IRLIST Digest ISSN 1064-6965 April 8, 1996 Volume XIII, Number 15 Issue 302 ********************************************************** II. JOBS 1. Information Technology: Functional Application Analyst III. NOTICES A. Publications 1. ToC: FARNET's Washington Update 2. Katharine Sharp Review - No. 2 available 3. ToC: FARNET's Washington Update 4. Join EMIERT'S Electronic Discussion List, EMIE-L 5. New Publication from SLA B. Meetings 1. ALISE '97 2. CAUSE/CNI Regional Conference 3. St. John's: Workshop on Book Indexing in New York City C. Miscellaneous 1. Internet Society Names New President ********************************************************** II. JOBS II.1. Fr: Mr. E Re: Information Technology: Functional Application Analyst The Information Technology organization has an immediate opening for a Functional Application Analyst in Arlington, VA. Job duties include performing limited financial and budget analysis in support of TSS budget manager, and program management support to the AH-1W program. Applicants must have some spreadsheet experience, preferably Excel, and knowlege of the DOD budget process. A BS degree and 5 years of experience or a High School degree, or equivalent, and 10 years of experience is required. Contact me for more information at . ********************************************************** III. NOTICES III.A.1. Fr: Heather Boyles Re: ToC: FARNET's Washington Update FARNET's Washington Update --- March 29, 1996 IN THIS ISSUE: o Deadline is extended for filing comments at FCC on ACTA petition o Senate hearings on copyright and the NII postponed o Congressional Internet Caucus begins to pick up steam o Sen. Burns offers yet another encryption export bill designed to thwart Clinton administration plans Written from FARNET's Washington office, "FARNET's Washington Update" is a service to FARNET members and other interested subscribers. We gratefully acknowledge EDUCOM's NTTF and the Coalition for Networked Information for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Heather Boyles at heather@farnet.org. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Heather Boyles Director, Policy and Special Projects phone: (202) 331-5342 FARNET, Inc. fax: (202) 872-4318 1112 16th Street, NW Suite 600 email: heather@farnet.org Washington, DC 20036 web: http://www.farnet.org ********** III.A.2. Fr: Katharine Sharp Review Re: Katharine Sharp Review - No. 2 available The Katharine Sharp Review ISSN 1083-5261 http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review The Katharine Sharp Review, the review of student scholarship in library and information science, announces the publication of issue No. 2, Winter 1996! KSR is published by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this issue of the Katharine Sharp Review, we have taken an approach to encouraging scholarly debate among students. Sharon Garrou's paper 'The Role of the Public Library Director' is followed by solicited responses as well as an afterword by the author. Take a look at this alternative format and let us know what you think, and support student scholarship. Articles are available in both HTML and PDF formats. http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review/winter1996/ TABLE OF CONTENTS: Brian Scaife - The Effects of ICT on the Manufacturing Transnational Corporation Susan Tinanoff - End-user Searching with CD-ROM Databases Dale J. Parus - The Reference Interview: Communication and the Patron Judi Silver - Libraries and the Homeless: Caregivers or Enforcers Sharon M. Garrou - The Role of the Public Library Director With reponses by Jim Nichols and Christine Martin Kevin Ward Editor The Katharine Sharp Review review@edfu.lis.uiuc.edu http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/review ********** III.A.3. Fr: Jim Williams Re: ToC: FARNET's Washington Update FARNET's Washington Update --- April 5, 1996 IN THIS ISSUE: o Deadline has been extended for filing comments at FCC on Universal Service o Court challenge to CDA continued this week Written from FARNET's Washington office, "FARNET's Washington Update" is a service to FARNET members and other interested subscribers. We gratefully acknowledge EDUCOM's NTTF and the Coalition for Networked Information for additional support. If you would like more information about the Update or would like to offer comments or suggestions, please contact Heather Boyles at heather@farnet.org. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Heather Boyles Director, Policy and Special Projects phone: (202) 331-5342 FARNET, Inc. fax: (202) 872-4318 1112 16th Street, NW Suite 600 email: heather@farnet.org Washington, DC 20036 web: http://www.farnet.org ********** III.A.4. Fr: Clara M. Chu Re: Join EMIERT'S Electronic Discussion List, EMIE-L AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ETHNIC MATERIALS & INFORMATION EXCHANGE ROUND TABLE (EMIERT) IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 1996 Contact: Dr. Clara M. Chu (310) 206-9368, cchu@ucla.edu JOIN EMIERT'S ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION LIST, EMIE-L: Ethnic Materials & Information Exchange Listserv Re: New Publication from SLA The Special Libraries Association announces the publication of: FILE FORMATS ON THE INTERNET: A GUIDE FOR PC USERS by Allison B. Zhang Experienced Internet users will find this guide a valuable resource! Addressing the techniques needed to successfully use various file formats on the Internet and covering the most common file formats, including full text documents, graphics, sound and music, foreign language texts, software, and multimedia resources, the author describes how to: - Recognize the most common file formats; - Determine the