[1] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (92)
Subject: BEST PRACTICES: Survey on Preparation of Materials to
be Digitized
[2] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (126)
Subject: PROPOSAL DEADLINES: Museums and the Web; ICHIM '99
[3] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (194)
Subject: CONFERENCE & EVENTS ROUND-UP
[4] From: David Green <david@ninch.org> (84)
Subject: Calls for Papers: "The Culture of the Copy;" "New
Paradigms in Information Visualization."
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 08:50:05 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: BEST PRACTICES: Survey on Preparation of Materials to be
Digitized
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
September 4, 1998
SURVEY ON PHYSICAL PREPARATION OF MATERIALS TO BE DIGITIZED
<http://www.rlg.org/preserv/joint/preparation_survey.html>
PLEASE PARTICIPATE: DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 14, 1998
In an attempt to work on the production of a Guide to Best Practices in the
digitization of material that reflect preservation needs and concerns, RLG
and the UK/Irish National Preservation Office, as part of its upcoming
Guidelines for Digital Imaging conference
<http://www.rlg.org/preserv/joint/index.html>, has prepared a survey of
current digitizing practices.
The WOrking Group is keen to enlist as much participation in this survey
prior to September 14.
David Green
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>Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 15:53:03 PDT
>From: Robin Dale <BL.RLD@RLG.ORG>
>
SURVEY ON PHYSICAL PREPARATION OF MATERIALS TO BE DIGITIZED
*** All responses welcome! Please submit by 14 September ***
The Research Libraries Group (RLG) and the National Preservation
Office (NPO UK/Ireland) are jointly sponsoring a conference 28-30
September which has the overall theme, Guidelines for Digital
Imaging.
In order to gather information about the processes employed in the
preparation of materials for digital imaging, the Working Group on
Preparation has devised a public survey tool. This survey is
web-based and is available through the conference site:
http://www.rlg.org/preserv/joint/preparation_survey.html or
http://www.thames.rlg.org/preserv/joint/preparation_survey.html
(from Europe)
The following brief description is taken from the introduction to
the survey:
"The Working Group on Preparation is trying to assess current
practice relating to preservation aspects, prior to, and
during, digital image capture. It is hoped, eventually, to produce
best practice guidelines which will reflect preservation
needs/concerns during digital image processing."
"As part of this project, we would be grateful for answers to the
following survey, together with any additional information
you think may be helpful in compiling these best practice
guidelines. N.B. All responses/information will be treated in
confidence."
The Working Group would like to encourage *all those* involved with
digital imaging projects to visit the Joint Conference site and
complete the survey - **whether you will be able to attend the
conference or not**. The more survey responses submitted, the better
the chance the conference will have at identifying current
practices, identifying consensus or dissension, and moving forward
towards codifying best practices where possible.
The Working Group on Preparation will need to have survey responses
in hand by Monday, 14 September in order to process and include the
information in their papers. It is estimated that the survey will
take approximately 15 to 20 minutes to complete. The Joint
Conference planners and speakers would like to encourage **all**
people involved in digital imaging projects to visit the conference
Web site and to complete the survey.
We thank you in advance for your assistance.
Conference Organizers and members of the Working Group on
Preparation: Alison Horsburgh (Scottish Record Office), Ann
Swartzell (Harvard University) and John McIntyre (National
Library of Scotland).
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Background on the Joint Preservation Conference
The conference has several objectives:
- To provide a venue where preservation specialists and digital
project managers may gain an understanding of the several US and
UK efforts related to imaging for preservation, particularly
those efforts that are resulting in the development of
guidelines;
- To create an opportunity for exchange of ideas on the content
and focus of the guidelines;
- To reach consensus on purpose, scope, and practical
implementation implications of the guidelines and evolving best
practices.
The following topics will be covered:
- Guidelines for the selection of collections;
- Guidelines for the preparation of materials;
- Guidelines for digital image capture;
- Issues and approaches to preservation metadata;
- Progress toward evolving best practices in digital archiving.
For each of the sections addressing "guidelines," working groups
have been formed by the speakers in order to gather information
in regard to the current state of each topic from an international
perspective. It is through this information gathering and sharing
process that we may begin to identify areas in which consensus might
exist as well as areas where further research and development may be
needed.
For more information on the conference, visit the web site at:
http://www.thames.rlg.org/preserv/joint/index.html (from Europe)
http://www.rlg.org/preserv/joint/index.html (from North America).
p://www.sun.com/edu/solaris to place an order.
