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# Distinguished Seminar Series

OCLC Research established the Distinguished Seminar Series in 1978 to encourage the exchange of ideas across the barriers of time, space, and disciplines. Each year OCLC invites distinguished professionals to Dublin to make presentations on topics of current interest. Speakers may discuss recently completed or early-stage research that they have undertaken, or report other types of professional activity. The topics sometimes align closely with research directions within OCLC, but also may represent areas of interest to the library and information science community not formally under study by OCLC researchers. Diversity of topics is essential to meeting the purpose of the Distinguished Seminar Series. |

Date | Speaker | Title
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| March 16, 2009 | Richard Ovenden Keeper of Special Collections Associate Director Bodleian Library University of Oxford | Managing the Collective Collection: Local Challenges, Global Opportunities (.pdf: 9MB/90 pp.)
Abstract PDF (67kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides) Discussion webcast | Presentation audio (.mp3: 57MB/ 72min.) Discussion audio (.mp3: 20MB/22min.)
| February 12, 2009 | Tom Hickerson Vice Provost, Libraries and Cultural Resources University Librarian University of Calgary | Convergence of Knowledge and Culture: Calgary's Design for the Future (.pdf: 554KB/53 pp.)
Abstract PDF (112kb/1p.) | Presentation webcast (video and slides) Discussion webcast | Presentation audio (.mp3: 52MB/ 55min.) Discussion audio (.mp3: 29MB/31min.)
June 19, 2008 | Carole L. Palmer Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library & Information Science (GSLIS) Director, Center for Informatics Research in Science & Scholarship (CIRSS) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Research Practice and Research Libraries: Working toward High-Impact Information Services (.ppt: 5.7MB/41 slides)
Abstract PDF (125kb/1p.) | Audio (MP3: 74.2MB/80 min.) |
April 22, 2008 | Jennifer Bowen and David Lindahl River Campus Libraries University of Rochester | The University of Rochester's eXtensible Catalog (XC) project
Abstract PDF (126kb/1p.) |  |
September 20, 2007 | Mike Eisenberg Professor and Dean Emeritus The Information School The University of Washington | The Sky is Not Falling! Opportunities Abound as Library Schools Become Information Schools (.pdf: 5.5 MB/103 pp.)
Abstract PDF (67kb/1p.) |  |
January 8, 2007 | Michael A. Keller University Librarian and Director Academic Information Resources Stanford University Publisher, HighWire Press Publisher, Stanford University Press | Mass digitization in the Google Book Search program and its possible effects on scholarship
Abstract PDF (116K/1p.) |  |
November 29, 2006 | Marshall Breeding Director for Innovative Technologies and Research Jean & Alexander Heard Library Vanderbilt University | Trends in Library Automation: Meeting the challenges of a new generation of library users (1.07MB/54 slides)
Abstract | Audio: Better audio, larger file (MP3: 87MB) Smaller file, faster download (MP3: 22MB) |
October 26, 2006 | Chris Rusbridge Director, Digital Curation Centre University of Edinburgh | "To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow:" the players on the curation stage (6.2MB/63 slides)
Abstract PDF (122K/1p.) |  |
April 24, 2006 | Douglas Tudhope Reader, School of Computing University of Glamorgan | Towards Terminology Services: Esperiences from the FACET project (1.24MB/44 slides)
Abstract PDF (36K/1p.) |  |
December 8, 2005 | Cathy Marshall Senior Researcher Microsoft Corporation | A Personal Digital Dark Ages: Assessing the Fate of Our Digital Belongings
Abstract PDF (40K/1p.) |  |
September 30, 2005 | Ching-chih Chen, Ph.D. Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College | New Mode of Universal Access: The Latest Development of Global Memory Net
Abstract PDF (54K/1p.) |  | Selected quick references
Related item: A paper closely paralleling this presentation is available (PDF:5.2MB/10pp.) by courtesy of the author and the publisher, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE.
