SPRING FORUM 2001 4-6 May Summary Program

DLF Spring 2001 Forum. Draft summary program

Plenary session 1. 14:00- 15:30

Welcome and introduction. Max Marmor (DLF Distinguished fellow), Jim Michalko (President, RLG), Bernie Hurley (Berkeley University), Assunta Pisani (Stanford University), and others to be advised

Perspective from the Getty Research Institute, Jack Meyers, Deputy Director, Getty Grant Program

Plenary session 2. 16:15 - 17:15

Preserving electronic scholarly journals. Working session of the DLF

Critical issues for the library community as arising from the Mellon e-journals archiving program, Dale Flecker, Associate Director for Planning and Systems in the Harvard University Library, Harvard University

Plenary session 3. 09:15 - 10:30

DLF directions

Retrospect and prospect: a progress report, Daniel Greenstein, Director, DLF

Breakout session 1. 11:15 - 12:45

Strategies for developing sustainable digital collections. Working session of the DLF

Recommendations and next steps arising from newly published DLF investigations into collection development practices, panelists include Ricky Erway (Research Libraries Group), Carolyn Larson (Library of Congress), Asunta Pisani (Stanford University) and report authors Tim Jewell (University of Washington), Lou Pitschmann (University of Wisconsin), and Abby Smith (CLIR)

New digital library tools

Information literacy toolkit, Kay Kane, Reference and Consultation Services Team Leader, University of Minnesota Libraries.

Personalized Library Services: The Case for an Open-Source Software Archive, Aaron Trehub, Director, Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

A shared cataloguing tool for visual resources. Report on a DLF initiative, Max Marmor, DLF Distinguished Fellow and Head, Art Library, Yale University.

Breakout session 2. 14:00 - 15:30

On registries and registry services. Working session of the DLF

The evidence in hand: The report of the task force on the artifact in library collections, Abby Smith (Director of Programs, CLIR).

Registering digitized monographs and journals, John Price Wilkin, University of Michigan

Assessing use of digital library collections and services

Usability testing in the California Digital Library, Rosalie Lack, Evaluation and Instruction Analyst, California digital Library and John Kupersmith, Service Design Analyst and project manager for MyLibrary@CDL, California Digital Library.

Understanding users and use of digital visual collections, Gale Halpern, Cornell Institute for Digital Collections

Using Web Stats and Query Logs to Improve Your Website, Kody Janney, Digital Initiatives Coordinator, University of Washington Libraries

Breakout session 3. 16:00 - 17:30

Metadata matters

METS. A standard DTD for digital library objects. Report on a DLF initiative, Jerome McDonough, Digital Library Development Team Leader, New York University

Metadata harmonization and the bionic cataloger, Daniel McShane, Electronic Cataloging and Metadata Coordinator, Alderman Library, University of Virginia

Administrative Metadata for Managing Licensed Electronic Resources, Tim Jewell, Head, Collection Management Services, University of Washington

New directions

A living trust for research data: the library as trustee for researchers' digital collections, Bill Kehoe, Information Technology Services, Cornell University

Libraries and museums collaborate for the K-12 classroom, Nuala Bennett, Visiting Special Projects Librarian, Digital Imaging and Media Technology Initiative, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Assessing the costs of conversion. Some preliminary findings from the Making of America IV project, Maria Bonn, Head, Scholarly Publishing Office, Digital Library Initiative, University of Michigan

Preserving electronic scholarly journals

Working discussion of key issues in the Mellon e-journals archiving program, Dale Flecker, Associate Director for Planning and Systems in the Harvard University Library, Harvard University, and Daniel Greenstein, Director, DLF

Sunday May 6th

Breakout session 4. 09:15 - 10:45

Working session on DLF standards and best practices

Leveraging our collective influence?, Daniel Greenstein, DLF Director and Nancy Elkington, Research Libraries Group, Member Programs and Initiatives

Managing digital collections

Collection management strategies in a digital environment, Cecily Johns, Project Director, Collection Management Initiative, University of California, Santa Barbara

A digital model supporting foreign area studies: The central Eurasian information resource, Michael Biggins, Head, Slavic and East European Section, University of Washington Libraries

Collecting digital content: From practice to process, Joan Ruelle, University of Virginia

Plenary session 4. 11:30 - 13:00

Perspective from the Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS), Joyce Ray

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