The Center for Research on Information Access (CRIA) is concerned with Research for Digital Libraries. The Center is a linking organization between research, applied research, and applications concerning the Library of the future. The goal of the Center, established in January 1995, is to integrate and coordinate the various digital library related activities at Columbia University, to push forward research on technologies related to information access, and to serve as a source of information on the technological aspects of digital library applications to external projects. The Director of CRIA, Dr. Judith Klavans, has a research career which combines aspects of computer science and linguistics, and is deeply committed to the collaborative philosophy of the Center.

Four committees were set up to assist CRIA in reaching these goals. They are the:

Research Advisory Committee

The purpose of the Research Advisory Committee is to suggest research directions for CRIA, to oversee the research, and to participate in finding funding for this research. This last point involves identifying appropriate funding sources, identifying people who should be involved in proposal efforts, and identifying appropriate topics for funding. The chair of the Research Advisory Committee is Kathleen McKeown.

Members are:
Al Aho, Chair of Computer Science Department
Dimitris Anastassiou , Professor of Electrical Engineering
Shi-Fu Chang, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
James Cimino, Associate Professor of Medicine
Paul Clayton, Chair of Medical Informatics Department
Judith Klavans, Deputy Vice President of University Libraries
Robert McClintock, Director of the Institute for Learning Technologies
David Millman, Manager of Research and Development, Academic Information Systems
Carol Mandel, Deputy University Librarian
Bill Ryan, Senior Research Scientist at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Intellectual Property Committee

For information on committee activities, click here

The role of the intellectual property committee is to bring together related projects at Columbia, and to develop a strategy to manage the difficult questions, both theoretical and practical, arising from digital data distribution. The Intellectual Property committee is chaired by Jim Hoover, Professor of Law and Law Librarian at Columbia University.

Members are:
Beryl Abrams, Associate General Counsel
Bradford Garton, Associate Professor of Music
Jane Ginsburg, Janklow Professor of Literature and Art Property Law
Angela Giral, Director of Avery Library
James Hoover, Professor of Law Studies
Raphael Kasper, Associate Vice Provost
Judith Klavans ,Director, Center for Research on Information Access
Carol Mandel, Deputy University Librarian
Robert McClintock, Director, Institute for Learning Technologies, and Professor, Teachers College
Stephen Messer, Assistant Director, CITI, Columbia Business School
David Millman, Manager of Research & Development, Academic Information Systems
Pat Molholt, Assistant Vice President of Health Sciences
Stephen Murray, Professor of Art History & Archaeology
Elaine Sloan, Vice President, Information Services and University Librarian
Mary Summerfield, Coordinator for the Online Books Project
Kim Taipale, Director, Office of New Media Development, Columbia Innovation Enterprises

External Advisory Committee

The role of the external advisory board is to attend the annual meeting, to provide the input on related projects, and to suggest future research directions. The annual one day meeting on the campus of Columbia University for presentations and discussion of CRIA activities, and for input on future research directions is planned for the external advisory board and the three committees of the Center: the Steering Committee, chaired by Elaine Sloan, the Research Committee, chaired by Professor Kathleen McKeown, and the Intellectual Property Committee, chaired by Jim Hoover. The first meeting will be in October 3, 1996. Click on agenda for the schedule of this meeting.

Members of the External Advisory Committee include:

Michael Lesk, Bellcore
Ed Barry, Oxford University Press
David Lewis, AT&T Research
Edward A. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Daniel Atkins, University of Michigan
Paul LeClerc, New York Public Library
Willy Chiu, IBM San Jose

Internal Advisory Committee

The role of the internal advisory board is to act as an administrative guide within the Columbia University Community. This committee is chaired by Dr. Elaine Sloan, Vice President of University Libraries.

Members of the External Advisory Committee include:

Jonathon Cole, Provost of Dean and Faculties
Michael Crow, Vice Provost
Zvi Galil, Dean School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jim Hoover, Professor of Law and Law Librarian at Columbia University
Judith Klavans, Director, Center for Research on Information Access
Vace Kundakci, Deputy Vice President of Academic Information Systems
Kathleen McKeown, Department Chair of Computer Science
Elaine Sloan, Vice President, Information Services and University Librarian

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