Distinguished Seminars by speaker
| Each year, OCLC invites distinguished professionals to lead a half-day seminar where they discuss recently completed or early-stage research that they have undertaken. The following table lists speakers in alphabetical order by their last names. | |
| Speaker | Title | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Y. Arms Director | The National Science Digital Library ( NSDL) as an Example of Current Research in Information Science (PowerPoint:1.09MB/41 slides) | October 25, 2002 | ||
| Abstract (PDF:40K/1p.) | ||||
| Pauline Atherton Professor School of Information Studies Syracuse University | A Forward Look at On-Line Services in the 1980's | December 10, 1980 | ||
| Daniel E. Atkins Dean and Professor School of Information and Library Studies The University of Michigan | Towards a National Collaboratory | May 7, 1993 | ||
| Robert Bailey President Computer Psychology, Inc. | Designing Quality User Interfaces | June 5, 1990 | ||
| Toni Carbo Bearman Dean of the School of Library and Information Science University of Pittsburgh | Changes in the Life Cycle of Information and Implications of These Changes for the Education of Information Professionals | September 16, 1987 | ||
| Nicholas Belkin Professor, School of Communication Information and Library Studies Rutgers University | On the Nature and Function of Explanation in Intelligent Information Retrieval | February 16, 1988 | ||
| Jack Belzer Professor School of Library and Information Science University of Pittsburgh | Personalized Computer Languages for Man-Machine Communications | September 14, 1979 | ||
| Howard Besser Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science University of Pittsburgh | Extending Retrieval Systems to Include Images: What do we need to consider? | February 27, 1991 | ||
| Helene Blowers | Finding the Phoenix: Feathers, Flight & the Future of Libraries (slides, .pdf: 4.7MB/75 pp.) | October 9, 2009 | ||
| Abstract PDF (65kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides: 80 min.) | Presentation audio (.mp3: 71MB/ 79 min.) | ||
| Johan Bollen | Mobilizing Usage Data: Scholarly Metrics and Recommender Systems (.ppt: 22MB/50 slides) | October 22, 2010 | ||
| Abstract PDF (110kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides: 70 min.) Discussion webcast (video: 17 min.) | Presentation audio (.mp3: 64.4MB/ 70 min.) Discussion audio (.mp3: 15.9MB/ 17 min.) | ||
| Abraham Bookstein Professor, Graduate Library School The University of Chicago | Feedback Mechanisms in Information Retrieval | September 23, 1986 | ||
| Wesley L. Boomgaarden Preservation Officer The Ohio State University Libraries | Preservation Administration in Research Libraries: Making the Past Accessible to the Future | January 7, 1986 | ||
| Christine Borgman, Ph.D. Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies UCLA Visiting Professor Department of Information Science Loughborough University, England | From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World | April 20, 2001 | ||
| Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF:8517K/48pp.; see p. 34) | |||
| Jennifer Bowen and David Lindahl River Campus Libraries University of Rochester | The University of Rochester's eXtensible Catalog (XC) project | April 22, 2008 | ||
| Abstract PDF (126kb/1p.) | ||||
| Kathleen Braverman, Ph.D. Partner Global Lead Management Corporation Cincinnati, Ohio | Social Dialects in America's Workplace | August 28, 2001 | ||
| Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF:13.4MB/40pp.; see p. 21) | |||
| Marshall Breeding Director for Innovative Technologies and Research Jean & Alexander Heard Library Vanderbilt University | Trends in Library Automation: Meeting the challenges of a new generation of library users (1.07MB/54 slides) | November 29, 2006 | ||
| Abstract | Audio: Better audio, larger file (MP3: 87MB ) Smaller file, faster download (MP3: 22MB ) | |||
| Michael Buckland Assistant Vice President for Library Plans and Policies Office of the President University of California | The Vanishing Library Catalog: Access, Bibliography, and Technology | March 17, 1987 | ||
| Priscilla Caplan Assistant Director, Digital Library Services Florida Center for Library Automation | Preservation Rumination: Digital Preservation and the Unfamiliar Future | February 16, 2005 | ||
| Abstract PDF (36K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:23MB/100min.) | |||
