Digital Strategies Conference Presentations
November 16-17, 2000
Day One: Thursday, November 16th, 2000
- Session 1: The Emerging National Information Infrastructure
This session described forces that are promoting change, major directions in research in computer and information science and engineering, and the technologies that appear to be key to the emerging national information infrastructure. The session will seek a balance between giving a broad overview of key technologies and showing their potential in creation, management, and use of records.
Speakers
-Lawrence E. Brandt , Program Manager, Digital Government Program, National Science Foundation
-Rich Lysakowski, Executive Director, Collaborative Electronic Notebooks Systems Association (CENSA)-Alan Weintraub , Research Director, Electronic Workplace Technologies and Advanced Computing Environments, The Gartner Group
Session 2: Building on the Information Infrastructure: NARA Initiatives
This session described NARA initiatives to tap into the enabling technologies of the next generation to improve management, preservation and access to electronic records.
Speakers
-Reagan Moore, Associate Director, Enabling Technologies Group, San Diego Supercomputer Center
KNOWLEDGE BASED PERSISTENT ARCHIVES
-Kenneth Thibodeau, Director, Electronic Records Archives Program, Office of Human Resources and Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration
THE ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVES INITIATIVE
-William Underwood, Principal Research Scientist, Information Technology Telecommunications Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTRONIC RECORDS PILOT OPERATING SYSTEM (PERPOS)
- Session 3: Education
Educators, students, systems designers, and information professionals are working together and using digital tools to create the educational forum of tomorrow. Collaboration is the underlying force in most of today's electronic education initiatives, where emphasis is placed on sharing knowledge, enhancing curricula, and expanding technological methodologies.
Speakers
-Emily Lind Baker, Editor, National Digital Library Program, Library of Congress
-Paula Nassen Poulos, Public Programs, National Archives and Records Administration
THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM
-Robert B. Allen, Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore Learning Community (BLC)
BALTIMORE LEARNING COMMUNITY (BLC) AND MARYLAND ELECTRONIC LEARNING (MELC)
- Session 4: Digital Government: Issues, Strategies, and Prospects
Governments have developed effective strategies for the management of electronic records and other digital information, often as part of broader information policy development initiatives. This session will discuss the impact of the move toward "e-government," development and administration of electronic records programs, web-supported applications and services, and other impacts of the rising reliance on digital information.Speakers
-Timothy Salvin, Information Systems Manager, Delaware Department of State
THE DIGITAL TOOLBOX
-Theresa Pardo, Senior Staff Associate, Center for Technology in Government, SUNY Albany
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, NETWORKING: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE AND PROGRESS TOWARD DIGITAL GOVERNMENT
-Marian Cherry, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (OSD/C3I)
RECORDS MANAGEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Day Two: Friday, November 17th, 2000
- Session 5 : Digital Data
"Born digital" data was the first type of digital source material; today it is a major category of primary source material, even as the universe of digital materials expands exponentially. The projected importance of XML as an enabling technology in the NII offers immense prospects for tapping the robust, large scale and flexible capabilities of data-based technologies for managing and accessing data stored in a variety of formats. New technologies also create opportunities for records creators, archives, and libraries to collaborate in offering services for digital data.Speakers:
-Cavan Capps, Project Manager, Dataweb/FERRET, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce
GLOBAL INFORMATION LOCATOR SERVICE (GILS)
-Eliot Christian, GILS Architect, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior
FED STATS AND THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
-Cathryn Dippo, Associate Commissioner for Survey Methods Research, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
- Session 6 : Building on the Information Infrastructure II
Top of PageThis session described other initiatives that tap into enabling technologies of the next generation NII such as digital libraries, e-commerce, and records management.
Speakers:
-Daniel Greenstein, Executive Director, Digital Library Federation
DIGITAL LIBRARIES: BUILDING ON THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
-Alexa McCray, Director, Lister Hill Center, National Library of Medicine
BUILDING DIGITAL LIBRARIES
-Edward Fox, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
DIGITAL LIBRARIES: STARTING WITH AUTHORS/CREATORS
