Chairman Kennard suggests changes to administration of universal service. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 (CNI) for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at garret@farnet.org. ********** III.A.6. =46r: Garret Sern Re: FARNET's Washington Update, April 24, 1998 =46ARNET's Washington Update --- April 24, 1998 =46ARNET (http://www.farnet.org) is a non-profit public interest Internetworking organization with a primary focus on the education, research and related communities. IN THIS ISSUE: The RBOCs' SEC 706 petition: an answer to overcoming the "bandwidth deficit" or a SEC. 271 end-run? SLC board looks ahead to 1999 application process >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 (CNI) for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at garret@farnet.org. ********** III.B.1. =46r: Steven Krauwer Re: LREC Workshop, Pre-final Programme Pre-Final Programme and Call for Participation TOWARDS A EUROPEAN EVALUATION INFRASTRUCTURE =46OR NL AND SPEECH. A workshop jointly organised by the European Network of Excellence in Language and Speech ELSNET and the EC Language Engineering-4 project ELSE to be held on Wednesday May 27, 9:00-13:00 at the =46IRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION GRANADA, SPAIN Right now, a generic framework for semi-automatic quantitative black-box evaluation of Speech and NLP systems does not exist in Europe. When confronted to a choice, developers and users prefer to ask the opinion of local experts as any other way of processing is either unrealistic or too costly. The LE-4 project ELSE aims at providing developers with a generic strategy and definition of the primary building blocks needed to implement a semi-automatic quantitative black-box evaluation scheme. Prominent speakers from field the have been invited to present papers addressing motivation, advantages, but also problems in connection with the implementation of such an evaluation scheme at an international scale. PROGRAMME: OPENING (Steven Krauwer / Joseph Mariani) "The Darpa experience" (Charles Wayne) "Ethnology and sociology of evaluation" (Lynette Hirschman) "The Aupelf experience" (Joseph Mariani) "Experience in Grace tagging evaluation" (Patrick Paroubek) "Experiences in bilingual text alignment evaluation and word sense disambiguation" (Jean Veronis) "Best practice and evaluation" (Ole Bernsen/Laila Dybkjaer) "Confidence measures and evaluation" (Lin Chase) "Evaluation within Eagles" (Maghi King) "Technology vs User-evaluation" (Marc Blasband) "Evaluation for better products" (Christian Dugast) "Resources for evaluation" (Mark Liberman) "Organising Parser Evaluation" (Richard Sutcliffe) "Specification and infrastructure for text summarization evaluation" (Beth Sundheim) "ELSE" (Patrick Paroubek) PANEL SESSION (Chair: Rob Gaizauskas) CLOSING The selected topics include the multilingual nature of evaluation, lessons from the past (in Europe and the US), and the need for language resources. At the workshop the first intermediate results of the ELSE project will be presented and discussed. This call serves to invite interested parties to ACTIVE participation in the workshop. During the workshop, ample opportunity will be provided for the participants to react to the presentation of the ELSE project, and to the talks by the invited speakers. Furthermore participants will be given the opportunity to give brief position statements. The workshop is very timely as it takes place when the EC's 5th Framework Programme is taking shape. It is clear that the availability of a European evaluation infrastucture can be an important factor in European R&D activities, and that it can only be successful if it is organized and implemented on a European scale. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: The workshop is coorganized by ELSNET and ELSE. The Programme Committee are the participants in the ELSE LE-4 project: Niels Ole Bernsen; Jean-Pierre Chanod; Khalid Choukri; Robert Gaizauskas; Steven Krauwer; Isabelle de Lamberterie; Joseph Mariani; Klaus Netter; Patrick Paroubek; Martin Rajman; Antonio Zampolli CONTACT: Steven Krauwer Trans 10, 3512 JK Utrecht, The Netherlands Phone: +31 30 253 6050 =46ax: +31 30 253 6000 Email: steven.krauwer@let.ruu.nl =46OR COMPLETE INFORMATION: http://ceres.ugr.es/~rubio/elra.html CONFERENCE ADDRESSES The Conference Chair is Antonio Zampolli (Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale del CNR and President of ELRA). Antonio Zampolli - LREC Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale