[editor], 'News', LIBRES v8n02 (September 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/libres/libres-v8n02-[editor]-news.txt Archive LIBRE8N2, file news. Part 1/1, total size 113766 bytes: ------------------------------ Cut here ------------------------------ LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal ISSN 1058-6768 1998 Volume 8 Issue 2; September. Bi-annual LIBRE8N2 NEWS ________________________________________________ NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SECTION ************************** ANNALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIANSHIP Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 09:54:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gregory A. Crawford" Subject: Call for papers Sender: netadmin@vsla.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please excuse duplication. This mailing has been sent to a variety of lists with an interest in library technology and librarianship. Thank you. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annals of Information Technology and Librarianship Edited by Gregory A. Crawford and Gary W. White CALL FOR PAPERS Technological advances over the past three decades have created new challenges and opportunities for libraries and librarians. As a result of automation and computerization, services to users have changed, the management of libraries has evolved, the roles of librarians have multiplied, and the impact of libraries on their client groups has grown. This new publication, Annals of Information Technology and Librarianship, seeks to be a forum for the dissemination of research and scholarly articles on the impact that information technology has had and is continuing to have on libraries. The publication is peer-reviewed and seeks to offer its readers highly relevant and thought provoking articles that will enhance their understanding of how libraries and librarians are responding to the changes caused by information technologies. PREMIER ISSUE SPECIAL TOPIC: Information Technology, Libraries, and the New Millennium As one millennium draws to a close and a new one begins, there is an opportunity to reflect on how far libraries have come and on where we would like them to go. Throughout the history of libraries, there has been an acceptance and use of a variety of information technologies. The new millennium presents new opportunities to exploit a ever-growing array of information technologies in the provision of library services. The editors are seeking submission of manuscripts that address the issues surrounding the use of information technologies within libraries. Manuscripts which address questions such as the following are especially encouraged: What will the opportunities be for the expanded use of information technologies in libraries? How will information technologies be used or misused? What will be the impact of information technologies on libraries, librarians, and library users? How will the organization of the library change? What is the future of librarianship? What have been the historic impacts of information technologies on libraries? How will information technologies change the role of libraries and librarians? How will education for librarianship change as a result of emerging technologies? Will instruction of patrons differ in the new millennium? Will new information technologies challenge the existence of libraries? For more information, point your browser to http://www.idea-group.com/libann.htm, or contact the editors. To submit manuscripts, please see the submission guidelines at http://www.idea-group.com/libman.htm, or contact the editors. Gregory A. Crawford, Ph.D. Gary W. White Editors, Annals of Information Technology and Librarianship Heindel Library Penn State Harrisburg 777 W. Harrisburg Pike Middletown, PA 17057 (717)948-6076; fax: (717)948-6381 gac2@psu.edu or gww@psulias.psu.edu Editorial Board (as of August 17, 1998) Rod Bustos, Georgia State University Anita Cook, OhioLINK Eric Delozier, Penn State Harrisburg Pat Ensor, University of Houston Shelagh Fisher, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) Patricia Fletcher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County D. Kaye, Gapen, Northern Lights Inc. Susan Hocker, Miami University Peggy Johnson, University of Minnesota Tom Klinger, Kent State University Lucy Te-Chu Lee, National Taiwan University (ROC) Thomas Leonhardt, Oregon Institute of Technology Poping Lin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Lloyd-Williams, University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UK) William McHugh, Northwestern University Keith Morgan, North Carolina State University Ian Richard Murray, Loughborough University (UK) William Ptacek, King County Library System Laverna Saunders, Salem State College Ann Margaret Scholz-Crane, Rutgers University Charles Schwartz, University of Massachusetts at Boston Pamela Snelson, Franklin and Marshall College Amanda Spink, University of North Texas Lawrence Woods, University of Iowa ******************************************************************************** ** **** ARIADNE EDUCATIONAL METADATA RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 11:00:08 -0400 Sender: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list From: Barbara Schleihagen Subject: CECUP: C&EE Copyright User Platform launched To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA ***This message is posted to various listservs; please excuse any duplication.