Information Retrieval List Digest 436 (December 21, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-436.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 December 21, 1998 Volume XV, Number 50 Issue 436 This will be the final issue in 1998. Enjoy your holidays. See you in '99! ****************************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Wyeth-Ayerst, Philadelphia, PA: Senior Systems Librarian 2. UNC, Chapel Hill: Director of Instructional Technology, SLIS 3. UT, Austin: Dean, Graduate School, GSLIS III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. ALN Website Announcement 2. D-Lib Magazine December 1998 3. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, Fall 1998 B. Meetings 1. Information System Concepts 2. ACM DL'99 Deadline Extended 3. IJCAI-99 Workshop: Text Mining: Foundations, Techniques, & Applications 4. Conference on IT in Science, Education, Telecommunications, & Business 5. IJCAI-99 Workshop: Machine Learning for Information Filtering 6. NFAIS Annual Conference 1999 7. Reminder: Museums and the Web Deadlines IV. PROJECTS C. Awards, Fellowships, Grants, & Scholarships 1. AALL Scholarships 2. NSF Plant Genome Venture Funding Opportunity D. Research 1. Ejournal Survey ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Timothy Fortin Re: Wyeth-Ayerst, Philadelphia, PA: Senior Systems Librarian It is our solid dedication, vision and constant search for answers that allow us to touch millions of people around the world every day. As a maj= or division of Fortune 100 American Home Products Corporation, we help peopl= e lead healthier lives through the development of innovative pharmaceutical= , vaccine and nutritional products. We achieve this through our superior research, manufacturing, sales and marketing capabilities. Enjoy the freedom to develop your own career while having the support of a valuable team. Senior Systems Librarian Draw upon your exceptional organizational and communication skills to manage and develop our Integrated Library System. We will also look to yo= u to make recommendations for electronic journal strategies, maintain the in-house biomedical literature search system, provide intranet support an= d assist with knowledge management initiatives. Excellent analytical and problem solving skills are required, as well as = a strong knowledge of: - UNIX - Perl - HTML - Database Administration - SQL - Scripting techniques The successful candidate must have a MS/MLA in Library or Information Sciences with 3 years systems experience in biotechnology, genomics, or a pharmaceutical-related industry; or a Ph.D. in Library/Information Scienc= e with 1-2 years experience. Other requirements include a strong background in using integrated library systems, relevant programming/scripting languages and computer hardware and software. Wyeth-Ayerst also offers other benefits, including child-care subsidies, educational assistance an= d professional development programs. Please forward your resume with salary requirements to: Wyeth-Ayerst, Reference OI-4056, P.O. Box 7886, Philadelphia, PA 19101-7886. Fax in fine mode to: (610) 989-4854. E-mail: jobs@RAMAIL1.wyeth.com (ASCII format, no attachments, subject: resume). F= or more information, visit our website at www.ahp.com/wyeth.htm Principals only. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V ********** II.2. Fr: Greg Newby Re: UNC, Chapel Hill: Director of Instructional Technology, SLIS Director of Instructional Technology School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Director of Instructional Technology is responsible for the applicati= on and management of educational technology at all levels within the School. This position includes oversight for technology in the classroom and computer laboratories, and student and faculty computing support. The Director of Instructional Technology manages a staff of student assistant= s. Principal functions of the Director include: instructing and assisting faculty with the incorporation of information technologies into their courses; teaching information technology courses as necessary; recommendi= ng hardware and software purchases for educational technology from an annual budget of approximately $200,000; fostering and advocating the incorporation of leading-edge technology into the School's curriculum; an= d insuring reliable and functional operation of the LAN and Unix based syst= ems. Qualifications: Strong interpersonal skills are required and a broad-base= d knowledge of Unix system administration (Solaris and Linux), Windows NT/9= 8, or LAN administration. A master's degree in Information Science, Information Management, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field and teaching and professional experience are preferred. Salary and benefits are competitive. Send letter of application, resume, and names and addresses of three references to Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Chair, ITS Search Committee, School of Information and Library Science, CB# 3360= , 100 Manning Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hil= l, NC 27599-3360. Questions may be addressed to her at (919) 962-8063 or by e-mail to tibbo@ils.unc.edu. Application deadline is January 15 1999, wit= h a targeted starting date of February 15, 1999. The University of North Carolina is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. SILS Web page: http://ils.unc.edu/ ********** II.3. Fr: Mary Lynn Rice-Lively Re: UT, Austin: Dean, Graduate School, GSLIS DEAN Graduate School of Library and Information Science The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin invites nominations and applications fo= r the position of Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS). The Dean is expected to provide creative and visionary leadership for continuing and enhancing the School's national ranking as = an outstanding program in library and information studies and for leading th= e School in nationally recognized research initiatives. The Dean is the chi= ef executive officer of the School and reports to the Provost of the Univers= ity. Our Vision: Transforming Information into Knowledge: Changing Lives. Mission: Preparing practitioners and researchers to identify, create and apply effective strategies for connecting people with information. In addition to a record of distinguished scholarship and professional achievement, significant academic leadership or executive management experience is required. Primary qualifications include an earned doctora= te or a comparable professional degree and the ability to meet the standards for a tenured appointment at The University of Texas at Austin; recogniti= on in funded research at the national level; experience and skill in fundraising; an appreciation for and commitment to the multiple disciplin= es and cultures which intermingle in library and information science; and strong skills in communication and the management of change. Candidates with backgrounds in all appropriate fields are welcome, particularly thos= e committed to information distribution and service to all members of socie= ty and to the synthesis of important ideas in library and information scienc= e. The University of Texas at Austin is the oldest and largest of The University of Texas System's 15 component institutions. It has a main campus of 357 acres and 110 buildings, 48,500 students, 2300 faculty members and a staff of more than 10,000. Austin is located on the Colora= do River at the eastern edge of the beautiful Texas Hill Country, and boasts= a pleasant, mild climate, a diverse culture, and an economy based primarily on state government, leading high technology industries, and