Symposium on Building Digital Collections December 11-12, 1997 Iowa Memorial Union, Ilinois Room University of Iowa Libraries Co-sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science, Information Technology Services Thursday, Dec. 11, 1997 -- A Theoretical Focus 1:00 p.m. Welcome - Sheila Creth, University of Iowa Keynote address - Wendy Lougee, University of Michigan Ms. Lougee will discuss current trends and issues related to building digital collections from a national and international perspective and the implications these have for local efforts. 2:00 p.m. Image Retrieval David Eichmann, University of Iowa Professor Eichmann will summarize challenges involved in image retrieval methods available for application to digital collections. 2:45 p.m. QBIC Project J.M. Gorecki, IBM Ms Gorecki will provide highlights and a demo on the IBM image retrieval software Query By Image Context (QBIC). 3:30 p.m. Break 4:00 p.m. Local Applications Sessions Session A - Christopher Roy and Linda McIntyre, University of Iowa Art and Life in Africa Project -- Multimedia Focus Professor Roy and Dr. McIntyre will discuss their multimedia CD and web-based project "Art and Life in Africa" funded by a U.S. Dept. of Education FIPSE grant. Art and Life in Africa is a multimedia, interactive textbook on sub-Saharan African art and culture. Portions of the project are also available on the web (http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart). Session B - Brooks Landon and Padmini Srinivasan, University of Iowa Aspects of Full Text and SGML. Professors Landon and Srinivasan will provide comments regarding full text applications for digital collections and especially the power of SGML encoding (markup language) in enhancing the usefulness of electronic full text materials for scholars and students. 4:45 p.m. Repeat of 4:00 sessions noted above 5:30 p.m. Adjourn Friday, Dec. 12, 1997 -- A Production Focus 9 a.m. & 9:45 a.m. Metadata Overview Jennifer Younger, University of Notre Dame Michigan Metadata Project and Data Crosswalk Wendy Lougee, University of Michigan Dr. Younger and Ms. Lougee will review major national and regional projects to effectively access large digital databases. Younger will also discuss national recommendations and proposals for the development of "metadata" that can support reliable discovery and retrieval of electronic documents. 10:30 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. User Perspectives Tim Cole and Bill Mischo, University of Illinois Mr. Mischo's and Mr. Cole's presentation will focus on the U of Illinois' experiences working with the NSF Digital Libraries Initiative project, especially in terms of user interface technologies. 11:45 a.m. Lunch (on your own) 1:15 p.m. Panel Discussion of Participants Larry Woods, University of Iowa, panel leader Panelists Lougee, Younger, Mischo, Cole 2:00 p.m. Summary Observations and Future Directions Carol Hughes for Sheila D. Creth, University of Iowa 2:30 p.m. Break 3:00 p.m. Small Group Sessions Small groups will discuss implementation issues, strategies, and next steps for building digital collections at the University of Iowa. 4:30 p.m. Plenary Reports and Adjourn About the Speakers Tim Cole System Librarian Digital Library Project University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sheila D. Creth University Librarian University of Iowa Libraries David Eichmann Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Science University of Iowa J.M. (Jan) Gorecki IBM Higher Education Unit Carol Hughes Head, Information, Research and Instructional Services University of Iowa Libraries Brooks Landon Professor, English Department University of Iowa Creator of the Horizon of Invisibility Homestead and numerous E-texts Wendy P. Lougee Asst. Director - Digital Library Initiatives University of Michigan Library University of Michigan Linda McIntyre Assistant Director "Art and Life in Africa" Obermann Center for Advanced Study University of Iowa Bill Mischo Director of the Grainger Library University of Illinois Christopher D. Roy Professor of the History of Art Project Director "Art and Life in Africa" Obermann Center for Advanced Study University of Iowa Padmini Srinivasan Associate Professor and Director School of Library and Information Science University of Iowa Lawrence Woods Director, Information Systems & Technology University of Iowa Libraries Jennifer Younger Director of Libraries University of Notre Dame Assisted in planning the Metadata Summit, Research Libraries Group, Mountain View, CA. Chair of the American Library Association ALCTS (Association for Library Collections & Technical Services) Task Force on Meta Access.