*** PRESS RELEASE CECUP: European Copyright User Platform extended to Eastern and Central Europe Recently the European Commission granted EBLIDA funding under the Telematics for Libraries Programme for the extension of the European Copyright User Platform (ECUP+) to all Eastern and Central European countries that have signed agreements with the European Union (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia). The contract for CECUP was signed on 25 June 1998 and the initiative will have a duration of 18 months. CECUP has the following objectives: 1. To make librarians in the accession countries aware of the implications of copyright in electronic services building upon the results achieved under ECUP and ECUP+. Workshops will be organised in each of the ten countries to interrelate awareness raising, identification of specific copyright problems and finding solutions in an effective way. 2. To discuss user rights in electronic services and licensing principles for the use of electronic information with rightholders. 3. To raise awareness in Central and Eastern European countries about the established European Focal Point for copyright questions and information on EU legislative developments in this area. 4. To reinforce the position of libraries in discussions about copyright with the appropriate bodies. A Central and Eastern European Copyright User Platform will be set up, consisting of the library associations of the ten association countries. Their role will be to organise a workshop in each of the countries, to nominate each a representative to a Steering Group, and to give input and feedback to this Steering Group. The Steering Group will assist in identifying special copyright problems for libraries in Central and Eastern European countries. It will also function as the intermediary in first discussions with rightholders on user rights in electronic publications and results of the workshops. Tuula Haavisto, CECUP project manager says: ìIn the digital age pan-European harmonisation of intellectual property laws is essential. Awareness about electronic copyright helps to fight piracy, which is still widespread in some Central and Eastern European countries.î ìAwareness among librarians will support them in fulfilling their role as gateways to the global information society for citizens and specialists, which is an urgent need in the process of catching up with progress in EU countries.î ENDS Notes for Editors: 1. EBLIDA: The European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations represents 95.000 libraries throughout Europe. It was founded in 1992 to lobby for the interests of information professionals at European level. 2. ECUP: In October 1994, EBLIDA was granted funding by the European Commission to set up a European Copyright User Platform under the Telematics for Libraries Programme. As a first stage, copyright awareness workshops were conducted in 14 Member States, a Steering Group was set up and a position paper on user rights in electronic publications was drafted and discussed with representatives of rightholders. 3. ECUP+ In January 1996, EBLIDA was granted further funding for a follow-up project with a duration of three years. A second series of workshops were conducted, further discussions were held with rightholders representatives, a copyright focal point was set up and legislative recommendations were drafted. The ECUP website is at: http://www.kaapeli.fi/~eblida/ecup/ 4. For more information, please contact: Ms Tuula Haavisto, CECUP Project Manager, tel: +358-9-753 7661 or mobile: +358 - 40 - 568 9396, tuulah@fla.fi or Ms Barbara Schleihagen, EBLIDA Director, tel: +31-70-309 06 08, eblida@nblc.nl EBLIDA Barbara Schleihagen, Director Heidi Grootscholten, EU Policy Officer P.O. Box 43300 NL-2504 AH The Hague Tel: +31-70-309 06 08 Fax: +31-70-309 07 08 email: eblida@nblc.nl http://www.kaapeli.fi/~eblida/ ******************************************************************************** ** **** CEDARS PROJECT Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 09:51:18 -0400 Sender: Management & Preservation of Electronic Records Sender: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum From: ahudson Subject: center for scholars To: MAPS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Fyi, mapsters. Try this on for size. Alice Hudson, Map Division, NYPL ------------------------------------- THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Center for the Humanities Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, New York 10018-2788 ______________________________________________________________________ __ Center for Scholars and Writers The New York Public Library invites applications for fellowships from September 1999 to May 2000 in the first year of its new Center for Scholars and Writers. To be housed, with individual offices, in two spacious rooms now being readied in the landmark library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. The Center will provide opportunities to explore the rich and diverse collections of the New York Public Library. The Center for Scholars and Writers will also serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas among the fellows, invited guests, the wider academic and cultural communities, and the interested public. The Fellowships are open to scholars, non-academic research