the Universi= ty. The GSLIS is one of the 14 colleges and schools that comprise the University, with approximately 450 graduate students and 16 fulltime faculty. It offers the Ph.D. and MLIS degrees, post-master's, a growing number of undergraduate courses, and various professional certification programs. The MLIS degree encompasses the following areas: Librarianship= , Learning Resources, Information Science, Archival and Records Enterprise, and Preservation and Conservation. The school has strong relationships with other units on campus such as the Colleges of Communication, Education, and Business, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, Academic Computing and Instructional Technology Services, and the University's libraries, as well as with government and business agencies in the area. The GSLIS is especially intent on the integration of information technolo= gy into its vision of library and information services and supports this wit= h well-equipped and growing technology laboratories, special information technology courses, and a curriculum which incorporates information technology into all areas. Applications and nominations will be accepted until February 15, 1999; after this date the Committee may request and consider credentials from nominated candidates. A letter discussing relevant experience and accomplishments, curriculum vitae, and the names of three references shou= ld accompany applications. These materials should be sent to: Brooke E. Sheldon, Chair Consultative Committee for the Selection of the Dean Graduate School of Library & Information Science The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712-1276 bsheldon@uts.cc.utexas.edu More information about the GSLIS can be found at: http://www.gslis.utexas= .edu The University of Texas at Austin is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. http://www.utexas.edu ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Joan K. Lippincott Re: ALN Website Announcement This message is intended for distribution to groups of people who potentially have an interest in Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN). W= e want to make you aware of the activities of the ALN Web (), a website dedicated to ALN that is sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The ALN Web contains information that includes: 1. A scholarly journal: The Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN). Back issues are on-line. We are seeking articles that describe research progress in ALN. We publish articles that include data and articles that are major thought pieces. 2. The ALN Magazine: The Magazine publishes articles about current news i= n ALN, software information and descriptions of experiences in on-line learning at various institutions. 3. Conference Proceedings: The proceedings of the annual international conference about ALN are found on the ALN Web. 4. ALN Products: You may advertise products for ALN on the ALN Web 5. ALN Talk: A on-line discussion forum about ALN. 6. ALN Workshops: We offer an on-line workshop about "Getting Started Creating On-line Courses." This three module on-line workshop teaches how to create on-line courses using Microsoft FrontPage and other advance media. The workshop is taken asynchronously using your own computer. Duri= ng the last year and a half, well over 1000 people have taken the workshop (participants have come from 47 states and 17 countries). The next worksh= op will be offered starting in late January, 1999. For more information see: or see the link from the main page. I would like to invite you to take a look at the materials on our website and to participate in the work of the ALN web. If you are interested in joining our permanent mailing list, please sign the guestbook on the ALN Web. By doing this you will receive future announcements of our activiti= es. Best Regards, John R. Bourne Professor Editor, the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks ********** III.A.2. Fr: Richard Hill Re: D-Lib Magazine December 1998 The December 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 Australi= an National University Sunsite also maintains a mirror at . In this issue, we feature a mix of stories, a book review, news, announcements, and pointers to interesting sites. Our research stories address different aspects of interoperability: one a detailed look at the linguistic aspects of metadata and the other at the level of computer systems architecture; the results of two major three-year Digital Library projects from the UK (the Open Journal Project, and the Arts and Humaniti= es Data Service Project); and a report from the Internet Applications Laboratory at the University of Evansville about their research in Internet filtering mechanisms. In addition, we have a review of the book, by Brian Hawkins and Pat Battin, "The Mirage of Continuity: Reconfiguring Academic Information Resources for the 21st Century." CONTENTS Languages for Dublin Core Thomas Baker, Asian Institute of Technology The NCSTRL Approach to Open Architecture for the Confederated Digital Library. Barry M. Leiner, Corporation for National Research Initiatives Linking Electronic Journals: Lessons from the Open Journal Project. Steve Hitchcock, Les Carr, Wendy Hall and Steve Harris, University of Southhampton; Steve Probets, David Evans, and David Brailsford, Universit= y of Nottingham Evaluating Search Engine Models for Scholarly Purposes: A Report from the Internet Applications Laboratory. Anthony Beavers, The University of Evansville The Arts and Humanities Data Service Three Years' On. Daniel Greenstein, Arts and Humanities Data Service William Y. Arms Bonnie Wilson Editors ********** III.A.3. Fr: Andrea Duda Re: Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, Fall 1998 The fall 1998 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is now available at: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/ The theme of this issue is the serials crisis in science and technology libraries. You'll find an article by Albert Henderson, editor of Publishing Research Quarterly, and responses by Rob Kirby, David Flaxbart= , and Emily R. Mobley. You will also find our regular book reviews, conference reports, and science and technology resources on the Internet. ARTICLES: Theme: The serials crisis in science and technology libraries * Science in the Twilight Zone; Or, Are Science Libraries Related to Science? by Albert Henderson, Editor, Publishing Research Quarterly * A Scenario for Publishing Mathematics in the Future by Rob Kirby, University of California, Berkeley * A Response to Albert Henderson by David Flaxbart, University of Texas at Austin * Ruminations on the Sci-Tech Serials Crisis by Emily R. Mobley, Purdue University * Science in the Twilight Zone -- Rebuttal by Albert Henderson, Editor, Publishing Research Quarterly BOOK REVIEWS: Norma Kobzina, Editor * Searching Smart on the World Wide Web: Tools and Techniques for Getting Quality Results by Cheryl Gould Reviewed by Gregory K. Raschke, Georgia Institute of Technology * Information Sources in Science and Technology by C.D. Hurt Reviewed by Mary D. Stoner, Princeton University SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SOURCES ON THE INTERNET: Elizabeth W. Brown, Editor * Biology Careers on the Internet by Frederick W. Stoss, SUNY University at Buffalo CONFERENCE REPORTS: Flora Shrode, Editor * Online World Conference and Expo by Flora Shrode, University of Tennessee, Knoxville ********** III.B.1. Fr: Alex Verrijn-Stuart Re: Information System Concepts INFORMATION SYSTEM CONCEPTS: An integrated discipline emerging Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 20-22 