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InfoToday
2003 offers information
professionals and knowledge managers an unparalleled opportunity
to expand their horizons and extend their professional expertise.
The three co-located conferences, National Online,
KnowledgeNets, and E-Libraries, feature a powerful,
comprehensive agenda that is guaranteed to stimulate your
thinking and energize your professional development.
Each of the conferences is a unique, focused event, but programs
are planned to encourage attendees to leverage interrelationships
and learn from others with related interests.
New for 2003 is a special Content Management Symposium offered
on Thursday afternoon as part of all three conferences. Recognizing
the growing importance that organizations are placing on content
management initiatives and the opportunities in this arena
for information professionals, this cross-conference forum
provides an in depth, intensive briefing on CM software, tools,
technology, and strategies. The keynote and breakout sessions
feature well-known experts as speakers and will equip information
with the necessary to become players in content management
projects.
InfoToday 2003 is unique. You will find in-depth
coverage of topics that are crucial to today’s information
professionals, a carefully planned and focused trio of conferences,
dozens of speakers who are experts in their fields, and an
emphasis on effective, yet innovative ideas and practices
that you can immediately put to work in your own organization.
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Organizing Committee Richard
T. Kaser
Information
Today, Inc.
Nancy
Garman
Information
Today, Inc.
Pamela
Cibbarelli
Cibbarelli’s
Dan
Duncan
Consultant
Jane
Dysart
Dysart
& Jones Associates
Marydee
Ojala
Editor,
ONLINE Magazine
Deborah
Lynne Wiley
Next
Wave Consulting, Inc.
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Conference
Chair
Marydee
Ojala
Editor,
ONLINE Magazine Advisory
Committee
Stephen
E. Arnold, AIT
Dan
Duncan, Consultant
Suzanne
Sabroski,
Sabroski
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Conference
Chair
Jane
Dysart
Dysart
& Jones Associates Advisory
Committee
Patti
Anklam,
Hutchinson
Associates
Hugh
McKellar,
KMWorld
Magazine
Deb
Wallace,
Clarica
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Conference
Chair
Pamela
Cibbarelli
Cibbarelli’s
Advisory
Committee
Deborah
Lynne Wiley
Next
Wave Consulting, Inc.
Richard
Boss
Information
Systems Consultant, Inc.
Marshall
Breeding
Vanderbilt
University
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The
Global Conference and Exhibition on Electronic Information & Knowledge
Management
InfoToday
2003
Conference
Overview
Speakers
& Press Room
A
room has been set aside Tuesday through Thursday for the use of
speakers and members of the press. The designated speakers and press
room is the Morgan Suite on the second floor.
Cassettes
& CDs
Sessions
are being recorded and are for sale during the conference in the
registration area. After the conference, please contact The Digital
Record at 703-683-8273.
E-Mail
Stations
E-mail stations will be open in the
Exhibit Hall during regular exhibit hours for attendees to check
their mail.
CyberClinics
Click
here
for
more details.
Coffee
& Danish Hour
Coffee and danish are provided for
conference attendees on each of the three days of the conference.
Tuesday morning will be from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the foyer
of the West Ballroom, and Thursday morning is in the Trianon Ballroom
from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Wednesday’s food service in the
Trianon Ballroom will begin at 7:30 a.m. before the Breakfast with
the Brass at 7:45 a.m.
Coffee
& Tea
Complimentary
coffee and tea are available in the Exhibit Hall at 10:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Free Reception
Information
Today, Inc. invites all attendees and exhibitors to a complimentary
wine and cheese reception in the exhibit hall on Tuesday from 5:00
– 6:00 PM. InfoToday 2003 Exhibit Hall visitors. Everyone is welcome
to come and renew old acquaintances and meet new colleagues while
discovering the newest electronic
information and knowledge-based products and services.
Presentation
Links
Get
access to many of the PowerPoint presentations and Web sites used
in conjunction with the InfoToday 2003 general sessions! Links will
be posted on the InfoToday 2003 Web site (click
here) three to four weeks after the conference.