August 25, 2005 | Diana G. Oblinger, Ph.D. Vice President EDUCAUSE | Listening to What We're Seeing (PPT:1.2MB/56slides)
Abstract PDF (46K/1p.) |
February 16, 2005 | Priscilla Caplan Assistant Director, Digital Library Services Florida Center for Library Automation | Preservation Rumination: Digital Preservation and the Unfamiliar Future (PPT:622K/35slides)
Abstract PDF (36K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:23MB/100min)
December 9, 2004 | Gregory M. Shreve, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Applied Linguistics Chair, Modern and Classical Language Studies Kent State University | Software Localization and Internationalization: How and Why (PPT:811K/37slides)
Abstract PDF (43K/1p.) | Audio: Better audio, larger file (MP3:28MB/103min) Smaller file, faster download (MP3:6MB/93min)
Related presentation: Internationalizing Digital Libraries: Towards a Standards-Based Strategy (PPT:791K/30slides). Presented at ASIS&T 2004, 14 November 2004, Providence, Rhode Island (USA). [Provided by G. Shreve in response to audience requests following his DSS presentation.]
October 7, 2004 | Paul Conway Director, Information Technology Services Perkins Library Duke Universiy | Institutional Repositories: Is There Anything Left to Say? (PDF:2.5MB/45pp.)
Abstract PDF (39K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:20MB/85min.)
May 17, 2004 | Jim Gray Distinguished Engineer Scaleable Servers Research Group Manager Bay Area Research Center Microsoft | The World Wide Telescope: A Prototype of the Digital Library (PPT:1.42MB/32slides)
Abstract PDF (41K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:22MB/95min.)
April 29, 2004 | Blaise Cronin Rudy Professor of Information Science School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Visiting Professor School of Computing Napier University Edinburgh, Scotland | Scholars and Scripts, Eyeballs and Epistemes: What it Means to Publish (PPT:714K/29 slides)
Abstract PDF (41K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:61MB/66min.)
March 11, 2004 | Derek Law Librarian Head of Information Resources Directorate University of Strathclyde | The Social Role of Digital Libraries
Abstract PDF (45K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:23MB/66min.)
October 21, 2003 | Gloriana St. Clair, Ph.D. Dean of University Libraries Carnegie Mellon University | The Million Book Project Today (PPT:927K/22 slides)
Abstract PDF (49K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:12MB/53min.)
September 19, 2003 | Ken Klingenstein Project Director Internet2 Middleware | The Golden Age of Plywood (PDF:1.74MB/64 slides)
Abstract: HTML PDF (43K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:20.2MB/88min.)
April 15, 2003 (1:00 p.m.) | Jane Ryland Member OCLC Board of Trustees Membership Consultant Internet2 | Internet2 Today (PPT:2.89MB/65 slides)
Abstract: HTML PDF (39K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:13.4MB/58min.)
February 26, 2003 | Roy Tennant Manager eScholarship Web & Services Design California Digital Library | Points of Pain, Peculiar Possibilities, and a Patron Paradise, or A Slightly Arbitrary Set of Hair-brained Ideas (PPT:2.58MB/45 slides)
Abstract: HTML PDF (43K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:19.5MB/86min.)
February 3, 2003 | Robert S. Martin, Ph.D Director Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) | Libraries, Their Role And Relationship To Other Cultural Institutions
Abstract: HTML PDF (40K/1p.) | Audio (MP3:13.7MB/60min.)
October 25, 2002 | William Y. Arms Professor Computer Science Director Information Science Program Cornell University | The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) as an Example of Current Research in Information Science (PowerPoint:1.09MB/41 slides)
Abstract (PDF:40K/1p.) |
July 30, 2002 | Jason Epstein Publishing Innovator Co-founder 3BillionBooks | Reading: The Digital Future
Abstract (PDF:44K/1pp.) |
March 20, 2002 | Neil McLean, Ph.D. Pro Vice-Chancellor, E-Learning and Information Services Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Director, IMS Australia | Libraries and eLearning: Organizational and Technical Interoperability
Abstract | Audio (MP3:25.6MB/63min.) | Paper (Word:198K/13pp.)