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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 23:22:20 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: PROPOSAL DEADLINES: Museums and the Web; ICHIM '99
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
September 6, 1998
CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION:
MUSEUMS & THE WEB 1999: DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE INFORMATICS MEETING (ICHIM)
DEADLINE NOVEMBER 30, 1998
Below are two calls for participation with upcoming deadlines. MUSEUMS &
THE WEB, 1999, will be held in New Orleans, March 11-14. Proposals for
papers, on-line activities, and workshops on Web-related issues for
museums, archives, libraries and other cultural heritage institutions are
invited by the deadline of September 30, 1998.
The 1999 INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE INFORMATICS MEETING (ICHIM) will
be in Washington, DC, September 23-26. Proposals must address methods of
access to cultural heritage information, with specific attention to the
interaction between users, information resources and providers. The
deadline is November 30, 1998.
David Green
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***** Museums and the Web 1999 *****
***** New Orleans, Louisiana, USA *****
***** March 11-14, 1999 *****
***** http:/www.archimuse.com/mw99 *****
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION (note deadline extension)
Proposals are invited for the Third Annual Museums and the Web Conference.
The 1998 conference in Toronto attracted over 450 attendees to hear 100
presenters from 20 countries. (Conference papers are still online at
http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/.)
The deadline for proposals, papers, on-line activities, and workshops has
been extended from August 31, to September 30, 1998. (Note that Proposals
received earlier will be given preference.) All proposals are subject to
peer review by the Museums and the Web Program Committee; papers will be
selected on the basis of the quality of the abstract. Selected speakers
will be notified by October 15. Full papers are required by January 15,
1999. Papers will be published. All speakers must register for the meeting,
and are eligible for a 50% discount.
Proposals for demonstrations (informal opportunities to show features of a
site without an explicit thesis) will be accepted until December 31, 1998
and are not subject to the peer review process.
Proposals must address Web-related issues for museums, archives, libraries
and other cultural heritage institutions.
Topics of interest include:
Social
* Applications of the Web by Museums
* Web Publication of Museum Content
* Use Of Museum Webs in Schools and Education
* New Ways of Reaching Old, and New Communities
* Evaluation of Web Programs
Organizational
* Internal Management of a Web Presence
* Multi-Institutional Ventures
* Sales, Advertising and Editorial Control
* Contracting Development and Maintenance
Technical
* Database Publishing
* Multi-media and webcasting
* New standards, protocols and tools
* Interface design and beyond
Proposal Format
All proposals must include the name, job title, institution, address,
phone, fax and email for the presenter. In an Abstract of at least a
paragraph (max. 500 words), summarize the thesis of the presentation, and
cite relevant URLs.
E-mail proposals to: mw99@archimuse.com
Museums and the Web is organized by Archives & Museum Informatics.
Conference Co-Chairs, David Bearman and Jennifer Trant.
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International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting (ICHIM)
Sept. 23-26, 1999: Washington, DC
<http://www.archimuse.com/ichim99/>
Call for Participation: DEADLINE NOVEMBER 30, 1998
Paper proposals are invited for the Fifth ICHIM Conference (formerly known
as the International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums).
Since its beginning in 1991 with a strict focus on interactivity, ICHIM has
broadened its scope to include the full range of issues having to do with
Cultural Heritage Informatics. The 1997 ICHIM conference at Le Louvre in
Paris, attracted over 650 attendees from 25 countries.
<www.archimuse.com/ichim97>.
Proposals will be accepted until November 30, 1998. All papers are subject
to critical peer review and will be judged on the basis of the quality of
the abstract. Selected speakers will be notified by December 15, 1998. Full
papers are required by May 15, 1999. Papers will be published. All speakers
must register for the meeting.
Proposals must address methods of access to cultural heritage information,
with specific attention to the interaction between users, information
resources and providers.
Topics of interest include:
SOCIAL
Impact of Information Technology on Existing Institutions
Authenticity and Quality in Cultural Heritage Information
Outreach and New Modes of Communication
Public Policy and International Issues
ORGANIZATIONAL
New Institutional Models
Economic and Political Issues
Collaborations, Partnerships & Income Production
TECHNICAL
Converging Technologies Implications
Methods for Promoting Interactivity
Presentation and Display Standards
Dissemination and Access Methods
Proposals must include speaker's name, job title, institution, address,
phone, fax and email, and explain the thesis of the proposed presentation
in a full abstract.
