University of Michigan
Digital Library Project
Annual Report and Program Plan
as specified in
Cooperative Agreement IRI-94-11287
D.E. Atkins, Project Director

I. Introduction

This report, submitted under the terms and expectations of our Cooperative Agreement, covers a review of activities in Phase 2 (February 1995 - February 1996), and plans for Phase 3 (February 1996 - February 1997) of the University of Michigan Digital Library Project. We have organized the report around the three primary areas of activity used to describe the scope of work in the cooperative agreement, namely: (enabling) research, testbed/collection development, and evaluation (including deployment and training). In the following we include all of the goals indicated in the scope of work of the cooperative agreement. In some cases we have added additional goals and denoted these as goal (added).

Additional reporting on activities during Phase 2 (February 1995 - February 1996) has also been provided through the following:

II. Research Plans

Review of Progress in Budget Period 2

In this section, we review our progress for the period February 1996 through February 1996 and discuss plans for the next project period.

Reviewing the statement of work for this period, we have met our goals for this period. Our work plan described developments divided into three major areas: research, testbed and collection, and evaluation.

Research

Goal 2.a.1 - Develop initial interview agent that assists users in constructing queries based on pre-compiled characteristics of users and limited available content of collections (restricted conspectus)

The UMDL user interface (UI) provides the user with a form which allows the user to specify their default preferences. This set of default preferences is stored and available over multiple sessions. In addition, when a query is formulated the user can specify changes to their default preferences for that specific search. When a search is carried out, the preferences of the user for that search are transferred to the query/task planner which in turn uses these preferences to limit the number of collections that the specified query is forwarded to.

Goal 2.a.2 - Develop initial specifications for inter-agent protocols (internal draft protocol documents)

The initial specifications of the inter-agent protocols are documented in the internal draft document (see Appendix A UMDL Architecture Requirements Analysis). This document defines the message types which may be used by all agents. Using messages of these types, it builds the protocols which agents request and receive information and services from other agents. As needed, different protocols are defined for different classes of agents, services, or information.

Goal 2.a.3 - Design and implement prototype system to search multiple collections with collection selection based on collection agent capability (e.g., content, search engine capability, media type)

We have implemented cross-collection searching of bibliographic databases using Z39.50 accessible databases. We have shared our Z39.50 client software with Stanford, and they have incorporated it into their digital library.

Goal 2.a.4 - Add static, archival and real-time geophysical data sets

We prepared the specifications for the search engine implementation for spatial data into the UMDL architecture. However, the individual in charge of achieving this goal left University this past year. Therefore, have a gap in our staffing that needs to be filled before this work can continue. Web pages like Blue Skies, which use spatial data, have been added to our registry. Users searching the system will be able to use and view the data available through these sources.

Goal 2.a.5 - Enhanced capability to store and display enhanced media types (e.g., video, audio, real-time data)

Two team members have been developing capabilities to register and search digital images through the CHICO project. The results of the research effort by this project will be integrated into the UMDL architecture. In addition, video resources have been committed to the project (but not received). We plan to assess the ability and person power needed to accomplish this goal within the framework of the overall goals of the project.

Testbed and Collection Development

Goal 2.b.1 - Populate database with additional earth science collection (approx 100 titles) from Elsevier, McGraw Hill, Encyclopedia Britannica and UM

(see below and Appendix B.)

Goal 2.b.2 - Add SGML documents to collection, add SGML based search capabilities to search engine, integrate SGML renderer to display SGML based documents

Content has been received from our publisher partners and regularly updated. In addition to our original partners, we are in the process of developing an implementation of the Americana Encyclopedia from Groliers. Michigan is implementing an SGML version directly from the editorial division, creating HTML on the fly and delivering SGML with Panorama. The development will allow tables of contents for long (1+Mb) articles. Completion of the preparation of the 40,000+ articles is slated for March 1996. We continue to test and evaluate DTD's for Elsevier as they work toward their implementation of SGML for journal delivery.

In addition to locally managed collection resources, an active program of identifying and registering Internet resources has been initiated. A particular focus has been on earth and space science resources which fit the curricular development activity--e.g., comet observation resources, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center data, observatory data, space shuttle launch resources.

Deployment and Training

Goal 2.b.3 - Deploy release 1 UMDL at test sites

Three schools in the Ann Arbor area are now using UMDL as an integrated part of their inquiry-based science curriculum. To support this work, we have trained teachers in how to use UMDL and have created a set of "curriculum units" (e.g., collections of related, high-school level articles and other types of information). In addition, we have received funding to deploy the UMDL in Detroit metropolitan area middle schools.

We have conducted over twelve interactive training sessions for students, teachers, media specialists, librarians, administrators and parents. These experiences are the driving force for the iterative design of the UMDL interface and collection development.