| Toni Carbo, Ph.D. Dean and Professor of School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh | Information Policy and the Work of the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council ( NII AC) | April 15, 1997 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| John M. Carroll Manager of User Interface Theory and Design IBM Watson Research Center | Making a Science 'in' Design | November 12, 1990 | ||
| B. Chandrasekaran Professor of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University | Expert Systems: Matching Techniques to Tasks | May 10, 1985 | ||
| Ching-chih Chen, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Dean Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College | The Role of Libraries in the Electronic Age as Reflected in Research Studies of Citizen Information Needs | May 10, 1981 | ||
| Ching-chih Chen, Ph.D. Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College | New Mode of Universal Access: The Latest Development of Global Memory Net | September 30, 2005 | ||
| Abstract PDF (54K/1p.) | Selected quick references | |||
| Related item: A paper closely paralleling this presentation is available (PDF:5.2MB/10pp.) by courtesy of the author and the publisher, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE. | ||||
| Paul Clough | MultiMatch: Providing Multilingual/Multimedia Access to Cultural Heritage Content (slides, .pdf: 7MB/53 pp.) | July 23, 2009 | ||
| Abstract PDF (67kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides) | Presentation audio (.mp3: 83MB/ 90min.) | ||
| Paul Conway Director, Information Technology Services Perkins Library Duke Universiy | Institutional Repositories: Is There Anything Left to Say? (PDF:2.5MB/45pp.) | October 7, 2004 | ||
| Abstract PDF (39K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:20MB/85min.) | |||
| William S. Cooper Professor of Library and Inforamtion Studies University of California, Berkeley | Human and Inhuman Uses of Probability Theory in Information Retrieval | April 8, 1988 | ||
| Paul Courant University Librarian and Dean of Libraries Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy Professor of Economics and of Information University of Michigan | Economic Perspectives on Academic Libraries (slides, .pdf: 365kb/17 pp.) | July 8, 2010 | ||
| Abstract PDF (100kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides: 72 min.) | Presentation audio (.mp3: 32.7MB/ 72 min.) | ||
| Kenneth D. Crews, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Law and of Library and Information Science Indiana University Director of the Copyright Management Center Indiana University-Purdue University | The Copyright Dilemma: Legal Tensions and Information Networks | March 19, 1996 | ||
| W. Bruce Croft Associate Professor Department of Computer and Information Science University of Massachusetts at Amherst | Retrieval by Plausible Inference | May 3, 1988 | ||
| Blaise Cronin School of Computing Napier University Edinburgh, Scotland | Scholars and Scripts, Eyeballs and Epistemes: What it Means to Publish (PPT:714K/29 slides) | April 29, 2004 | ||
| Abstract PDF (41K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:61MB/66min.) | |||
| Gerald DeJong, Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Illinois | An Overview of Natural Language Processing | February 15, 1985 | ||
| Archie Dick Associate Professor University of South Africa Visiting Professor Wayne State University | Librarianship and Information Science in South Africa: Reflections on the Parting of the Ways | February 27, 1997 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Charles M. Dollars Assistant Director Archival Research & Evaluation National Archives and Records Service | Electronic Information Handling Technologies: Preservation Issues | March 11, 1986 | ||
| Richard M. Dougherty Director University Library The University of Michigan | Technological Deployment in Research Libraries | February 23, 1979 | ||
| Kenneth E. Dowlin Director Pikes Peak Library District | Maggie's Place System | February 17, 1982 | ||
| Karen M. Drabenstott Associate Professor School of Information University of Michigan | Envisioning a Multimedia Dewey Decimal Classification | April 13, 1999 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Mike Eisenberg Professor and Dean Emeritus The Information School The University of Washington | The Sky is Not Falling! Opportunities Abound as Library Schools Become Information Schools | September 20, 2007 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Adam Eisgrau Lobbyist American Library Association | Copyright, the Universe, and Everything | January 19, 1999 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Jason Epstein Co-founder | Reading: The Digital Future | July 30, 2002 | ||
