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        OCLC researchers celebrate a decade of NetLab digital-library R&amp;D by speaking at anniversary conference
        OCLC Research vice president Lorcan Dempsey and research scientists Stuart Weibel and Diane Vizine-Goetz participated in the 10th anniversary conference of NetLab, the research and development department at Lund University Libraries.
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        April 15, 2002
        The conference involved many who have worked with NetLab over the course of its first decade.
        <P>Weibel opened the conference with a presentation on the Dublin Core experience and its significance for the future, while <A href="http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/conf/vizine-goetz.ppt">Vizine-Goetz spoke about the semantic web</A> and located some of OCLC's research work in relation to it. Dempsey closed the conference by examining concepts, issues, and opportunities in research and learning.</P>
    <P>Founded by Traugott Koch and Anders Ardoe, NetLab focuses its activities primarily on digital library and net-based information discovery and retrieval, mainly in Internet/WWW environments. Koch currently is NetLab's senior librarian for electronic information services. He was an <A href="../../programsandresearch/scholars/default.htm">OCLC Research visiting scholar</A> in 1997-1998.</P>
        <P>Conference:<BR><A href="http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/conf/">http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/conf/</A></P>
    <P>Netlab:<BR><A href="http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/">http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/</A></P>
    <P>Vizine-Goetz presentation:<BR><A href="http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/conf/vizine-goetz.ppt">http://www.lub.lu.se/netlab/conf/vizine-goetz.ppt</A> (PowerPoint:172K/29 slides)</P>

        Bob Bolander
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        Communications &amp; Programs Manager
        OCLC Research