Faculty interviews have been conducted within the department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science to identify key information resource needs and to define functional components related to their information environment. This analysis is in preparation for research activity related to advanced interfaces which will draw on the on-campus community.

Evaluation

Goal 2.c.1 - Evaluate UMDL release 1 at test sites

This has been done in an informal by the School of Education team under the leadership of Elliot Soloway. It revealed shortcomings in the user-interface that are now being taken into consideration in future versions of the UMDL software.

Plans for Budget Period 3

Research

Goal 3.a.1 - Design an authorization and security plan (ASP) for UMDL. The plan will be compatible with existing s/w within UMDL, such as Netbill, and will use existing technologies where possible.

The intention of the plan is to integrate existing technologies and algorithms into a useful system for UMDL. We do not anticipate creating new encryption algorithms or other elements of security systems. Rather, the plan will focus on identifying security issues in UMDL and applying existing technology within an overall plan to address these issues.

Commensurate with this goal is the implementation of portions of the security plan. Specifically, we will implement the following:

Goal 3.a.2 - Integrate the NetBill payment system.

This goal includes getting NetBill running in the UMDL environment, and making any required changes to the agents necessary to enable them to utilize NetBill.

Goal 3.a.3 - Implement market facilitators (MF), and integrate with a set of UMDL agents.

This goal requires that a group of UMDL agents be able to engage the Market Facilitators to clear the prices for a set of goods. There will at least two phases for this goal:

Goal 3.a.4 - Specification of a goods and services language.

Goal 3.a.3 depends on the develop of a language to allow agents to describe goods (and thus markets). This goal represents part of the larger effort on conspectus-ontology development.

Goal 3.a.5 - Provide a protocol-specification document and realize it within the set of UMDL protocols.

Goal 3.a.3 also depends on the development of a negotiation protocol.

Goal 3.a.6 - Develop a comprehensive design for distributing the registry that includes incorporation of the CNRI Handle System.

To accomplish this goal, we plan to research and prepare an initial report on how the CNRI Handle System can be utilized by the UMDL. Based on the results of this report, we plan to install the Handle system locally (if available) and begin an initial prototype of a local handle server which may be integrated into the UMDL.

Goal 3.a.7 - Investigate the use of other mechanisms for negotiation that build on and extend the Market facilitators, and the goods and service language and the negotiation protocol it uses.

Additional negotiation mechanisms include:

Goal 3.a.8 - Revise and update UMDL architecture design document.

This includes updates to the protocols, and the availability of "agentware" allowing 3rd parties to develop agents.

Goal 3.a.9 - Interoperability protocol goals.

This goal represents a set of closely related interoperability protocol goals. They include:

Goal 3.a.10 - Web document search and retrieval

To accomplish this goal, we plan to develop a web-book crawler to identify web books. Once we have identified these books, we plan to develop an indexer (to index structured text of the books) and a categorizer (to closer the web books conspectus entries).

Goal 3.a.11 - Thesaurus development

We plan to generalize the BSO browser to other thesauri, demonstrate up to three other thesauri using the BSO browser and develop thesaurus switching capabilities for search statement formulation.

Goal 3.a.12 - Collection Query transformation.

Users search statements will be transformed into queries that Boolean-based (FTL and Dialog) and non-Boolean-based (WAIS, Pat, OpenText) systems expect.

Goal 3.a.13 - Research on relevance feedback.

We plan to investigate the feasibility of integrating relevance feedback into the UMDL system. Once most of the capabilities are functional (i.e., set creation, thesaurus browsing, collection query transformation), relevance feedback comes down to interface development. That is, the interface asks users what documents are most meaningful to them, and we can use certain characteristics of those documents to find more like them. The problem is identifying "certain characteristics" and transforming them into collection queries on which different retrieval systems will act.

Goal 3.a.14 - Information gathering environment.

We will begin the design and prototype implementation of a visually rich paradigm for information gathering and structuring. This goal includes support for extended information seeking tasks, exploring new synergies of searching and browsing, and a multiscale interface for managing interaction with large information structures. The first electronic prototype of critical pieces of this environment will be developed using the PAD++ zoomable worksurface.

Testbed and Collection Development

Goal 3.b.1 - Investigate (benchmark, capability analysis) commercial and other search engines against internally developed engine

This task has been completed. In addition to the FTL search engine developed at the University of Michigan, we are also adopting search technology from OpenText.

Goal 3.b.2 - Increase size of collection

We plan to continue to pursue collection partners. Within the next period, we hope to conclude partnerships with EBSCO (general science periodicals), Cambridge University Press, and possibly Academic Press. In addition, preliminary discussions with educational publishers have been initiated (e.g., Addison Wesley) and we anticipate further cultivation of this market.