Email proposals to: ichim99@archimuse.com
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J. Trant jtrant@archimuse.com
Co-Chair www.archimuse.com/mw99/
Museums and the Web
Archives & Museum Informatics
5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775
Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232 fax + 1-412-683-7366
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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
www-ninch.cni.org
david@cni.org
202/296-5346 202/872-0884 fax
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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 23:26:24 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: CONFERENCE & EVENTS ROUND-UP
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
September 6, 1998
1. American Association of Museums Seminar
CURRENT ISSUES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
December 3-5, 1998; San Francisco, California
<http://www.aam-us.org/profed.htm>
2. SOUTHEAST COLLEGE ART CONFERENCE 1998
VISUAL RESOURCES SESSIONS
October 29-31: Miami Beach
<http://www.valdosta.edu/secac/conference.html>
3. ASIS 1998 ANNUAL MEETING
October 24-30: Pittsburgh
<http://www.asis.org>
4. Fourth Digital Storytelling Festival
September 17-20: Crested Butte, Colorado
<http://www.dstory.com/>
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1. American Association of Museums Seminar
CURRENT ISSUES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
December 3-5, 1998; San Francisco, California
<http://www.aam-us.org/profed.htm>
As creators, owners, and users of intellectual property, museums today are
grappling with an array of issues surrounding copyright, trademark, trade
dress, trade secret, and patents. This interdisciplinary seminar focuses on
clarifying some of the confusion and misinformation associated with
copyright and trademark law and the appropriate uses of such materials,
managing intellectual property in the digital environment, illuminating the
fair use debate, reviewing new copyright developments in Congress and the
courts, and other intellectual property issues of interest to the museum
community.
Confirmed speakers:
* Howard Besser, Assistant Adjunct Professor of Information and Management
Systems, University of California, Berkeley
* Kenneth D. Crews, Associate Professor of Law and of Library and
Information Science, Director, Copyright Management Center, Indiana
University Purdue University Indianapolis
* Leslie Kurtz, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of California,
Davis
* Karren M. Shorofsky, Partner, Member of the Intellectual Property,
Multimedia, and Litigation Groups, Steinhart & Falconer, LLP, San Francisco
* Stephen E. Weil, Senior Scholar Emeritus, Center for Museum Studies,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Registration fees:
$300 AAM Member-early registration (received by October 26, 1998)
$350 AAM Member-standard registration
$425 Non-member
Host hotel:
Radisson Mikayo Hotel, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
(800) 533-4567 or (415) 922-3200
$129 per night single/double occupancy (plus applicable taxes)
special negotiated rate available until November 11, 1998
TO REGISTER (or for more information on registration fees, agendas, travel
discounts, etc.,) please contact Professional Education Programs, American
Association of Museums, 1575 Eye St. N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005,
202/289-9114; fax 202/289-6578; or email: <mailto: seminars@aam-us.org>
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2. SOUTHEAST COLLEGE ART CONFERENCE 1998
VISUAL RESOURCES SESSIONS
October 29-31: Miami Beach
<http://www.valdosta.edu/secac/conference.html>
>Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:16:24 -0400
>>From: "Updike, Christina B" <updikecb@jmu.edu>
>
*******************************************
Thursday, October 29:
VRC Lunch/Business meeting at a local restaurant (TBA).
P.M. session: VRC Tour of the Wolfsonian Institution-FIU on Miami Beach,
housing diverse collections of decorative and propaganda art.
Friday, October 30:
A.M. SESSION: (2 hours)
*VRC PAPERS: "Into Hot Water? The Digital Dilemma: Issues and Answers"
Chair: Christina B. Updike, James Madison University
Speakers:
>"The Checchi Classroom: The Evolution of a State of the Art Multimedia
>Classroom," Bonita Billman, Visual Resources Curator, Georgetown University
>"What's the Dilemma? Teaching Art History on the Web," Christopher L.C.E.
>Witcombe, Professor of Art History, Sweet Briar College
>"Weaving a Website: It Takes a Team," Sandra C. Walker, Visual Resources
>Specialist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
>"Image Databases: The Big Picture," Monika Hoffmann, Director, EmbARK
>Sales and Marketing; Digital Arts & Sciences
NOON SESSION: VRC networking meeting for members of the Associated
Colleges of the South
Organizer: Robert Craddick, Rollins College
P.M. SESSION: (2 hours)
VRC ROUNDTABLE: "VISION, REACH, and the Core: Implementing
a National Cultural Heritage Database."
