DOCUMENT RESUME ED 381 176 IR 055 472 AUTHOR Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W., Ed. TITLE Information Superhighway: The Role of Librarians, Information Scientists, and Intermediaries. Proceedings of the International Essen Symposium (17th, Essen, Germany, October 24-27, 1994). INSTITUTION Essen Univ. (Germany). Library. REPORT NO ISBN-3-922602-19-3; ISSN-0931-7503 PUB DATE 95 NOTE 488p.; Festschrift in honor of Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF02/PC20 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Libraries: *Access to Information; *Computer Networks: Cooperation; Developing Nations; Electronic Publishing; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; 'Information Networks; Information Technology; 'Librarians; *Library Role; Library Services, Professional Training; Quality Control; Users (information) IDENTIFIERS 'Information Superhighway; *Internet; Virtual Libraries ABSTRACT The emphasis of the symposium was the Internet, or information superhighway, and the provision of information services to end users. Many internationally recognized librarians shared their experiences and expressed their ideas on new developments and possibilities related to the information superhighway. The 34 papers presented at the symposium addressed the following issues:(1) definition, applications, cost, security, privacy, access, delivery, and ease of use;(2) strategies and tactics for accessing information . on the superhighway, as well as concern for unauthorized use; (3) tremendous amounts of irrelevant information, and who will regulate the superhighway;(4) librarians and Internet developer cooperation in developing user-oriented services on the Internet;(5) electronic publishing of academic research;(6) provision of access to users in tt.e third world;(7) cyberspace as a process of virtualization, and the resultant virtual electronic library; (8) librarians should not only give access to electronic information, but also adapt their organizations to achieve full functionality of new developments; (9) col'aboration among research centers, administrative groups and operational, informational, and resource staff in libraries and information systems is vital;(10) the impact of technology on academic libraries has resulted in increased access to resources in electronic form, calling for additional staff training;(11) the develo-sent of electronic resources has been so rapid that many information professionals have been left behind; (12) lack of information quality control, and increased forms of access require librarians to enhance resource selection activities; (13) access to resources no longer needs to be intervened by trained professionals, and the future role of the librarian is uncertain; (14) making electronic resources Internet accessible is a concern;(15) a discussion of projects involving scanning tables of contents of scientific journals to be accessed online;(16) libraries have to adapt their organization and management to achieve full functionality of new developments; and (17) implications and possible impact of distributed client-server computing to potentially facilitate use of the Internet as a global information resource which may be searched in its own right. The symposium agenda, list of participants, and list of participating vendors is also provided. Many papers contain references. (MAS) U II DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION Mc* of Educator* Reeseme yid Impaovemede EDUCATIONAL RESOURCECtNFoatonoN CENTER (ERIC) O This documentZUGbeet reproduced se received from the colon prMOINIIAIMA (vomitingit O Minor cheep; nave Deen made ea paved* reproduction quoit' y Veroffentlichungen der Pants of view07°pencils slated sn hwitIOCAp mint do not rocessanN ddleeeeetoleo*Universitatsbibliothek Essen 18 OE RI0011011001a 036.0/ Publications of Essen University Library 18 Information Superhighway : The Role of Librarians, Information Scientists, and Intermediaries Edited by "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS Ahmed H. Heial MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY A.H. liejai Joachim W. Weiss TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." 