| Abstract (PDF:44K/1p.) | ||||
| Edward A. Fox Associate Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | From Electronic Publishing to Intelligent Information Retrieval | February 10, 1989 | ||
| Aviezri S. Fraenkel Professor Department of Applied Mathematics The Weizmann Institute of Science | The Use and Usefulness of Numeration Systems | August 24, 1984 | ||
| E. Gordon Gee President The Ohio State University | From Hardware to Thoughtware: Information Literacy and the Community of Learning | March 18, 1991 | ||
| Narain H. Gehani Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, New Jersey | Novel Aspects of Ada | February 3, 1987 | ||
| Michael Gorman Director of General Services University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library | Cataloging for the Electronic Union Catalog | April 1, 1986 | ||
| Jim Gray Distinguished Engineer Scaleable Servers Research Group Manager Bay Area Research Center Microsoft | The World Wide Telescope: A Prototype of the Digital Library (PPT:1.42MB/32slides) | May 17, 2004 | ||
| Abstract PDF (PDF:41K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:22MB/95min.) | |||
| Jose-Marie Griffiths Vice-President King Research, Inc. | Evaluating the Impact of Implementing an Integrated Automated Library System | November 11, 1986 | ||
| Viktor Hampel Project Leader Technology Information System Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Demonstration of the Technology Information System and the Gateway Computer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | December 15, 1983 | ||
| Robert C. Heterick Vice President for Information Systems Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Demons, Paradoxes and Golden Arches | December 7, 1989 | ||
| Tom Hickerson Vice Provost, Libraries and Cultural Resources, and University Librarian University of Calgary | Convergence of Knowledge and Culture: Calgary's Design for the Future (.pdf: 554KB/53 pp.) | February 12, 2009 | ||
| Abstract PDF (112kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides) Discussion webcast | (Audio files of presentation and discussion coming soon) | ||
| Lee Hollaar Associate Professor Department of Computer Science University of Utah | Utah Text Retrieval Project | December 13, 1984 | ||
| Mary E. Jackson Head Interlibrary Loan Department University of Pennsylvania Library | Rushing Toward 2000: Enhancing Services, Technologies, and Priorities for Resource Sharing | December 1, 1992 | ||
| Jeffrey Katzer Professor of Information Studies Syracuse University | Toward a More Realistic Assessment of Information Retrieval Performance | May 14, 1990 | ||
| Michael A. Keller University Librarian and Director, Academic Information Resources, Stanford University Publisher, HighWire Press Publisher, Stanford University Press | Mass digitization in the Google Book Search program and its possible effects on scholarship | September 19, 2003 | ||
| Abstract PDF (116K/1p.) | ||||
| Anne R. Kenney | Approaching an Entity Crisis: Reconceiving Research Libraries in a Multi-institutional Context (slides, .pdf: 2.65MB/36 pp.) | September 23, 2009 | ||
| Abstract PDF (64kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides: 78 min.) | Presentation audio (.mp3: 71MB/ 78 min.) | ||
| Ken Klingenstein Project Director Internet2 Middleware | The Golden Age of Plywood (PDF:1.74MB/64 slides) | September 19, 2003 | ||
| Abstract PDF (43K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:20.2MB/88min.) | |||
| Donald Kraft Professor Department of Computer Science Louisiana State University | Fuzzy Subset Theory and Generalized Boolean Retrieval Systems | January 18, 1985 | ||
| Donald Kraft Professor of Computer Science and Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science Louisiana State University | One Journal Editor's View of the Future of Journals | December 14, 1993 | ||
| Tukaram S. Kumbar, Ph.D. Scientist-D Information and Library Network Centre ( INFLIBNET) Ahmedabad, India | Indian Libraries and the OCLC Global Library Cooperative: An exploration of opportunities and possibilities for collaboration | November 20, 2001 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| F. W. Lancaster Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois | Uses of Machine Readable Databases in Technological and Social Forecasting | May 6, 1986 | ||