professionals, scientists engaged with the humanities, and creative writers of demonstrated achievement regardless of nationality, whose proposed subjects will benefit directly from access to the Library's collections at the Center for the Humanities. There will be fifteen fellows. Five fellowships will be awarded in conjunction with the American Council of Learned Societies. The Library's Fifth Avenue facility, now called The Center for the Humanities, is renowned for the extraordinary comprehensives of its collections and is one of the world's preeminent resources for study in the fields of anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literatures of the world, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, and sports. Fellows will be required to be in continuous residence for the length of the award and to participate as much as possible in Center activities including daily lunches, readings, lectures, colloquia, symposia, and conferences. Each will be responsible for a public presentation_a reading, a paper, a lecture_ of publishable quality. The fellows' stipend will be $50,000 and, when necessary, a housing allowance. The deadline for submission of applications is October 2, 1998. For further information or to request a brochure outlining the holdings of the Library (which should precede the submission of an application), please write to the Center for Scholars and Writers, Peter Gay, Director or Pamela Leo, Assistant Director The New York Public Library Room 103 Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, New York 10018-2788 ******************************************************************************** ** **** CHEMICAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION/GARFIELD POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 12:47:55 -0400 Sender: "ASIS-L: American Society for Information Science" To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk Reply-To: lis-fid@mailbase.ac.uk claer summary of some of the lines of action of the EU 5th framework programme. I hope it is of interest to Lis-Fid membership. Virginia Cano http://www.eto.org.uk/fp5/inputs01/intro01.htm Working paper on the Fifth Framework Programme: Introduction Fifth Framework Programme: Working Paper Introduction and Overview One of a set of pages forming the text of Annex 2 to a European Commission letter inviting early inputs regarding the workplan for the <../index.htm>Fifth Framework Programme. For background and overall structure of the text see the letter and associated documents. [Text in square brackets = comments by European Telework Online]. We regret that we are not able to answer individual questions about the Fifth Framework Programme; we do monitor and respond to discussion in the European Telework Online discussion list, please see <../../discuss/discuss.htm>http://www.eto.org.uk/discuss/discuss.htm for details of how to participate in this. Please report any errors in these pages to eto- info@eto.org.uk. ---------------- Creating a User Friendly Information Society: Introduction * <#strategic>Strategic Objectives of the Programme * <#novelty>Novelty of the approach * <#needs>Socio-economic needs * <#value>European added value * <#competitiveness>European competitiveness * <#links>Links with Other Programmes ---------------- INTRODUCTION We are undergoing a fundamental transformation: from an industrial society to the information society. Information society technologies increasingly pervade all industrial and societal activities and are accelerating the globalisation of both economies, in particular by providing SMEs with affordable access to the global marketplace, and societies. Europeís industrial competitiveness, its jobs, its quality of life and the sustainability of growth depend on it being at the leading edge of the development and take-up of information society technologies. Also, by enabling communities in remote and rural areas to overcome isolation and to compete in the global economy, information society technologies contribute to cohesion in the European Union. At the same time, the technologies underpinning the development of the information society are in rapid evolution. Advances in information processing and communications are opening up exciting new possibilities. There is a shift from stand-alone systems to networked information and processes. Digitisation is resulting in the convergence of information processing, communications and media. Content is of increasing significance. However, the increasing diversity and complexity of systems is also presenting new challenges for their development and use. It will not be possible to realise the full potential of the information society in Europe with only todayís technologies, systems and applications. Key requirements such as usability, dependability, interoperability and, above all, affordability are far from being sufficiently met for the broad deployment of information society technologies in all areas. Continuous efforts are required, in research, technological development, demonstration and technology take-up. <#contents.htm>Return to page contents list Strategic Objectives of the Programme The strategic objective of this programme would be to realise the benefits of the information society for Europe both by * accelerating its emergence and by * ensuring that the needs of individuals and enterprises are met. The programme would have four inter-related