September 1999 http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/~verrynst/ISCO4-f.html Important dates: Submission of Papers/Proposals: 15 April 1999 Notification of acceptance: 15 June 1999 Camera-ready papers: 15 August 1999 Alex Verrijn-Stuart ISCO4 Organization Committee Chair Leiden, 15 December 1998 ********** III.B.2. Fr: James C. French Re: ACM DL'99 Deadline Extended Digital Libraries '99 The Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries D E A D L I N E H A S B E E N E X T E N D E D T O F E B R U A R Y 8 Digital Libraries '99 The Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries Sponsored by ACM SIGIR and SIGWEB University of California, Berkeley August 11-14, 1999 Call For Participation http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99 Introduction The Fourth ACM Digital Libraries Conference (DL '99) will be held in Berkeley, California, USA on August 11-14, 1999. The conference hotel wil= l be the Radisson Hotel, Berkeley Marina. Conference sessions will be on th= e campus of the University of California at Berkeley and at the conference hotel. ACM SIGIR '99 follows immediately after at the same location, to facilitate interchange between the DL and Information Retrieval communiti= es. ACM DL is the major international forum on digital libraries, with an expanded program for the presentation of new research results, the discussion of policy issues, and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques. Computer scientists, librarians, information scientists, archivists and others in academia, government, and industry - from around the globe - who are leaders in the digital library area will present and attend. The conference attracts a broad range of professionals including theoreticians, collection developers, publishers, researchers, educators, policy makers, practicioners, developers, and designers of systems, interfaces, and related applications Topics DL '99 seeks original contributions in the broad field of digital libraries. Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to: * Algorithms: categorization, clustering, filtering, learning, protocols * Applications: data mining, education, visualization * Architecture: agents, bus, distributed, federated * Art, humanities, museums: collection, conversion, markup * Economic, legal and social: authentication, authorization, intellectual property rights, publishing * HCI: design, devices, interfaces, logs, usability * Hypertext/multimedia: authoring, linking, presenting * Information science: information seeking, services * Interoperability: multilingual/multicultural, standards, WWW * Metadata: adaptations, supporting software/systems * Policy: equity, funding, identifiers, international collaboration * Sustainability: archiving, organizational issues, preservation * Theory: formalisms, metrics, models, security Submission Requirements Submissions to DL'99 may be research papers, policy papers, system report= s, or may be proposals for posters, demonstrations, panels, tutorials, or workshops. All paper, poster and demonstration submissions should be formatted documents, including appropriate bibliographies. All submission= s will be reviewed and must be in English. Details specific to each type of submission are given below. Papers Papers must be submitted electronically as explained in online Submission Instructions (http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99/submit.htm). They must be origina= l contributions (that is, not previously published, and not currently being considered for publication elsewhere). Full papers of at most 5,000 words should be submitted with an abstract o= f not more than 150 words on the first page. Use Times Roman, 11 point, 2-column format just like that required for all three previous proceeding= s. There will be three categories of full papers: * Research papers: Submissions are invited for reports of significant research results on all aspects of digital libraries. Such reports should include a substantial evaluative or validation component. * Policy papers: Submissions are invited for discussions of significant policy issues related to the design, implementation, operation, economics, use, and other issues regarding digital libraries. * System papers: Submissions are invited for reports on the design, implementation, operation, and evaluation of operational and prototype digital library systems. The emphasis in such submissions will be on reporting the experience of implementation of the systems and of their use. Posters Poster proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submisssions a= re invited that fit into any of the paper categories. Posters are especially well suited to graphic and interactive presentation, or to report on work still in progress after the deadline for regular papers. Demonstrations Demonstration proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submissions are invited for formal demonstrations of digital library systems and components. Demonstrations may be live or on video, but must include a written description of the system and its unique characteristic= s and contributions. At the review stage, video submissions can be either high quality MPEG files or NTSC VHS tapes. Panels Panel proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submissions are invited for panel presentations dealing with significant, controversial a= nd timely issues. Panel sessions will either be 60 or 90 minutes in length, and must be chaired by an experienced moderator Contact information about the moderator, names and affiliations of panelists, a prose justification, and a detailed topical outline must be supplied. Tutorials Tutorial proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. A biographic= al sketch for the presenter(s), including details on relevant prior experience, as well as a description of the target audience and suitable learning objectives, must accompany a detailed topical outline. Both 1/2 and full-day tutorials, covering basic, intermediate, and advanced topics= , will be offered. Workshops Workshop proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. The aim is t= o bring together a small group of people involved in a specific problem are= a of digital libraries, to advance the state-of-the-art and to encourage collaboration in that area. Submissions must include contact and biographical information on the organizers including prior experience, expected audience, planned format, objectives, and a detailed topical out= line. Reviewing Process At least 3 members of the Program Committee will be asked to review each paper submission. Chairs for Posters, Demonstrations, Panels, Tutorials, and Workshops will coordinate review of those submissions. There will be one Program Committee meeting in Virginia to make final selections. Important Dates and Deadlines (all dates 1999) February 8 Paper submissions due February 15 Tutorial, demonstration, panel, and workshop proposals due April 9 Notification of acceptance of papers April 23 Poster submissions due May 8 Final copy due for all contributions August 11-14 DL Conference Contact Information General Chair: Neil Rowe rowe@cs.nps.navy.mil Department of Computer Science Spanagel 514, Code CS/Rp Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 USA +1-831-656-2462 +1-831-656-2814 FAX Program Chair: Edward A. Fox fox@vt.edu Department of Computer Science 660 McBryde Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106 USA +1-540-231-5113 +1-540-231-6075 FAX ********** III.B.3. Fr: Ronen Feldman Re: IJCAI-99 Workshop: Text Mining: Foundations, Techniques, & Applications IJCAI-99 Workshop TEXT MINING: FOUNDATIONS, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS http://www.cs.biu.ac.il:8080/~feldman/ijcai_99.html Stockholm, Sweden August 2, 1999 The information age has made it easy to store large amounts of data.The proliferation of documents available on the Web, on corporate intranets, = on news wires, and elsewhere is overwhelming. However, while the amount of data available to us is constantly increasing, ourability to absorb and process this information remains constant.Search engines only exacerbate the problem by making more and more documents available in a matter of a few key strokes; so-called "push" technology makes the problem even worse by constantly reminding us that we are failing to follow critical news, events, and trends. We experience information overload, missing important patterns even as they unfold before us. Text Mining is a new and exciting research area that tries to solve the information overload problem by using techniques from data mining, machin= e learning, information retrieval, natural-language understanding, case-bas= ed reasoning, statistics, and knowledge management to help people gain insig= ht into large quantities of semi-structured or unstructured text. Text Minin= g typically involves preprocessing of a document collection (such as throug= h text categorization or term extraction), storage and indexing of the intermediate representations, analysis of the intermediate representation= s (such as via distribution analysis, document clustering, trend analysis, and association rule discovery), and visualization of the results. Sample topics appropriate for this workshop include the development of efficient algorithms for very large document collections, tools for visualizing suc= h document collections, the use of intelligent agents to perform text minin= g on the internet, and the use information extraction to better capture the major themes of the documents. More generally, we solicit papers in all areas relevant to the problem of gaining insight into large collections o= f text, including, but not limited to, the following areas: Association Rule Discovery from Document Collections Document Representations Information Extraction for Text Mining Multi-lingual Text Mining Storage Issues Taxonomy Generation for Text Mining Term Extraction Text Categorization Text Mining Applications Text Mining on the Internet Trend Analysis Visualization Techniques Workshop presentations will be selected from among those submitting a ten-to twelve-page paper on their work. Papers should be in postscript, PDF, HTML, or plain text format, and should be submitted by emailing a UR= L to feldman@cs.biu.ac.il that points to the submission. (Those for whom doing so would be a hardship should contact feldman@cs.biu.ac.il to arran= ge an alternative submission method.) Those wishing to attend without making= a presentation should instead email feldman@cs.biu.ac.il a short (at most o= ne page) summary of their interests. We also plan to have a demo session for research and commercial text mining systems, and those wishing to participate in this session should email feldman@cs.biu.ac.il a one-page description of their system/demo. Submission Deadline: April 15th 1999 Accept/Reject Answers mailed: May 5th 1999 Deadline for receipt of camera-ready copy: May 15th 1999 Program Committee Rakesh Agrawal (IBM, Almaden, USA) Yonatan Aumann (Bar-Ilan University, ISRAEL) Ronen Feldman, Co-Chair (Bar-Ilan University and Instinct Software,ISRAEL) Marti Hearst, (UC Berkeley, USA) Haym Hirsh, Co-Chair (Rutgers, USA) Willi Kloesgen (GMD, Germany) Yves Kodratoff (LRI, France) Heikki Mannila (Microsoft Research, USA) Martin Rajman (EPFL, Switzerland) Ian Witten, (New Zealand) Send submissions to Ronen Feldman Director, Data Mining Laboratory Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL, 52900 (972) 3-5318629 (tel) (972) 3-5353325 (fax) Email: feldman@cs.biu.ac.il ********** III.B.4. Fr: Maryse Salles Re: Conference on IT in Science, Education, Telecommunications, & Business CALL for PAPERS XXVI International Conference and Discussion Scientific Club INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES in SCIENCE, EDUCATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS and BUSINESS IT + SE'99 May 25 - June 4, 1999 Yalta-Gurzuf, Crimea, Ukraine Conference dedicated to the celebration of the 200th anniversary of A. S. PUSHKIN SUPPORTED BY Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Ministry of Foreign Economic Links of Russian Federation State Committee on Science and New Technologies of Russian Federation State Committee on Communications and Computer Science of Russian Federation Scientific Council "Supercomputer", RAS Siberian Power Institute, RAS Ministry of Education of Ukraine International Academy of Informatization Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Novosibirsk Scientific Center of Academy of Engineering Sciences of Russia Moscow State University Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (France) Universite Toulouse I (France) Moscow Technical Communications and Information University Moscow Institute on Business Co-operation Russian Association on Neuroinformatics Russian Association on Project Management National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute" Zaporozhye State University Moscow State Device-Designing and Computer Science Academy Institute of Problems of Management, RAS Research Institute Rubin Association of Diagnostics and Fault Tolerance in Engineering CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION General Chair: E. L. Gloriozov (Russia) Chairs: V. S. Burtsev (Russia) A. Costes (France) V. V. Shakhgildyan (Russia) G. Zimmerman (Germany) PROGRAM COMMITTEE M. Alquier (France), A.J. Arkhangelsky (Russia), D.I. Batischev (Russia), N.V. Dobatkina (Russia), V.G. Domrachev (Russia), Yu.M. Gorsky (Russia), = E. Korotkov (Russia), V. M. Kotov (Russia), V. M. Kureychick (Russia), A. B. Markhasin (Russia), B. M. Mikhaylov (Russia), S. L. Mishenkov (Russia), I. A. Mizin (Russia), V. N. Nuzhdin (Russia), P. P. Parkhomenko (Russia), R. Poze (Germany), M. Salles (France), V. S. Shibanov (Russia), D. O. Skobel= ev (Russia), V. A. Tolock (Ukraine), O. A. Vityaz (Ukraine), J. N. Zaytseva (Russia), V. V. Zolotarev (Russia). IT+SE'99 SCOPE The Conference is a forum that is held since 1974. It brings together researchers, designers, programmers and vendors working in the fields of automated design and new information technologies. The goal of IT+SE'99 Conference is to become a place of meeting where cross fertilization of ideas and exchange of experience make bridges for co-operation. CONFERENCE LOCATION Conference, Discussion Scientific Club and Workshop will be held in one o= f the most beautiful areas of Crimean peninsular at a comfortable hotel in = a suburb of Yalta picturesque Gurzuf. Gurzuf is located on a sea shore at a distance of 70 km from the Crimean regional center Simferopol. The road from Simferopol to Gurzuf goes through Crimean mountains. Gurzuf can be reached from Simferopol by bus, trolley bus and taxi for a very reasonabl= e price. TOPICS =B7 Automated design =B7 Hardware-software co-design of embedded systems =B7 High-efficiency computing systems =B7 Problem-oriented design and programming =B7 Artificial intelligence in CAD =B7 Simulation Tools =B7 Computing networks =B7 New information technologies in telecommunications =B7 Multimedia and Internet/Intranet (MM + II99) =B7 Broadband ATM Networks and Mobile Systems =B7 Devices and systems for confidential information =B7 Diagnostics and fault tolerance in engineering =B7 Space information - control systems =B7 New information technologies in education =B7 The problems of Distance Education by using New Information Technologies =B7 Decision support systems for project management =B7 Information Systems for strategic decision support =B7 Marketing and management in high-tech manufacturing =B7 Simulation in natural and social fields =B7 Homeostaz in social, ecological and technical systems =B7 Molecular Bioinformatics WORKING LANGUAGES Working languages are Russian and English. Synchronous translation will b= e provided for all lectures, paper presentations and Round-table discussion= s. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Authors are invited to submit papers to Organising Committee Representati= ve for Europe. Submittals should describe the nature of the work, explain it= s significance, highlight new or promising results. Submitted papers will = be divided into two categories: =B7 Category A - panel papers - 3 A4 pages =B7 Category B - poster papers - 2 A4 pages On first page, give the paper title, authors names and affiliation, posta= l addresses and E-mail, a short abstract (50 words) and key words (5). Page contains 2400 characters. Papers should be prepared as WinWord6.0 file an= d submitted on diskette or via E-mail. PROCEEDINGS of CONFERENCE Accepted papers will be published in Proceedings of International Conference IT+ SE'99 both in Russian and in English. Proceedings will be published both on paper and on CD-ROM and distributed at the registration desk of the Conference. The accepted papers will be published only if registration fee will be received by Organizing Committee not later than March 30, 1999. The registration fee includes Proceedings price. The Proceedings will be distributed only to attendees of Conference. DEADLINES AND KEY DATES =B7 December 31, 1998 Submission of the Advance Registration Form for participation (see form enclosed). =B7 March 1st, 1999 : Submission deadline of full papers and/or software description files to Organizing Committee Representative for Europe. =B7 March 20th, 1999 : Acceptance date. =B7 March 30th, 1999 Transfer of registration fees on the account of Organizing Committee (account number will be presented at Invitation Card) =B7 May 25-31, 1999 Conference IT + SE'99 =B7 June 1-4, 1999 Discussion Scientific Club =B7 June 1-4, 1999 Workshop MM + II'99 =B7 June 1-4, 1999 Workshop Molecular Bioinformatics =B7 June 1-4, 1999 Software exhibition CULTURAL PROGRAM =B7 Conference opening party =B7 Party with poets - participants of Conference =B7 Party with singers - participants of Conference =B7 Russian romance song show =B7 Art exhibition =B7 Sight-seeing tours =B7 Crimean wines testing =B7 Tennis tournament FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Organising Committee Representative for Europe : Maryse SALLES National Polytechnics Institute of TOULOUSE GSI Department 6, Allee Emile Monso, B.P. 4038 31029 TOULOUSE Cedex FRANCE Phone : +33 5 62 24 21 15 Fax : +33 5 62 24 21 50 E-mail : msalles@univ-tlse1.fr ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ADDRESS (RUSSIA) International Conference IT + SE ' 99 MGAPI, 20 Strominka, 107076, Moscow, Russia Phone/fax : + 7 095 917 1719 (from 8.00 till 10.00; +3.00GMT) E-mail: eg@glorioz.msk.ru ********** III.B.5. Fr: Thorsten Joachims Re: "Machine Learning for Information Filtering" Workshop at IJCAI99 Call for Participation Workshop on "Machine Learning for Information Filtering" at IJCAI 99 August 1st, 1998 Stockholm, Sweden http://www-ai.cs.uni-dortmund.de/EVENTS/IJCAI99-MLIF The enormous growth of on-line information and electronic commerce has brought about a comparable growth in research on methods for automaticall= y organizing and personalizing information. The "information filtering" ta= sk has simultaneously emerged as an active research topic in several disciplines, including information retrieval, human computer interaction, natural language processing, and machine learning. The information filtering task manifests itself in many theoretically challenging and commercially important applications, such as electronic commerce and marketing, search engines, information push applications, browsing assistants, and adaptive Web sites. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on information filtering from many subfields of AI, while emphasizing the machine learning techniques and algorithms many of these subfields share. These techniques include * text classification methods (probabilistic methods, support vector machines, first order methods, use of unlabeled data, etc.) * collaborative filtering methods (use of complex user and object profiles (e.g. citation structure), novel clustering models and methods, etc.) * other methods for learning user preferences (learning orderings, etc.) * combinations of approaches and multi-strategy learning * representational issues (knowledge representation, NLP techniques, representing interest, representing information objects, feature selection, term weighting, data transformation, latent semantic indexing, etc.) * clustering methods (similarity measures, mixture models, etc.) * scalability issues * formal models and theory * handling different media (text, images, sound, etc.) * evaluation techniques Besides these topics, the workshop covers all theoretical and methodological issues concerning information filtering. Submissions describing innovative applications of information filtering are also encouraged. By bringing together industrial representatives with researchers, the workshop will * show how problems from industry present new research issues. * identify ways in which research results may be put in more widespread practice in an industrial setting. TIMETABLE April 6, 1999 Submission deadline May 3, 1999 Notification of acceptance May 24, 1999 Camera-ready copy due August 1, 1999 Workshop ORGANIZATION The workshop will be one full day, including invited talks, paper presentations, poster presentations, and numerous opportunities for discussion. Depending on submissions, there will be joint sessions with t= he workshop "Text Mining: Foundations, Techniques and Applications" on topic= s of common interest. Participation in the workshop is limited according to IJCAI regulations. All workshop participants have to register for the IJC= AI conference. The working notes of the workshop will be published online. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Those interested in making a presentation should submit a full paper electronically either as a Postscript or PDF to joachims@ls8.cs.uni-dortmund.de. The first page of submitted papers shoul= d include: title, author names and affiliations, a brief abstract. It shoul= d also name a designated contact person with his or her postal address, electronic mail address, telephone and fax number. Submissions should not exceed 8 pages according to the IJCAI formatting instructions and should = be printable on 8.5" x 11" or A4 paper. Those interested in participating in the workshop, but not submitting a paper, should submit a one-page abstract of their research interests in learning methods for information filtering. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Thorsten Joachims (Chair) Andrew McCallum Universitaet Dortmund Just Research FB Informatik, LS8 4616 Henry Street Baroper Str. 301 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 44221 Dortmund, Germany Phone: (412) 683-9132 Phone: +49 231 755 5102 FAX: (412) 683-4175 FAX: +49 231 755 5105 Email: mccallum@justresearch.com joachims@ls8.cs.uni-dortmund.de Mehran Sahami Lyle Ungar Epiphany, Inc. University of Pennsylvania 2300 Geng Road Dept of Comp. and Info. Sci. Palo Alto, CA 94303 200 S. 33rd St. Phone: (650) 496-2399 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 FAX: (650) 496-2431 Phone: (215) 898-7449 Email: sahami@epiphany.com FAX: (215) 898-0587 Email: ungar@cis.upenn.edu FURTHER INFORMATION http://www-ai.cs.uni-dortmund.de/EVENTS/IJCAI99-MLIF ********** III.B.6. Fr: Marian Gloninger Re: NFAIS Annual Conference 1999 The National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services In Close Cooperation with AIIP * ARL * ASIDIC * ASIS * CENDI * CNI * EUSIDIC * ICSTI * NISO * SSP Presents the 41st NFAIS Annual Conference: Collections of Information STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES: A Meeting of the Minds February 21-24, 1999 Four Seasons Hotel, Philadelphia, PA NFAIS is joined this year by a few of our sister societies to discuss issues of importance to us all. Special rates are available to members o= f these organizations. Sessions chaired by Cooperating Organizations include: "The Digital Object Identifier"-- NISO "The Imperative for Digital Libraries"-- CNI "The Demand for Licensing"-- ARL "Federal Initiatives & Incentives"-- CENDI "Strategic Implications for Publishers"-- SSP "Users & Their Use of Information"-- ASIS "Lunch with the Information Professionals"--AIIP "European Initiatives"-- EUSIDIC "Whence Document Delivery?"-- ICSTI "New Horizons"-- ASIDIC For preliminary program: http://www.pa.utulsa.edu/nfais/Conf99_prog.html Conference registration form: http://www.pa.utulsa.edu/nfais/Conf99_reg.html Hotel registration form: http://www.pa.utulsa.edu/nfais/Conf99_hotel.html Registration fees--ASIS Members receive a discount: http://www.pa.utulsa.edu/nfais/Conf99_rates.html Dick Kaser, Executive Director NFAIS 1518 Walnut Street, Suite 307, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: 215-893-1561 Fax: 215-893-1564 E-mail: NFAIS@nfais.org, kaser@nfais.org ********** Fr: Anne-Marie.Vercoustre Re: ECDL'99 ECDL'99 Preliminary Call For Papers Third European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries Paris, France, September 22-24, 1999 Co-organized by BNF (Biblioth=E8que Nationale de France) and INRIA (Inst= itut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) After Pisa in 1997 and Heraklion in 1998, ECDL will take place in Paris a= t the prestigious location of the Biblioth=E8que Nationale de France. It is= the third of a series, partially funded by the European Commission's TMR Programme, of European conferences on research and technology for digital libraries. Its main objective is to bring together researchers from multiple disciplines to present their work on enabling technologies for digital libraries. The conference also provides an opportunity for scientists to develop a research community in Europe focusing on digital library development. The conference organisers solicit papers, panels and tutorials on novel research on digital libraries, including but not limited to the following list of topics: Digital library models, frameworks, and systems, interoperability, scalability Information retrieval, navigation, indexing, catalogues Multimedia information management, digitization (image, graphic, video, sound) Electronic authoring, publishing, multilinguality Metadata, knowledge representation, agent technologies Experiments in DL system development, business models for digital libraries (pricing, etc.) User interfaces, evaluation of these interfaces by users The conference is partially sponsored by ERCIM (the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics) which will in particular provide some scholarships for young researchers attending the conference. Some selected papers will be published in the International Journal on Digital Libraries. Program Committee Serge Abiteboul, INRIA (France), chair Nabil Adam, Rutgers U. (USA) Robert Allen, Bellcore (USA) Thomas Baker, Asian Institute of Technology, (Bangkok, Thailand) Vassilis Christophides, Forth (Greece) Bruce Croft, U. Massachusetts (USA) Jacques Ducloy, LORIA (France) G=E9rard Dupoirier, Rank Xerox (France) Norbert Fuhr, Dortmund U. (Germany) Keith Jeffery, CLRC-RAL (UK) Judith Klavans, Colombia U. (USA) Carl Lagoze, Cornell U. (USA) Derek Law, U. Strathclyde (UK) Dominique Maillet, BNF (France) Alain Michard, ERCIM (France) Marc Nanard, CRIM Montpellier (France) Christos Nikolaou, U. Crete & FORTH (Greece) Andreas Paepcke, Stanford (USA) Carol Peters, IEI-CNR (Italy) Hans J. Schek, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Alan Smeaton, Dublin City U. (Ireland) Ingeborg T. S=F8lvberg, NTNU-Trondheim (Norway) Shigeo Sugimoto, Univ. of Lib. Info. Sc. (Japan) Costantino Thanos, IEI-CNR (Italy) Anne-Marie Vercoustre, INRIA (France) Jean-Didier Wagneur, BNF (France) PC Chair: Serge Abiteboul (INRIA) Organization: Thierry Grillet (BNF), and Florence Balax (INRIA) For information: http://www-rocq.inria.fr/EuroDL99 or contact Florence.Balax@inria.fr We look forward to seeing you in Paris at ECDL99! Thank you for your attention. Best Regards, Anne-Marie Anne-Marie Vercoustre Inria Rocquencourt Domaine de Voluceau-Rocquencourt B.P.105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, FRANCE Phone: +33-1 39 63 56 62 Fax: +33-1 39 63 56 74 Email: Anne-Marie.Vercoustre@inria.fr http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~vercoust ********** III.B.7. Fr: J. Trant Re: Reminder: Museums and the Web Deadlines Museums and the Web March 11-14, 1999 New Orleans, Louisiana http://www.archimuse.com/mw99/ Two deadlines for the Museums and the Web Conference are fast approaching. DEMONSTRATIONS Proposals are invited from museum staff to demonstrate their web sites in the MW99 demonstration hall. This popular venue provides one-on-one conta= ct with the visitors to your site, and gives you an opportunity to showcase your latest developments, and try out new ideas. Proposals are due Decemb= er 31, 1998; see http://www.archimuse.com/mw99/mw99.call.html EARLY REGISTRATION The deadline for receipt of your registration at the early registration rate is December 31, 1998. When combined with the MW98 Money that some of you may still have from last year's conference, this is a significant discount over regular registration rates. PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AVAILABLE You can see the full program for MW99, including speakers' biograpies and abstracts, online at http://www.archimuse.com/mw99/ With warm wishes for a Happy Holiday Season, and a succesful New Year! Jennifer and David J. Trant and D. Bearman mw99@archimuse.com Co-Chairs, Museums and the Web New Orleans, Louisiana Archives & Museum Informatics March 11-14, 1999 2008 Murray Ave, Suite D http://www.archimuse.com/mw99/ Pittsburgh, PA 15217 phone +1 412 422 8530 USA fax +1 412 422 8594 ****************************************************************** IV. PROJECTS IV.C.1. Fr: Kumar Percy Re: AALL Scholarships PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ON OTHER LISTS AS APPROPRIATE. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES The following seven types of scholarships are available from the American Association of Law Libraries to assist law librarians and future law librarians with educational expenses. Please note that there are scholarships for degree programs as well as for continuing education. Applications are available on request from AALL and on AALL's web site at http://www.aallnet.org/services/scholarships.asp AND Fax-on-Demand at 908/544-5901 To order an application or for further information contact: American Association of Law Libraries 53 W. Jackson, Suite 940 Chicago, IL 60604 (312) 939-4770 EXT. 24 Please send all e-mail inquiries directly to: scholarships@aall.org AALL SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION 1998-99 The American Association of Law Libraries is committed to providing opportunities for professional growth. Each year, the Association awards scholarships in significant amounts in the categories listed below. Minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Type I Library Degree for Law School Graduates Awarded to a law school graduate working towards a degree in an accredite= d library school. Preference is given to AALL members, but scholarships are not restricted to members. Preference in selection is given to persons wi= th meaningful law library experience. Evidence of financial need must be submitted. Type II Library School Graduates Attending Law School Awarded to a library school graduate working toward a degree in an accredited law school, who has meaningful law library experience and has = no more than 36 semester (54 quarter) credit hours remaining before qualifyi= ng for the law degree. Preference given to members of AALL, but scholarships are not restricted to members. Evidence of financial need must be submitt= ed. Type III Library Degree for Non-Law School Graduates Awarded to a college graduate with meaningful law library experience who = is a degree candidate in an accredited library school. Preference is given t= o members of AALL, but scholarships are not restricted to members. Preferen= ce is given to applicants working for degrees with emphasis on courses in la= w librarianship. Evidence of financial need must be submitted. Type IV Library School Graduates Seeking A Non-Law Degree Awarded to library school graduates who are degree candidates in an area, other than law, which will be beneficial to the development of a professional career in law librarianship. Scholarship restricted to membe= rs of AALL. Evidence of financial need must be submitted. Type V Law Librarians in Continuing Education Courses Awarded to law librarians with a degree from an accredited library or law school who are registrant= s in continuing education courses related to law librarianship. The following named scholarships are available by the American sociation = of Law Libraries The George A. Strait Minority Stipend $3500 awarded to college graduates with law library experience who are members of a minority group as defined by current U.S. government guidelines and are degree candidates in accredited library or law schools. Preference will be given to individuals with previous service to, or interest in, law librarianship. Applicants must show evidence of financia= l need. The James F. Connolly Congressional Information Service Scholarship Up to $3,000 will be awarded to a law librarian who is interested in pursuing a law degree and preference will be given to a librarian who has demonstrated an interest in government publications. Mr. Connolly was a C= IS executive who maintained close ties to law librarians. The John Johnson LEXIS-NEXIS Memorial Scholarship fund is allocated at th= e discretion of the Scholarship Committee. Mr. Johnson was Director of the Legal Librarian segment of Library and Information Services at Mead Data Central and a long-time law library supporter. Applications must be received by April 1 * and awards are made shortly thereafter. Forms are available from AALL via: 1) the AALL Web site at http://www.aallnet.org/services/scholarships.html, 2) Fax-on-Demand at 908/544-5901, 3) email at scholarships@aall.org, 4) phone at 312/939-4770 ex. 24, 5) AALL headquarters by sending a request indicating the type of scholarship application needed with a self-addressed envelope to: American Association of Law Libraries 53 West Jackson Blvd. Suite 940 Chicago, IL 60604 *Note: Applications for Type V continuing education scholarships receive= d by February 1 will be considered at that time as well. Students also may want to review the scholarships offered by the American Library Associati= on at http://www.aallnet.org/services/scholarships.asp ********** IV.C.2. Fr: Maria Zemankova Re: NSF Plant Genome Venture Funding Opportunity The Plant Genome Venture Fund (PGVF) was established last year by Dr. Mar= y Clutter, AD/BIO, to support proposals that should contribute significantl= y to the objectives of the Plant Genome Research Program but were submitted to other programs within the Foundation. The fund is being continued thi= s year as part of the second year of support for the Plant Genome Research Program. Overall Goals of the Plant Genome Research Program: The overall goals of the NSF Plant Genome Research Program are to support research on the structure, organization and function of plant genomes and to accelerate the acquisition and utilization of new knowledge and innovative approaches to elucidate fundamental biological processes in plants. Continued research in plant genomics is needed to facilitate the development of improved plants of economic importance, the design of nove= l plant products, and the elucidation of cellular processes common to all multicellular organisms. A full description of goals and of relevant scientific activities appears in the Plan Genome Research Program Announcement, NSF99-13 . Purpose of the PGVF: The purpose of the PGVF is to ensure that NSF captures from any disciplin= es good ideas and projects that will contribute significantly to the goals o= f the Plant Genome Research Program by identifying them in proposals submitted to NSF programs other than the Plant Genome Research Program. Invitation to submit proposals# or supplements## to existing awards: The Information and Data Management (IDM) Program research community is i= n a very good position to contribute significantly to the objectives of the Plant Genome Research Program, in particular in the following areas (extracted from the full list below): * Computational or mathematical tools for integrating and analyzing complex plant genomic data [e.g., data mining, information integration, summarization] * Development of shared resources (e.g., databases, multi-user facilities) for plant genomics research [e.g., interoperable databases, warehouses, digital libraries, knowledge discovery/sharing environments, support of collaborative, inter-disciplinary research, ...] * Increased public awareness/education in plant genome research [e.g., via development of information resources, educational material, on-line FAQs, ...] * Other (explain in relation to the overall Program goals). You are invited you to participate in this funding opportunity and submit descriptions of imaginative projects that will advance the goals of the Plant Genome Research Program. Eligible projects must meet the goals of the NSF Plant Genome Research Program, have been or will be reviewed in FY99 (October 1, 1999 - September 30, 1999) and have been or will be recommended for support. Eligible projects include awards made in FY99, new proposals and suppleme= nt requests to existing awards (e.g., REU supplements , supplements for additional collaboration, etc.). # PROPOSALS: I would like to encourage you to check with me first, by sending a VERY brief description of your idea via email, To: mzemanko@nsf.gov Subject: Plan Genome -- proposal idea. If I think your idea in the submitted proposal or proposal you are workin= g on satisfies the goals of the Plant Genome Program, I will encourage you = to submit a full description (see below). ## SUPPLEMENTS: please discuss any supplement requests with me in advance. Please send a VERY brief description of your idea via email, To: mzemanko@nsf.gov Subject: Plan Genome -- supplement idea. If I think that the supplement request has a chance of being supported, I would ask you to submit a full supplement request (see below). Please plan