[SigLT-L] Ideas for LT panel proposal for 2008

[Janet Arth]

Hello SIG LT'ers,
Here are a few thoughts on the "disparate data" panel I would like to 
propose for the 2008 ASIS&T Annual Meeting (deadline is January 23 
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM08/AM08_cfp.doc).

The question -
User expectations for access and retrieval for disparate 
data/information have changed with the advent of the everyday search 
engine.  What are libraries and information professionals doing to 
meet these expectations?

Possible areas to cover -
Research:
   Managing/retrieving/accessing information in disparate data 
formats; metadata issues, usability  ... other issues???

Some possible application areas:
   federated search/metasearch
   digital libraries/data repositories
   next generation "library catalogs"

Data types:
   traditional library catalog information, bibliographic citations, 
full text, images, sound files, videos, data sets, biographic data

I welcome ideas (I have a few, but the more the merrier)!  Any ideas 
are good,  so this panel can better represent the interests of SIG-LT 
membership.  Are there other areas that could/should be covered, 
possible speakers, anything else?  Just let me know.  I plan to make 
contact with speakers as soon as possible, and definitely before the 
upcoming December holidays.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts, Janet