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SUBJECT RETRIEVAL IN A NETWORKED WORLD
What: An IFLA Meeting before Boston 2001
Where: Dublin, Ohio, USA - OCLC Campus
When: August 14 (14:00) - August 16 (13:00), 2001
Sponsors: IFLA Section on Classification and Indexing
IFLA Section on Information Technology
in association with OCLC
Conference Website: http://www.oclc.org/events/ifla/
The conference will explore different approaches to subject retrieval of
information and provide an opportunity to exchange views and to hear
researchers in the forefront of retrieval in the Internet Age. The venue,
OCLC=s Headquarters at Dublin, Ohio, provides an unparalleled environment
for seeing research projects at the forefront of modern technology. An
international audience is anticipated and the conference will provide an
excellent preliminary to the papers and exhibition to follow at the main
conference in Boston. English is the language of the conference
presentations.
Keynote Speaker will be Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for
Networked Information (CNI)
The following themes will be explored:
-- Language and communication in knowledge organization and retrieval
-- New retrieval technologies for a networked world
-- Retrieval systems design and implementation
-- Search engines, classification schemes and thesauri in a networked
environment
-- Metadata and subject retrieval
See full conference agenda below.
REGISTRATION
Visit the Conference Website for electronic registration
www.oclc.org/events/ifla/
Conference fee: (including meals but not accommodation)
$250 prior to May 15th
$350 May 15th - July 15th
Meeting hotels are in walking distance, and rooms will be available at a
discount rate (see the Conference Website).
Numbers are limited and late registrations (after July 15) will not be
possible.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
** Tuesday, 16 August **
13:00 Registration
Welcome
-- Conference Chair: I.C. McIlwaine
Keynote Lecture
-- Speaker: Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, CNI
Break & Demonstrations
* Session 1: Retrieval in a Multilingual Environment
-- Freyre, E. & Naudi, M. MACS: subject access across languages and networks.
-- Riesthuis, G. Information languages and multilingual subject access.
* Session 2: Retrieval across Multiple Vocabularies I
-- Olson, T. Integrating LCSH and MeSH in library catalogs.
-- Koch, T. & Neuroth, H. Renardus: cross-browsing European subject
gateways via a common classification system (DDC).
Dinner at OCLC
-- Speaker: Stu Weibel, Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC Office of
Research
** Wednesday, 15 August **
8:00 Continental Breakfast
*Session 3: Retrieval across Multiple Vocabularies II
-- Kuhr, P. Putting the world back together: mapping multiple vocabularies
into a single thesaurus.
-- Geisselmann, F. Methods of access in a database of e-journals.
-- Olson, H. & Ward, D.B. Mundane standards, everyday technologies,
extraordinary access.
Break & Demonstrations
* Session 4: Cross-Sectoral Retrieval
-- Nicholson, D. & Wake, S. High-level thesaurus project: an overview.
-- Garrison, W. & Bishoff, L. The Colorado digitization project: subject
access issues.
Lunch
* Session 5: Domain-Specific Retrieval
-- Hudon, M. Subject access to web resources in the field of education.
-- Qin, J. & Chen, J. A multi-layered, multi-dimensional representation of
digital educational resources.
-- Slavic, A. General library classification in learning material metadata:
the application in IMS/LOM and DCMES metadata schemes..
-- Beghtol, C. The Iter project: international standard subject access to
Medieval and Renaissance materials (400-1700).
Break and Demonstrations
* Session 6: Tool Development for Retrieval
-- Burke, M. Personal construct theory as a basis for user-driven
classification of visual images.
-- Green, R. & Bean, C. Improving subject retrieval with frame representation.
-- Zeng, M. & Chen, Y. Features of an integrated thesaurus management and
search system for the networked environment.
-- Van Waart, P. An introduction to Global Classification Data.
Demonstrations/Tour of OCLC
* Reception
-- In Honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Dewey Decimal Classification
(DDC) System
** Thursday, 16 August **
8:00 Continental Breakfast
* Session 6: Transformation of Traditional Tools for the Web Environment I
-- Cordiero, I. From library authority control to network authoritative
metadata sources.
-- O'Neill, E.T. et al. FAST: faceted application of subject terminology.
-- Devadason, F. J. Faceted indexing application for organizing and
accessing Internet resources.
* Session 7: Transformation of Traditional Tools for the Web Environment
-- Godby, C.J. & Reighart, R. The Library of Congress Classification as a
knowledge base for the automatic classification of Internet resources.
-- McIlwaine, I.C. UDC and WWW.
-- Vizine, D. & Thompson, R. DDC-classified displays of NetFirst search
results.
*Wrap-up
-- Speaker: Erik Jul, Executive Director, OCLC Institute
12:15 - 13:00 Box Lunch/Depart for Airport
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The IFLA Section on Classification and Indexing aims to act as a forum for
users and producers of classification and indexing tools. Its terms of
reference are to promote standardization and uniform application of
classification and subject indexing tools by institutions generating or
utilizing bibliographic records; to initiate and promote advice on research
in the subject approach to information; and to disseminate research results
through open meetings and publications. The Section regularly mounts
workshops at IFLA conferences in addition to its main programme sessions,
it works closely with the IFLA Office for UBCIM and provides articles and
reviews for International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control in addition
to publishing its own Newsletter twice per annum.
The Section on Information Technology (IT) serves to foster, develop and
promote information technologies relevant to modern library and information
services. This includes policies and technologies for the creation,
storage, retrieval and transfer of information for all types of libraries
and information centers. A fundamental aspect of this is the development
and application of a range of international standards. Close cooperation
with the other Sections and Round Tables if IFLA is essential. A
particularly close affinity exists between this Section and the UDT Core
Programme
Registration forms with hotel booking information are available from the
Conference Website: http://www.oclc.org/events/ifla/
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