December 4, 2001 | Barbara B. Tillett, Ph.D. Chief Cataloging Policy and Support Office Library of Congress Washington, D.C. | The FRBR Model (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)
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November 20, 2001 | Tukaram S. Kumbar, Ph.D. Scientist-D Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET) Ahmedabad, India | Indian Libraries and the OCLC Global Library Cooperative: An exploration of opportunities and possibilities for collaboration
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August 28, 2001 | Kathleen Braverman, Ph.D. Partner Global Lead Management Corporation Cincinnati, Ohio | Social Dialects in America's Workplace
Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF:13.4MB/40pp.; see p. 21)
April 20, 2001 | Christine Borgman, Ph.D. Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies UCLA Visiting Professor Department of Information Science Loughborough University, England | From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World
Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF:8517K/48pp.; see p. 34)
January 31, 2001 | Sarah E. Thomas, Ph.D. Carl A. Kroch University Librarian Cornell University | The Library Catalog as Internet Portal
Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF:27,753K/48pp.; see p. 27)
November 7, 2000 | Gail McMillan, M.A., M.L.S. Associate Professor University Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Perspectives on ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations): Library Issues and Responsibilities
Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF: 3139K/48pp.; see p. 22)
February 18, 2000 | Eric Lease Morgan Librarian NCSU Libraries North Carolina State University | MyLibrary: A Model for Implementing a User-centered, Customizable Interface to a Library's Collection of Information Resources
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November 16, 1999 | Vicki O'Day doctoral student Department of Anthropology University of California Santa Cruz. | Information Ecologies and Digital Libraries
Abstract | Newsletter Article (PDF: 1851K/56pp.; see p. 31)
May 21, 1999 | William Newman Principal Scientist Xerox Research Centre Europe | Developing Tools for Readers and Writers based on Over-the-Desk Digital Cameras
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April 13, 1999 | Karen M. Drabenstott, M.L.S., Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Information Unversity of Michigan | Envisioning a Multimedia Dewey Decimal Classification
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February 23, 1999 | Dr. Norman Paskin Director The International DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Foundation | The DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
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January 19, 1999 | Adam Eisgrau Lobbyist American Library Association | Copyright, the Universe and Everything
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October 26, 1998 | Ia McIlwaine Professor of Information Studies University of London Archive and Information Studies University College London | Communication and Classification in the next Century
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December 5, 1997 | Dr. Steve Pollitt Reader in Information Science at the University of Huddersfield, UK | View Based Searching: A New Paradigm for Information Retrieval Based on Faceted Classification and Indexing
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November 11, 1997 | Wendy Lougee Assistant Director for Digital Library Initiatives University of Michigan Library | Perspectives on the Digital Information Environment: A Case for Collaborative and Institutional Models
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April 15, 1997 | Toni Carbo, Ph.D. Dean and Professor School of Information Sciences University of Pittsburgh | Information Policy and the Work of the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (NII AC)
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February 27, 1997 | Archie Dick, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of South Africa Visiting Professor Wayne State University | Librarianship and Information Science in South Africa: Reflections on the Parting of the Ways
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March 19, 1996 | Kenneth D. Crews, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Law and of Library and Information Science Indiana University Director of the Copyright Management Center Indiana University-Purdue University | The Copyright Dilemma: Legal Tensions and Information Networks
January 30, 1996 | Barbara B. Tillett, Ph.D. Chief Cataloging Policy and Support Office Library of Congress | Conceptual Modeling and Cataloging Rules
March 7, 1995 | Carol Tenopir Professor School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee | Electronic Reference in Academic Libraries in the 1990's
October 11, 1994 | Yuri Rubinsky President and Co-Founder SoftQuad, Inc. | The Exhilaration of Making Accessible Documents: Publishing for the Print-Disabled
December 14, 1993 | Donald H. Kraft Professor of Computer Science and Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science Louisiana State University | One Journal Editor's View of the Future of Journals
June 22, 1993 | Karen Sparck Jones Assistant Director of Research Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge | Foundations for Automatic Summarising: A Framework and Some Experiments
May 7, 1993 | Daniel E. Atkins Dean and Professor School of Information and Library Studies The University of Michigan | Towards a National Collaboratory
March 5, 1993 | Roger G. Noll Morris M. Doyle Professor of Public Policy Department of Economics Stanford University | Scholarly Periodical Costs and the Future of the Research Library
December 1, 1992 | Mary E. Jackson Head Interlibrary Loan Department University of Pennsylvania Library | Rushing Toward 2000: Enhancing Services, Technologies, and Priorities for Resource Sharing
May 20, 1992 | Elliot Soloway Professor Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The University of Michigan | Interactive Learning Environments
April 13, 1992 | Ben A. Shneiderman Professor Computer Science Department University of Maryland at College Park | User Interfaces for Information Visualization
November 13, 1991 | Theodor Holm Nelson Distinguished Fellow Autodesk, Inc. | Tomorrow's Online 'Docuverse'
March 18, 1991 | E. Gordon Gee President The Ohio State University | From Hardware to Thoughtware: Information Literacy and the Community of Learning
February 27, 1991 | Howard Besser Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh | Extending Retrieval Systems to Include Images: What do we need to consider?
