Information Retrieval List Digest 440 (January 25, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-440.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 January 25, 1999 Volume XVI, Number 4 Issue 440 Next issue will be Monday, February 8, 1999 ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES 1. Seeking Information on Working of E-comm & Its Future II. JOBS 1. The Robert Gordon U., Scotland: Research Fellow/Assistant, IR 2. U. British Columbia: Assistant Professor, School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies 3. Search Reopened. Adrian College: Electronic Resources Librarian III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. D-Lib Magazine (January 1999) 2. Knowledge and Information Systems: 1:1 (1999) 3. [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] EDUCAUSE Washington Update 1-25-99 4. The Information Society: Special Issue B. Meetings 1. AIMDM'99 Workshop: Computers in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care 2. Text, Speech, and Dialog (TSD) '99 3. OCLC Institute Metadata Seminar 4. Preserve a Public Space in Cyberspace ****************************************************************** I. QUERIES I.1. Fr: Vishwas T. Patil <96co242@svrec.ernet.in> Re: Seeking Information on Working of E-comm & Its Future Dear Readers, I want to know about the working e-commerce, its applications, it's futur= e and its advantages/disadvantages. Positively waiting for your mails. Thanking you, Vishwas. V.T.Patil. B.E. 3 Computer Engg. S.V.R.C.E.T. Hostel-4. Surat-395007. Phone : 0261-212119. ****************************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: asga@scms.rgu.ac.uk Re: The Robert Gordon U., Scotland: Research Fellow/Assistant, IR Research Fellow/Assistant (2 Year Fixed Term): Ref No. T043 USER CONTEXT LEARNING FOR INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL This project combines machine learning and probabilistic retrieval to create contextual knowledge of the user and provide an adaptive informati= on retrieval environment. Applicants must have a proven computing ability. Research Fellows should have (or essentially completed) a PhD in Computer Science or any cognate discipline. Experience in some of the following areas would be an advanta= ge but not essential: Information/text processing and retrieval, machine learning, web-based applications. Salary scales: Research Fellow =A3 15734 - =A3 23651 per annum Research Assistant =A3 15734 - =A3 17470 per annum Closing date: 5th February 1999 Further details available on: http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/vacancies Informal enquiries to: Dr. Ayse Goker School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences The Robert Gordon University St. Andrew Street Aberdeen AB1 1HG, Scotland, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1224-262713 Fax: +44 (0) 1224-262727 Email: asga@scms.rgu.ac.uk Web: http://scms.rgu.ac.uk/staff/asga Application forms/Further Application details from (Please quote Ref No.) Personnel Department, The Robert Gordon University Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FR, Scotland, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1224-262085 Fax: +44 (0) 1224-262090 http://www.rgu.ac.uk/subj/per/vacancies/vacindx.htm ********** II.2. Fr: Mary S Stephenson Re: U. British Columbia: Assistant Professor, School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LIBRARY, ARCHIVAL AND INFORMATION STUDIES The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies is a graduate school preparing professionals to exercise leadership in planning, implementing, and promoting the preservation, organization, and effective use of society's recorded information and ideas. It administers separate two-year programs leading to the degrees of Master of Library and Information Studies and Master of Archival Studies. It also offers a Join= t Degree of the two programs and a post-master's Certificate of Advanced Study in each discipline. The School invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor in the Master of Archival Studies Program effective 1 July 1999, subject to final budgetary approval. Applicants should possess a completed Ph.D., have a command of archival theory and methodology, and exhibit a capacity for research through publication in the discipline. Teaching experience at the post-secondary level would also be an asset. The successful candidate will be expected t= o have the intellectual breadth and flexibility that the School needs as it responds to changes in the environments it serves. The successful candida= te will teach in the Master of Archival Studies program; some courses may be cross-listed with Library and Information Studies and other programs. Appointees at the rank of assistant professor and higher are expected to teach two or three courses in each of the two terms of the winter session= ; to act as an advisor to students; to supervise theses in archival studie= s; to engage in research leading to publication; to participate in the work = of School and University committees; and to contribute to the work of professional and learned associations and societies. This is a tenure-track position. