INLS 235

Day 5

2/4/2004

1. One minute papers

Big point

MM DLs are one direction changing library services

Distinctions between research and production

Words are important cues for video

OV project

Video and MM offer new challenges (equipment, software, indexing, query forms, etc.)

Questions

How to handle holographs, genomic, and other non-textual objects?

Preservation and access relationship for video? What about presentation formats longevity?

Do MM DLs require high-end systems?

Can we give users control over ff speeds?

Can we sort video by sounds?

2. Guest lecture: Natasha Smith

3. Information Retrieval and DLs (PP slides)

4. Interactive Interfaces to support retrieval: The Library of Congress case (1995-97): http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/ndl/

dynamic query prelude to relation browser

previews and overviews

results alternatives

‘treasures to the surface’

animated gifs, shockwave

5. Readings for next week

Lankes, D. (1998). The virtual reference desk: Building human expertise into information systems. ASIS Annual Conference, p. 81-90.
See also: http://www.vrd.org/Workshop/WhitePaper.PDF; http://www.vrd2003.org/proceedings/index.cfm

Optional: Kan, M. & Klavans, J. (2002). Using librarian techniques in automatic text summarization for information retrieval. Proceedings of JCDL 2002. p. 36-45. (ACM DL)

6. One-minute paper

What was the main point you learned in class today?

What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?