The Internet Conference
and Exhibition for Librarians and Information Managers
PreConference Workshops
Sunday, November 7th
See
registration
form for pricing information. All Preconference workshops include
lunch.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Extreme Searcher’s Web Finding
Tools: Choosing and Using the Right One
Randolph Hock, Online
Strategies, Author of The Extreme Searcher’s Guide to Web Search Engines
Web search engines, Web
directories, metasites — all are useful tools for finding the right sites
efficiently and effectively. For any question though, one tool may be much
more appropriate than another. In this workshop we’ll look at which to
use when, and the relative strengths, weaknesses, and applications of each
category of tool. Each of the major directories and search engines will
likewise be examined in terms of strengths, weaknesses, and unique applications.
As for metasites, we’ll see why this category of tool needs more recognition
and how to easily locate the best metasites in any area. The emphasis of
the workshop will be on practical applications and on that knowledge which
will enable attendees to most effectively and efficiently find the answers
they need.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Knowledge Management: Cases, Complexities
& Competencies
Rebecca Jones, Dysart
& Jones Associates
Stephen Abram, Vice
President, Product Management, IHS Micromedia Limited
This workshop focuses on
the foundations of knowledge management (KM) and describes what involvement
in KM can mean for an information professional’s career. It looks at how
information professionals can add value by partnering with the “knowledge-hungry”
in their organization, and what can happen when those opportunities are
missed. After sharing the results of case studies, workshop leaders facilitate
an interactive session examining KM projects and ideas. Areas discussed
will include: KM technology infrastructure, organizational positioning,
complexities, and competencies.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Doing the Digital Dance: Essential
Technologies
Richard P. Hulser,
Worldwide Market Segment Manager for Digital Library Technologies, IBM
Corporation
Katherine M. Richards,
Advanced Information Management
This half-day workshop
focuses on implementing and managing digital libraries and document management
projects without losing your mind! Our experienced and entertaining presenters
cover the essential technologies and processes for creating digital libraries
and dealing with large amounts of content in many different formats. They
include the planning and management involved, as well as specific technologies
available now and in the not too distant future for storing, organizing,
scanning, production imaging, rights management, advanced searching, and
archiving of a variety of media. Workshop leaders provide checklists of
do’s and don’ts, case studies, and share “real world” experience from the
trenches.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Intranet Taxonomies: Thesaurus Design
& Control
Marjorie M. K. Hlava,
President, Access Innovations
Jay Van Eman, CEO,
Access Innovations
Recent developments in
the field of search engines and thesaurus management have had a significant
impact on the ability to effectively find information on the Internet or
on an intranet. Thesaurus management deals with the core concern of content
developers and disseminators — how quickly to convey meaning of a record
or document so that it can be found precisely and accurately. Ambiguity
is the ever-present enemy of clarity. Thesaurus design & control provide
tools and techniques for disambiguation. As designers and developers of
databases for over 20 years, our presenters discuss techniques for building
and managing vocabularies and define the various types of word control,
including rules for distinguishing among different word control formats.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Content Acquisition Strategies: Licensing
and Negotiating for Success
Gail Dykstra, Manager
Research Services, Microsoft Corporation
The challenge of external
content budgets, as well as the number of users of that content in many
different types of organizations, demands a realignment of traditional
library content acquisition strategies. In this half-day workshop, participants
will discuss those strategies and improve skills to be more effective content
managers. It focuses on aligning user needs with the right content and
right products at the right price, including the content evaluation process
(users, applications, sources, delivery media, vendors); setting objectives
to guide the content licensing process including value to users; user support;
interoperability; price; licensing tips and guidelines; creating a win-win
partnership for vendor and user through understanding of vendor needs;
finding a strategic partner vs. a “vendor”; and negotiating skills.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Document Delivery in the Electronic
Age
Mary E. Jackson,
Senior Program Officer, Access Services, Association of Research Libraries
The steep increase in availability
and use of materials in electronic format raises a new spectrum of questions
about the role of document delivery. This half-day workshop explores whether
interlibrary loan and document delivery services have a place in library
services. Will licensing agreements eliminate the need for or the ability
of libraries to share materials? How will new electronic order and delivery
technologies shift the focus to user-initiated services? What is the role
of international standards in facilitating user-initiated and library-mediated
ordering? What is the future of ILL/DD? Join this expert for an interactive
discussion of the key issues.