appropriate mode of Internet file transfer; - Process the file for use on the PC; - Render the file using the appropriate PC application. c. 1996, ISBN 0-87111-441-0, 176 pages $34.00/SLA members $27.50 For ordering information contact Special Libraries Association at (202) 234-4700 ext. 643 or e-mail: susan@sla.org. Please add 5% of the subtotal plus $5.00 for shipping and handling. For orders outside the U.S., Canada, Mexico, or Central America, add 5% of the subtotal plus $10.00. ********** III.B.1. Fr: Gregory B. Newby Re: ALISE '97 CALL FOR PAPERS --- ALISE 1997 Reinventing the Information Profession ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION(ALISE) FEBRUARY 12-14, 1997 WASHINGTON D.C. HTTP://WWW.SILS.UMICH.EDU/ALISE/ The Association for Library and Information Science Education invites submissions for its 1997 Annual meeting, on the theme of reinventing the information profession. The conference will examine the challenges associated with developing the knowledge, skills, and approaches needed to prepare a new generation of information professionals. The emerging information professional will play an increasingly vital role in empowering individuals, communities, and organizations to capture the promise of the information age. Put very broadly, the task for the future is to draw on the strengths of library and information science education, to forge new interdisciplinary links, define new services and incorporate relevant new knowledge that results from the merging of related fields. To quote from the aims of the Kellogg Foundation Human Resources for Information Systems Management Program, this involves increasing: "the ability of professional staff and public institutions to meet the human service demands expressed at the community level related to increased information, an expanding knowledge base, and new communication systems." THEMES: 1. The emerging information culture - the form it is taking/the services that will be required. 2. Core knowledge or competencies of the new information professional. 3. New educational strategies for training information professionals. In addition to papers, participants are invited to submit hypermedia presentations of innovative educational techniques deployed, or to be deployed,in the classroom. 1996 DEADLINES: * May 1: A 500-word abstract of paper or presentation. * June 1: Feedback to author on abstract. Depending on the nature of the paper there will be several options offered at this point: + poster sessions of research in progress + presentation at plenary sessions + presentations at specialized sessions. Proceedings will be published of selected papers and all abstracts will be published. * August 15: Four copies of the manuscript or disk copy. * October 1: Notification of accepted papers or presentation. * November 1: Camera-ready copies of accepted manuscripts. As a result of this call for papers there will be various ways in which publication may result: * a volume of proceedings (under negotiation) * JELIS * CD-ROM of hypermedia presentations (under negotiation). Since the volume of proceedings and the publication of a CD-ROM are new to ALISE, we are still in the process of negotiating them. We will notify authors of the final publication possibilities in responses to the abstracts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS AND HYPERMEDIA PRESENTATIONS: Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript will be subjected to a refereeing process involving at least four reviewers. Manuscripts should have a title page that includes the title of the paper, full name(s) ofauthor(s), affiliation(s), complete postal and electronic mail address(es), telephone, and FAX numbers, and a 500-word abstract of the paper; presentations should open with a screen conveying this information. Submit your 500-word abstract of paper or presentation and then four copies of the paper and disk copy or URL of the presentation to the address below. Abstract submissions can be made in email form. GEOFFREY C. BOWKER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 501 E. DANIEL ST. CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820-6212 EMAIL: BOWKER@UIUC.EDU FAX: (217) 244-3302 ********** III.B.2. Fr: Paul Evan Peters Re: CAUSE/CNI Regional Conference CAUSE and the Coalition for Networked Information are proud to co-sponsor their third northeast regional conference "Networked Information: Challenges and Solutions" * May 30-31,1996 * Penn Tower Hotel * University of Pennsylvania * KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: "Totally Wired: Academia and Information Technology Move Toward the 21st Century" by Ira Fuchs, Vice President for Computing and Information Technology, Princeton University "A Technological Tapestry: Weaving Electronic Resources into the Fabric of Campus Life," by David Roselle, President, University of Delaware. CONFERENCE TOPICS: Economics of network publishing Campus/community networks Telecommunication legislation and policy update Making Web documents come alive Federal information in the networked environment Classrooms of the future Network security--a dream? Library and IT collaboration PRECONFERENCE SEMINARS: WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 #1: "Working Together: A Seminar for Library and Information Technology Professionals" by Gerry Bernbom, Assistant Director and Senior Information Technology Architect for University Computing Services, Indiana University, and Susan Jurow, Director of the Association of Research Libraries Office of Management Services #2: "Engineering and Operating the Data Network at a Major Research University in Times of Exponential Growth and Exploding Technologies" by