The curricular work in high schools will begin to populate the digital library with student-produced information products and collections. University faculty are also being surveyed for relevant local data resources to contribute.

Our GIS development group on campus is expected to provide the UMDL with several geographic data sets related to Michigan and we will integrate a spatial search engine and these spatial resources.

The development of a web crawler (Goal 3.a.10) will begin to automate the process of identifying and registering relevant Internet resources and greatly expand the number and accessibility of remote sites.

Goal 3.b.3 - Add New York Public Library and Stuyvesant High School as test bed sites (perform baseline evaluation at these sites)

New York Public Library's opening of the Science Industry and Business Library (SIBL) has been delayed, but is now scheduled for spring 1996. Since deployment of Michigan's digital library is planned for the SIBL site, activity in early 1996 has been focused on facility preparation. We expect to work with our NYPL partners in spring to revise planning needs for implementation and evaluate the feasibility of deployment at Stuyvesant High School with the Library's deployment team. Stuyvesant has experienced a change in administration and their participation is being revisited.

Deployment and Training

Goal 3.b.4 - Deploy release 2 at test sites

Our overarching goal this coming year is to integrate (1) high school science curriculum goals (focusing on earth and space science), (2) resources accessed via the UMDL, and (3) appropriate instructional practices (i.e., practices that truly leverage the UMDL resources in promoting student learning). Towards this end, the Version 2 interface goes beyond simply supporting querying, but supports pedagogical (e.g., supporting student discourse) and curricular goals (e.g., supporting science inquiry). Version 3 will be particularly targeted to support teachers and curriculum development (e.g., find satisfying resources quickly, enable teachers to rate resources). In Version 4, we will tune the interface and agents to better meet the performance demands in the high school deployment context (e.g., bandwidth limitations, screen size limitations). When Version 3 is deployed, upwards of 1,000 middle (from the NSF/NIE sponsored Middle Years Digital Library project) and high school students will be using the UMDL for significant science inquiry projects.

In addition, we plan to begin deployment of the UMDL on the University of Michigan campus. This year, we will focus on the assessment of collection needs by a target population (e.g., earth and space sciences faculty). We will also assess whether the high school interface Version 2 will be applicable in the University community.

Evaluation

Goal 3.c.1 - Evaluate precision of search results at testbed sites against different search engines and against linguistic algorithms

This goal has been subsumed by the user-centered approach to interface design, where timely and relevant results are critical in the fast-paced school environment.

Goal 3.c.2 - Evaluate UMDL release 2 at test sites

We will conduct evaluation activities at each deployment opportunity. After this round of UMDL Deployment and Evaluation we will better understand (1) the impact of a digital library on science learning, and (2) the types of services and resources that are needed to better support science learning.

III. Financial Reports

The fiinancal reports are not available via this site.

IV. Management Report

Management and Project Planning Documentation

Task-Personnel-Performing Organization-Resource requirement matrices

Both of these reports have been combined into the following GANTT chart. Each of the goals for the next year are indicated with the principal investigator or team leader responsible for the overall success of the goal. Milestones, or activities necessary to accomplish the goal are then listed with the assigned graduate student, programmer, or UMDL project team member.

MAKE GIF OF CHART

System-Organization Chart for Project Personnel

List of Project Members and Affiliates

Faculty Members 

Name                 Department
(Team)
Daniel Atkins, III   School of Information & Library Studies (SILS)
   (Project Director)
William Birmingham   College of Engineering and SILS
   (Operating Committee, Architecture)
Karen Drabenstott    SILS
   (Operating Committee, User Interface Design and Evaluation)
Edmund Durfee        College of Engineering
   (Operating Committee, Conspectus Search and Retrieval)
Joan Durrance        SILS
   (Use and Evaluation--High School and Public Libraries)
C. Olivia Frost      SILS
   (Resource Development)
George Furnas        SILS
   (Operating Committee, User Interface Design and Evaluation)
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason Department of Economics and School of Public Policy
   (Intellectual Property and Economics)
Elke Rundensteiner   College of Engineering
   (Operating Committee, Architecture, Conspectus Search and Retrieval)
Elliot Soloway       College of Engineering and School of Education
   (Operating Committee, Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries)
Amy Warner           SILS
   (Collection Search and Retrieval)
Michael Wellman      College of Engineering
   (Operating Committee, Intellectual Property and Economics)