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University provides generous pension, medical, and dental plans. The University of British Columbia hires on th= e basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. We encourag= e all qualified persons to apply. The closing date for applications is 31 January 1999. Applicants should send a covering letter and a current curriculum vitae, and arrange for three letters of reference, all to be sent to Prof. Terence Eastwood, Chair, Search Committee, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The University of British Columbia, #831 - 1956 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z1. ********** II.3. Fr: Richard Geyer Re: Search Reopened. Adrian College: Electronic Resources Librarian Adrian College invites applications for the new position of Electronic Resources Librarian. We are seeking an individual who will provide leadership in identifying, developing and coordinating electronic resourc= es at the library, and helping to integrate them into the College's educational program. Responsibilities include: creation and maintenance of a library Web page; coordination of the operation and upgrading of a DRA system; management o= f Internet, CD-ROM, satellite, digital imaging and networked resources; provision of related documentation and training of faculty and staff in t= he use of information resources and software. This position also includes assistance with reference desk coverage and participation in the library'= s bibliographic instruction program. Some evening/weekend hours. Required: ALA-accredited MLS received prior to appointment, significant experience with computer hardware, software, and the Internet. Send cover letter, resume and contact information for three references to= : Richard Geyer, Head Librarian, Shipman Library, Adrian College, Adrian, M= I 49221. Review of applications will begin February 5, 1999. EOE. ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Richard Hill Re: D-Lib Magazine (January 1999) The January 1999 issue of D-Lib Magazine is available at . The UK Office for Library and Information Networki= ng maintains a mirror site for D-Lib Magazine at: , and The Australi= an National University Sunsite also maintains a mirror at . In this month's issue, we have five stories including: one about the implementation of a geographic gazetteer; one a progress report on the reconciliation of metadata requirements across communities; one reporting on work being done to improve searching across unfamiliar metadata vocabularies; one defining the meaning and importance of social informatics; and one about pending U.S. legislation that could put copyright restrictions on database producers. CONTENTS Geographic Names: The Implementation of a Gazetteer in a Georeferenced Digital Library Linda Hill, James Frew, and Qi Zheng, University of California, Santa Barbara A Common Model to Support Interoperable Metadata: Progress report on reconciling metadata requirements from the Dublin Core and INDECS/DOI Communities David Bearman, Archives &Museum Informatics, Eric Miller, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Godfrey Rust, Data Definitions, Jennifer Trant, Art Museum Image Consortium, Stuart Weibel, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Mapping Entry Vocabulary to Unfamiliar Metadata Vocabularies Michael Buckland, with Aitao Chen, Hui-Min Chen, Youngin Kim, Byron Lam, Ray Larson, Barbara Norgard, and Jacek Purat, University of California at Berkeley and Frederic Gey, UCData What is Social Informatics and Why Does it Matter? Rob Kling, Indiana University Armageddon on the Potomac: The Collections of Information Antipiracy Act Jonathan Band, Morrison & Foerster Bonnie Wilson Managing Editor D-Lib Magazine 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.A.2. Fr: Xindong Wu Re: Knowledge and Information Systems: 1:1 (1999) Knowledge and Information Systems: An International Journal ISSN 0219-1377 by Springer-Verlag Home Page: http://kais.mines.edu/~kais/ Volume 1 Number 1 (1999): Table of Contents Regular Papers - Data Preparation for Mining World Wide Web Browsing Patterns, by Robert Cooley, Bamshad Mobasher, and Jaideep Srivastava - Data Mining via Discretization, Generalization and Rough Set Feature Selection, by Xiaohua Hu and Nick Cercone - Towards Automated Case Knowledge Discovery in the M2 Case-Based Reasoning System, by D. Patterson, S.S. Anand, W. Dubitzky, and J.G. Hughes - Learning from Batched Data: Model Combination Versus Data Combination, by Kai Ming Ting, Boon Toh Low, and Ian H. Witten Short Papers - Comparative Evaluation