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Weiss Universitatsbibliothek Essen Essen 1995 0' Information superhighwaythe role of librarians, information scientists, and intermediaries,Festschrift in honor of Fredenck Wilfrid Lancaster / 17th International Essen Symposium 24 October - 27 October 1994 Ed by Ahmed H He lal Essen, 1995 - L, 410 S (Publications of Essen University Library18) ISBN 3-922602-19-3 NE: International Essen Symposium <17, 1994> Helal. Ahmed H. [Hrsgl; GT: Lancaster, Frederick W.: Festschrift C 1995 byUniversitatsbibliothek Essen Essen University Library Editorial coordination and realization: Doris Pohl Layout: Jeanette Sellinat Printed: Postberg Druck GmbH, Bottrop This publication is printed on permanent paper conforming to 10ISO (DIN-ISO) 9706. Authors are responsible for the presentation of their articles and for the opinion expressed therein. Any part of this publication may be photocopied for the non-commercial purpose of scholarship or research provided the source is acknowledged, except where other copyright is indicated. ISSN 0931-7503 ISBN 3-922602-19-3 Table of Contents Preface XI Agenda of the Seminar XX List of Participants XXV Participating Vendors XLVI Sheila Corrall Information Specialists of the Future : Professional Development and Renewal 1 Michel Bauwens Cyberspace, Virtualization, and the Role of Cybrarians 12 Johan C. de Vries / Leo D. Minnigh Information Specialists in the Future Academic Library : Flexible Tightrope Walkers 13 William Goodrich Jones Have Librarians Failed Librarianship? A Reply to Lancaster 27 Herbert S. White The Role of Information Intermediaries and the Superhighway : Crucial, Important, Trivial, or Non-Existent? 47 Greg Anderson MIT - The Distributed Library Initiative : Collaboration, Vision, Prototyping 61 John Lawrence Eyre The ELISE Project : Visual Information Retrieval and Delivery 90 Joan M. Day / Catherine Edwards / Graham Walton IMPEL : A Research Project into the Impact on People of Electronic Libraries - Stage one - Librarians 108 Alex V. Sijtsma The MECANO System : A Mechanism of Automatic Comparison of CD-ROM Answers with OPACs 117 Reinhard Nedela Managing CD Changers of 6-777 CDs or a Multiple of that 4-th PeriLIB Library Controller 124 Gerold Ritter CD-ROM Server in the Internet 131 Andrew G. Torok Technological Speedtraps on the Information Superhighway 134 Suzanne Fedunok Internet One : The Binghamton University Libraries' Interface to the Internet 148 Lisbeth Bjkirklund / Roland Hjerppe / Andreas Bjorklind Highways and Backroads of Internet : Strategies and Tactics 164 Kate T. Noerr Information Superhighway in Singapore 179 (full paper not received in time due to extraordinary circumstances) Christine Bossmeyer / Bernd Luchner DBV OSI II: Open Communication between Library and Information Retrieval Systems 180 Titia van der Werf-Davelaar Organizing Fileservers on the Internet : Role of the Library 194 Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster Networked Electronic Publishing of th,?. Results of Scholarly Research 207 Christiaan C. P. Kluiters CAPCAS as a Route to the Digital Library 226 Thomas W. Place From Online Contents to Online Articles : Developing New Library Services at Tilburg University 232 Janet Mitchell / Per lialberg End-User Searching and Document Ordering : The Experience with the OCLC FirstSearch Service 243 Robert Simon ALEPH.New Approach to Library System's Architecture. 255 Maurice B. Line Who Pays for Information? And Why should They? 262 Alex C. Klugkist Open Library Networking and Interlibrary Cooperation 276 David Stoker / Alison Cooke Evaluation of Networked Information Sources 287 Stephen Richard Driver Education for the Superhighway : C.A.L. for End Users 313 Paul Nieuwenhuysen Development of Slides about Information Retrieval, Using a Presentation Software Package 325 Anthony M. Angiletta Collection Development in the Large American Research Library : At an End or at a Beginning? 337 Kathryn Arnold User Aspects of the ELINOR Electronic Library 349 Beth Sandore Remote Use of the Virtual Library : End User Needs 360 (full paper not received in time due to extraordinary circumstances) Sigrid Reinitzer The Function of a Traditional Library as a Virtual Library : A Comparison 361 Shmuel Sever / Cecilia H. Harel Managing the Virtual Library : Issues and Challenges 369 Irene Sever Academic Library Users and Electronic Retrieval Systems 383 Jenny Walton Conference Summary 395 Index