Senior Staff 

Name                 Department
(Team)
Judith Ahronheim     University Library
   (Conspectus Definition and Registry)
Kenneth Alexander    SILS
   (Testbed Construction)
James Alloway        University Library
   (Operating Committee, Conspectus Definition and Registry)
Kevin Butterfield    University Library
   (Conspectus Definition and Registry, Conspectus Search and Retrieval)
Laurie Crum          SILS
   (Operating Committee, Project Coordinator)
Nathan Eriksen       SILS
   (Operating Committee, Business Manager)
Randall Frank        College of Engineering and SILS
   (Operating Committee, Testbed Construction)
Daniel Kiskis        SILS
   (Operating Committee, Testbed Construction)
Wendy Lougee         University Library
   (Operating Committee, Resource Development)
Gregory Peters       SILS
   (Testbed Construction)
John Price-Wilkin    University Library
   (Resource Development)
Spencer Thomas       SILS
   (Testbed Construction)
Katherine Willis     SILS, College of Engineering and Information Technology Division
   (Operating Committee, Partner Liaison)

Graduate Students 

Name                 Department
(Team)
Anil Arora           College of Engineering
   (Testbed Construction, Collection Search and Retrieval)
William Aylesworth   SILS
   (User Interface Design and Evaluation, Testbed Construction)
Nathan Bos           School of Education
   (Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries)
John Cheng           Department of Economics
   (Intellectual Property and Economics)
Frederick Freiheit   College of Engineering
   (Architecture)
Eric Glover          College of Engineering
   (Architecture, Conspectus Search and Retrieval)
Peter Joh            College of Engineering
   (Conspectus Definition and Registry)
Stephen Kirk         SILS
   (User Interface Design and Evaluation)
Jonathan Klein       College of Engineering
   (Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries)
Wilson Lee           College of Engineering
   (Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries)
David Lyons          School of Education
   (Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries)
Stephen Markel       SILS
   (User Interface Design and Evaluation)
Tracy Mullen         College of Engineering
   (Intellectual Property and Economics)
Anisoara Nica        College of Engineering
   (Conspectus Search and Retrieval, Conspectus Definition and Registry)
Sunju Park           College of Engineering
   (Intellectual Property and Economics, Conspectus Search and Retrieval)
James Reed           College of Engineering
   (Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries)
Nancy Scala          College of Engineering
   (Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries)
Jose Vidal           College of Engineering
   (Conspectus Search and Retrieval)
Raven Wallace        Department of Education
   (Use and Evaluation--High Schools and Public Libraries, User Interface Design and 
     Evaluation)
William Walsh        College of Engineering
   (Intellectual Property and Economics, Architecture)
Kimberly White       School of Public Policy
   (Intellectual Property and Economics)

Affiliates

Equipment Partners 

Name                 Company
Jim Corgel           IBM
Lee Esler            Eastman-Kodak
Robert Epstein       Sybase
Sheri Schultz        Apple Computer, Inc.
Len Redon            Eastman-Kodak
Bob Ritchie          Hewlett-Packard

External Advisory Committee Partners 

Name                   Company
Peter Banks            Environmental Research Institute of Michigan 
John Seely Brown       Xerox PARC
Karen Hunter           Elsevier Science
Rick Lafaivre          Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Ann Okerson            Yale University
Douglas Van Houweling  University of Michigan

Library Partners 

Ann Arbor Public Library
   Ieva Bates 
   Jane Conway 
   Robb Pilkerton 
   Jackie Sasaki 
   Lana Strait
New York Public Library
   Tony Ajiga 
   Bill Walker

School Partners 

Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
   Monica Atkins, Language Arts Teacher 
   Art Davidge, Computer Specialist 
   Doug Dawson, Library Media Specialist 
   Jim Hanselman, Science Teacher 
   Beckie Prepejchal, Science Teacher 
   Ron Robinson, Science Teacher 
   Leslie Walter, Science Teacher
Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
   Gail Beaver, Library Media Specialist 
   Stan Bidlack, English Teacher, InterDisciplinary Block (Section 99)
   Sheila Brown, Social Studies Teacher, InterDisciplinary Block 
     (Section 98) 
   Dee Drake, Science Teacher, InterDisciplinary Block (Section 98) 
   Bill Gay, Science Teacher, InterDisciplinary Block (Section 99) 
   Steve Schaffer, Science Teacher/Planetarium Director 
   Mike Thompson, English Teacher, InterDisciplinary Block (Section 98) 
   Stu White, Social Studies Teacher, InterDisciplinary Block 
     (Section 99)
Community High School and Roberto Clemente Student Development Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
   Clare Canham Eaton, Library Media Specialist 
   Madeline Drake, Science Teacher 
   Mike Mouradian, Science Teacher 
   Mike Smith, Science Teacher 
   Mike Smith, Technical Education Teacher 
   Liz Stern, Science Teacher
Ann Arbor Public Schools Instruction Division
   Janet Kahan, Assistant Science Coordinator 
   Terry Madden, Technology Specialist and UMDL Project Coordinator 
   Joe Riley, Science Coordinator