specific objectives, which would both focus the technology developments and enable the close articulation between research and policy needed for a coherent and inclusive information society. [the term would have is used throughout the text because at this time the programme is subject to final agreement between the Commission, the Parliament and the Council - read this as: if the programme were to be agreed it would have . . . etc. For all practical purposes we believe it is safe to assume that the programme will go forward in very much the overall way foreseen in this text, since the draft has been agreed in principle by all three parties] * For the private individual the objective would be to meet the needs and expectations of European citizens for high-quality, affordable general-interest services. * Addressing the requirements and concerns of Europeís enterprises, workers and consumers the objective would be to enable both individuals and organisations to innovate and be more effective and efficient in their work and business. * Multimedia content is central to the information society; the objective here would be to confirm Europe as a leading force in this field and enable it to realise the potential of its creativity and culture. * For the essential technologies and infrastructures that form the building blocks of the information society the objective would be to drive their development, enhance their applicability and accelerate their take up in Europe. <#contents.htm>Return to page contents list Novelty of the approach Community-funded research in information and communication technologies is integral to the overall strategy of the European Union for the information society, which was defined by the Action Plan ëEuropeís way towards the information societyí and revised in the Action Plan adopted in November 1996. In response to the needs of the next millennium, the Fifth Framework Programme introduces the Information Society Technologies Programme. [This is the new name for the combined programme, which effectively will replace the Fourth Framework's ESPRIT (for IT systems), ACTS (Advanced Communications), TAP (Telematics) etc] The context, rationale and objectives of this programme necessitate a new approach, one that introduces a single and integrated programme which * reflects the convergence of technologies and media and of industries and markets, together with * the increasing significance of content, and responds to the need to * integrate research and development and take-up actions. To this effect, this programme consists of a set of four key actions centred on the four specific objectives and a specific activity on longer-term or higher-risk research on future and emerging technologies. These activities complement each other and are derived by grouping together the technologies, systems, applications and services and the research and development and take-up actions with the greatest affinity or interdependence. Each activity has its own specific focus and priorities, however, the key issues of * usability of technologies, systems, applications and services, * interoperability at all levels, * dependability and * affordability would be addressed ubiquitously throughout the programme. The coordination and integration of the activities through a single work programme would allow a "theme" that cuts across the programme (e.g. interfaces, mobility or satellite-related activities) to be addressed in a coherent manner in more than one activity, each concentrating on and contributing from its particular perspective. Clustering and concertation would be used to focus, coordinate and integrate activities. The technological scope of the activities would provide the flexibility to re- focus over time, through the single rolling work programme (defined in consultation with the key actors [this being oyur opportunity to provide input!]), to respond to changes in industrial and societal needs and the technological context. <#contents.htm>Return to page contents list Socio-economic needs A vast range of goods, services and processes are being transformed through the integration and use of information society technologies. Work would target the * quantitative and * qualitative benefits that information society technologies offer in all industrial and societal activities, from more competitive methods of working and doing business to higher-quality, lower-cost general interest services or new forms of leisure and entertainment. Socio-economic research would be integrated throughout the programme, to support the take-up of information society technologies, and into its management. As too would be work on statistics, which are central to the information society and for which information society technologies offer new ways to attain the highest standards of quality and the widest and most rapid and accessible dissemination. <#contents.htm>Return to page contents list European added value Realising the full potential of the information society requires technologies, infrastructures, applications and services, accessible and usable by anyone, anywhere, anytime, whether it be for business or individual use. Collaborative research and technological development are needed to create both the critical efforts and the interoperability necessary to ensure this in Europe. Pan-European research is also needed to ensure that content, together with its creation and