your inquiries so that you can submit the full descriptions under the deadlines stated below. Submission of the Plant Genome Project Description: There are two DEADLINES for submitting the Plant Genome Project Descripti= ons: January 7, 1999 May 20, 1999 The Plant Genome Project Description will need to justify the project's relevance to the Plant Genome Research Program goals. If you I encouraged you to submit the full description, or you would like to give it a try even without the previous encouragement, please email To: mzemanko@nsf.gov Subject: Plant Genome Project Description containing: Request category: Submitted proposal currently under review in the IDM Program (specify the proposal number) New proposal submitted or to be submitted to the IDM Program (note: only Feb. 15, 1999 target date is feasible) Supplement request to an existing award### in the IDM Program (specify the award number) Name(s) of the PI(s) Institution(s) -- specify if this is an inter-institutional collaborative project Proposal/award title Requested/awarded amount Duration (for the whole project, or the supplement) Category & Justification statement: Indicate (an) appropriate category (ies) from the list below with a brief justification statement (up to 400 words) on how the proposed project relates to this category and advances the goals of the Plant Genome Research Program. 1. Computational or mathematical tools for integrating and analyzing complex plant genomic data, 2. Novel methods for analysis of plant genome organization and its effect on biological function, 3. Methods for analysis of the global expression patterns of plant genes under specific conditions, 4. Development of shared resources (e.g., databases, multi-user facilities) for plant genomics research, 5. Development of the next generation instrumentation or technology for genomics research, 6. Genome-scale approaches to genome structure, organization and function 7. Societal impact of plant genome research, 8. Increased public awareness of and education in plant genome research, 9. Training of scientists in plant genomics, 10.Other (explain in relation to the overall goals of the Program). Plans for results dissemination: In addition to the primary scientific goals of the Plant Genome Program, the IDM applicants should in particular consider the issues listed below (for the whole list, see the Plan Genome Research Program Announcement, NSF99-13 , and describe their plans for addressing these considerations: Other Considerations: * Proposals may include a community service component such as a multi-user facility for the analysis and distribution of biological materials. In such cases, the facility must be justified in terms of potential demand, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. However, plans for continued operation of such a facility beyond the initial award period should not assume long-term NSF support. * Principal investigators must agree to complete and open sharing o= f data in a timely manner. By submitting a proposal to NSF, it is understoo= d that the submitting institution and all participants agree to guidelines set forth in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) NSF 99-2, Chapter VII, Section H) . ### SUPPLEMENTS: Please follow the guidelines in the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG), NSF 99-2 for submitting supplement requests, and if applicable also the REU supplements guideline= s , and submit all necessary material, in addition to the Plant Genome Project Description (sent via email as well as included with the supplement request material). Funding recommendations: An NSF-wide committee will review the recommendations made by program directors in shortly after the submission dates for the Plant Genome Project Description. I would also like to encourage you to let anybody who is planning on submitting a new proposal under the February 15, 1999 target date know about this possibility. I believe that some prospective PIs could incorporate the support of the Plant Genome research goals in their plann= ed activities/applications. Please note that the PGVF is small ($2M) and is for the whole NSF. Howeve= r, I think that if anybody from CISE has a chance to support the goals of th= e Plan Genome research and take the advantage of this fund, it's the PIs fr= om this program! ********** IV.D.1. Fr: Rayette Wilder Re: Ejournal Survey Below is a survey for United States academic serials librarians, to gathe= r information to be presented at the NASIG conference next June by Konny Thompson and myself. We are librarians at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. We are sending this to several lists, so please excuse the duplication. We would like to have the replies by February 15 -- and please be sure to reply to my address (wilder@its.gonzaga.edu) and not to the list. Thanks in advance for the effort of filling this out. Rayette Wilder Electronic Resources Librarian Gonzaga University Spokane, WA 509.323.3829 wilder@its.gonzaga.edu Bundled Databases Impact on Serials Acquisitions in Academic Libraries Survey Bundled databases are a collections of databases which may consist of bibliographic citations, full-text articles or both which are licensed as one indivisible unit. The proliferation of journal articles available fr= om full-text databases has dramatically impacted library services. Serials acquisitions has arguably born the brunt of this impact. This survey is designed to assess the changes to serial acquisitions in academic librari= es created by the licensing of bundled databases. Questions: 1. Name of institution. 2. Your job title 3. Size of institution based on student FTE and annual serials budge= t. 4. How many bundled databases do you subscribe to? Please list. 5. Has your library received an influx of new funding to pay for the bundled database or are you spending from unaugmented funds? Do the database license payments come from serials budget or another budget line= ? 6. Who negotiates the licensing agreement? 7. Does your institution participate in consortial licensing? For w= hich databases? 8. Has your purchasing power for paper serials been reduced as a res= ult of the purchase of full-text databases? 9. If you subscribe to a bundled product, what percentage of titles = would you choose to order on an individual title basis (okay to estimate)? 10. Does your institution have any policy on buying packaged or bundl= ed full-text products? 11. Are you familiar with the International Coalition of Library Consortia's standards policy for the purchase of electronic serials and databases? Does your institution comply with or support the standards policy for the purchase of electronic serials and databases? Have you adopted these guidelines for license acceptance? If not, have you developed your own guidelines for accepting licenses? 12. What has influenced your decision to follow the guidelines or set= your own standards? 13. Are the technological capabilities of your institution and your p= rimary constituents taken into consideration when licensing a new product (e.g. can distance education students access the database, do you need the late= st version of software, etc)? 14. Did you cancel any print subscriptions when you acquired the bund= led database? What guided that decision? If the database drops full-text coverage of a title does your institution have policies or guidelines for this situation? ****************************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, Division = of Library Automation, 1111 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA. 94607-5200. 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