Publisher Partners 

Name                   Department
Veronica Schee         Groliers
John Christofferrson   McGraw-Hill
Karen Hunter           Elsevier Science
Ann Okerson            Yale University
James Romer            UMI
Phil Stockton          Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Research Partners 

Bellcore
   Dennis Egan
   Michael Lesk

Select Meetings and Events

2/1-2/95    ALISE Conference
            Dan Atkins, speaker

2/14/95     Bob Neches, ARPA at UM
            Dan Atkins, Bill Birmingham, Elliot Soloway, Mike Wellman

2/14/95     ARPA/NASA/NSF Site visit at UM
            UMDL Team

2/17/95     UMDL Training session for sites
            Gene Alloway

2/19/95     AAAS
            Bill Birmingham

2/21/95     Information Industry Association Conference
            Dan Atkins

3/2/95      Mellon Foundation:  Bill Bowen at UM
            Dan Atkins

3/7/95      Lance Mitchell, Focus Hope at UM
            Doug Orr

3/7/95      Academic Planning Group (Deans and Administrators) of the 
              University of Michigan at UM
            Dan Atkins, Wendy Lougee, Randy Frank, Laurie Crum, 
              Lee Liming

3/8/95      Larry Masinter, Xerox PARC at UM
            Presentation:  Document Management, The Web, and 
               Digital Libraries
            Dan Atkins, Wendy Lougee, Randy Frank, Bill Birmingham

3/9-10/95   Steve Cisler, Apple at UM
            Dan Atkins

3/15/95     AAAI Spring Symposium
            Mike Wellman

3/15/95     IBM Planning Session on Digital Libraries at UM
            Dan Atkins, Wendy Lougee, John Price-Wilkin, Randy Frank,
              Laurie Crum

3/16/95     Mellon Foundation:  Bill Bowen at UM
            Dan Atkins, Wendy Lougee, Randy Frank

3/17/95     MCI at UM
            Randy Frank

3/20/95     Visitors from Sinclair Community College, Ohio
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank, Wendy Lougee

3/21/95     Visitors from Cranbrook Institute, Michigan
            Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum, Olivia Frost

3/21/95     UMDL Training session for sites
            Gene Alloway

3/24/95     FLICC/FEDLINK Forum
            Dan Atkins

3/28/95	Apple Executives at UM
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank

3/28/95     Hector Garcia-Molina and digital library team, 
              Stanford University
            Mike Wellman

3/29/95     Charles Eisendrath:  Director, Michigan Journalism Fellows
            Dan Atkins

3/30/95     Larry Coppard, School of Social Work
            Dan Atkins

3/31/95     Suzanne Thorin:  Library of Congress at UM
            Presentation:  Digital Library Activities at the Library of 
               Congress
            Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum

3/31/95     Arthur Keller,Stanford at UM
            Presentation:  CommerceNet Smart Catalogs: Architecture 
               and Approach
            Elke Rundensteiner, Mike Wellman

4/6/95      Visitors from Detroit Public Library, Ann Arbor Public 
               Library, Ypsilanti Public Library to UM
            Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum

4/10-11/95  Spring 1995 CNI Task Force Meeting
            Randy Frank, Wendy Lougee

4/14/95     Apple planning session at UM
            Wendy Lougee, Elliot Soloway

4/19/95     Perry Samson: Space Physics Research Lab at UM
            UMDL Operating Committee Team members

4/24-25/95  DLI All-project meeting at UIUC
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank, Karen Drabenstott, Joan Durrance, 
               Amy Warner, Elke Rundensteiner, Wendy Lougee, Doug Orr, 
               John Price-Wilkin, Laurie Crum, Bill Birmingham

4/25/95     UMDL Training session for sites
            Gene Alloway

4/26/95     Bristol Myers (Corporate Headquarters, Pennsylvania)
            Dan Atkins, speaker

4/27/95     Eugene Miya:  NASA at UM
            Randy Frank, Ken Alexander, Doug Orr, Greg Peters, Dan 
               Kiskis, Bill Birmingham, Mike Wellman, Wendy Lougee, 
               Amy Warner, John Price-Wilkin, Gene Alloway,  Karen 
               Drabenstott, Elliot Soloway

4/28/95     Marvin Weinberger:  Infonautics at UM
            Dan Atkins, Elliot Soloway, Mike Wellman, Wendy Lougee, 
               Randy Frank

4/28/95     Oskar Woerz, Austria at UM
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank

4/28/95     Ellen Poisson, New York Public Library at UM
            Wendy Lougee, John Price-Wilkin, Gene Alloway, Terry Madden

