SLA WCC

presents

Digital Libraries that Spin

Mingle with colleagues and learn what UBC Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Lee Iverson has discovered about maximizing the services of digital libraries.

Monday, January 28, 2008 
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Alma van Dusen Room (Lower Level)
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch
350 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC

PROGRAM DETAILS

5:00 pm: Registration & refreshments
5:30 pm: Presentation begins
6:30 pm: Mingling
7:00 pm: Wrap-up

PRESENTATION

Lee will present an update of his research paper "Digital Library Service Models and NODAL." From the introduction: "Digital libraries are moving into a new phase of development. Many of the inherent problems of collection digitization, distribution, rights management and the changing of mindsets to recognize the inherent advantages of digital versus paper collections have been achieved. In that context, there is now an increased interest in exploring new service models and means of enhancing digital libraries for their patrons that would be impossible to achieve with physical collections. Unfortunately, many of these efforts are being pursued quite separately from each other and with more of a focus on the new technology than on the ways these systems interact with their users’ needs and tasks."

SPEAKER

Lee Iverson is Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC, where he is a member of the Computer and Software Engineering Group. His main areas of research cover computer vision, computer graphics, geographical visualization, GIS systems, networked information systems, and systems for human-centered collaboration, with the general theme of making systems more intelligent and better able to interact with their users. Lee wants to build systems that allow people to work together more effectively. 

REGISTRATION

To pay by cheque, please complete the online registration form <http://www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/programs/regform2004.htm> and mail it (as soon as you can), with your payment (cheque made out to SLA WCC), to:

Lesley Perkins Vancouver Director
Canada Border Services Agency
Pacific Region Enforcement Centre
700 - 300 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 6C8

To pay by credit card, select the appropriate category to below.

FEES

(Your ticket includes refreshments.)

VENUE

The Alma van Dusen Room is located on the Lower Level of the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch at 350 West Georgia Street.

Thank you to our sponsors McGraw Hill and FPInfomart for generously supporting this event.