Information Retrieval List Digest 433 (November 30, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-433.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 November 30, 1998 Volume XV, Number 47 Issue 433 ****************************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Virginia Tech: CS: IR 2. TeleSec, DC Area: Electronic Services/Reference Librarian and Assistant Librarian 3. U. of Southern Mississippi: Director: LIS III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. EM: Call for Papers - Logistics Services and Electronic Commerce 2. Library Link Discussion B. Meetings 1. IRSG99 - CFP and Financial Support 2. Summer School 99, 1st announcement 3. Scholarly Communications Conference 4. Graduate Student Research Forum: CFP 5. 1999 ASIS Annual Meeting Deadline C. Miscellaneous 1. Bob Korfhage ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Edward A. Fox Re: Virginia Tech: CS: IR Virginia Tech (see http://www.cs.vt.edu/4/faculty_ad.html): The Department of Computer Science seeks two outstanding faculty members = to join in August 1999. Assistant Professor candidates are preferred but exceptional individuals at the Associate rank will be considered. Individuals with expertise in the following areas (to complement our existing strengths) are sought: - networks (Blacksburg Electronic Village, an established community netwo= rk test-bed; Internet Technology Innovation Center; world center for wireles= s communications), - information storage & retrieval/database (world leader in electronic theses and dissertations), - user interface software (Center for HCI, established HCI program), - software engineering (planned specialized MS program), - visualization (virtual environments research, including a CAVE), - high performance computing (Paragon, SP/2, Origin; ICASE, NASA Langley, NCSA affiliations). Cutting across these areas are large multidisciplinary projects in educational technologies, problem solving environments, and digital libraries. These projects will be enhanced by the University's $26M Advanced Communication and Information Technology building under construction, which includes a Digital Library Research Laboratory. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, a scenic, lively, All-American Award winning city in southwest Virginia with affordable housing. Nearby = is the white water of the New River and 1.7M mountainous acres of national forest. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a 1-2 page statement of resear= ch plans and goals and have at least three letters of reference sent to Faculty Search, Dept. of Computer Science, 660 McBryde Hall, Virginia Tec= h, Blacksburg, VA 24061. Review of candidates will begin January 15, 1999, and continue until the positions are filled. For more information, see http://www.cs.vt.edu. Virginia Tech has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity and, = in that spirit, seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including women, minorities, and people with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations in the application process should notify us at 540/231-6931. Edward A. Fox, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech 660 McBryde Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106 USA; email fox@vt.edu phone +1-540-231-5113, FAX -6075; pager +1-540-961-9745 WWW: http://fox.cs.vt.edu ********** II.2. Fr: mbaldridge Re: TeleSec, DC Area: Electronic Services/Reference Librarian and Assistant Librarian TeleSec Library Services, a leading staffing company in the DC Metro area= , is seeking to fill the following position for our Government Corporate client in Washington DC: Electronic Services/Reference Librarian - Duties: * Conduct research and analysis to meet customer requirements * Liaison to Internet Services team to be sure Intranet addresses Progra= m Level needs * Analyze Library subscriptions to determine customer usage, to identify new potential customers, promote services to new groups * Identify, assess and select new Internet based information application= s * Serve as content manager for Corporate Library homepage * Monitor, analyze and keep abreast of Internet- based Library and research technology * Backup provision of business and legal Reference (Lexis, Nexis, Dialo= g, CDROM) This position in a cutting edge environment is available immediately and will last for approximately 1-2 years. The salary will be commensurate wi= th experience. For consideration please forward your resume to Tamara Ewald Fax 301 949-8729 email tewald@telesec.com or call 301 949-4097 for furthe= r information. Please refer to position 3221294. >>>>>>>>>> Telesec Corestaff Library Services, a leading staffing company in the DC Metro area, is seeking to fill the following vacancy for a prestigious DC law firm: Assistant Librarian reports to Director and works with a six-member Staff to: Provide reference and research to firm personnel in areas of tax, Corporate securities, energy, and insurance. Assist with collection development and acquisitions. Coordinate Lexis, Nexis and Westlaw trainin= g. Assist the Director with development of library services. Increase access to electronic retrieval sources. This position is available immediately. The salary commensurate with experience. For consideration please fax your resume to Tamara Ewald at 301-949-8729 or by e-mail to tewald@telesec.com. Job # 3221302 ********** II.3. Fr: Jian Qin Re: U. of Southern Mississippi: Director: LIS SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Position: Director Rank: Associate/Full Professor Pending funding, The University of Southern Mississippi is searching for = a Director to be appointed for a 12-month, tenure-track position, with the rank of either associate or professor, depending on qualifications, to he= ad its School of Library and Information Science. The salary will be commensurate with the appointment and qualifications. Housed in the Hattiesburg campus of the University, the School of Library and Information Science is the only ALA-accredited program in the state a= nd grants the degree of MLIS. The MLIS program is multifaceted, encompassin= g preparation for professional work in academic, public, school, and specia= l libraries. In addition, the school offers a specialist's degree for sixth-year studies, a dual master's program with the Dept. of History, archival studies, graduate and undergraduate school licensure, and servic= e courses. In addition to ALA accreditation, the School also has approval under the NCATE/ALA guidelines for the master's program, and the Universi= ty has undergraduate NCATE accreditation. For more information about the School and the University, please visit the school's web site at . DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Director is responsible for providing academic and professional leadership for a full-time faculty of seven; development, implementation, and evaluation of programming; and oversight of research and service programs. Some teaching and research is expected. QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE a doctorate in library and information science, demonstrated successful administrative experience, strong interpersonal skills, and a record of sustained and productive scholarship. The successful candidate must have a future-oriented vision consistent with USM's strategic plan for quality in teaching, scholarship, creativity, an= d service. Also required are the abilities to attract outside funding and = to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration; knowledge of theory and practice in information technology, and of the requirements, processes, a= nd procedures governing the accreditation of programs; and demonstrated commitments to distance and continuing education, and to equal opportunit= y and affirmative action. Review of applications will begin on January 15 and will continue until t= he position is filled. Applicants should submit 1) a letter of application including professional qualifications as related to requirements of the position; 2) a complete curriculum vitae; 3) the names, title/positions, addresses, and telephone numbers of a minimum of 3 professional reference= s; and 4) supporting materials related to scholarship, teaching, service, an= d administration. Send applications to: Dr. Orazio Ciccarelli School of Library and Information Science University of Southern Mississippi Box 5146 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5146 Phone: 601-266-4228 Fax: 601-266-5774 AA/EOE/ADAI ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Dorian.Selz@unisg.ch Re: EM: Call for Papers - Logistics Services and Electronic Commerce EM - Electronic Markets - The International Journal of Electronic Commerce & Business Media is a key forum for advancing the understanding and practice of electronic markets and commerce (www.electronicmarkets.or= g). The 99/3 edition will focus on Logistics Services and Electronic Commerce (EC). In the field of logistics and transportation, changes brought about by Electronic Commerce are forcing new developments, including innovative co-ordination mechanisms. Innovative concepts concerning organisations an= d technologies like "Virtual Organisations" and "Electronic Markets" are gaining importance within an industry context that demands increased flexibility and substantial efficiency gains. Within the area of Logistic= s Services and EC", topics and concepts concerning Electronic Commerce in t= he logistics sector are becoming more and more important. Fields of activiti= es such as logistics services in Electronic Markets or, conversely Electroni= c Markets for logistics services are gaining attention. The changes occurri= ng to the entire value and supply chains within different industrial sectors are another focus. As the process of concentration within logistics services is occurring at pace, this complex field will be the focus of th= e 99/3 edition. We are currently searching for articles dealing with the current status o= f projects, visions and policies related to Electronic Commerce within the area of logistics. Possible topics include: 1. theoretical frameworks, reference models etc. as they are applied to the field of logistics, 2. key players (established and emerging players) and their strategies for employing EC efficiently in the logistics sector and/ or the Electronic Market for logistics services, 3. the role, challenges, tasks, and problems of a new intermediary for logistics services within the development of disintermediation in this sector, 4. aspects in the settlement phase of business transactions where logistics services come to the fore, 5. promotion of the diffusion of EC technologies used in the field of logistics, 6. the question of open versus closed platforms, the strategy for the future, etc. within an Electronic Market for logistics services, 7. aspects of changes in the supply chains (status, future, steps of development) e.g. focussing on different industrial sectors, 8. electronic procurement within the combined