-----Original Message----- From: Dr. Yuri Quintana [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Invitation to the Canadian Digital Library Symposium Hello, I was wondering if you would please announce the following to your association members. Thank You, Dr. Yuri Quintana Chair of the Canadian Digital Libraries Symposium --- Call for Participation The Canadian Digital Library Symposium November 28-29, 2001 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Symposium Information, Program and Registration http://www.digital-libraries.net/conf2001/index.html The Canadian Digital Library Symposium will bring together digital library professionals, academic researchers, information developers, and information product developers to share their innovations and developments in digital libraries. The symposium program will have tracks on case studies, new technologies, copyright issues, and research. It will be opportunity to learn about new digital library innovations and to network with the Canadian Digital Library community. It will be held in Toronto, Canada. There are also half-day and full day seminars on Nov. 29th on - XML for Digital Librarians - Enterprise Content Management - Design and Evaluation of User Interfaces The full program is at http://www.digital-libraries.net/conf2001/program.html Registration is available online. http://www.digital-libraries.net/conf2001/register.html The pricing is on the registration page. It is $99 for the Symposium on Nov. 28th. Seminars on Nov. 29th are extra. For more information, contact the symposium chair, Dr. Yuri Quintana at [log in to unmask] -- Symposium Program ------------------------------------------------ November 28 - Morning Sessions ------------------------------------------------ Digital Library Projects ------------------------ International and Multicultural Digital Libraries Symposium Chair: Dr. Yuri Quintana - University of Western Ontario The Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries and the Alberta Digital Library Initiative Chair of the Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries Ernie Ingles, Associate Vice-President, (Learning Systems), University of Alberta. Digital Library of Canada Program at the National Library of Canada Susan Haigh, Digital Library of Canada Task Force, National Library of Canada The University Waterloo Electronic Thesis Project Christine Jewell, University Waterloo Provincial government investment in Ontario public library digital projects Rod Sawyer Library Policy and Program Advisor, Heritage and Libraries Branch, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation The Ontario Digital Library Initiative - Mike Ridley, Chief Librarian, University of Guelph, and President of the Ontario Library Association Digital Library Technologies ----------------------------- Enterprise Content Management Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group Inc ------------------------------------------------ November 28 - Afternoon Sessions ------------------------------------------------ Digital Library Policy and Issues --------------------------------- CLA Response to Digital Copyright Issues Vicki Whitmell, Executive Director, Canadian Library Association Anti-circumvention rules and their impact on digital libraries. Samuel E. Trosow, University of Western Ontario. Digital Library Research ------------------------- Personalization and Information Filtering Dr. Yuri Quintana - University of Western Ontario HealthDoc Dr. Chrysanne DiMarco - University of Waterloo Exploiting Redundancy in Question Answering Dr. Charlie Clarke - University of Waterloo Not Just Another Search Engine: Interfaces for Digital Libraries Dr. Elaine Toms, University of Toronto Music information retrieval Dr. Mike Nelson, University of Western Ontario Paradigms for Metadata Architecture in Digital Libraries Dr. Grant Campbell, University of Western Ontario ------------------------------------------------ Nov. 29th Seminars ------------------------------------------------ XML for Digital Librarians Dr. Charlie Halpern-Hamu Enterprise Content Management Ann Rockley Design and Evaluation of User Interfaces Dr. Yuri Quintana Symposium Close.