Special Events
COUNTER Briefings on Electronic Journal Use Statistics
Tuesday,
May 6
Click
here for details; click
here to register.
IDC
Briefings: The Electronic Content Market: Technologies & Strategies
Wednesday,
May 7
Click
here for details; click
here to register.
Breakfast
with the Brass
Wednesday,
May 7 — 7:45
a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Join
Roy Martin, President & CEO, Dialog, Kate
Noerr, CEO MuseGlobal, and Pat Summers,
CEO, SIRSI for breakfast and a lively, interactive question-and-answer
session. Moderated by Marydee Ojala, Editor of ONLINE Magazine
and industry watcher, this breakfast panel session offers you
a chance to find out what the top brass are thinking, what their
plans are for the future, and where the industry is headed. Roving
microphones will encourage InfoToday 2003 attendees to speak up,
ask questions, and be heard in this unique forum. (Questions for
the panelists may also be submitted in advance, on Tuesday, May
6, at the Information Today, Inc. booth in the exhibit hall.)
Open
to InfoToday 2003 conference attendees.
Content
Management Symposium
Thursday,
May 8
Click
here for program details.
Special
Workshop: Evaluating Library Space
Thursday,
May 8
Click
here for details; click
here to register.
National
Online
National
Online, historically the flagship conference of Information Today,
focuses on issues relevant to information professionals using Internet
and traditional research avenues. Presentations on research techniques,
subject resources, technological innovations, organizational tools,
and management tips concentrate on the practical searching environment.
National Online is the largest conference on electronic information
in North America and is where information professionals come together
to share ideas, learn about new industry developments, and update
their skills.
Keep
up with the latest trends and enhancements on the Web and on the
traditional services, gain insights into how to put new online strategies
into practice, and get current with enhancements, withdrawals, and
new products/services by hearing expert searchers, industry observers,
information managers, and Internet gurus share their expertise and
experience. National Online delivers practical answers about how
to maximize research efforts and get results—answers you can put
to work in the real world.
Topics
Covered Include:
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Strategic Searching
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The Art & Science of Research
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Achieving Web Search Excellence
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Information Quality
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Alternative Search Engines
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Web Search Strategies
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Information Security & Policy Issues
KnowledgeNets
Networks
are at the core of all productive and successful organizations,
both people networks and technology networks.
KnowledgeNets
2003 focuses on strategic knowledge communities and social networks,
as well as the tools and technology that support organizational
networks and technological infrastructures. The conference provides
a wide range of sessions focused on practical solutions, case studies,
and thought-provoking concepts. Expert speakers address topics including
knowledge and collaboration strategies for building and supporting
strategic communities, measuring impact and value and providing
return on investment for KM programs, concepts and applications
of social network analysis in knowledge management, and innovation
and best practices of KM in driving innovation, and much, much more.
The conference also takes an in-depth look at managing content generated
by people networks within organizations.
Topics
Covered Include:
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Knowledge Communities
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KM Tools
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KM & Innovation
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Knowledge Metrics & ROI
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Knowledge Strategies & Tools
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Retaining Knowledge
E-Libraries
E-Libraries
features the most recent trends and practices in library and information
centers, including digital collections management, e-journals, virtual
reference services, library automation, and digitizing libraries.
Sessions on the emerging role of library systems and automation
in distributing and managing information, both internal and external,
and the latest developments in library patron services and internal
systems address the challenges facing many attendees.
E-Libraries
offers a unique forum for discussing today’s state of the art delivery
of library services and the rapidly changing “digital” library world.
Two concurrent, three-day tracks provide in-depth coverage of issues,
practical expertise, case studies, and best practices of interest
to digital library professionals.
Topics
Covered Include:
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Building Digital Libraries
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Virtual Reference
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Library Portals
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Views of the Future
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Library Systems & Automation
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Digital Rights Issues
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Design & Usability
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