of Two Neural Network Based Techniques for Classification of Microcalcifications in Digital Mammograms, by Brijesh Verma - Managing Null Entries in Pairwise Comparisons, by Waldemar W. Koczkodaj, Michael W. Herman, and Marian Orlowski A subscription form and other accepted papers are available on the journa= l home page (http://kais.mines.edu/~kais/). ********** III.A.3. Fr: EDUCAUSE Re: [WASHINGTON-UPDATE] EDUCAUSE Washington Update 1-25-99 EDUCAUSE: Transforming Education through Information Technologies http://www.educause.edu EDUCAUSE WASHINGTON UPDATE --- JANUARY 25, 1999 ***IN THIS ISSUE*** TIIAP GRANT APPLICANTS ENCOURAGED TO USE ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES SENATORS AGAIN SEEK TO TIE E-RATE TO FILTERING SOFTWARE FCC MOVES CLOSER TO ILEC AFFILIATE APPROACH AS SUPREME COURT REJECTS RBOC APPEAL TO ENTER LONG-DISTANCE MARKET ***UPCOMING EVENTS*** *COPYRIGHT OFFICE TO HOLD HEARINGS ON DISTANCE LEARNING *FCC TO HOLD ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE ON TELECOM MERGERS *WATCH FOR WASHINGTON UPDATE'S SPECIAL FCC EDITION - COMING SOON >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Written from EDUCAUSE'S Washington office, "The EDUCAUSE Washington Updat= e" is a free service of EDUCAUSE, an international nonprofit association dedicated to transforming higher education through information technologi= es. Anyone may subscribe to the Update by sending e-mail to listserv@listserv.educause.edu with "subscribe update firstname lastname" in the body of the message. To unsubscribe, send a "signoff update" command to the same address. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Garret Sern at gsern@educause.edu. ********** III.A.4. Fr: Rob Kling Re: The Information Society: Special Issue Special Issue of The Information Society Issues of Authenticity, Social Accountability & Trust with Electronic Records Edited by Wendy Duff The Information Society (TIS) invites authors to submit papers for review on the topic of "Issues of Authenticity, Social Accountability & Trust with Electronic Records" for a special issue. Please respond to Prof. Wendy Duff at duff@fis.utoronto.ca CALL FOR PAPERS Organizations, both public and private, are becoming increasingly depende= nt upon the capture, exchange and use of records in electronic form. Electronic records are permeating all facets of our lives including healt= h care, research and development, commerce, and scholarship. Although electronic records are becoming ubiquitous, their value as evidence of actions relies upon proving their integrity and trustworthiness. Reliable authentic records provide proof of what was promised and what took place. They contain information essential for conducting business, for studying society and organizations, as well as holding agencies and governments to account. However, as records are transformed from a stable paper reality = to an intangible electronic existence, the physical attributes that establis= h their authenticity and reliability are disappearing. Electronic record keeping brings forth changes in organizational structures, processes and systems. The transformation of the context of records creation affects the interpretation the event or act that created the record, what the record reflects, and what it purports to be. Technological innovation in record keeping brings with it a concomitant need to develop new methods and procedures for ensuring authenticity and trustworthiness in records. Electronic records provide an opportunity and perspective for examining the issues of authenticity, social accountabili= ty and trust that affect all records. It is time to focus attention on thes= e topics, to explore the implications of electronic records for society, an= d to investigate solutions to ensure the capture and preservation of authentic and trustworthy records in electronic form. This special issue of TIS hopes to further research and discussion on electronic records by publishing papers on the various aspects of this theme from diverse viewpoints. Topics of interest include but are by no means limited to: * the authenticity of records in an electronic environment * records and process change * trustworthiness in electronic commerce * electronic patient record * authenticity of electronic records and its effect on scholarly research * ethnographic studies of electronic recordkeeping * electronic records and the law * electronic records and the government * electronic records and accountability. Papers that use either qualitative or quantitative research methods are welcome. Papers from diverse research areas including archives, social science, legal research, or computer science are encouraged. Although research articles and empirical studies will be favored, theoretical discussions that provide new insights or state of the art reviews that cover diverse disciplines will also be considered. Authors