Information Retrieval List Digest 463 (July 19, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/irld/irld-463.txt IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 July 19, 1999 Volume XVI, Number 27 Issue 463 ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES B. Meetings 1. Electronic Records Conference 2. GL'99 Conference Update 3. CoopIS'99 Programme 4. NASIG 2000 CFPapers 5. 2nd Annual E-Book Workshop ****************************************************************** III. NOTICES III.B.1. Fr: Joan K Lippincott Re: Electronic Records Cconference Arizona State University Sponsors Conference for Electronic Records Preservation A conference designed to address one of the most complex and important challenges facing higher education today will be held Oct. 7-8 at the Hilton Pavilion in Mesa, Arizona, sponsored by Arizona State University. The ASU Conference Preservation and Access for Electronic College and University Records will combine the knowledge of a wide range of experts to discuss viable solutions for the management, creation, retention and disposition of electronic records. The goal is to help participants survey the new frontier of paperless records and better understand the issues and challenges facing faculty and administrators in the next century. Featured keynote speaker is Clifford Lynch, Executive Dir. of the Coalition for Networked Information. Dr. Lynch will explore national and international efforts to preserve and make available electronic resources and the vast potential for collaborative projects within higher education communities. Virtually every program and planning decision made today - from student information systems and online courses, to web-based manuals, recruitment and research efforts -- involves creating and managing electronic records. At the same time, the legal and political tides are dramatically shifting. Changes in copyright law, legal discovery practices and state and federal records are continually redefining how educational institutions operate. Efforts to improve business systems and increase access through process re-engineering raise considerable questions about records once considered vital to any organization. Pressures for increased access to student transcripts, research products and Internet curriculum further complicate this issue. Yet, without reliable electronic records, colleges and universities cannot improve efficiency and can incur significant risks. Conference presenters include: Helen Samuels, Special Assistant, Office of the Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tim McGovern, Sr. Project Manager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phil Bantin, University Archivist, Indiana University Anne Gilliland-Swetland, Dept. of Information Studies, University of California at Los Angeles Robert Morley, Associate Registrar, University of Southern California Steven McDonald, Associate Legal Counsel, Ohio State University The registration deadline is September 15, 1999. For more information, conference updates or registration forms, please visit our web site: http://www.asu.edu/it/events/ecure/. To obtain registration materials by mail write to: Maria Phalen, Archives and Manuscripts, P.O. Box 871006, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006. ********** III.B.2. Fr: ARL-List-Manager Re: GL'99 Conference Update July 14, 1999 Dear Colleague, I sincerely hope to meet you at the Fourth International Conference on Grey Literature this October in Washington D.C. If you are already registered for GL'99, but have not yet completed the registration fee, please do so before August 1st. After this date, a surcharge of US$ 30 will be added to the conference fee. With kind regards, Dr. Dominic Farace Program and Conference Director FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION, CONTACT: GreyNet, Grey Literature Network Service Koninginneweg 201, 1075 CR Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel/Fax : 31-20-671.1818 Email : greynet@inter.nl.net URL : http://www.konbib.nl/infolev/greynet ********** III.B.3. Fr: John A. Keane Re: CoopIS'99 Programme CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Fourth IFCIS Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'99) In cooperation with VLDB'99) Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2-4, 1999 Conference Web Page: http://lsdis.cs.uga.edu/events/coopis99.html or our mirror site: http://www.co.umist.ac.uk/coopis99 CoopIS is the premier conference in the area of large-scale distributed collaborative information systems and draws on several interdisciplinary research activities. The conference has grown in stature over the years and regularly draws a number of well-known researchers. This is the sixth Conference in the series and the fourth conference organized by the International Foundation on Cooperative Information Systems (IFCIS). The conference includes two keynote addresses from well known researchers, two panels, one industrial session, one tutorial, and 29 outstanding research papers. Edinburgh is an exciting and vibrant city and you will be visiting it at the peak of its festival season. It offers an outstanding range of museums, art exhibits, concerts, and other tourist attraction and this all combined with a lot of unique culture. Program DAY 1 (Sept 2) 8:45-9:00 OPENING 9:00-10:00 SESSION 1: Invited Talk "Negotiating Agents for Corporate-Wide Business Process Management", Nick Jennings 10:15-12:15 SESSION 2: Integration & Interoperability "Detection of heterogeneities in a multiple text database environment", W. Meng, C. Yu, K. Liu "A unified graph-based framework for deriving nominal interscheme