38th Allerton Institute, October 27-29

Final program and session descriptions

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
NoonCheck-in begins at Allerton House
1:00-2:30Welcome, introductions, and conceptual mapping of the emerging community of DL social science researchers
2:30-3:00Break
3:00-5:00Workshop I: Applying sense-making theory and methods to DL user studies. Brenda L. Dervin, organizer
5:00-6:00Dinner
6:30-8:30Workshop II: Studying the Use of Digital Documents - Towards a Socio-Cognitive View of Interaction. Andrew P. Dillon, organizer
8:30-9:30Cash Bar & snacks
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28
8:00-9:00Breakfast
9:00-11:00Workshop III: Designing DL evaluations. Gary Marchionini, organizer
11:00-11:30Break
11:30-12:30
Break-out Sessions
Searching Digital Repositories: Can Z39.50 Cut It? -- Richard Greenfield
Creating Online Monitoring Log Reports to Support User Interviews -- Robert Downs
System Design as a Continuous Process--Rather than Product-Oriented -- Michael Nilan
Doctoral Student Discussion of Digital Libraries and Dissertations -- Mark Butler and Lisa Schiff
12:30-1:30Lunch
2:00-3:30Session I: Organizing information in DLs. David Levy and S. Leigh Star, organizers
3:30-4:00Break
4:00-5:30Session II: Supporting Users of Digital Libraries. Michael B. Twidale, organizer
5:30-6:30Dinner
7:00-8:30
Break-out Sessions
Implementing a Digital Library Study Using Sense-Making -- Brenda Dervin
Developing a Framework for Evaluating DLs -- Gary Marchionini
Politics of Digital Libraries -- John King and Rob Kling
8:30-9:30Cash Bar & snacks
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29
8:00-9:00Breakfast
9:00-10:30Session III: DL management issues. Barbara Buttenfield and Robert Sandusky, organizers
10:30-NoonWrap-up: Reports from break-out sessions, closing discussion
Noon-12:30Check-out
12:30-1:30Lunch
All sessions will involve interaction among all Allerton participants. The nature and content of the break-out sessions will be determined by participants.

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Last Updated: Feb. 17, 1997