use, properly reflects the EUís cultural diversity and many languages. <#contents.htm>Return to page contents list European competitiveness Information society technologies are integrated in or support products and processes in all sectors of the economy. To be competitive in the global marketplace Europe needs to master both the supply and use of information society technologies. To this end, to accelerate the realisation of knowledge as innovation, this programme would integrate: actions to stimulate the take-up of information society technologies with the research and technological development to ensure that the conditions and requirements for their use can be met. In addition to demonstrations and trials, these include actions to stimulate the development and diffusion of the skills necessary to take-up research and development results (such as validations, * assessments, * awareness building, * first-user actions and * best-practice initiatives) and * consensus building and standardisation activities. <#contents.htm>Return to page contents list Links with Other Programmes Articulation with the other thematic programmes is based on concentrating the activities concerned with the development, demonstration and take-up of information society technologies in this programme and concentrating their deployment (application-specific integration research as well as use) in specific domains in the other thematic programmes. In particular: * work addressing health or the environment, particularly that under the key action on ëSystems and services for the citizení, would be closely coordinated with the related work in both Programmes 1 and 3, in particular that in the key actions on ëHealth and the environmentí and ëQuality and management of waterí; * work related to transport and transport means, in particular that under the key action on ëSystems and services for the citizení, would be closely coordinated with the relevant work carried out under Programme 3, in particular that under the key actions on ëSustainable mobility and intermodalityí and ëNew perspectives in aeronauticsí; and * work addressing new methods of work and electronic commerce would be closely coordinated with the corresponding work on competitive and sustainable development in Programme 3. In addition, the satellite-related activities in this programme would be coordinated with related activities in Programmes 1 and 3 in the context of the Commissionís Space Coordination Group. Reflecting the global nature of the information society, international cooperation would play a major role in the development and take-up of information society technologies. This needs to be reflected in the participation in and operation of this programme and in its linkages with the horizontal programme on ëConfirming the international role of European researchí addressing support for organisations from third countries. Specific activities to facilitate the participation of organisations from third countries and to maintain links with European-trained specialists in third countries would also be used in addressing the international dimension of the programme. Links with the horizontal programme on ëInnovation and participation of SMEsí and with EUREKA, Trans- European Network actions and the Structural Funds would be used to establish routes and mechanisms for the further take-up and the deployment of results. The work on skills development and socio-economic research integrated in this programme would be enhanced through the appropriate links with the horizontal programme on ëImproving human potentialí and European Social Fund initiatives. This programmeís work on ëResearch networkingí would interface with the ëImproving human potentialí programmeís support for access to large computing facilities and with the ësupport for research infrastructureí activities of the other thematic programmes. Where appropriate, work will complement and be coordinated with that in the COST Programme. Return to <#contents>page contents list Key Actions: Systems and Services for the Citizen New methods of work and electronic commerce Multimedia content and tools Essential technologies and infrastructures Other actions: Generic research and development of new technologies Research networking Related texts: European Commission letter Annex 1 - Excerpts from the draft Programme Form for submission of possible action lines <../index.htm>Return to Framework Programme Five (FP5) Index Page <../../index.htm>European Telework Online Home Page ******************************************************************************** ** **** EVALUATION OF SEARCH ENGINES Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 13:37:46 +1000 Sender: owner-aliaopal@alianet.alia.org.au From: "nldh" From: Maria Zemankova Subject: NSF Digital Government Program Announcement: deadline 9/1/98 Comments: To: ASIS-L@asis.lib.indiana.edu To: ASIS-L@asis.lib.indiana.edu NEW!!! Program Announcement - Digital Government - NSF98-121 http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/DGProgAnnounce.html. National Science Foundation DIRECTORATE FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION OF EXPERIMENTAL AND INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES DEADLINE: September 1 1998, March 1 each year thereafter ================================================= Lawrence E. Brandt Program Director for Digital Government Division of Experimental