5/2/95      Dave Rodgers, Jim Sterken, Mike McEvoy:  ArborText at UM
            Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum

5/3/95      Giorgio Valle, University of Milano, Italy at UM
            Dan Atkins

5/4-5/95    California:  Apple conference ("Ties that Bind")
            Dan Atkins

5/9/95      Benjamin Grosof, IBM T.J. Watson Research at UM
            Presentation:  Communications and Reasoning Smarts for Agents

5/10/95     IBM (Willy Chiu and technical team) at UM
            UMDL Team

5/11/95     Bob Jacobson:  The Chronicle for Higher Education at UM
            Dan Atkins, Wendy Lougee, Bill Birmingham, Randy Frank, 
               Elliot Soloway, Karen Drabenstott

5/15-17/95  Forum on Research and Technology Advances in Digital 
               Libraries (ADL'95)
            Elke Rundensteiner, Anisoara Nica

5/16/95     Peter Bono, Fraunhofer Institute in Darmstadt at UM
            Dan Atkins, Kathy Willis, Bill Birmingham, Randy Frank, Karen Drabenstott

5/18-19/96  HPCC/IITA Digital Library Workshop
            Randy Frank, Elke Rundensteiner

5/19/95     Canton Township Hall
            Dan Atkins, speaker

5/23/95	UMDL Training session for sites
            Gene Alloway

5/24-25/95  Trip to Stanford University
            Doug Orr, Bill Birmingham

5/25/95     Mr. Ho Nam Choi, Science Library, Korea Advanced Institute 
               of Science and Technology
            Wendy Lougee

5/26/95     Dianne Baker:  IBM at UM
            Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum

5/31/95     Arron Shutz, UM President's Office, UM Monograph
            Dan Atkins

6/2/95      Engineering National Advisory Committee (NAC) at UM
            Randy Frank, Dan Atkins

6/6/95      Kaye Gapen:  The Morino Institute
            Dan Atkins, Bill Birmingham, Randy Frank

6/6/95      Mike Lesk:  Bellcore
            Dan Atkins, Bill Birmingham, Randy Frank, Wendy Lougee, 
               Karen Drabenstott

6/6/95      Mellon Foundation:  Bill Bowen at UM
            Dan Atkins, Wendy Lougee, Randy Frank

6/7/95      Lourdes Feria:  University of Colima
            Laurie Crum, Wendy Lougee

6/8/95      Visitors from the Chinese Academy of Sciences
            Laurie Crum, Olivia Frost

6/8/95     The Morino Institute, Coalition for Networked Information, 
               Mitre
            Focus group to identify standards to advance development of 
               intelligent discovery and retrieval  processes to find 
               information that exists across a variety of heterogeneous 
               sources
	Dan Atkins

6/9/95      Ray Tacoma:  nCUBE
            Laurie Crum, Gene Alloway

6/9/95      Mary Schroer:  Michigan State Representative at UM
            Dan Atkins

6/12/95     Visitors from Ohiolink at UM
            Wendy Lougee, John Price-Wilkin

6/16/95     Marti Hearst and Mark Stefik, Xerox PARC
            Mike Wellman

6/21/95     Channel 2 television interview
            Dan Atkins

6/22-28/95  American Library Association
            Dan Atkins, Bill, Birmingham, Joan Durrance, Amy Warner, 
               Laurie Crum,  Olivia Frost
            Panel Session:  NSF/ARPA/NASA Funded Digital Library 
               Projects: Research Designed to Create Tomorrow's 
               Libraries
            Panel members:  Dan Atkins, Bill Birmingham, Joan Durrance 
               Amy Warner
            Presentation:  Toward the Digital Library:  Academic Library 
               Futures
            Speaker:  Dan Atkins

6/26/95     Benjamin Grosof and others, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
            Mike Wellman

7/7/95      Dr. Herve Gallaire, Xerox (Europe)
            Dan Atkins, Kathy Willis

7/10/95     Paul DuCloy, INRIA Digitral Library Project Office and
               tour of new French National Library (France)
            Dan Atkins

7/11/95     Presentation to Elsevier senior editors and interaction with 
               Elsevier electronic publishing projects (Netherlands)
            Dan Atkins

7/12/95     Prof Doctor Jose Encarnacao, House of Computer Graphics,
               Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)
            Dan Atkins, Kathy Willis

7/13/95     Dr. Erich Neuhold, Dr. Norbert Streitz and faculty, GMD-IPSI
               (Integrated Publication and Information Systems 
               Institute) (Germany)
            Dan Atkins, Kathy Willis