properties, type conflicts and object cluster similarities", L. Palopoli, D. Sacca', G. Terracina, D. Ursino "Access Keys Warehouse: a new approach to the development of cooperative information systems", F. Arcieri, E. Cappadozzi, P. Naggar, E. Nardelli, M. Talamo "Discovering view expressions", Z. Kedad, M. Bouzeghoub 13:45-5:15 SESSION 3: Collaboration "Event Composition in Time-Dependent Distributed Systems", C. Liebig, M. Cilia, A. Buchmann "Providing Customized Process and Situation Awareness in the Collaboration Management Infrastructure", D. Baker, D. Georgakopoulos, H. Schuster, A.R. Cassandra, A. Cichocki "Modeling Interactions based on Consistent Patterns", S. Srinivas, M. Spiliopoulou 15:30-17:00 SESSION 4: Workflow Exceptions & Versioning "Dynamic Workflow Schema Evolution based on Workflow Type Versioning and Workflow Migration", M.Kradolfer, A. Geppert "Generic Workflow Models: How to handle dynamic change and capture management information", W.M.P. van der Aalst "Modeling and Managing Exceptional Behaviors in Commercial Workflow Management Systems", F. Casati, G. Pozzi 17:15-18:15 SESSION 5: Panel "Annotations: Digital Post-Its as an Information Model?" Chairs: Arnon Rosenthal, Scott Renner DAY 2 (Sept 3) 9:00-10:00 SESSION 6: Tutorial "Web-based Information Access", T. Catarci 10:15-12:15 SESSION 7: Web Information Systems "Constructing a personal web map with anytime control of web robots", S. Yamada and N. Nagino "Looking at the Web through XML glasses", A. Sahuguet, F. Azavant "Learning Response Times for WebSources: A Comparison of a Web-based prediction tool (WebPT) and a neural network", L. Bright, L. Raschid, V. Zadorozhny, T. Zhan "A Comprehensive Framework for Querying and Integrating WWW data and services", O. Shmueli, D. Konopnicki 13:45-15:15 SESSION 8: E-Commerce "E-Commerce Bargain-Hunting with an unBun Model", R. Yahalom, S.E. Madnick "A Formal Yet Practical Approach to Electronic Commerce", L. Leiba, O. Shmueli, Y. Sagiv, D. Konopnicki "A Distributed OLAP Infrastructure for E-Commerce", Q. Chen, U. Dayal, M. Hsu 15:30-17:00 SESSION9: Workflow Modelling "A case for increasing flexibility in workflow systems: modeling and implementation", J. Tang "Conceptual Workflow Schemas", K. Meyer-Wegener, M. Boehm "Cooperative Support for Office Work in the Insurance Business", A. Margelisch, U. Reimer, M. Staudt, T. Vetterli 17:15-18:15 SESSION 10: Panel "Data Warehouse Quality Issues" Chair: Yannis Vassiliou DAY 3 (Sept 4) 9:00-10:00 SESSION 11: Invited Talk "Models and Tools for Designing Data-Intensive WEB Applications", Stefano Ceri 10:15-12:15 SESSION 12: Mediators & Query Processing "Selectively materializing data in mediators by analyzing user queries", N. Ashish, C.A. Knoblock, C. Shahabi "Using Fagin's Algorithm for Merging Ranked Results in distributed multimedia information system", E.L. Wimmers, L.M. Haas, M. Tork Roth, C. Braendli "Conflict Tolerant Queries in AURORA", L. Ling Yan, T. Ozsu "Optimizing queries in distributed and composable mediators", V. Josifovski, T. Katchaounov, T. Risch 13:45-15:15 SESSION 13: Agents "The identification of missing resource information agents", M. Minock, M. Rusinkiewicz, B. Perry "Information Aggregation and Agent Interaction Patterns in InfoSleuth", B. Perry, M. Taylor, A. Unruh "ROPE: Role Oriented Programming Environment for Multiagent Systems", M. Becht, T. Gurzki, J. Klarmann, M. Muscholl 15:30-17:00 SESSION 14: Industry Session: CoopIS Technologies and Applications 17:15-18:15 SESSION 15: Workflow Transactions "Modelling Extensions for Concurrent Workflow Coordination", A.P. Barros, A.H.M. ter Hofstede "Semantics and Architecture of Global Transaction Support in Workflow Environments", P. Grefen, J. Vonk, E. Boertjes, P. Apers John Keane Department of Computation UMIST, PO Box 88 M60 1QD, Manchester, UK Phone: +44 (0161) 200 3334 FAX : +44 (0161) 200 3364 E-mail: jak@co.umist.ac.uk ********** III.B.4. Fr: Margaret Mering Re: NASIG 2000 CFPapers 15TH ANNUAL NASIG CONFERENCE (June 22-25, 2000) CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS, AND PRECONFERENCES http://www.nasig.org/public/NASIG2000.html Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), an organization that serves the interests of U.S., Canadian and Mexican members of the serials community, will hold its 15th Annual Conference June 22-25, 2000, on the campus of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). UCSD is one of the most highly regarded public universities in the U.S. and is especially known for its science programs. The campus is situated on a park-like 1200-acre site high on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean at La Jolla. Long famed as a vacation and retirement community, the city boasts truly outstanding beaches and coves, restaurants, art galleries, golf courses, and other attractions. NASIG's annual conference provides a forum for librarians, publishers, vendors, educators, binders, systems developers, and other serials specialists to exchange views, present new ideas, proactively seek solutions to common problems, and discuss current issues in the field. Proceedings are published in both print and electronic formats, with the electronic version made available to NASIG members on NASIGWeb (http://www.nasig.org). NASIG's Program Planning Committee invites proposals for preconference programs, plenary papers, and workshops that relate to the conference theme of Making Waves: New Serials Landscapes in a Sea of Change. We seek proposals for plenary papers and preconference programs that deal with the overarching issues (i.e., the big picture) in the serials industry. What are the forces effecting change? What