and Integrative Activities, Suite 1160 National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Blvd. Arlington VA 22230 Phone - 703/306-1981 Fax - 703/306-0589 Internet - lbrandt@nsf.gov Home page - http://www.cise.nsf.gov/eia/staff/lbrandt/index.html ================================================= Note: The Digital Government program provides "an immediate opportunity for the broad connection of information services providers and research communities", and I'd like to encourage you to get involved. I highly recommend your looking at the report "Toward a Digital Government in the 21st Century", by Herbert Schorr and Salvatore J. Stolfo (http://www.isi.edu/nsf/) that is referred to in the Digital Government program annoucement, as it provides good "pointers" and "triggers". Maria Zemankova ******************************************************************************** ** **** NSF UPDATE INFORMATION Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 11:13:29 -0500 Sender: "ASIS-L: American Society for Information Science" From: Maria Zemankova Subject: NSF KDI -- updates To: ASIS-L@asis.lib.indiana.edu Updated information is now available on the NSF Online Document System for the following document (nsf9855): Title: KDI: Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence Type: Program Announcements & Information Subtype: Computer/Information Sciences, Crosscutting Programs, Education, Social/Behavioral Sciences, Biology Note: Full proposal deadlines have changed; see the KDI home page (http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/kdi/)for details. For proposals encompassing more than one KDI component, the deadline is determined by the primary component, indicated by the choice of organizational unit -- KDI/KN, KDI/LIS, KDI/NCC -- at the top of the cover sheet in FastLane. It may be found at: http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9855 -- NSF Custom News Service http://www.nsf.gov/home/cns/start.htm Please send questions and comments to webmaster@nsf.gov ******************************************************************************** ** *** PRESERVATION MAP OF EUROPE Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 15:50:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: The Preservation Map of Europe (fwd) From: Kathleen Lannon From owner-archives@MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU Thu Apr 23 08:22:33 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 14:11:44 +0200 Sender: Archives & Archivists From: Terry Kuny Subject: [FYI] AHDS Resource lists for 1)Standards and 2)Digital Preservation Comments: To: DIGLIB Mailing List To: IFLA-L@INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA STANDARDS & PRESERVATION RESOURCE LISTS The UK Arts & Humanities Data Service Provides New and Revised Resource Pages: **Standards for the Interchange of Digital Information** **Digital Preservation** Two particularly fruitful resource pages have been announced by the British Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS). The first, "Standards for the Interchange of Digital Information," is an initial presentation of organizations that are working on relevant standards for the interchange of cultural resource material. These standards cover * Technical standards for data interchange (eg encoding and compression) * Data documentation standards (e.g. MARC, Dublin Core, CIMI). * Controlled vocabularies (e.g. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2), Art and Architecture Thesaurus). This exercise is the preliminary step to gathering and considering actual "best practices" in implementing and using particular standards for networking particular bodies of information and for maximising their usefulness. The second resource page is a revised set of references to resources and initiatives on the preservation of digital resources. Both of these resources are recommended and will be linked to from the NINCH website. David Green =============================================================== David L. Green Executive Director NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE 21 Dupont Circle, NW Washington DC 20036 www-ninch.cni.org david@ninch.org 202/296-5346 202/872-0886 fax ============================================================== See and search back issues of NINCH-ANNOUNCE at . ******************************************************************************** ** **** UK ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT REPORT Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 08:44:52 +1000 From: Bernard Robertson-Dunn Subject: UN Digital Archives projects (fwd) Sender: Management & Preservation of Electronic Records ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 23:56:32 EDT From: RICKBARRY To: ERECS-L@CNSIBM.ALBANY.EDU Subject: UN Digital Archives projects Dear colleagues: My apologies for any duplicative email on this as I am posting it on other lists. I have been requested by one of my clients, the United Nations Archives and Records Management Section (ARMS), to make this posting. The UN is engaged in (subject to budget approval of each stage) what could be a series of projects related to the planning and implementation of one or more digital archives systems. UN/ARMS is interested in communicating with other user organizations that have had experience in the planning or implementation of digital archives to learn what firms and products they