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Getting Down to Business: How Super
Searchers Find Business Information Online
Mary Ellen Bates,
Bates Information Services
This workshop tackles the
problems of finding reliable, high-quality information on business and
financial topics on the Net. Bates, the author of the recently-published
Super
Searchers Do Business: The Online Secrets of Top Business Researchers,
looks at issues related to conducting research online efficiently and cost-effectively,
validating sources, using Web-only information resources, and staying updated
on new business and finance information. The workshop provides practical,
innovative ways of mining the Net for information; advice on how and when
to encourage library clients to conduct their own business research; and
tips on when to use the free or nearly-free Web sources and when to open
up your wallet and use the big-ticket information sources. While the focus
of this workshop will be resources found exclusively on the Net, it will
also cover unusual or unique resources from the traditional online services.
Attendees will leave the workshop with improved business research skills,
ideas on new ways to drill for information, and a collection of links to
the best business resources on the Web.
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Using Metadata for Knowledge Management
Martin Dillon, OCLC
Institute
This intensive half-day
workshop provides you with understanding of important aspects of knowledge
management and why it presents favorable opportunities for libraries as
well as the current state of metadata and expected long-term developments.
It offers hands-on experience creating and working with MARC- or Webserver-based
metadata systems. As a result, you will be able to compare and evaluate
the results of alternative approaches. You will be able to plan, implement,
or extend your use of metadata in your own environment.
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Working Virtually: Learnings &
Leadership
Rebecca Jones, Dysart
& Jones Associates
Stephen Abram, Vice
President, Product Management, IHS Micromedia Limited
Within today’s evolving
organizations, libraries, and information services, all support structures
are changing. This half- day workshop explores why organization structures
are changing, why teams and matrixed functions are so critical, what teams
have learned in these environments, and what leadership issues are involved.
Particular attention is paid to the competencies necessary to thrive in
these new working environments.
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Web Authoring: Beyond the Basics
Roy Tennant, Digital
Library Project Manager, University of California, Berkeley
So you’ve learned a little
HTML and created some Web pages, and now you’re ready to move on and learn
more sophisticated Web authoring techniques. This half-day workshop will
introduce, demonstrate, and discuss tables (both for tabular data and page
layout control), forms, and design issues at the page and site levels.
Attendees will be expected to be familiar with basic HTML tags (see http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web/basictags.html
for the tags you will be expected to know). This session is presented by
the manager of the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE, a digital library
and a support service for digital library, museum and archive developers,
former Web Manager of the UCB Library Web, owner of the Web4Lib and DigLibns
electronic discussions, and the creator of, and a contributor to, Current
Cites since its inception in 1990. Tennant co-authored Crossing the
Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook, 1992 (now in second
edition and several foreign languages) and his latest book is Practical
HTML: A Self-Paced Tutorial.
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Quality Assessment
Hope Tillman, Babson
College & Walt Howe, Delphi Internet Services
Information professionals
are catalysts for assessing the quality of Internet information. That is
our bread and butter. This half-day workshop by knowledgeable, Internet
gurus looks at various approaches for determining quality and value to
identify quality Web resources and to apply quality criteria to the development
of original/synthesized Web resources in order to deliver information customers
need. The Dublin Core and other metadata approaches as of November 1999
will be considered as a foundation for discovering and indicating quality
information on the nets.
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Library Systems & the Web
Pamela Cibbarelli,
editor of The Directory of Library Automation Software Systems and Services
How do you select the library
automation system which is most appropriate for your library in today’s
Web age? This workshop provides a look at existing applications and
a discussion of today’s best selling library automation systems. It helps
to differentiate among products and vendors and to select the system which
is best suited for your library.
• Monday • Tuesday
• Wednesday • PostConference
• Internet@Schools