| Derek Law Librarian Head of Information Resources Directorate University of Strathclyde | The Social Role of Digital Libraries | March 11, 2004 | ||
| Abstract PDF (45K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:23MB/66min.) | |||
| Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler Professor and Head School of Industrial Engineering Purdue University | A Prospectus on Information Systems Engineering | October 11, 1988 | ||
| Michael Lesk Division Manager of Computer Science Research Bell Communications Research, Inc. | Experiments with Computer Readable Dictionaries | March 8, 1988 | ||
| Wendy Lougee Assistant Director Digital Library Initiatives University of Michigan Library | Perspectives on the Digital Information Environment: A Case for Collaborative and Institutional Models | November 11, 1997 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Sandra Mamrak Associate Professor Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University | A Software Architecture to Support Data Translation | July 14, 1987 | ||
| Donald A. Marchand Dean, School of Information Studies Center for Science & Technology Syracuse University | Infotrends: A 1990's Outlook on Strategic Information Management | March 12, 1990 | ||
| Cathy Marshall Senior Researcher Microsoft Corporation | A Personal Digital Dark Ages: Assessing the Fate of Our Digital Belongings | December 8, 2005 | ||
| Abstract PDF (40K/1p.) | ||||
| Robert S. Martin, Ph.D Director Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | Libraries, Their Role And Relationship To Other Cultural Institutions | February 3, 2003 | ||
| Abstract PDF (40K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:13.7MB/60min.) | |||
| Anne J. Mathews Director Office of Library Programs U.S. Department of Education | The Office of Library Programs: An Overview | July 11, 1989 | ||
| Davis B. McCarn President Online Information International, Inc. | Unmediated Searching | December 7, 1978 | ||
| Michael J. McGill Associate Professor and Assistant Dean School of Information Studies Syracuse University | Subject Oriented Information Retrieval Systems | April 17, 1980 | ||
| William McGrath Dean of Library Services University of Lowell | The Impact of Libraries on International Enrollment | November 25, 1980 | ||
| Ia McIlwaine Director of the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies | Communication and Classification in the Next Century | October 26, 1998 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Neil McLean, Ph.D. Director, IMS Australia | Libraries and eLearning: Organizational and Technical Interoperability | March 20, 2002 | ||
| Abstract | Paper (Word:198K/13pp.) | Audio (MP3:25.6MB/63min.) | ||
| Gail McMillan, M.A., M.L.S. Associate Professor University Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Perspectives on ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations): Library Issues and Responsibilities | November 7, 2000 | ||
| Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF: 3139K/48pp.; see p. 22) | |||
| Charles T. Meadow Professor School of Library and Information Science Drexel University | Individualized Instruction for Data Access | October 4, 1978 | ||
| Eric Lease Morgan Librarian NCSU Libraries North Carolina State University | MyLibrary: A Model for Implementing a User-centered, Customizable Interface to a Library's Collection of Information Resources | February 18, 2000 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Theodor Holm Nelson Distinguished Fellow Autodesk, Inc. | Tomorrow's Online 'Docuverse' | November 13, 1991 | ||
| M. Lynn Neufeld former Executive Director National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services | Databases: Dinosaurs to Compact Disks | October 8, 1985 | ||
| William Newman Principal Scientist Xerox Research Centre Europe | Developing Tools for Readers and Writers based on Over-the-Desk Digital Cameras | May 21, 1999 | ||
| Abstract | ||||
| Roger G. Noll Morris M. Doyle Professor of Public Policy Department of Economics Stanford University | Scholarly Periodical Costs and the Future of the Research Library | March 5, 1993 | ||
| Vicki O'Day doctoral student Department of Anthropology University of California Santa Cruz. | Information Ecologies and Digital Libraries | November 16, 1999 | ||
| Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF: 1851K/56pp.; see p. 31) | |||
| Diana G. Oblinger Vice President EDUCAUSE | Listening to What We're Seeing (PPT:1.2MB/56slides) | August 25, 2005 | ||
| Abstract PDF (46K/1p.) | ||||