Discussion Leader: Linda McRae, University of South Florida
A description of the VRA Core Categories Version 2.0 will be followed by a
discussion of the joint Research Libraries Group (RLG)/Visual Resources
Association VISION project.
Speaker:
"The South Carolina Botanical Garden Site-Specific, Nature-Based Sculpture
and a Critique of the MARC Mapping of the VRA Core Categories," Phyllis
Pivorun, Media Resources Specialist II, Clemson University
>>snip>>
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3. ASIS 1998 ANNUAL MEETING
October 24-30: Pittsburgh
<http://www.asis.org>
>Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:31:17 -0400
>From: Richard Hill <rhill@asis.org>
>Subject: ASIS Annual Meeting, Oct. 24-29, Pittsburgh
ASIS 1998 Annual Meeting
October 24-30, 1998
Pittsburgh Hilton, Pittsburgh, PA
For complete conference description, schedule and registration information,
see <http://www.asis.org>, email meetings@asis.org, call (301) 495-0900, or
write to the address below.
Information and knowledge are rapidly becoming available to anyone, located
anywhere, at any time. Information science has provided many of the key
elements in making global information accessible to those who need it. The
ASIS 1998 Annual meeting will examine information access and what it means
in a global information economy.
* Featured Sessions *
HERBERT A. SIMON. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic
Sciences, the National Medal of Science; the A.M. Turing Award
of the Association for Computing Machinery (with Allen
Newell)... recognized as part-founder of Artificial
Intelligence, of *cognitive science and of computer science.
HAL R. VARIAN, Dean of the School of Information Management and
Systems at the University of California at Berkeley; also
Professor in the Haas School of Business & the Department of
Economics.
PERSPECTIVES ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE: MYTHS, REALTIES, AND MADNESS.
Charles McClure, John Carlo Bertot, Jean-Claude Burgelman
(invited), Andrew Magpantay, Milton Mueller and others.
SAMPLE TOPICS:
* New Interfaces for Information Visualization
* UNICODE: Standards, Implementation Issues, & Future Directions
* Using the Web for Global Business Intelligence
* Designing Discipline-Oriented Information Systems
* Classificatory Structures: Applications & Integration
* Intellectual Property
* Digital Libraries in the K-12 Environment
* Retrieval of non-Textual Documents
* The Ethics of Access: Global Perspectives
* Knowledge Discovery in Databases -- Tools & Techniques for
Collaboration
* User Modeling Research & IR Systems Design
* Information Retrieval Technology
* Organizing Images/Visuo-Spatial Data for Retrieval: From
Indexing to Metadata
* Web Effects on Global Economies
* Electronic Scholarship
* International Classification and Subject Analysis Research
* Web Searching
* Economics of Web Link Collections
* Cross Language Applications & Large Scale Vocabularies
* Evaluating Services
* Accessing Full-text: Integrating Electronic Resources
* Social and Organizational Informatics
Pre Conference Seminars (All courses 9-5 unless specified. Separate
registration required.)
Saturday, October 24
* Finding the Right Stuff: Using and Evaluating Internet Search
Engines (Half Day, 9:00am - 1:00pm)
* Vocabulary Management and Thesaurus Development
Introduction to Dynamic HTML (DHTML)Part 1: JavaScript
(Presented in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh.)
Sunday, October 25
* Introduction to Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Part 2: Cascading Style
Sheets (Presented in cooperation with the University of
Pittsburgh.)
* Delivering Databases via the World Wide Web
* Introduction to Image Databases
* Digital Libraries: Computer Concepts & Technologies for Managing
Library Collections
* Building the Virtual "Intranet" Knowledge Center
* The Role of Information Management In Knowledge Management -
Stimulating Creativity and Innovation Through Information.
* Statistics for Practitioners and Readers of Research:
A Practical Update (Half day, 9:00am - Noon)
* 9th Classification Research Workshop ( 8:30 am - 5:00 pm)
Richard Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science
8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501
Silver Spring, MD 20910
http://www.asis.org
rhill@asis.org
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4. Fourth Digital Storytelling Festival
September 17-20: Crested Butte, Colorado
<http://www.dstory.com/>
Hosted by the Center for Digital Storytelling, the FOURTH DIGITAL
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL celebrates current and the future digital
storytelling -- with Joe Lambert & Nina Mullen: "Stories from the
Digital Boot Camp"; "Interactive Campfire Stories" by Dana
Atchley; Magdalena Donea: "COLORS: bedtime stories for big kids";
a Digital Story Bee and scheduled presentations from Mark
Bernstein, EastGate Systems; Brenda Laurel, Purple Moon; Abbe
Don, Abbe Don Interactive; Nathan Shedroff, Vivid Studios and many
others.
