Beginning on page 7 in this issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science , we offer an overview of what's to come in an article written by the meeting's program co-chairs and a look at the program sessions. These courses are among the most highly rated features of ASIS meetings.
Early registration is encouraged.
Participants will learn the issues involved in creating and maintaining image databases and how to evaluate image database products. New technologies and approaches such as content-based image retrieval, DVD and image distribution testbeds will be explained. The workshop is aimed at information professionals with little or no knowledge of the issues involved in creating image databases. Instructor Howard Besser is a frequently published author and speaker on this subject. He received the 1995 ASIS Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award.