are invited to nominate up to four reviewers who are knowledgeabl= e about the topic (authors, however, should avoid any nominations that involve a conflict of interest). Nominations should include name, complet= e address, telephone, fax, and electronic mail address. FIVE COPIES OF THE PAPER PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE TIS GUIDELINES SHOULD = BE SUBMITTED BY March 15, 1999. (See http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS/tisinst.html ) We encourage prospective authors to become familiar with TIS and to discu= ss possible articles with the Special Issue editor. Manuscript guidelines an= d a list of the titles and abstracts of articles published in TIS can be found on the journal's web site (http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS/). Please send your manuscript to: Wendy Duff, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 140 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G6, ph: 416-978-3152, fax: 971- 1399 Email: duff@fis.utoronto.ca Feel free to correspond with the special issue editor if you have any questions or are planning to submit an article. The deadline for accepting manuscripts for consideration for publication = is March 15, 1999. All manuscripts will be reviewed by a select panel of referees, and those accepted will be published in the special issue. Rob Kling http://www.slis.indiana.edu/kling The Information Society (journal) http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS Center for Social Informatics http://www.slis.indiana.edu/CSI Indiana University 10th & Jordan, Room 005C Bloomington, IN 47405-1801 812-855-9763 // Fax: 855-6166 Read & contribute to the .... Social Informatics Home Page --> http://www.slis.indiana.edu/SI a resource about research, teaching, conferences & journals Read: "What is Social Informatics and Why Does it Matter?" D-Lib Magazine January 1999 Volume 5 Number 1 at http://www.dlib.org:80/dlib/january99/kling/01kling.html ********** III.B.1. Fr: Silvia Miksch Re: AIMDM'99 Workshop: Computers in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care AIMDM'99 -- Call for Papers for the workshop *** Workshop: Computers in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care *** Knowledge-Based Information Management Sunday, June 20, 1999 Aalborg, Denmark during the Joint European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Medical Decision Making (AIMDM'99) in Aalborg, Denmark, June 20 - 24, 1999 (homepage of AIMDM http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/) Important dates * Submission deadline: March 1, 1999 * Notification to authors: April 15, 1999 * Camera-ready paper: May 15, 1999 * Conference: June 20-24, 1999 * Workshop: Sunday, June 20, 1999 The care of critically ill patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and during Anaesthesia is becoming increasingly complex. Clinicians are required to rapidly interpret and respond to a large number of clinical parameters, selecting appropriate treatment for the patient among many different options. New measurement technology has increased the demand fo= r improved information management, as has the need to monitor and assess th= e quality of care provided. This workshop presents "State of the art" applications of information technology for clinicians, researchers and industry working in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. Workshop Topics: Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: * computational methods for intelligent data analysis (e.g., interpretation of time-ordered data) * quality control and assessment * clinical guidelines and protocols * effective and efficient monitoring (including intelligent alarming) * decision support * physiological modelling * planning and scheduling * uncertain and temporal reasoning * visualization In particular, we will ask the participants to address the following poin= ts: - what kind of support are the clinicians really expecting and asking for in ICUs and Anaesthesia - what are the people working in industry able to provide - what can the research community contribute to improve the information management - how can the different approaches and perspectives be combined - what are the (research) directions for the near future In addition Patient Data Management systems will be presented by representatives from industry. Submission of Papers: The workshop invites submission of full papers or structured abstracts written in English to the workshop chair, Silvia Miksch, preferably in electronic format (word, pdf or postscript) no later than March 1st 1999. * Full papers: These should not exceed 5000 words, or a maximum of 10 pages. Full papers should be formatted according to Springer's LNCS format, details of which can be obtained from http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html, or by writing to the programme committee chair. * Structured abstracts: