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# Digital Libraries Research Interest Group

Meeting minutes (PDF:39K/2pp.)

## Monday, May 19, 2003

### Smith Conference Center, Meeting Room 4

9:00-9:05 | Welcome and Introductions | Shirley Hyatt
9:05-9:35 | Repositories & the management of cultural, research and learning assets (PPT:69K/14 slides) | Ralph LeVan
9:35-9:45 | IMS Digital repository interoperability specification (PPT:48K/1 slide) | Ralph LeVan
9:45-10:05 | D-Space (PPT:1.4MB/14 slides) | Jenny Toves
10:05-10:45 | Discussion | Paul Gherman, facilitator

## Tuesday, May 20

### Marriott Northwest Hotel, Dublin Ballroom II

Overview and discussions of selected OCLC Research Projects:
8:30-8:55 | OAI - What it is and what we are doing with it. (PPT:113K/11 slides) | Jeff Young
8:55-9:35 | FAST (PDF:13K/12pp.) | Ed O'Neill
9:35-9:40 | Summary | Sharon Bosarge
9:40-9:45 | Housekeeping and discussion of future topics | Paul Gherman, facilitator

## Advance reading

The following two articles provide some background information for the Repositories "movement."

- Jean-Claude Guedon. 2001. Beyond Core Journals and Licenses: The Paths to Reform Scientific Publishing. ARL Bimonthly Report 218 (October).
  http://www.arl.org/newsltr/218/guedon.html
- Cliff Lynch. 2003. Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age. ARL Bimonthly Report 266 (February).
  http://www.arl.org/newsltr/226/ir.html

Please send all inquiries to: Robert Bolander