7/10-14/95  ARPA/CSTO Joint PI Meeting
            Bill Birmingham, Doug Orr

7/14/95     Michael Moore:  University of Pittsburgh
            UMDL Team

7/24-25/95 Shigeo Sugimoto:  University of Library and Information Science (Japan)
            John Price-Wilkin, Randy Frank, Gene Alloway, Ken Alexander, 
               Greg Peters, Wendy Lougee, Laurie Crum, Amy Warner, Elke 
               Rundensteiner

7/27/95     Suzanne Thorin:  Library of Congress
            Dan Atkins

7/27-28/95  Handle System Workshop
            Dan Kiskis, Fritz Freiheit

8/4/95      Dianne Baker:  IBM at UM
            Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum

13-14       James Hollan and Ben Bederson (University of New Mexico)
            George Furnas

8/15/95     Bill Bowen, Mellon Foundation
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank, Wendy Lougee

8/17/95     John Adler:  HarpWeek at UM
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank

8/22-25/95  NSF-UMDL Teacher training
            University of Michigan
            Gene Alloway, Raven Wallace, Kathleen Hamel

8/23/95     Steve Griffin: National Science Foundation at UM
            NSF-UMDL Project Team

8/23/95     John Christofferrson:  McGraw-Hill at UM
            Wendy Lougee, John Price-Wilkin, Dan Atkins, Dan Kiskis

8/23-25/95  DIS '95:  Symposium on Designing Interactive Systems:  
              Processes, Practices, Methods, & Techniques
            George Furnas

9/2/95      ERCIM Digital Library Initiatives Meeting (Heraklion, Crete)
            Kathy Willis

9/7-8/95    National Design Review Workshop
            David Barber

9/8/95      Toni Hooper:  RMD, on Board of Director of Calcio Project
               (South Africa)
            Dan Atkins

9/11/95     Joe Riley, Pioneer High School
            Elliot Soloway

9/11/95     Bob Galardi, Principal, Pioneer High School
            Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum

9/12/95     CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation -- 
               Big 10 institutes)
            Presentations by:  Randy Frank, Bill Birmingham, 
              Wendy Lougee

9/12/95     FLICC
            Dan Atkins

9/13/95     Karen Hunter, Roland Dietz:  Elsevier Science at UM
            NSF-UMDL Project Team

9/13/95     Dr. Boyd Rayword, University of New South Wales at UM
            Dan Atkins, Karen Drabenstott

9/18/95     Weather Underground presents:  Disaster in the Classroom
            A live interactive television show for K-12 students
            In Ann Arbor on Cable Channel 8
            Perry Samson

9/18/95     Hector Garcia-Molina and project team:  Stanford University
            Dan Kiskis

9/19-20/95  Workshop with European Commission and Scientists 
            National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, DC
            Dan Atkins

9/20/95     Visitors from the National Center for Science Information 
               Systems (Japan)
            Dan Kiskis, Wendy Lougee, Mike Wellman and other project 
               team members

9/21/95     Bob Kahn:  CNRI visit to UM
            UMDL Project Team
            Seminar:  Digital Networking

9/26-29/95  CNI
            Dan Atkins

10/2/95     Digital Federation Meeting
            Dan Atkins

10/4/95     Visitors from Tilburg University (Netherlands)
            Wendy Lougee

10/6/95	Visitors from Danish Academic Libraries (Denmark)
            Laurie Crum, Karen Drabenstott, Amy Warner, Wendy Lougee

10/9-12/95  American Society of Information Specialists (ASIS)
            Converging Technologies:  Forging New Partnerships in 
               Information
            Presentation on the NSF-UMDL by Amy Warner and Karen 
               Drabenstott
            Amy Warner, Karen Drabenstott, Dan Atkins, Laurie Crum

10/16-17/95  Joerg Hakke, GMD (Germany)
            Olivia Frost, Elke Rundensteiner

10/17/95    Visitors from University of Oslo (Norway)
            Laurie Crum, Randy Frank, Wendy Lougee

10/17/95    Paul Evan Peters, CNI
            Dan Atkins
            Presentation:  Networked Information

10/17/95    John Adler, Harper's Week
            Dan Atkins, Kathy Willis, Wendy Lougee, Randy Frank, 
               John Price-Wilkin

10/18/95    State of Michigan Information Advisory Board
            Dan Atkins
            Presentation:  Networking for the State

10/20/95    Sung Hyuk Kim, Sookmyung Women's University (Korea)
            Elke Rundensteiner

10/24/95    Michael Twidale, Lancaster University (UK)
            Randy Frank, Laurie Crum, Michael Wellman, George Furnas, Dan Atkins, Karen Drabenstott