These should be a maximum of one page A4 with the text fitting within a box 16 cm wide and 22 cm high. The title of the abstract should be in 12 point bold format with author details and main text being 12 point font, single line spaced, preferably in Times font. Abstracts should be structured with the following headings: Objective, methods, results and conclusions. (see instruction for authors for AIMDM'99 URL: http://www.miba.auc.dk/AIMDM99/html/contrib.htm) Authors will be notified of acceptance by April 15th 1999. Authors are requested to state their preference for oral presentation or poster. Abstracts and papers will appear as separate workshop notes. Submission Address: Silvia Miksch Vienna University of Technology Institute of Software Technology (IFS) Resselgasse 3/188 A-1040 Vienna, Austria email: silvia@ifs.tuwien.ac.at In addition a special issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) dedicated to Knowledge-Based Information Management in Intensive Care and Anaesthesia is planned, and will include a selection of the best papers from the workshop. Scientific committee: Silvia Miksch (Chair) (A) Steen Andreassen (DK) Michel Dojat (F) Jim Hunter (UK) Christian Popow(A) Steve Rees (DK) Per Thorgaard (DK). ********** III.B.2. Fr: Jana Netrvalova Re: Text, Speech, and Dialog (TSD) '99 A Workshop on Text, Speech, and Dialog (TSD'99) September 13--17, 1999 Plzen, Czech Republic F I R S T A N N O U N C E M E N T A N D C A L L F O R P A P E R S Detailed information is available from http://www-kiv.zcu.cz/events/tsd99 TSD'99 will be organized by the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University o= f West Bohemia, Plzen (Pilsen), and the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, under the auspices of the Dean of the Faculty of Applie= d Sciences of the University of West Bohemia. Workshop theme: TSD'99 will be concerned with topics in the field of natural language processing, in particular: - corpora, texts and transcription; - speech analysis, recognition and synthesis; - their intertwinnig within NL dialog systems. Topics of the TSD'99 workshop will include (but are not limited to): - text corpora and tagging; - transcription problems in spoken corpora; - sense disambiguation; - links between text and speech oriented systems; - parsing issues, especially parsing problems in spoken texts; - multilingual issues, especially multilingual dialog systems; - information retrieval and text/topic summarization; - speech modeling; - speech segmentation; - speech recognition; - text--to--speech synthesis; - dialog systems; - development of dialog strategies; - assistive technologies based on speech and dialog; - applied systems and software. The official language of the event will be English, but papers on issues relating to text and speech processing in languages other than English ar= e strongly encouraged. Format of the workshop: TSD'99 will be an international workshop with a limited number of active participants. Priority will be given to persons presenting a paper. The workshop programme will include invited papers by keynote speakers, oral presentations and a poster/demonstration session. Papers will be presente= d in plenary or parallel sessions. Proceedings: The contributions to the workshop will be published in proceedings that will be made available to participants at the time of the workshop. Workshop site: The workshop will take place in the comfortable hotel Krakonos (located 760 m above sea-level) in the beautiful West Bohemian spa town of Marians= ke Lazne (Marienbad) nestled in a valley enclosed by wooded hills. Social events: The workshop will also include some social events and a half-day trip to the very popular spa town of Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad). How to reach Marianske Lazne: Marienbad can easily be reached by direct IC and EC trains from Prague an= d also from Nuremberg. Further travel details will be given in our next announcements. Important dates: March 10, 1999 - Preliminary registration and deadline for submission of title and abstract April 30, 1999 - Notification of acceptance or rejection May 30, 1999 - Camera ready paper submission September 13 - 17, 1999 - TSD'99 International program committee: Jelinek Frederick USA (general chair) Noeth Elmar Germany (executive chair) Baudoin Genevieve France Cermak Frantisek Czech Rep. Ferencz Attila Romania Hajicova Eva Czech Rep. Hanks Patrick GB Hermansky Hynek USA Kilgarriff Adam GB Kopecek Ivan Czech Rep. Krauwer Steven NL Kucera Pavel Czech Rep. Matousek Vaclav Czech Rep. Moon Rosamund GB Norling-Christensen Ole Danmark Pala Karel Czech Rep. Pavesic Nikola Slovenia Petkevic Vladimir Czech Rep. Psutka Josef Czech Rep. Schukat-Tallamazini E. G. Germany Skrelin Pavel Russia Vintsiuk Taras Ukraine Wilks Yorick GB Abstract submission: Abstracts of no more than 2 pages in ASCII should be submitted to