MHIA: Multimedia, Hypertext and Information Access Curriculum & Courseware

Welcome to WWW pages for a multi-institution, multi-association effort in the broad area of Multimedia, Hypertext and Information Access to develop curriculum and courseware, and related materials, services, and initiatives to promote education and training in this important field.

For an idea of the potential benefits and required efforts, see our pre-proposal or the excerpt of key parts from the 10/8/96 full proposal.

For more information, or if you would like to offer to help, send mail to fox@vt.edu to reach Ed Fox.

Important Events:

• Courseware, Education and Curriculum in Information Retrieval
  Aug. 22, 1996 - workshop, part of the workshop program at ACM SIGIR'96.
• Courseware, Education and Curriculum in Multimedia
  Nov. 19, 1996, Room 301 - ACM MM'96 Workshop and Conf. Info.
  For discussion, send email to mm96wk@fox.cs.vt.edu
• Workshop for ACM DL'97 and SIGIR'97
• Proposals to NSF:
  1. Multimedia Curricula and Repositories
  2. Computer Science Lab Repository and Registry
• National Academy of Science / NSF Workshop Aug. 1997 on National Digital Library for SME&T
• Lisbon Workshop