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Conference Announcement - Digital Strategies



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                       "Digital Strategies - 2000"

A conference sponsored by the Archival Research Coordinating Committee of the National Archives and Records Administration and the University of Maryland, College Park.

Date:  November 16 - 17, 2000
Location:    National Archives at College Park, Maryland

For registration* information please contact the conference planning committee at: digital.strat@arch2.nara.gov

 *advance registration is required


DAY 1:    Thursday, November 16

Morning

Welcome:      John Carlin, Archivist of the United States

              Ann Prentice, Dean, College of Library and Information                        Sciences University of Maryland


Session 1 :    The Emerging National Information Infrastructure

This session will describe forces that are promoting change, major directions in research in computer and information science and engineering, and the technologies that appear to be key to the emerging national information infrastructure.  The session will seek a balance between giving a broad overview of key technologies and showing their potential in creation, management, and use of records.

Moderator:   Kenneth Thibodeau, Senior Advisor, Office of Human Resources and Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration

Speakers:

Alan Weintraub, Gartner Group

Rich Lysakowski, Executive Director, Collaborative Electronic Notebooks Systems Association (CENSA)

Lawrence E. Brandt, Program Manager, Digital Government Program,
National Science Foundation



Session 2 :    Building on the Information Infrastructure:  NARA Initiatives

This session will describe NARA initiatives to tap into the enabling technologies of the next generation NII to improve management, preservation and access to electronic records.

Speakers:

Reagan Moore, Associate Director, Enabling Technologies Group, San Diego Supercomputer Center

Kenneth Thibodeau, Senior Advisor, Office of Human Resources and
Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration

William Underwood, Georgia Tech Research Institute


Afternoon

Session 3 :   Education

Educators, students, systems designers, and information professionals are working together and using digital tools to create the educational forum of tomorrow.
Collaboration is the underlying force in most of today's electronic education
initiatives, where emphasis is placed on sharing knowledge, enhancing curricula, and expanding technological methodologies.

Moderator:    Christopher Halonen, Visiting Lecturer, College of Information
Studies, University of Maryland

Speakers:

Emily Lind Baker, Editor, National Digital Library Program, Library of Congress

Paula Nassen Poulos, Public Programs, National Archives and Records
Administration

Robert B. Allen, Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland



Session 4 :    Digital Government:  Issues, Strategies, Prospects

Governments have developed effective strategies for the management of electronic records and other digital information, often as part of broader information policy development initiatives.  This session will discuss the impact of the move toward "e-government," development and administration of electronic records programs, web-supported applications and services, and other impacts of the rising reliance on digital information.

Moderator:   Bruce W. Dearstyne, Professor, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland

Speakers:

Timothy Slavin, Information Systems Manager, Delaware Department of State

Sharon Dawes, Director, Center for Technology in Government, SUNY Albany,

 Marian Cherry, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command,
Control, Communications and Intelligence (OSD/C3I)



DAY 2:    Friday, November 17

Morning

Session 5 :    Digital Data

"Born digital" data was the first type of digital source material;  today it is a major category of primary source material, even as the universe of digital materials expands exponentially.  The projected importance of XML as an enabling technology in the NII offers immense prospects for tapping the robust, large scale and flexible capabilities of data-based technologies for managing and accessing data stored in a variety of formats.  New technologies also create opportunities for records creators, archives, and libraries to collaborate in offering services for digital data.

Moderator:   Margaret Adams, Chief, Reference Services, Center for Electronic Records, National Archives and Records Administration

Speakers:

Cavan Capps, Project Manager, Dataweb/FERRET,  Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce

Eliot Christian, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior

Cathryn Dippo, Associate Commissioner for Survey Methods Research, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor


Session 6 :    Building on the Information Infrastructure II

This session will describe other initiatives to tap into enabling technologies of the next generation NII such as digital libraries, e-commerce, and records management.

Moderator:    Robert B. Allen, Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland

Speakers:

Daniel Greenstein, Executive Director, Digital Library Federation

Alexa McCray, Director of Research, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine

Edward Fox, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute


Afternoon

Discussion forums :      Facilitators

Institutional issues       Margaret Adams, NARA

Technical issues           Robert Allen, UMD

Professional issues        Bruce Dearstyne, UMD


For registration* information please contact the conference planning committee at: digital.strat@arch2.nara.gov

  *Advance registration is required

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