the TSD'99 secretariat preferable by email by 10 March 1999. Please conta= ct the Workshop secretariat if the acceptance of your email submission will not be acknowledged within 7 days. It is expected that the abstracts of accepted papers will be posted on the TSD'99 web site in advance of the workshop. Please include the following information with your abstract: - Title of paper - Author name(s) - Author(s) affiliation - Email/address/fax of contact author - Presentation preference: - oral (about 15 minutes presentation) - poster/demonstration Workshop secretariat: All correspondence regarding the workshop should be addressed to: Ms. Helena Benesova University of West Bohemia in Pilsen Faculty of Applied Sciences Department of Computer Science Univerzitni 22 CZ - 306 14 PLZEN Czech Republic Tel: (+420 19) 7491 212, 27 62 50 Fax: (+420 19) 7491 213 E-mail: benesova@kiv.zcu.cz ********** III.B.3. Fr: Amy Lytle Re: OCLC Institute Metadata Seminar Seating remains available for the OCLC Institute seminar, "Using Metadata for Knowledge Management," February 8-10 and March 29-31, 1999, on the OC= LC Campus, Dublin, OH. We are extending special "early-bird" discounts to all registrants. For more information and to register online, please see http://www.oclc.org/institute/metadata2.htm or contact Amy Lytle, Event Coordinator, 1-800-848-5878, ext. 5212, or lytlea@oclc.org. Thank you, Amy ********** III.B.4. Fr: Monica Berger Re: Preserve a Public Space in Cyberspace PUMP UP THE VOLUME: PRESERVE A PUBLIC SPACE IN CYBERSPACE! For more information, visit: http://www.lff.org/advocacy/public.html or contact Jamie McClelland (800-542-1918, jamiem@lff.org). This February, on the third anniversary of the E-rate, the law authorizin= g discounted telecommunications services for libraries and schools, Librari= es for the Future is sponsoring two events that bring together a diverse gro= up of public library, community television, museum, community technology, an= d independent media advocates to pump up support for electronic public spac= es. First, LFF will release PUBLIC SPACE IN CYBERSPACE: LIBRARY ADVOCACY FOR THE INFORMATION AGE. This booklet documents many of the ways public libraries and other organizations are designing public spaces in cyberspace. Combining best practices with down to earth policy informatio= n, PUBLIC SPACE IN CYBERSPACE includes profiles of the latest free, innovati= ve library based Internet and computer programs, public libraries experimenting with communication and information services rarely seen on the library agenda, and a digital policy primer written for the beginner. This booklet shows through example the common threads uniting public libraries, public information, public media, public policy and our right = to information. Check Libraries for the Future's website in February to acce= ss a free online version. In addition, on February 2, 1999, Libraries for the Future, the Associati= on of Independent Video and Filmmakers, and the Walker Art Center will prese= nt a forum discussion entitled: LENDING CULTURE, MAKING MEDIA: LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS IN THE DIGITAL AGE. In the future will libraries become the lende= rs of culture? Will museums become the repositories of information? New digital technologies make it possible for artists to make their work accessible over the Internet. At the same time, these technologies allow museums and public libraries to "lend" their collections and archives in ways never before possible. This panel discussion examines the ways artists, particularly independent video and film makers, use the Internet to exhibit and distribute their work, how public libraries and museums wo= rk together to create digital media and information collections, and finally how we can preserve public access to the Internet so everyone can participate. The forum will take place at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN and will be free to the public. Free copies of PUBLIC SPA= CE IN CYBERSPACE will be available for those that attend. Libraries for the Future (LFF) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to information equity, literacy and the preservation and renewal of libraries as essential tools for a democratic society. The Association fo= r Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF) is a national service organizatio= n for independent media, providing programs and services, as well as a sens= e of community. The Walker Art Center is a catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences that focuses on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time. For more information, contact: Jamie McClelland, Libraries for the Future= , jamiem@lff.org, 800-542-1918. ****************************************************************** 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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