Apple Library Users Group @ ALA

[Kevin Broun]

12th Annual Apple Library Users Group Meeting

Please join us at the 12th Annual Apple Library Users Group meeting to be held
on July 9 in New York City during ALA from 8:30am - noon.  We will be featuring
two of Apple's latest Internet technologies and tools and demonstrating some of
our recent research.  Short descriptions of these presentations follow:

On the Internet . . . Cyberdog!
by Glenn Fisher, Cyberdog Product Manager, Apple Computer, Inc.
        Cyberdog is Apple's new component suite for the Internet.  The
components can also be used individually in OpenDoc applications to create
documents that have not only text, graphics, and sound, but also real-time
Internet information. These documents have use in kiosks and other
information-rich environments. They provide customers with access to local
information integrated with the most recent information on the Internet, while
reducing connection time and bandwidth.  This presentation will give an
overview of Cyberdog and some examples of documents with Internet information
included.

Internet Tools for Kids
by Kurt Schmucker, Senior Researcher, Apple's Advanced Technology Group
       One way to get kids more productively involved in the Internet is to
enable them to publish interesting, non-trivial pieces of content.  The trick
is to do so without requiring them to take a week-long Java or HTML course.
This talk will present Apple's solution to this: Cocoa, a simulation building
tool with Internet publishing output.  In this talk Kurt will demonstrate
Cocoa, build some simulations with it, and show how easy it is to publish those
simulations on an Internet site.

In addition to these presentations, there will be time set aside for discussion
groups as well as a delicious breakfast.  The meeting will be held in the NY
Sheraton.

The cost of this meeting is $5.  Please send registrations form and a check
made payable to "ALUG" for $5 to Pam Lau, Apple Library Users Group, 4 Infinite
Loop, MS 304-2A, Cupertino, CA  95014   (pamlau at apple.com):

Name : _____________________________________________________

Institution/Organization: __________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________

City, State, Zip: __________________________________________

Phone : __________________________  Fax: ___________________

Email: _____________________________________________________

What topics are you interested in discussing during the roundtable discussions?

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Please also stop by our booth during ALA (Booth 1500) for demos of these
technologies as well as a look at what librarians are doing with Apple
technology and the web.

See you there!

Monica Ertel
Apple Library Users Group