role will current players have in the production and dissemination of future serial publications? Will there be new players and who might they be? What will a serial *be* in five years? Will the changing serials landscape alter the basic values and tenets of the library and information profession? We are interested in plenary presentations that will examine the reflective, visionary and practical aspects of the theme, and that analyze emerging trends. Some examples include, but are not limited to: Consolidation of the publishing industry Mergers and acquisitions Global commerce of information Cataloging, organizing and accessing evolving forms of information Strategic alliances and partnerships Delivering digital content Preserving and archiving digital formats for future generations: whose mission is it? Standards for serials Proactive methods to make waves in the scholarly communication process: Is SPARC the answer? Blurring of the "borders" between creators/producers/providers of information Authentication vs. anonymity: what is the impact of providing electronic access on the basic values of librarianship? The Committee also invites workshop and preconference proposals that will provide practical information and spark interest in unique and innovative methods to help serialists make informed decisions and consider new options in their workplaces. Typically, workshop leaders share their experience in a collegial setting and facilitate discussion with those in attendance, often explaining how they manage specific processes in their own organizations. Some examples include, but are not limited to: Impact of system conversion on serialists Trends for evaluating e-journals and other electronic products New full text delivery options, such as pay per view Innovative resource sharing Managing staff and other resources in times of change Reshaping roles in the workplace New developments in serials cataloging: metadata, CORC, AACR2 revision Combining multiple formats in one bibliographic record, implications for the future Licensing arrangements Research methods Evaluating costs associated with the acquisition of free publications What makes a consortium successful? Copyright controversies and implications NASIG invites members of the information community to submit proposals and suggest topics/speakers. The Program Planning Committee reserves the right to combine, blend, or refocus proposals to maximize program breadth and relevance to our membership. As a result, not all presenters from proposals submitted by teams may be invited to participate. Since proposals are reviewed competitively, please include complete information for maximum consideration: name, address, telephone/fax numbers, and e-address of all presenters named in the proposal program title a 200-300 word abstract clearly explaining the proposal and, if appropriate, its relevance to the theme a prioritized preference for the proposal: plenary, workshop or preconference Proposals should be submitted, via e-mail if possible, no later than August 15, 1999 to: Meg Mering NASIG Secretary Principal Serials Cataloger N209 Love Library University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln NE 68588-0410 Phone: 402-472-2517 Fax: 402-472-5131 Email: MVM@UNLLIB.UNL.EDU ********** III.B.5. Fr: Pat Harris < pharris@niso.org> Re: 2nd Annual E-Book Workshop On September 21-22, 1999 NISO and the National Institute of Standards and Technology will jointly sponsor the 2nd annual Electronic-Book Workshop to be held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on the NIST campus. You are invited to attend this special event. Like the Internet, the Electronic Book is bound to redefine our opportunities in the information industry and change how people read and learn in the next century. The Electronic Book Workshop will focus on the technology surrounding the emerging electronic book products: the standards, the content, the applications. It will showcase all the major companies and developers supporting the E-Book. Attending this meeting will give you the insider's view of what's ahead. It will be your chance to meet the people shaping the E-book business, to meet the companies that are investing in this technology, and find out what kinds of tools be a part of our information future. You are invited to: *Attend the Workshop: To register go to the Workshop website: http://www.nist.gov/ebook99/ You can request a Workshop brochure by sending a message to nisohq@niso.org, please put "E-Book Workshop info" in the subject line. *Exhibit at the meeting: Tabletop exhibits will be featured on September 21. This is a chance to tell the E-Book audience about your company's products and services and connect with key players. For details on exhibiting go to this url: http://www.niso.org/ Help NISO spread the word about this meeting by sharing this announcement with your colleagues, co-workers, and friends. Pat Harris, Executive Director National Information Standards Organization 4733 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 Telephone: 301-654-2512 Fax: 301-654-1721 Email: pharris@niso.org url: http://www.niso.org/ ****************************************************************** IRLIST Digest is distributed from the University of California, California Digital Library, 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 hibiscus.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). Search or browse archived IR-L Digest issues on the Web at: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/idom/irlist/ These files are not to be sold or used for commercial purposes. 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