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Volume 11, Number 8 — 7 August 2006

Inspiring Discovery: Unlocking Collections - WebWise 2006: Selected papers from the Seventh Annual Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Online Computer Library Center, and J. Paul Getty Trust, 15-17 February 2006


Wednesday, 15 February 2006

Pre–Conference session — Assessing the Use of Digital Resources

Disciplining Search/Searching Disciplines: Perspectives from Academic Communities on Metasearch Quality Indicators
by Rohit Chopra, Emory University and Aaron Krowne, Emory University and PlanetMath.org


Thursday, 16 February 2006

Keynote address
Scholarship and Academic Libraries (and their kin) in the World of Google
by Paul N. Courant, University of Michigan


Project Demonstrations

IN Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana
by Kristine R. Brancolini, Stacy Kowalczyk, and Jenn Riley, Indiana University


Session — Library/Museum Approaches to Discovery
Thomas Clareson (Chair of session), PALINET

Automated Indexing
by Douglas Holland, Missouri Botanical Garden

Machine–assisted Metadata Generation and New Resource Discovery: Software and Services
by Steve Mitchell, University of California, Riverside

Organizing Chaos: Integrated Finding Aids and Interoperability of Metadata
by Katherine Walter, University of Nebraska, Lincoln


Session — The Metadata is the Message: Issues and Challenges for Digital Projects
Murtha Baca (Chair of Session), Getty Research Institute

Getting the Word Out: Making Digital Project Metadata Available to Aggregators
by Diane I. Hillmann, Cornell University

Negotiating Metadata: Catalogers, Vendors, and, Oh Yes, Users
by Elisa Lanzi, Smith College

Moving towards shareable metadata
by Sarah L. Shreeves, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Jenn Riley, Indiana University, and Liz Milewicz, Emory University

Examining MARC Records as Artifacts That Reflect Metadata Utilization Decisions
by William E. Moen, University of North Texas


Session — News Media Discovery: A Model for Deep Resource Discovery
Taylor Surface (Chair of Session), OCLC

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive: Our Accessible Video History
by Paul M. Gherman, Vanderbilt University

Developing Thematic Access to a Video Based Digital Library
by Karen Cariani, WGBH Educational Foundation

Online Access to Newspapers: From Promise to Practicality
by Victoria McCargar, McCargar Consulting


Bringing the Threads Together
by Holly Witchey, Cleveland Museum of Art


Friday, 17 February 2006

Plenary address
Can We Talk? Business Decisions and Legal Constraints
by Kenneth Hamma, J. Paul Getty Trust


Session — Advances in Discovery: New Research
Liz Bishoff (Chair of Session), University of Colorado, Boulder

FictionFinder: Don Quixote to Graphic Novels
by Diane Vizine–Goetz, OCLC Office of Research

Advances in Discovery: The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Experience
by Michael K. Buckland, University of California, Berkeley and Lewis R. Lancaster, University of California, Berkeley and University of the West

Sharing Collections Information: A Distributed Approach
by Jay Hoffman, Gallery Systems


Session — Inspiring Discovery — Reducing Barriers: Copyright, Intellectual Property, and Related Issues
Kenneth Hamma (Chair of Session), J. Paul Getty Trust

Considerations for Cultural and Natural History Museums
by James R. Gilson, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Maureen Whalen, J. Paul Getty Trust

Archives on the Web: Unlocking Collections While Safeguarding Privacy
by Sara S. Hodson, Huntington Library


What Have We Learned Today?
Stuart L. Weibel, OCLC Office of Research


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