fields of logistics and Electronic Markets, or 9. case studies on applied logistics services. If you would like to submit a paper, please contact either the Managing Editor Brigette Buchet at em.editors@unisg.ch or the Guest Editor Christoph Hoffmann at Christoph.Hoffmann@unisg.ch The submission schedule is the following: Submission due: December 31, 1998 Notification to authors: February 15, 1999 Revisions due: March 1, 1999 Publishing date: Early July, 1999 For further information and guidelines, please refer to our guidelines found on www.electronicmarkets.org (contributors section). First published in 1991, EM was the first journal to report on the developments and trends in Electronic Commerce, as well as the policies, system concepts, methodologies, impacts, and cultural changes related to this rapidly evolving field. As such the journal embraces the entire rang= e of electronic market issues -- covering not just transactions but also th= e wider process of information seeking and distribution, negotiation, trust= , risk-taking, customer relationships, buyers finding sellers, sellers finding customers, after-sale service and support. EM Journal first covered the logistics sector in 1991 when we addressed problems like EDI. Due to tremendous changes in the filed of logistics a= s well as in the development of Electronic Commerce it is high time to re-focus our attention on logistics after a period of almost 8 years. Electronic Markets is a multidisciplinary journal whose audience of approximately 3000 readers, located around the world includes scientists, policy and decision-makers working in government, industry and education. Uniquely, EM is also read by managers concerned with the effects of the Electronic Commerce revolution, organisations and society; and scholars with an interest in the relationship between information technologies, ne= w forms of commerce and social change. The Website (www.electronicmarkets.org) provides full coverage (including all articles from the past 7 years) of the Journal's in-depth reporting o= n current developments, the latest trends, the impacts, policies, methodologies and cultural changes related to this exciting and rapidly evolving new research field. We are looking forward to your contribution. Albest, Christoph Hoffmann, Guest Editor Brigette Buchet, Managing Editor Dorian Selz, Executive Editor Electronic Markets - International Journal of Electronic Markets Editorial Office: =A6 Editor-in-Chief: =A6 Professor Beat F. Schmid mcm institute =A6 mcm institute for Media and University of St.Gallen =A6 Communications Management, Mueller-Friedberg-Strasse 8 =A6 University of St.Gallen CH-9000 St.Gallen =A6 Phone 0041/71/224 21 96 =A6 Dorian Selz - Executive Ed. Fax 0041/71/224 27 71 =A6 Doerte Wittig - Managing Ed. eMail em.editors@netacademy.org =A6 MCM Institute www http://www.electronicmarkets.org =A6 University of St.Gallen ********** III.A.2. Fr: Chris Keenan Re: Library Link Discussion Library Link - http://www.mcb.co.uk/liblink Current discussions have been prompted by the MCB / Library Link workshop at IFLA '98 entitled 'Electronic Publishing: Librarian and Publisher Challenges, Now and Beyond 21st Century'. Since then the forum has receiv= ed numerous posting from all over the world, debating a number of topics, su= ch as: - The value added role for future librarians and information professional= s - Networking issues - Librarianship and the virtual library - Electronic licensing - The Internet and the developing world Selected quotes from the postings include: "The virtual library is a myth." "...there will be fundamental changes in the distribution of research results in the future." "A widespread cannibalism is taking place..." "...librarians should know exactly how the Internet behaves." "Part of the librarians tasks could be performed as distance work or tele-work." If you have an issue that you think needs debating or a question that nee= ds answering, then the Library Link discussion forum will give you access to the views of hundreds of like-minded individuals. To join the discussion, go to the Library Link homepage (http://www.mcb.co.uk/liblink) and follow the link that reads "discussion= ". To receive postings from the discussion via e-mail, type your e-mail address in the box provided and click on the "subscribe" button. Library Link is a free online discussion and information forum for Librarians and Information professional worldwide. If you wish to join Library Link then go to the homepage, follow the link that reads "join" a= nd fill in your details. Yours, Chris Keenan Executive - Library Link ********** III.B.1. Fr: Monica Landoni Re: IRSG99 - CFP and Financial Support This is a reminder of the deadline (18 December 1998) for submitting pape= rs to the 21st Colloquium on Information Retrieval, which is going to be hel= d 19-20 April 1999, Glasgow, Scotland Please visit the Colloquium's web site at: http://irsg.eu.org/colloq/ for updated information on registration and financial support. The Annual Colloquium on IR Research provides an opportunity for both new and established researchers to present papers describing work in progress or final results. Submissions from students are particularly welcome and these can be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. Papers are invited on any topic related to Information Retrieval including: - Evaluation of IR systems - Networked IR - IR and the Web - Hypermedia/Multimedia indexing and retrieval - Natural language processing for IR - Logic and IR - User interfaces for IR - IR in library systems - Voice processing and retrieval - Database and IR integration - Data mining and information extraction - Commercial applications of IR systems - Image processing and retrieval - Knowledge-based IR SUBMISSIONS: Authors are invited to submit a camera-ready copy of their paper, in English, to be received no later than 18 December 1998. Papers should contain at most 7500 words and should be double-spaced. The submission should include two copies of the paper: one anonymous copy for refereeing and one full copy for publication in the draft proceedings. Th= e first page must contain the title of the paper and an abstract of not mor= e than 100 words. Please indicate if the paper is to be considered for the Best Student Paper Award. This Award requires that the first and primary author be a full-time student at time of submission. Papers will be refereed and, if accepted, will be published in the draft proceedings that will be circulated to all delegates for use during the Colloquium. Authors will then have until 31st May 1999 to revise their paper for the formal Colloquium Proceedings in the light of referee's comments and feedback from delegates. Guidelines for the submission of papers for the formal proceedings will be circulated to the authors on acceptance for the Colloquium. FINANCIAL SUPPORT: CEPIS have kindly given us funding to help a large number of researchers to attend the IRSG '99 Colloquium, please visit the Colloquium web site at http://irsg.eu.org/colloq/ to find out more!!!! CONTACTS: If you have any queries or problems concerning submitting a paper, please contact the programme chair: Dr Monica Landoni Department of Information Science, University of Strathclyde 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1X, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 141 548 4949 Fax: +44 (0) 141 553 1393 E-mail: bcs-irsg99@dis.strath.ac.uk ********** III.B.2. Fr: European Network in Language and Speech Re: Summer School 99, 1st announcement 7TH EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON LANGUAGE AND SPEECH COMMUNICATION First Announcement MULTIMODALITY IN LANGUAGE AND SPEECH SYSTEMS Stockholm, Sweden 12-23 July 1999 Organized by the Department of Speech Music and Hearing at Kungliga Tekniska H=F6gskolan (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden. The European Summer School on Language and Speech Communication has becom= e one of the most successful annual training courses in Europe. The target audience of the Summer School is advanced undergraduate students, PhD students, postdocs and academic and industrial researchers and developers. The topic selected for 1999 is Multimodality in Language and Speech Systems. Multimodality will be covered in a multitude of aspects. Conditions and theories for multimodal communication between persons as well as multimodal input/output in technical systems are included in the curriculum. PROGRAMME: The programme will have the following outline: The summer scho= ol starts every morning with a plenary session addressed to the integration = of language and speech. Following the plenary session, there are two slots o= f optional courses and practical workshops, run in parallel. In the evening= s, the students are given opportunity to pre-sent and discuss their own projects. Courses include: - Integration of visual and auditory information in talking faces. - Face-to-face communication including different modalities. - Multimodality of meaning in speech and gesture. - Multimodality in language and speech systems : from theory to design support tool. - Intelligent Multimedia Presentation Systems - Developing intelligent multimedia applications. - Multimodal aids and modality transforms for the handicapped. - Architectures for integrated multimodal input-output systems and the humanoid interface. - Multimodal dialogue systems & audio-visual synthesis. REGISTRATION FEES Pre-registration by 15/3/99 Registration after 15/3/99 Students 125 ECU 140 ECU Academic staff 250 ECU 280 ECU Employees of industry 500 ECU 560 ECU Participants from ELSNET Members Sites will receive a 20% reduction. TMR-GRANTS: ELSNET has successfully applied for TMR funding (Training and Mobility of Researchers) to provide grants to participants of the ELSNET summer school (total 25.000 ECU for 1999). Each grant will cover the full or partial cost for travel, accommodation, and subsistence. Cost for registration cannot be covered by TMR. Conditions for TMR grants: It is ELSNET's aim to put special emphasis on activities which will ensure equal access to the Information Society for all European citizens and language communities. As a result, especially participants from the following categories are eligible: - Young researchers (i.e. under 36) from less-favoured regions - Young researchers from the smaller and 'less-favoured' language communities - Young researchers employed by small and medium-sized enterprises Undergraduate students are NOT eligible. Grants are only available for participants attending BOTH weeks of the school. In addition, please note that applicants should be nationals of an EU Member State or of an Associate State (i.e. Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Israel) or from one of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech republic, Estonia, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Rumania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine. How to apply for a TMR grant: An application (and registration) form will be made available on the web together with the final programme. All applications will be considered by a small committee with representatives from ELSNET, ESCA and EACL. ESCA-GRANTS: ESCA grants will basically cover the registration fee and cheap accommodation (university residence) for the duration of the summer school but will not cover travel costs. More information on ESCA grants i= s available at: http://www.esca-speech.org/grants.html IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for pre-registration & grant application: March 15, 1999 Notification of registration and grants: May 1, 1999 Payment deadline: June 1, 1999 MORE INFORMATION: 7th ESS 1999: MiLaSS Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH S-100 44 Stockholm, SWEDEN Tel: +46 8 790 7879 Fax: +46 8 790 7854 url: http://www.speech.kth.se/milass email: MiLaSS@speech.kth.se ********** III.B.3. Fr: Clifford Lynch Re: Scholarly Communications Conference New Challenges for Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era: Changing Roles and Expectations in the Academic Community March 26-27, 1999 Washington, DC Sheraton City Center Hotel Sponsored by: American Association of University Professors American Council of Learned Societies Association of American University Presses Association of Research Libraries Coalition for Networked Information The academic community has been deeply affected by the changes brought by the digital era. The individual sectors of the community face seemingly unique challenges that are in fact interconnected in the broad system of scholarly communication. This conference, sponsored by organizations representing faculty, publishers, librarians, and learned societies, will explore the nature and scope of the challenges and seek to develop strategies for change that are built on an understanding of the needs of all of the sectors. This conference is a sequel to the successful conference on the Specialized Scholarly Monograph in Crisis held in September 1997. The exciting and frank discussions at that meeting led the organizers to plan= a follow-up opportunity to bring these groups together on a broader set of topics. Topics to be covered in this conference include: A. Getting Ahead in the Digital World - Faculty are being encouraged to employ digital technology in the classroom, develop digitally-based distance learning courses, submit manuscripts to electronic journals, and mentor graduate students and junior faculty during this time of incredibl= e transition. This panel will address how these pressures and some current initiatives in the digital arena, such as electronic dissertations, the decoupling of peer review from publication, electronic only publication, classroom use of technology and distance learning affect faculty careers and their opportunities for advancement. B. Distance Education - Many universities are moving into distance education, some with enthusiasm and some feeling driven by necessity. This panel will address the issues and challenges that are presented by distance learning, including he expectations for faculty, ownership of th= e courses developed, quality of the learning experience, academic freedom, library support of distance learners, and potential roles for societies a= nd presses. C. What Does it Mean to Publish? - The ability of authors to post their own work on their own websites and the introduction of electronic dissertations have created intense discussions of what it means to "publish" in the digital era. Do online preprints and electronic dissertations constitute prior publication? If so, what are the implications for tenure and promotion? How does the faculty balance the desire to get ideas out with the need for review for tenure? D. Economics of Scholarly Communication - There is a disjunction between the sociology and economics of scholarly publishing, primarily in the sciences, that has affected the access to scholarship in all disciplines. Can the new technology provide better and more cost-effective solutions f= or scholarly communication? How do solutions vary by discipline? What role= s do the various members of the academic community play in contributing to the solutions? E. Preservation and Access - The new technology brings great opportunity for expanded access to a wide array of electronic resources which can be searched with powerful search engines across distributed systems. But technology also creates such challenges as version control, document integrity, persistent naming, authentication, and preservation. Speakers committed thus far: John Ackerman, Cornell University Press Robert Bovenschulte, Publications Director, American Chemical Society Peter Givler, Association of American University Presses Paula Kaufman, University of Tennessee Library Clifford Lynch, Coalition of Networked Information Teresa Sullivan, Vice President and Graduate Dean, University of Texas at Austin Sandy Thatcher, Pennsylvania State University Press Kathy Wilhelm, Graduate Student, West Virginia State University Conference Schedule Friday, March 26, 1999 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Registration 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Introduction 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Address 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Panel I. Getting Ahead in the Digital World 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Break 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Panel II. Distance Education 6:00 -7:00 p.m. Reception Saturday, March 27, 1999 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:30-10:00 a.m. Panel III. What Does it Mean to Publish? 