del CNR via della Faggiola, 32 56126 Pisa, ITALY +39 50 560 481 tel. +39 50 555 013 fax pisa@ilc.pi.cnr.it The Secretariat of the Conference, who will provide general information on the Conference, is: LREC Secretariat =46acultad de Traduccion e Interpretacion Dpto. de Traduccion e Interpretacion C/ Puentezuelas, 55 18002 Granada, SPAIN +34 58 24 41 00 tel. +34 58 24 41 04 fax reli98@goliat.ugr.es EXHIBITION: An exhibition will be organised by ELRA. This exhibition is open to companies and projects wishing to promote, present and demonstrate their language resources products and prototypes to the wide range of experts and representatives from all over the world participating in the conference. For more information on this, please contact the ELDA office on elra-elda@calva.net. ********** III.B.2. =46r: Stavros A. Papadakis Re: ECDL98 - Final Call For Papers CALL for PAPERS Second European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries European European ICS-FORTH University of Union Research Crete Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics 19 - 23 September, 1998 Heraklion, Crete, Greece http://www.csi.forth.gr/2EuroDL ecdl@cc.uch.gr Be sure to check the following categories: Papers, Posters, Accepted Tutorials, Panels and Demos, Invited Speakers, Special Sessions 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. =46rom 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: o Digital Library Models, Frameworks, and System Requirements o Metadata o System Integration and Architecture Issues o Interoperability, Scalability o Networked Information Discovery, Agent Technologies o Information Retrieval, Organisation, Navigation - Tools and Paradigms o Multilinguality o Role of Knowledge Representation Systems in Digital Library Interactions o Collecting, Capturing, Filtering, Cataloging, Indexing, o Preserving o Intellectual Property Rights, Terms and Conditions, Rights Management o Authoring, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Commerce and Information Economies o Economic and Social Implications and Issues o User Interfaces o Handling of Graphics, GIS, Medical Data, Multimedia Information, Experimental Data and o 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 (for a list of accepted tutorials please consult the relevant section below). 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: 15 May 1998 Papers and proposals for posters deadline 25 June 1998 Notification of paper and poster acceptance 1 July 1998 Scientific Programme on the Web 25 July 1998 Final papers due 19,20 September 1998 Tutorials 21-23 September 1998 Conference 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). Electronic submissions are obligatory; proposals should be submitted by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat, ecdl@cc.uch.gr. PAPERS: Submission Details: 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. In either case please follow the guidelines below: 1. in your submission there should be exaclty one HTML file containing the paper text, suitable for review printing 2. each figure (or other material except text) should be in a separate file 3. all files consisting your paper should be gathered in a single file (zip or tar format) 4. submit your paper (please note that electronic submissions are obligatory) either by e-mail or ftp 5. send a separate e-mail message to ecdl@cc.uch.gr containing the title, abstract, keywords for the paper and the relevant contact information. The deadline for paper submissions is May 15, 1998. Important Information: - Best papers will be proposed for publication in a special issue of the IJODL: The best papers of the conference will be proposed for publication (after a new revision and refereeing process) in a special issue of the International Journal on Digital Libraries (http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00799/index.htm ) - Accepted papers will be published by Springer: All accepted papers for the conference will be published by Springer. Upon selection of your paper you are also obliged to provide us another copy of your paper, in LaTeX2e or MS Word format, following the guidelines provided by Springer. The final date for the preparation of the accepted papers will be July 15, 1998. Detailed information on preparing accepted papers for publishing can be found at the Springer-Verlag web site, http://www.springer.de. Please be sure to read the "Information for Authors" (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html ), as well as the new version of the "Authors's Instructions" (you may retrieve this file in PDF format from http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/instruct/typeinst.pdf or in Postscript format from http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/instruct/typeinst.ps; you may also retrieve all related files from our web site; information will be available from our web pages shortly). PANELS, TUTORIALS AND DEMOS: Detailed information regarding tutorials, demos and panels can be found at the conference web page http://www.