The Committee on Programs of the Librarian's Association of the University of California, Riverside invites you to attend a presentation by:

Dr. Ian Witten, Director of the New Zealand Digital Library, Professor of Computer Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Who will speak on:
Browsing Around a Digital Library: Future Approaches and Technologies

Thursday, April 5, 10-11:30 a.m.
Room 240, Science Library

What will it be like to work in the digital library of the future? We begin by browsing around an experimental digital library of the present, glancing at some collections and seeing how they are organized. Then we look to the future. Although present digital libraries are quite like conventional libraries, we argue that future ones will feel qualitatively different. Readers -- and writers -- will work in the library using a kind of context-directed browsing. This will be supported by structures derived
from automatic analysis of the contents of the library -- not just the catalog, or abstracts, but the full text of the books and journals -- using new techniques of data mining.

For directions to UC Riverside and campus parking, please click on: http://library.ucr.edu/maps/ . This web page has links for directions to UCR Libraries (i.e. the Science Library), and to a Campus Map which shows that you will want to park in Visitor Lot 10. The permit dispenser in Lot 10 vends permits for time frames ranging from half an hour to all day and
takes both quarters and dollar bills. Rates are $1.00 per hour or $6.00 per day.

If you have any questions or need further directions, please contact Jean Griffing, a Programs Committee member. Email: jean.griffing@ucr.edu; or telephone: (909) 787-2388.

Please join us!

Sponsored by
The Librarian's Association of the University of California, Riverside