2nd ANNUAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES

摘要

The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) is a combined effort of the ACM (Association For Computing Machines) and the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers). These two sponsors each bring somewhat different traditions, but they seem almost to come from the same tribe compared to the much broader range of research cultures represented by the holders of Digital Library Initiative (Phase 2), National Science Digital Library, and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grants. From an anthropologist's viewpoint, the interactions (and avoidances) are as interesting as the research itself. It is a strength of the conference that there are in fact no fixed boundaries between groups and session topics. As a library person with strong computing interests, I found myself shuttling between upstairs sessions that talked about human-computer interaction issues such as building interfaces, and downstairs papers and panels on metadata and preservation. Some attendees stayed in one room, but peripatetic behavior was far from unique.