have made use of and how they have fared, as well as with firms with the appropriate experience and skills to undertake such projects. As the result of an earlier Request for Proposals (RFP) bid evaluation process last year, I was asked to undertake the first of these projects. It involved the drafting of a Request for Information (RFI) and a Statement of Work (SOW) for a subsequent RFP. The RFI will be used as input to the process of selecting firms to receive the RFP. Please understand that this posting is not a way of helping me to do my job. I have completed my work and concluded this initial project contract and have made my own recommendations to the client already. Rather, any further insights that readers are willing to share with the UN will be purely to the benefit of the UN which plans to advertise the RFI very shortly. The UN is interested in gaining insights that other users with planning (the next stage project) or implementation (subsequent stage project(s)) experience in digital archives are willing to share with the ARMS. The RFI is aimed at finding user organizations with experience in digital archives and related firms with the experience and skills to evaluate alternative architectures for one or more digital archives in the New York-based UN Secretariat, and possibly including several other New York-based UN offices and agencies. As part of the UN s administrative reform program, it is considering various services as candidates for common delivery among the NY-based units. Archives and records management services are being seriously considered for this treatment under the "Common Services" program. The three main architectures to be evaluated in the next (planning) project are: (i) a physically and logically centralized digital archives; (ii) a physically distributed and logically centralized virtual archives; and (iii) a hybrid architecture that would combine features of the first two models depending on business process and/or organizational criteria. Since a distributed architecture features heavily in two of the models, the UN is particularly interested in communicating with user organizations (and firms) that have planned or implemented such models and to learn their experience with distributed computing, especially for ARM purposes. Since it is believed that a combination of object management, records management, IT integration and economic/financial analysis skills will be required, the UN expects that it will be necessary to engage a partnership of firms to do this work. The UN is interested to learn to what extent this also has been the experience of other users or if there are indeed firms that have such a combination. The UN plans to electronically publish its RFI/RFP internationally very shortly, including possibly on my WWWpage. Anyone wishing to share experiences as noted above or to obtain a copy of the RFI may do so by email directly to the UN ARMS at . Regards, Rick Barry www.rbarry.com ******************************************************************************** ** **** USE OF LIBRARIES FOR INTERNET ACCESS Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:08:18 +1000 To: link@www.anu.edu.au From: tonyb@netinfo.com.au (Tony Barry) Subject: Use of libraries to access the internet in the US Sender: owner-link@www.anu.edu.au >From ALAWON- NEW STUDY SHOWS TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN USE OF LIBRARIES FOR INTERNET ACCESS The use of public libraries for Internet access has increased by more than 500 percent since 1996, according to the second annual MCI LibraryLINK study released today. The study also shows that public libraries are the most common "alternative" point for Internet access. According to the press release, the number of people who accessed the Internet from their public library increased 86 percent since January 1997. While home, work, and school remain the most common places for people to access the Internet, sixteen percent of the respondents in the MCI study had accessed the Internet through an "alternative" access point. Of that sixteen percent, almost half had used the public library as their "alternative" access point. By the year 2000, MCI's data suggests that number will nearly double. The MCI study was based on a random telephone survey of U.S. and Canadian residents, asking 3,241 Internet users where they log on to the Internet. More information on the MCI study is available at http://www.mci.com/news/news-news/top-headline-892649988.shtml. More information about the LibraryLINK program is available from the LibraryLINK at http://www.librarylink.com. ******************************************************************************** ** **** end _______________________________ This document may be circulated freely with the following statement included in its entirety: This article was originally published in _LIBRES: Library and Information Science Electronic Journal_ (ISSN 1058-6768) September, 1998 Volume 8 Issue 2. For any commercial use, or publication (including electronic journals), you must obtain the permission of the Editor-in-Chief: Kerry Smith Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia E-mail: kerry@biblio.curtin.edu.au ------ To subscribe to LIBRES send e-mail message to listproc@info.curtin.edu.au with the text: subscribe libres _ ________________________________________ ------------------------------ Cut here ------------------------------