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Track 1"A Picture is Worth a ..."Tuesday, October 30, 2001 Jerry Niebaum, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Information Services, University of Kansas Several compression algorithm alternatives to JPEG for Web images are emerging, such as DjVu, MrSID, and JPEG2000. These new algorithms make it possible to store high-resolution photo images as relatively small files. Comparisons and demonstrations of these algorithms as applied to 19th-century photographs will be given. Integrated Digital Libraries Architecture in Research UniversitiesMonday, October 29, 2001 Barbara I. Dewey, Dean, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, The Pennsylvania State University This presentation will examine digital libraries using a campus-wide architectural focus through a survey of ARL libraries. Emphasis will be on identifying boundary crossing linkages and inclusion of campus resources, not just library-based resources. The goal is to identify an innovative digital library architecture for accessing scholarly resources for teaching and research. Integrating an Image Library into an Internet-Based Teaching Tool for Art, Architecture, and BeyondMonday, October 29, 2001 Sharon P. Pitt, Executive Director of Instructional Technology, George Mason University Christina B. Updike, Curator, Visual Resources Center, James Madison University Though many databases allow search and access of images, the Madison Digital Image Database is an online search engine and a teaching and learning tool. The system permits instructors to remotely generate annotated "slide shows," which can be placed online for study or archived for testing or future use. It's 2011: Do You Know Where Your Information Is?Wednesday, October 31, 2001 James Rettig, Library Director and Associate Dean for Information Services, United States Naval Academy Ellen J. Waite-Franzen, VP for Information Technology and CIO, Dartmouth College In planning for an expansion of the library, we developed scenarios illustrating how students and professors will be interacting, seeking,and creating information in 2011. This multimedia presentation will make predictions about information delivery on our campuses, and it will illustrate how to use scenario planning effectively. Managing Change: An Architecture for the Evolving Digital LibraryMonday, October 29, 2001 Don Gourley, Director of Information Technology, Washington Research Library Consortium Digital library technologies are evolving rapidly. A middleware architecture based on a standard framework and Web services can provide a stable platform for changing technology and integrating disparate software components. This session will describe the requirements of such an architecture and present as an example the ALADIN platform developed by the Washington Research Library Consortium to support access to digital collections, subscription databases, and library catalogs. Managing the Library's Subject Web Pages without HTML CodingTuesday, October 30, 2001 Linda Bills, Director of the Library, Allegheny College Jui-Chung Cheng, University Librarian, Eastern Michigan University Most libraries spend a fair amount of time compiling subject-based resource pages in an attempt to direct users to what we consider "quality" resources. Often the same resource descriptions and links are maintained on other pages and/or in our catalogs as well. This work quickly becomes both repetitive and unmanageable and requires all librarians to be equally adapt at creating and writing Web pages. This presentation will demonstrate two completely different approaches to creating and maintaining Web subject bibliographies by generating dynamic Web pages on the fly and thus freeing librarians from HTML slavery. MyDatabase: A Generic Tool for Image CollectionsMonday, October 29, 2001 Caroline Beebe, Adjunct Faculty, Indiana University Faculty are frequently requesting help with image database development. NCSU Libraries is responding by distributing build-it-yourself tools. The toolset includes a media description framework for metadata, media creation guidelines, the MyDatabase and vocabulary control template, and file naming guidelines. Each part of the toolset will be described and demonstrated. Rethinking Information LiteracyTuesday, October 30, 2001 James Marcum, Chair, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College/CUNY Now that information literacy (IL) is an established priority, it is time to review the concept. This presentation will critique the information processing paradigm on which the IL model is based, and review the alternative "literacies" (visual, multiple, interactive, computational) that are under consideration for required competencies today. The need to fit information literacy into workplace competencies for knowledge workers will also be explored. Why Isn’t the Library Link Linking to the Library?: Academic Libraries Confront the New Competitive MarketplaceWednesday, October 31, 2001 Steven J. Bell, Associate University Librarian, Temple University Administrative portals, e-libraries, and others are challenging the academic library's traditional monopoly as the campus information gateway. Are they threats or opportunities? Can they be harnessed to promote library services? This session will examine the impact of these new competitors and present strategies that libraries can use to maintain their gateway status. |
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