For more information, visit http://www.dstory.com/
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:50:52 -0500
From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: Calls for Papers: "The Culture of the Copy;" "New
Paradigms in Information Visualization."
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
September 8
CALL FOR PAPERS: VISUAL RESOURCES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION
"The Culture of the Copy"
<http://www.gbhap.com/Visual_Resources/>
WORKSHOP ON NEW PARADIGMS IN INFORMATION VISUALIZATION AND MANIPULTATION
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15
<http://www.cs.umbc.edu/cikm/1998>
>Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:45:16 -0700
>From: "Christine L. Sundt" <csundt@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
>
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VISUAL RESOURCES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION is seeking
article-length manuscripts on "The Culture of the Copy." Subjects might
include various uses of reproductions, the relationships of copy to
original, issues of authenticity, or the identification of "the real
thing."
VISUAL RESOURCES is a quarterly, edited by Helene E. Roberts and
Christine L. Sundt, devoted to the history of visual documentation and the
dissemination of images. Inquiries and manuscripts can be sent to Helene E.
Roberts, Art History Department, 6033 Carpenter Hall, Dartmouth College,
Hanover, NH, 03755. Phone: 603-643-8461; FAX: 603-643-3428; EMail:
helene.roberts@dartmouth.edu. See our Web Page:
http://www.gbhap.com/Visual_Resources/.
Christine L. Sundt
Visual Resources Curator
Architecture & Allied Arts Library
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403 - USA
541-346-2209 / FAX: 541-346-2205
http://oregon.uoregon.edu/~csundt/index.htm
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>Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:43:54 -0400
>From: Terry Kuny <Terry.Kuny@xist.com>
>Subject: [CFP] New Paradigms in Information Visualization and
>Manipulation
Call for Papers
Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and Manipulation
November 5-6, 1998
Bethesda, Maryland
In Conjunction with the ACM Conference on Information
and Knowledge Management (CIKM'98)
The CIKM'98 Workshop on New Paradigms in Information Visualization and
Manipulation will be a forum for presentation and discussion of new ideas
and techniques for accessing, visualizing and manipulating information.
Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
* applications of virtual reality, including VRML * shared virtual
environments and simulations * dynamic data visualization * visualization
of multidimensional information spaces * visualization of large, dynamic
information collections * applications of Internet tools such as MUDs,
MOOs, and IRCs * document and corpus metrics; * multi-modal information
displays * visual data mining and knowledge discovery * Web or
network-based visualization * applications in document analysis * software
and hardware architectures to support information visualization * social
interaction in multi-user information visualization systems.
We are particularly interested in reports of work in progress,
implementation techniques, and practical experience with visualization of
information collections of all sizes. A significant portion of the workshop
agenda will be devoted to discussion of pending research questions, and
directions for future work in this area.
Prospective participants are invited (but not required) to submit position
papers. The suggested maximum length is four pages. The position papers
will be reviewed by the organizing committee, and accepted papers will
appear in the workshop proceedings. Some of the accepted papers will be
selected for informal presentation at the workshop. Accepted papers that
were submitted electronically will be available via WWW by early November.
Final Proceedings will be published by ACM Press after the workshop.
Mail papers in either ASCII or HTML to ebert@cs.umbc.edu by September 15,
1998. We prefer e-mail submissions, but authors who lack e-mail access may
send papers to Dr. David Ebert, Department of Computer
Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore
County, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA. Submissions should include the title,
author(s), author's affiliation, e-mail address, fax number and postal
address. In case of multiple authors, please indicate which author is
responsible for correspondence.
For more information on the NPIV'98 conference, please see the NPIV'98
Web page
http://www.cs.umbc.edu/cikm/npiv
For more information on the CIKM'98 conference, please see the CIKM'98
Web page: http://www.cs.umbc.edu/cikm/1998
IMPORTANT DATES:
Position paper submission deadline September 15, 1998
Notification of acceptance October 10, 1998
Workshop date November 5-6, 1998
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