November 12, 1990 | John M. Carroll Manager User Interface Theory and Design IBM Watson Research Center | Making a Science 'in' Design
June 5, 1990 | Robert Bailey President Computer Psychology, Inc. | Designing Quality User Interfaces
May 14, 1990 | Jeffrey Katzer Professor of Information Studies Syracuse University | Toward a More Realistic Assessment of Information Retrieval Performance
March 12, 1990 | Donald A. Marchand Dean School of Information Studies Center for Science & Technology Syracuse University | Infotrends: A 1990's Outlook on Strategic Information Management
December 7, 1989 | Robert C. Heterick Vice President for Information Systems Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Demons, Paradoxes and Golden Arches
November 9, 1989 | Ward Shaw Executive Director Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries | Local Systems Developments Relating to Networking, Services, End User Access, and the Hardware, Software, and Connectivity Platforms and Approaches
July 11, 1989 | Anne J. Mathews Director Office of Library Programs U.S. Department of Education | The Office of Library Programs: An Overview
June 8, 1989 | David S. H. Rosenthal Sun Microsystems | The X Application Environment
March 14, 1989 | Dagobert Soergel Professor College of Library and Information Services University of Maryland at College Park | Improved Access to LC Classification and LC Subject Headings for Online Searchers and Catalogers Through Conceptual Analysis
February 10, 1989 | Edward A. Fox Associate Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | From Electronic Publishing to Intelligent Information Retrieval
November 8, 1988 | Karen Sparck Jones Assistant Director of Research Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge | Integrated Inquiry Systems
October 11, 1988 | Ferdinand F. Leimkuhler Professor and Head School of Industrial Engineering Purdue University | A Prospectus on Information Systems Engineering
September 20, 1988 | David L. Waltz Professor Computer Science Brandeis University Director Advanced Information Systems | Thinking Machines Corporation, "Parallel Computing for Information Retrieval
May 3, 1988 | W. Bruce Croft Associate Professor Department of Computer and Information Science University of Massachusetts at Amherst | Retrieval by Plausible Inference
April 8, 1988 | William S. Cooper Professor of Library and Inforamtion Studies University of California, Berkeley | Human and Inhuman Uses of Probability Theory in Information Retrieval
March 8, 1988 | Michael Lesk Division Manager of Computer Science Research Bell Communications Research, Inc. | Experiments with Computer Readable Dictionaries
February 16, 1988 | Nicholas Belkin Professor School of Communication Information and Library Studies Rutgers University | On the Nature and Function of Explanation in Intelligent Information Retrieval
November 9, 1987 | W. David Penniman Director Libraries and Information Systems Center AT&T Bell Laboratories | Tomorrow's Library Today
September 16, 1987 | Toni Carbo Bearman Dean of the School of Library and Information Science University of Pittsburgh | Changes in the Life Cycle of Information and Implications of These Changes for the Education of Information Professionals
July 14, 1987 | Sandra Mamrak Associate Professor Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University | A Software Architecture to Support Data Translation
May 27, 1987 | Patrick Wilson Professor School of Library and Information Studies University of California, Berkeley | The Work and the Work Record in Cataloging
April 3, 1987 | Brian Shackel Professor Department of Human Sciences Loughborough University of Technology Director of HUSAT | The Impact of Technological Development in the Prepublication Dissemination of Information: Project Quartet
March 17, 1987 | Michael Buckland Assistant Vice President for Library Plans and Policies Office of the President University of California | The Vanishing Library Catalog: Access, Bibliography, and Technology
February 3, 1987 | Narain H. Gehani Bell Laboratories Murray Hill, New Jersey | Novel Aspects of Ada
December 2, 1986 | Dana Scott University Professor of Computer Science Philosophy and Mathematical Logic Carnegie Mellon University | Capturing Concepts with Data Structures
November 11, 1986 | Jose-Marie Griffiths Vice-President King Research, Inc. | Evaluating the Impact of Implementing an Integrated Automated Library System
October 21, 1986 | Martha Williams Professor of Information Science Information Retrieval Research Laboratory Coordinated Science Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Information Retrieval Research: Interface Comparison, Database Selection and Transparent Systems
September 23, 1986 | Abraham Bookstein Professor Graduate Library School The University of Chicago | Feedback Mechanisms in Information Retrieval
May 6, 1986 | F. W. Lancaster Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois | Uses of Machine Readable Databases in Technological and Social Forecasting