| Richard Ovenden Keeper of Special Collections Associate Director Bodleian Library University of Oxford | Managing the Collective Collection: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities (.ppt: 9MB/90 slides) | March 16, 2009 | ||
| Abstract PDF (67kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides) Discussion webcast | Presentation audio (MP3: 57MB/72 min.) Discussion audio (MP3: 20MB/22 min.) | ||
| Carole L. Palmer Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library & Information Science (GSLIS) Director, Center for Informatics Research in Science & Scholarship (CIRSS) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Research Practice and Research Libraries: Working toward High-Impact Information Services (.ppt: 5.7MB/41 slides) | June 19, 2008 | ||
| Abstract PDF (125kb/1p.) | Audio (MP3: 74.2MB/80 min.) | |||
| Dr. Norman Paskin Director The International DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Foundation | The DOI (Digital Object Identifier) | February 23, 1999 | ||
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| W. David Penniman Director of the Libraries and Information Systems Center AT&T Bell Laboratories | Tomorrow's Library Today | November 9, 1987 | ||
| Steve Pollitt Reader in Information Science University of Huddersfield, UK | View Based Searching: A New Paradigm for Information Retrieval Based on Faceted Classification and Indexing | December 5, 1997 | ||
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| Joseph W. Price Chief of the Science and Technology Division Library of Congress | Optical Disk Technology and Library Needs | February 18, 1986 | ||
| David Grey Remington Chief Cataloging Distribution Service Library of Congress | Libraries in Electronic Publishing: Publishing, Information, Delivery, and Library Service Converge in the New Optical Disk Technology | November 8, 1983 | ||
| David S. H. Rosenthal Sun Microsystems | The X Application Environment | June 8, 1989 | ||
| Yuri Rubinsky President and Co-Founder SoftQuad, Inc. | The Exhilaration of Making Accessible Documents: Publishing for the Print-Disabled | October 11, 1994 | ||
| Chris Rusbridge | "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow:" the players on the curation stage (6.2MB/63 slides) | October 26, 2006 | ||
| Abstract PDF (122K/1p.) | ||||
| Jane Ryland Membership Consultant | Internet2 Today (PPT:2.89MB/65 slides) | April 15, 2003 1:00 p.m. | ||
| Abstract PDF (39K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:13.4MB/58min.) | |||
| Gerard Salton Professor Computer Science Cornell University Joel Fagan graduate student in linguistics and computer science Cornell | The Generation of Complex Content Descriptions for Document Identification | November 11, 1985 | ||
| Dana Scott University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy and Mathematical Logic Carnegie Mellon University | Capturing Concepts with Data Structures | December 2, 1986 | ||
| Brian Shackel Head Department of Human Sciences Loughborough University | Electronic Journals--A Paperless Paradox | April 23, 1985 | ||
| Brian Shackel Professor Department of Human Sciences Loughborough University of Technology Director HUSAT | The Impact of Technological Development in the Prepublication Dissemination of Information: Project Quartet | April 3, 1987 | ||
| Ward Shaw Executive Director Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries | Local Systems Developments Relating to Networking, Services, End User Access, and the Hardware, Software, and Connectivity Platforms and Approaches | November 9, 1989 | ||
| Gregory M. Shreve, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Applied Linguistics Chair, Modern and Classical Language Studies Kent State University | Software Localization and Internationalization: How and Why (PPT:37slides/811K) | December 9, 2004 | ||
| Abstract PDF (43K/1p.) | Audio: Better audio, larger file (MP3:28MB/103min) Smaller file, faster download (MP3:6MB/93min) | |||
| Related presentation: Internationalizing Digital Libraries: Towards a Standards-Based Strategy (PPT:30slides/791K). Presented at ASIS&T 2004, 14 November 2004, Providence, Rhode Island (USA). [Provided by G. Shreve in response to audience requests following his DSS presentation.] | ||||
| Linda C. Smith Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science Univesity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Libraries and Information Systems | September 27, 1984 | ||