10/24/95    Richjard Giordano, University of Manchester (UK)
            Randy Frank, Laurie Crum, Michael Wellman, George Furnas, Dan Atkins, Karen Drabenstott

10/29-31/95  User-Centered Evaluation of Digital Libraries:
               A Research Symposium
            Tom Finholt

11/2/95     Lock-Ho Thi Xuan, Ling Siew Kheong, 
               Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore)
            Wendy Lougee and Digital Library Project members

11/9-10/95  DLI All-project meeting at UC--Santa Barbara
            Attending:  Bill Birmingham, Laurie Crum, Randy Frank, Fritz 
               Freiheit, Dan Kiskis, James Reed, Raven Wallace, Wendy 
               Lougee, Elke Rundensteiner, Anisoara Nica, Tom Finholt, 
               Steve Kirk, John Price-Wilkin

11/9-10/95  International Roundtable for Library & Information Science
            Kanazawa Institute, Tokyo, Japan
            Dan Atkins

11/20/95    Mark Middleton, Mitsubishi
            Ed Durfee, Dan Atkins, Mike Wellman

11/21/95    University of Michigan Artificial Intelligence Seminar 
               Series
            Speaker:  George Furnas

11/29/95    Mark Adler, Harper's Week
            Kathy Willis

11/30/95    Barbara Gordon, Sun Microsystems
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank

11/31/95    Michael Joyce, Kathy Kurosman, Kappa Waugh:  Vassar College
            Dan Atkins, Dan Kiskis, Wendy Lougee

12/1-2/95   CIKM Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents
            Speakers:  Jose Vidal, Ed Durfee

12/6-7/95   Cristos Nikolau, ERCIM
            Dan Atkins, Olivia Frost, Randy Frank, Mike Wellman,
            Presentation:  Economic Models for Resource Management in 
               Digital Libraries

12/8/95     The Transformation of the Public Library:    
            Access to Digital Information in a Networked World 
               (Invitational Symposium)
            Library of Congress, Washington, DC
            Speaker:  Dan Atkins

12/13/95    Visit to University Microfilms
            Dan Atkins, Randy Frank, Olivia Frost, Wendy Lougee, 
               Elliot Soloway

Publications

Atkins, Daniel E. The Future of Libraries and Library Schools. Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) International Roundtable for Library and Information Science, Japan, November, 1995.

Birmingham, William P. An Agent-Based Architecture for Digital Libraries. D-LIB Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/July95/07contents.html), July, 1995.

Birmingham, W. P., Durfee, E. H., Mullen, T., and Wellman, M. P.. The distributed agent architecture of the University of Michigan Digital Library. AAAI Spring Symposium on Information Gathering in Heterogeneous, Distributed Environments, March 1995. (URL: ftp://ftp.eecs.umich.edu/people/wellman/aaai-infogath-ss95.ps)

Crum, Laurie. University of Michigan Digital Library Project. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 38, No. 4, April 1995, 63-64.

Crum, Laurie. University of Michigan Digital Library Project. Telepublishing Final Report, Volume 1(No. ELPUB104-10106), The Trefoyle Partnership, July, 1995.

D'Ambrosio, J. and W.P. Birmingham. Preference-directed Design. AI in Engineering, Design, Analysis, and Manufacture, 1995 (to appear).

Gosling, William A., Margo Crist, Brenda Johnson, Wendy P. Lougee and Beth Forrest Warner. Cooperative efforts in new methods of information delivery: the Michigan experience." Advances in Librarianship, vol. 19, 1995, p. 23-42.

Jackson, Jay. Enhancing access in a national digital library federation, New Edition, School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan, Spring 1995.

Jackson, Jay. Update: The U-M Digital Library Project, New Edition, School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan, Winter 1995.

Jacobson, Robert L. Desktop Libraries: University Researchers Strive to Make Vast Networked Collections a Reality. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. XLII, No. II, November 10, 1996.

Lougee, Wendy P. Beyond access: new concepts, new tensions for collection development in a digital environment." Collection Building, vol. 14, no. 3, 1995, p. 19-25.

Mullen, T. and Wellman, M.P. A simple computational market for network information services. In First International Conference on Multiagent Systems, June 1995.

A. Nica and E. A. Rundensteiner. Uniform Structured Document Handling Using a Constraint-based Object Approach, Advances in Digital Libraries (ADL'95), A Forum on Research and Technology Advances in Digital Libraries, Virginia, May 1995.

Peters, Paul Evan. Digital Libraries are Much More than Digitlized Collections. Educom Review, July/August, 1995.

Vidal, Jose and Durfee, Ed. Task Planning Agents in the UMDL Proceedings from CIKM '95: Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents, December 1-2, 1995. University of Michigan Digital Library Project Annual Report and Program Plan 2/15/96

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