April 1, 1986 | Michael Gorman Director of General Services University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library | Cataloging for the Electronic Union Catalog
March 11, 1986 | Charles M. Dollars Assistant Director Archival Research & Evaluation National Archives and Records Service | Electronic Information Handling Technologies: Preservation Issues
February 18, 1986 | Joseph W. Price Chief of the Science and Technology Division Library of Congress | Optical Disk Technology and Library Needs
January 7, 1986 | Wesley L. Boomgaarden Preservation Officer The Ohio State University Libraries | Preservation Administration in Research Libraries: Making the Past Accessible to the Future
November 11, 1985 | Gerard Salton Professor Computer Science Cornell University and Joel Fagan graduate student linguistics and computer science Cornell University | The Generation of Complex Content Descriptions for Document Identification
October 8, 1985 | M. Lynn Neufeld former Executive Director National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services | Databases: Dinosaurs to Compact Disks
May 10, 1985 | B. Chandrasekaran Professor of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University | Expert Systems: Matching Techniques to Tasks
April 23, 1985 | Brian Shackel Head of the Department of Human Sciences Loughborough University | Electronic Journals--A Paperless Paradox
March 8, 1985 | Elliot Soloway Associate Professor Department of Computer Science Yale University | The Mental Life of Programmers
February 15, 1985 | Gerald DeJong Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Illinois | An Overview of Natural Language Processing
January 18, 1985 | Donald Kraft Professor Department of Computer Science Louisiana State University | Fuzzy Subset Theory and Generalized Boolean Retrieval Systems
December 13, 1984 | Lee Hollaar Associate Professor Department of Computer Science University of Utah | Utah Text Retrieval Project
September 27, 1984 | Linda C. Smith Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science Univesity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Libraries and Information Systems
August 24, 1984 | Aviezri S. Fraenkel Professor Department of Applied Mathematics The Weizmann Institute of Science | The Use and Usefulness of Numeration Systems
March 30, 1984 | Stanley Smith Professor Emeritus Department of Zoology The Ohio State University | Video Displays, Work, and Vision
December 15, 1983 | Viktor Hampel Project Leader Technology Information System Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Demonstration of the Technology Information System and the Gateway Computer at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
November 8, 1983 | David Grey Remington Chief Cataloging Distribution Service Library of Congress | Libraries in Electronic Publishing: Publishing, Information, Delivery, and Library Service Converge in the New Optical Disk Technology
February 17, 1982 | Kenneth E. Dowlin Director Pikes Peak Library District | Maggie's Place System
May 10, 1981 | Ching-chih Chen Professor and Associate Dean Graduate School of Library and Information Science Simmons College | The Role of Libraries in the Electronic Age as Reflected in Research Studies of Citizen Information Needs
December 10, 1980 | Pauline Atherton Professor School of Information Studies Syracuse University | A Forward Look at On-Line Services in the 1980's
November 25, 1980 | William McGrath Dean of Library Services University of Lowell | The Impact of Libraries on International Enrollment
November 19, 1980 | Herbert S. White Dean School of Library and Information Science Indiana University | The Academic Library Budget Crunch and the Reluctant Conversion to Cooperation and Resource Sharing
May 13, 1980 | A. W. Speyers Manager Regional Sales Interstate Electronics, Inc. | Voice Data Entry
April 17, 1980 | Michael J. McGill Associate Professor and Assistant Dean School of Information Studies Syracuse University | Subject Oriented Information Retrieval Systems
March 13, 1980 | Lawrence A. Woods Head Research and Development Unit University Library and Audio Visual Center Purdue University | An Overview of the Use of Micro-Computers in the Library
September 14, 1979 | Jack Belzer Professor School of Library and Information Science University of Pittsburgh | Personalized Computer Languages for Man-Machine Communications
August 14, 1979 | Stuart Zweben Assistant Professor Department of Computer and Information Science The Ohio State University | Design Methodologies in Software Engineering
February 23, 1979 | Richard M. Dougherty Director University Library The University of Michigan | Technological Deployment in Research Libraries
December 7, 1978 | Davis B. McCarn President Online Information International, Inc. | Unmediated Searching
October 4, 1978 | Charles T. Meadow Professor School of Library and Information Science Drexel University | Individualized Instruction for Data Access