| Stanley Smith Professor Emeritus Department of Zoology The Ohio State University | Video Displays, Work, and Vision | March 30, 1984 | ||
| Ben A. Shneiderman Professor Computer Science Department University of Maryland, College Park | User Interfaces for Information Visualization | April 13, 1992 | ||
| Dagobert Soergel Professor College of Library and Information Services University of Maryland, College Park | Improved Access to LC Classification and LC Subject Headings for Online Searchers and Catalogers Through Conceptual Analysis | March 14, 1989 | ||
| Elliot Soloway Professor Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The University of Michigan | Interactive Learning Environments | May 20, 1992 | ||
| Elliot Soloway Associate Professor Department of Computer Science Yale University | The Mental Life of Programmers | March 8, 1985 | ||
| Karen Sparck Jones Assistant Director of Research Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge | Integrated Inquiry Systems | November 8, 1988 | ||
| Karen Sparck Jones Assistant Director of Research Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge | Foundations for Automatic Summarising: A Framework and Some Experiments | June 22, 1993 | ||
| A. W. Speyers Manager, Regional Sales Interstate Electronics, Inc | Voice Data Entry | May 13, 1980 | ||
| Gloriana St. Clair, Ph.D. Dean of University Libraries Carnegie Mellon University | The Million Book Project Today (PPT:927K/22 slides) | October 21, 2003 | ||
| Abstract PDF (49K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:12MB/53min.) | |||
| Roy Tennant Manager eScholarship Web & Services Design California Digital Library | Points of Pain, Peculiar Possibilities, and a Patron Paradise, or A Slightly Arbitrary Set of Hair-brained Ideas (PPT:2.58MB/45 slides) | February 26, 2003 | ||
| Abstract PDF (43K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:19.5MB/86min.) | |||
| Carol Tenopir Professor School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee | Electronic Reference in Academic Libraries in the 1990's | March 7, 1995 | ||
| Sarah E. Thomas, Ph.D. Carl A. Kroch University Librarian Cornell University | The Library Catalog as Internet Portal | January 31, 2001 | ||
| Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF:27,753K/48pp.; see p. 27) | |||
| Barbara B. Tillett, Ph.D. Chief Cataloging Policy and Support Office Library of Congress | Conceptual Modeling and Cataloging Rules | January 30, 1996 | ||
| Barbara B. Tillett, Ph.D. Chief Cataloging Policy and Support Office Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | The FRBR Model (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) | December 4, 2001 | ||
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| Douglas Tudhope Reader, School of Computing University of Glamorgan | Towards Terminology Services: Esperiences from the FACET project (1.24MB/44 slides) | April 24, 2006 | ||
| Abstract PDF (36K/1p.) | ||||
| Herbert Van de Sompel Research Library Prototyping Team Lead Los Alamos National Laboratory | Memento: Time Travel for the Web (slides, .pdf: 15.4MB/90 pp.) | November 19, 2009 | ||
| Abstract PDF (69kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides: 64 min.) Demonstration (video and audio: 6 min.) Discussion (video and audio: 16 min.) | Presentation audio (.mp3: 79MB/ 86 min.) | ||
| David L. Waltz Professor Computer Science Brandeis University Director Advanced Information Systems Thinking Machines Corporation | Parallel Computing for Information Retrieval | September 20, 1988 | ||
| Herbert S. White Dean School of Library and Information Science Indiana University | The Academic Library Budget Crunch and the Reluctant Conversion to Cooperation and Resource Sharing | November 19, 1980 | ||
| Martha Williams Professor of Information Science Information Retrieval Research Laboratory Coordinated Science Laboratory University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Information Retrieval Research: Interface Comparison, Database Selection and Transparent Systems | October 21, 1986 | ||
| Patrick Wilson Professor School of Library and Information Studies University of California, Berkeley | The Work and the Work Record in Cataloging | May 27, 1987 | ||
| Lawrence A. Woods Head Research and Development Unit University Library Audio Visual Center Purdue | An Overview of the Use of Micro-Computers in the Library | March 13, 1980 | ||
| Stuart Zweben Assistant Professor Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University | Design Methodologies in Software Engineering | August 14, 1979 | ||