IBM Renaissance Consortium Meeting Fall 1997

Logistics

Directions to visit Virginia Tech
Lodging: Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center (DBHCC) (also used for several meetings), or Sheraton (in general) / Sheraton in Blacksburg
Meeting locations:
- DBHCC location: for receptions, dinners, Tuesday morning, Tuesday invited talk
- McBryde Hall (see campus maps): for Tue 11-3:15, Wed 8-12 (mostly in labs that are part of the NSF-funded Interactive Accessibility project)
- Whittemore Hall Room 530 (see campus maps): for Tue 3:15-4:15 in the Usability Methods Research Laboratory (UMRL)

Pre-Conference Event

Honors 3004, Digital Libraries, meets 3-5pm in McBryde Hall Room 104c (the back room in the 104 complex, a decision support room, where the Wednesday morning session will take place too). Those arriving early for the conference are invited to attend the discussion. Bob Mack, from IBM T. J. Watson Research, will lead the class. His focus will be on human-computer interaction (HCI) and about IBM R&D projects in constructing and applying aspects of digital library technology.

Post-Conference Event

The Network Research Group (funded by NSF to explore WWW and digital library network performance issues, including proxy servers, user workload characterization, etc.) meets in McB 607 from 11-1pm each Wednesday. After the conference closes, participants are invited to go upstairs to McB 607 to join in the discussion about digital library performance issues.

Agenda

Monday, October 20
- 15:00-17:00 Pre-conference event (see above)
- 18:00-19:30 Registration, DBHCC Lobby
- 18:00-19:00 Reception, DBHCC, Private Dining Room
- 19:00-21:00 Dinner, DBHCC, Private Dining Room, with talk by Ted Selker, IBM Fellow, IBM Almaden Research, introduced by Mary Beth Rosson
Tuesday, October 21
- 8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast, DBHCC Rooms D/E
- 8:30-10:40 Opening Session, DBHCC Rooms D/E
  - 8:30-9:00 Introductions and Overview of Meeting / Virginia Tech, Edward A. Fox
  - 9:00-9:45 IBM Digital Library Version 2 Update, Bev Moncrieff, Development Manager, IBM Digital Library
  - 9:45-10 Break
  - 10:00-10:45 IBM Research Projects, Bob Mack, IBM Watson Research
- 11:00-14:00 Usability Session, McBryde 102
  - 11:00-13:00 Usability Engineering: Myth or Method, Deborah S. Hix and H. Rex Hartson
  - 13:00-14:00 Box Lunch and Demonstrations
    - Indiana University - David Fenske
    - Case Western Reserve University - Jim Barker
    - Collection Treasury - Richard Hulser
    - Vatican Collection - Nasra Sakran
    - Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations - Neill Kipp (Virginia Tech) - Virtual Reality Interface
- 14:00-15:15 CS6604 Digital Libraries, McB 218 Panel Discussion
- 15:15-16:15 Information and Usability Demonstrations, Whittemore 530, Usability Methods Research Laboratory (UMRL) - Robert Williges
- 16:15-16:30 Walk to DBHCC Auditorium
- 16:30-17:30 Keynote Address: Paradigms and Paradoxes, DBHCC Auditorium, Bob Heterick, President of EDUCOM
- 17:30-19:00 Reception and Dinner, DBHCC East Commonwealth
- 19:00-19:15 Walk to Burruss Auditorium and be seated for show
- 19:30- Show: A Chorus Line, Burruss Auditorium (ask Ed Fox if you requested a ticket)
Wednesday, October 22
- 8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast, McBryde 104
- 8:30-12:00 Brainstorming, McBryde 104 (Decision Support Room), Ed Fox
  - Future of Renaissance Consortium
  - IBM Digital Library experiences
  - TBD
- 12:00-13:00 Post-Conference Event (see above)