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FALL FORUM 2001

16-18 November

Draft summary program



Friday November 16th

Plenary session 1. 1400- 1530

Welcome and introduction

Gloriana St Clair (University Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries), Daniel Greenstein (Director, DLF), and others to be advised. Powerpoint slides from Daniel Greenstein's introduction are available online.

On digital maps and GIS

Opening plenary address by David Rumsey, David Rumsey Cartography Associates, David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (www.davidrumsey.com)

Breakout session 1. 1600 - 1730

Critical challenges in the preservation of scholarly e-journals

Panel discussion of issues arising from the Mellon e-journals archiving program. Dale Flecker, Associate Director for Planning and Systems, Harvard University Library; Ann Okerson, Associate University Librarian, Yale University; Anne Kenney, Associate Director, Department of Preservation, Cornell University Library; John Mark Ockerbloom, Digital Library Architect and Planner, University of Pennsylvania

Staffing the digital library

Panel discussions on issues of recruitment, retention, and training. Kris Brancolini, Director, Digital Library Program, Indiana University; Rebecca Graham, Head, Library Computing Services and Director, Digital Library Program, Johns Hopkins University; Elizabeth Shaw, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Library and Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Kris Brancolini's powerpoint slides are available online.

Saturday November 17th

Breakout session 2. 0900 - 1030

Reference linking in the digital library

CrossRef: The citation linking backbone, Ed Pentz, CrossRef. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Extended linking services: Towards a quality web, Eric Van de Velde, California Institute of Technology. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Localized reference linking, Dale Flecker, Associate Director for Planning and Systems, Harvard University Library. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

New approaches to scholarly publishing

Publishing from the library: Project Euclid and the distribution of scholarly communications. David Ruddy, Electronic Publications Specialist, Cornell University Library

eScholarship at the CDL, Catherine Candee, Director of Scholarly Communication Initiatives, California

Sustainable models of electronic scholarly publishing, Maria Bonn, Maria Bonn, Head, Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library. David Ruddy's powerpoint slides are available online.

Breakout session 3. 1100- 1230

Attributes of digital archives and archive objects

Panel discussion presenting work resulting from OCLC's and RLG's joint exploration of digital archiving. Panelists will include Meg Bellinger, President, Preservation Resources, OCLC, and Robin Dale, Program Officer, Research Libraries Group. Meg Bellinger's powerpoint slides are available online.

Working across domains

New expectations and traditional stewardship in museums and libraries, Bernie Reilly, Director, Center for Research Libraries. The text for the talk is also available.

ET call home. Who's out there: The issue of audience in the digital age, Barbara Taranto, Digital Library Program, New York Public Library

The Colorado Digitization Project: A case study, Nancy Allen, Dean and Director, Penrose Library, University of Denver. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Plenary session 2. 1315-1400

Building a National Science Digital Library

Building the NSDL, Bill Arms, Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Breakout session 4. 1400-1530

Using networked scholarly information

Methods for assessing use of online collections and services, Denise Troll, Associate University Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

To be advised

Evaluating the use of your website, Rue Ramirez, Digital Library Services, University of Texas at Austin

Architecting the [inter]national digital library

Repository architectures. An introduction to Fedora, Thornton Staples, University of Virginia, and Carl Lagoze, Cornell University

Let's give interoperability a chance..., Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Research, OCLC. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Library services in a well architected networked environment, Daniel Greenstein, Director, DLF. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Breakout session 5. 1600-1730

Approaches to interoperability and cross-collection searching 1

Metastar @ North Carolina State University Libraries, James M. Jackson Sanborn, Data Services Librarian and Charley Pennell, Head Cataloging Department

Addressing mixed granularity in cross-collection searching", Marty Kurth, Head of Cataloguing, Cornell University Library. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Moving geospatial metadata (CSDGM) to MARC and OAI: The CUGIR model, Elaine Westbrooks, Metadata Librarian; Adam Chandler, CTS Information Technology Librarian; Vivek Uppal, graduate student, Cornell University. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS). An update

Panel discussion offering an overview of METS and reports on its use. Jerome McDonough, New York University; Morgan Cundiff, Library of Congress; MacKenzie Smith, Harvard University; and Rick Beaubien, Berkeley. Powerpoint slides are available online for the papers given by Jerome McDonough, Mackenzie Smith, and Rick Beaubien.

Sunday November 18

Breakout session 6. 0915 - 1045

Benchmarking preservation digital masters and image quality methods

Benchmarking digital reproductions of printed books and serials, Anne Kenney, Director of Programs, Council for Library and Information Resources

Assessing the quality of digital images and imaging systems, Steven Chapman, Preservation Librarian for Digital Initiatives, Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard University

Comment and context, Robin Dale, Member Programs and Initiatives, Research Libraries Group

Approaches to interoperability and cross-collection searching 2

Plans for an OAI metadata harvesting service, Timothy W. Cole, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online

The IMAGES project: Building a metadata sharing community at the University of Minnesota, Chuck Thomas, Digital Projects Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

OAI. Where its been, what its accomplished, where it may be going, Daniel Greenstein, Director, DLF. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.

Plenary session 3. 1130 - 1300

Digital libraries and models of academic support, Donald J. Waters, Program Officer, Scholarly Communication, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The DLF. Progress and prospect, Daniel Greenstein, Director, DLF. Powerpoint slides from this presentation are available online.


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