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL/highlights.html. In brief, accepted tutorials for the conference are the following (http://www.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL/highlights/tutorials.html): 1. Standards for interfacing with a digital library by Larry Masinter 2. Thesauri for knowledge-based assistance in searching digital libraries by Dagobert Soergel 3. Visual Information System by Babu M. Mehtre 4. Multimedia Information Retrieval, categorisation, and filtering by Pasquale Savino and Fabrizio Sebastiani 5. Designing Content for the Web of Tomorrow, World Wide Web Consortium sponsored Tutorial by Bert Bos 6. Metadata on the Web: the Resource Description Framework (RDF), World Wide Web Consortium sponsored Tutorial by Janne Saarela 7. Metadata for Networked Resources by Renato Iannella, Carl Lagoze and Stuart Weibel A tutorial registration form will be available shortly from our web pages. Accepted panels for the conference (http://www.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL/highlights/panels.html): 1. Interaction Design in Digital Libraries. Panelists: Constantine Stephanidis, David Benyon, Mark Maybury, Daniel Dardailler, Dan Diaper 2. Digital Video Libraries: Providing Access to the Moving Image. Panelists: Richard Paterson, Rachel Hughes, Robin Wright, Bruce Tonkin 3. Digital Library Technologies in Health Care. Panel Coordinator: Prof. Stelios Orphanoudakis 4. Architectures and services for cultural heritage information. Panel Coordinator: Panos Constantopoulos 5. Metadata and content-based approaches to resource discovery. Panel Organizers: Thomas Baker and Judith Klavans Accepted demos for the conference (http://www.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL/highlights/demos.html): 1. Liberation by Robert Stubenrauch 2. Aquarelle by Vassilis Christophides 3. Aontas: The CaberNet Technical Report and Abstracts Service by Frank Siqueira 4. The Low-Cost Digital Library by Philip Konomos 5. Multilingual Informedia: A Demonstration of Speech Recognition and Information Retrieval across Multiple Languages by Howard Wactlar 6. ARHON: A Multimedia Database Design for Image Documents by Kostas Chandrinos 7. Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) Digital Library System by Hideki Sunahara 8. The Document Management System SAROS/Mezzanine by Norbert Lossau 9. Unicode-based Digital Library Interface by Sarantos Kapidakis 10. ERCIM Technical Reference Digital Library by Stefania Biagioni 11. CiBIT: Biblioteca Telematica Italiana. A Digital Library for the Italian Cultural Heritage by Eugenio Picchi 12. INTEX: Searching Information in Full Text by Maurice Gross 13. Calliope: an experiment in Digital Libraries by Catherine Alauzun INVITED SPEAKERS: http://www.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL/highlights.html#speakers * Dr. Donald F. Ferguson, Senior Manager IBM T.J Watson Reseach Center, IBM Academy, USA. Software Systems and Middleware for Information Economies and Digital Libraries * Dr. James J. O'Donnell, Professor of classical studies, Vice Provost for Computing University of Pennsylvania, USA. The Digital Library in the University: How We Use it * Dr. Amy Friedlander, CNRI, Editor of the D-Lib Magazine and Dr. William Y. Arms, CNRI, Publisher of the D-Lib Magazine. Publishing at the Speed of Web-Light; Experiences from D-Lib Magazine * Mark T. Maybury Advanced Information Systems Center, The MITRE Corporation. Intelligent Multimedia Information Access SPECIAL SESSIONS: http://www.ics.forth.gr/2EuroDL/highlights.html#sessions A special session on "Digital Library Technologies for Libraries" will be held during the conference. Detailed information can be found at the conference web site. Session organiser: Ann Okerson Speakers: Diann Rusch-Feja, John Price-Wilkin, Chris Rusbridge 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. =46ELLOWSHIP 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. 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