10:00-10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Panel IV. Economics of Scholarly Communication 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Panel V. Preservation and Access 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Break 3:00-4:00 p.m. Engaging the Issues 4:00-4:30 p.m. Closing Speaker Deadline for registration is: March 15, 1999. To register online, go to OR Mail or fax your name, institution, address, and credit card information = to: Association of Research Libraries Mary Jane Brooks - New Challenges 21 Dupont Circle, NW Washington, DC 20036 phone: 202-296-2296 fax: 202-872-0884 email: maryjane@arl.org ********** III.B.4. Fr: system Re: Graduate Student Research Forum: CFP CALL FOR PAPERS Graduate Student Research Forum Sponsored by ASIS Student Chapter, Long Island University, and the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the ASIS Friday, April 30, 1999, 10:00am - 4:00pm Palmer School in Manhattan Bobst Library, New York University 70 Washington Square South New York, New York Graduate students in any discipline of information studies at either masters or doctoral level are invited to present research papers at the Forum. Also faculty are asked to recommend and sponsor papers by their graduate students. Research in any area of information studies (e.g., information science, communication sciences, information management, library science, and computer science) is welcome. Faculty sponsors are invited to attend the Forum and introduce the student(s) whose paper they recommend. Fees for Forum attendance (including lunch) are waived for presenters. A committee will select the papers for inclusion in the Forum. Evaluatio= n of inclusion will be based on the abstract. Additionally, a $100 prize will be awarded for the best paper presented. Papers shall be appraised = in terms of relevance, originality, clarity of expression, appropriateness o= f methodology, and level of graduate study (masters or doctoral). Submissions should include: 1. The title and a 150-300 word abstract 2. A short professional biography of the author(s) 3. Address, phone number and e-mail of the presenter 4. Address, phone number and e-mail of the faculty sponsor 5. A signed note from the faculty sponsor indicating sponsorship of the presenter. All abstracts must be submitted on diskette as either Microsoft Word or WordPerfect files. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 1999. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by March 1, 1999. For those abstracts, which are selected, full papers must be submitted in triplicat= e and on disk by April 5, 1999. The print proceedings will include the abstract, the presenter's biograph= y, institution and faculty sponsor. The prize-winning paper will be publishe= d in the Metropolitan New York Chapter Newsletter. For further information or to submit, please contact: Heting Chu, Ph.D. Palmer School of Library & Information Science Long Island University/C.W. Post Campus 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY 11548 Tel.: (516) 299-2177 Fax.: (516) 299-4168 E-mail: hchu@liu.edu ********** III.B.5. Fr: Richard Hill Re: 1999 ASIS Annual Meeting Deadline Proposals for participation in ASIS' 1999 Annual Meeting, "Knowledge: Creation, Organization and Use," November 1 - 4, 1999 in Washington DC ar= e due by December 15, 1998 and should be sent to asis99@asis.org. Intents to submit Contributed Papers must be received by December 15, 199= 8. Proposals for panels, technical sessions and other presentations must be received by December 15, 1998. Information and forms for making submissions are available at: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/index.html Dick Hill American Society for Information Science 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 495-0900 FAX (301) 495-0810 http://www.asis.org ********** III.C.1. Fr: Edie Rasmussen Re: Bob Korfhage Members of the IR community will be sorry to hear that Bob Korfhage died = at his home in Pittsburgh early in the morning of Friday November 20. Bob h= ad retired recently as Professor in the Department of Information Science an= d Telecommunications, School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. A long-time SIGIR member and former chair, he had remained active in the professional community, and was this year's winner of the ASIS Information Science Book of the Year award for his recent book, Information Storage and Retrieval. His book also won the Association of American Publishers award for the best professional scholarly work in computer science. Contributions in Bob's memory can be sent to the Robert R. Korfhage Award= , a scholarship fund which was set up on Bob's retirement. Checks should b= e made payable to the University of Pittsburgh, and mailed to: School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh 135 North Bellefield Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 ****************************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division = of Library Automation, 1111 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA. 94607-5200. 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. Using anonymous FTP via the host ftp.cdl.ucop.edu, the files will be found in the directory /data/ftp/pub/irl, stored in subdirectories by year (e.g., data/ftp/pub/irl/1993). 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