Clifford A. Lynch, “From Automation to Transformation: Forty Years of Libraries and Information Technology in Higher Education,” Educause Review 35:1 (January/February 2000), pp. 60-68. (PDF)
“RFC 2768: Network Policy and Services: A Report of a Workshop on Middleware”
February 1, 2000
Bob Aiken, John Strassner, Brian Carpenter, Ian Foster, Clifford Lynch, Joe Mambretti, Regan Moore, Benjamin Teitelbaum, “RFC 2768: Network Policy and Services: A Report of a Workshop on Middleware” (The Internet Society, February 2000). (TXT)
Abstract
An ad hoc middleware workshop was held at the International Center for Advanced Internet Research in December 1998. The Workshop was organized and sponsored by Cisco, Northwestern University’s International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR), IBM, and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of the workshop was to identify existing middleware services that could be leveraged for new capabilities as well as identifying additional middleware services requiring research and development. The workshop participants discussed the definition of middleware in general, examined the applications perspective, detailed underlying network transport capabilities relevant to middleware services, and then covered various specific examples of middleware components. These included APIs, authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) issues, policy framework, directories, resource management, networked information discovery and retrieval services, quality of service, security, and operational tools. The need for a more organized framework for middleware R&D was recognized, and a list of specific topics needing further work was identified.
An ad hoc middleware workshop was held at the International Center for Advanced Internet Research in December 1998. The Workshop was organized and sponsored by Cisco, Northwestern University’s International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR), IBM, and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of the workshop was to identify existing middleware services that could be leveraged for new capabilities as well as identifying additional middleware services requiring research and development. The workshop participants discussed the definition of middleware in general, examined the applications perspective, detailed underlying network transport capabilities relevant to middleware services, and then covered various specific examples of middleware components. These included APIs, authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) issues, policy framework, directories, resource management, networked information discovery and retrieval services, quality of service, security, and operational tools. The need for a more organized framework for middleware R&D was recognized, and a list of specific topics needing further work was identified.
“Timelines to the Future: Three Movers and Shakers Point the Way”
January 1, 2000
Reva Basch,Timothy M. Andrews, Clifford A. Lynch, “Timelines to the Future: Three Movers and Shakers Point the Way,” Searcher 8: 1 (January 2000). (HTML)
Description
“Super searcher Reva Basch, Factiva president and CEO Tim Andrews, and Clifford Lynch, executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information, peer into the information industry mists and predict what lies ahead in the next 20 years.”
“Super searcher Reva Basch, Factiva president and CEO Tim Andrews, and Clifford Lynch, executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information, peer into the information industry mists and predict what lies ahead in the next 20 years.”
“Electrifying the Book, II”
January 1, 2000
Clifford A. Lynch, “Electrifying the Book, Part II,” NetConnect, Supplement to Library Journal 125:1 (January 2000), pp. 24-27.
“Medical Libraries, Bioinformatics, and Networked Information: A Coming Convergence?”
October 1, 1999
Clifford A. Lynch, “Medical Libraries, Bioinformatics, and Networked Information: A Coming Convergence?” Bulletin of the Medical Libraries Association 87:4 (October 1999), pp. 408-414. (PDF)
Abstract
Libraries will be changed by technological and social developments that are fueled by information technology, bioinformatics, and networked information. Libraries in highly focused settings such as the health sciences are at a pivotal point in their development as the synthesis of historically diverse and independent information sources transforms health care institutions. Boundaries are breaking down between published literature and research data, between research databases and clinical patient data, and between consumer health information and professional literature. This paper focuses on the dynamics that are occurring with networked information sources and the roles that libraries will need to play in the world of medical informatics in the early twenty-first century.
Libraries will be changed by technological and social developments that are fueled by information technology, bioinformatics, and networked information. Libraries in highly focused settings such as the health sciences are at a pivotal point in their development as the synthesis of historically diverse and independent information sources transforms health care institutions. Boundaries are breaking down between published literature and research data, between research databases and clinical patient data, and between consumer health information and professional literature. This paper focuses on the dynamics that are occurring with networked information sources and the roles that libraries will need to play in the world of medical informatics in the early twenty-first century.
“Electrifying the Book, I”
October 1, 1999
Clifford A. Lynch, “Electrifying the Book, Part I,” NetConnect, Supplement to Library Journal 124:17 (October 1999), pp. 3-6.
“Authentication and Trust”
August 1, 1999
Clifford A. Lynch, “Authentication and Trust in a Networked World,” EDUCOM Review 34:4 (July/August 1999), p. 60. (HTML)
“Scholarly Monograph’s Descendents”
August 1, 1999
Clifford A. Lynch, “The Scholarly Monograph’s Descendents,” Mary M. Case, ed., The Specialized Scholarly Monograph in Crisis, or How Can I Get Tenure if You Won’t Publish My Book? (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1999), pp. 137-148. (HTML)
“Today & Tomorrow: What the Digital Library Really Means for Collections & Services”
August 1, 1999
Clifford A. Lynch, “Today and Tomorrow: What the Digital Library Really Means for Collections and Services,” Peggy Johnson and Bonnie MacEwan, eds., Virtually Yours: Models for Managing Electronic Resources and Services, ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collections, no.8 (Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1999), pp. 85-97.