George P. McKenna, Director, Network Engineering and Operations, Michael Palladino, Director, Installations, Planning and Video, Dikran Kassabian, Manager, Network Engineering, and Mark Wehrle, Manager, Network Operations, University of Pennsylvania CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Arnold Hirshon, Vice Provost for Information Resources, Lehigh University Paul Mosher, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, University of Pennsylvania Daniel A. Updegrove, Associate Vice Provost, Information Systems and Computing, University of Pennsylvania FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION: Contact Chris Vinall, Conference Registrar, at (303)939-0315, fax (303)440-0461, or conf@CAUSE.colorado.edu. Or, check out gopher://cause-gopher.colorado.edu/ or http://cause-www.colorado.edu/. ********** III.B.3. Fr: Library & Information Science Re: St. John's: Workshop on Book Indexing in New York City St. John's to Offer Workshop on Book Indexing in New York City "Indexing Books and Manuals: Principles and Techniques" is the theme of a Professional Development Seminar to be taught by Dr. Bella Hass Weinberg, Professor, Division of Library and Information Science, St. John's University, on Friday, April 26, 1996, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Sixty East Club, 60 East 42nd St., New York City (the Lincoln Building opposite Grand Central Station, the 27th floor). The fee for the seminar is $95 including lunch, coffee breaks, and handouts. There will be preregistration discounts for all, as well as lower rates for students and members of the American Society of Indexers. The seminar will introduce the preparation of "back-of-the-book" indexes, covering concepts of indexable matter, structure of index entries, cross-references, filing, format, and indexer-publisher relations. Manual and computer-assisted techniques will be discussed. Continuing Education Units (.6 CEU) will be available to those attending. Authors, publishers, information scientists, technical writers, librarians, and indexers should benefit from the seminar. The 1994 seminar was rated "excellent" by 61% of those nding, experienced indexers. Dr. Weinberg is a Past President of the American Society of Indexers, and former Chair of its Indexer Education Committee. She teaches graduate courses in Information Science as well as Indexing and Abstracting St. John's. She has compiled several highly praised book indexes, and consults on the design and evaluation of indexes and thesauri. Dr. Weinberg has published ensively on indexing theory, and edited Indexing: the State of Our Knowledge and the State of Our Ignorance (Learned Information, 1989). For further information, contact: James A. Benson, Director Phone: (718) 990-6200 Division of Library and Info. Scie. Fax: (718) 380-0353 St. John's University 8000 Utopia Parkway E-mail: ibis@sjumusic.stjohns.edu Jamaica NY 11439 ********** III.C.1. Fr: Paul Evan Peters Re: Internet Society Names New President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEATH NAMED NEW PRESIDENT/CEO OF WORLDWIDE INTERNET SOCIETY WASHINGTON, DC, April 2, 1996 -- Donald M. Heath, a veteran executive in the telecommunications, computer and software industries, has been named the first full-time president and chief executive officer of the Internet Society, the international organization responsible for global coordination and cooperation on the Internet. In his new position, Heath will lead a broad spectrum of activities focused on the Internet's development, international growth, availability, education, and associated technologies. He will also manage the Internet Society's responsibilities for facilitating and coordinating Internet-related initiatives around the world. The Internet Society's growing membership represents more than 125 countries and comprises today's leading corporations, foundations, educational institutions, trade and professional associations, government agencies, international organizations, network professionals, and individual users. Lawrence Landweber, Professor, Computer Sciences Dept., University of Wisconsin, who had held the voluntary position of president of the Internet Society, now serves as chairman of the Internet Society, Board of Trustees, the highest elective office in the organization. Tony Rutkowski, who had headed the Internet Society staff as executive director, has joined General Magic, of Sunnyvale, CA. "We are very pleased that Don Heath will be heading the day-to-day operations of the Internet Society at a time of tremendous growth in the size and scope of the Internet, which now represents the aggregation of nearly 100,000 autonomous networks worldwide," Landweber said. He added, "Don has held senior executive positions at MCI, British Telecom and other high-tech companies. His strategic vision, leadership talent, and proven ability to work with many and diverse groups will be key to the evolution of the Internet worldwide." Heath recently was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Transaction Network Services, of Herndon, VA. Prior to that position, he was vice president, product management and marketing for BT North America where he was responsible for the development and implementation of a series of successful marketing programs, products and services. From 1989 to 1993, he was with MCI Communications Corp., where he served as vice president of Data Marketing leading the company's strategic thrust into the emerging data communications services market. He joined MCI from his position as president of XtraSoft, Inc., a retail management software and systems firm. 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