Contents

• PROJECT SUMMARY
• SIGNIFICANT EVENT
• OVERVIEW OF PROGRESS IN LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
• CURRENT STATUS OF TESTBED DEVELOPMENT
  • Systems Engineering Team
  • Development of an Operational Library
    • How data might move through the system
    • Operational ADL at UCSB
  • Architecture of the Testbed System
    • Middleware
    • Servers
    • Status
    • Components of Testbed Resulting from R&D Team Research
  • User Interface Component
  • The Catalog Component
    • Alexandria Gazetteer
    • Loading and Maintenance of Metadata
  • Metadata and Data
    • Metadata Loading
    • Loading and Maintenance of Data in operational ADL
    • Digitization and Spatial Coordinate Definition of Aerial Photography
  • Report on NPACI Activities
  • Collections
    • Collection Interactions
  • Computing Support for the Testbed: Hardware and Communications
    • Current Computing Equipment
    • Current Networking Support
    • Current ``Other'' Hardware and Software Support
    • Equipment and Facilities Needs
• RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS
  • GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION RESEARCH TEAM
  • USER INTERFACE EVALUATION TEAM
    • UCSB Component of the Evaluation Team
    • Colorado Component of the Evaluation Team
  • INTERFACE DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION TEAM
  • INFORMATION SYSTEMS TEAM
  • IMAGE PROCESSING TEAM
  • PERFORMANCE AND PARALLEL PROCESSING TEAM
• COMPARISON OF ACTUAL AND PREVIOUSLY PLANNED R&D ACTIVITIES
  • SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TEAM
  • GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION RESEARCH TEAM
  • USER INTERFACE EVALUATION TEAM
    • UCSB Component of Evaluation Team
    • Colorado Component of Evaluation Team
  • INTERFACE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION TEAM
  • INFORMATION SYSTEMS TEAM
  • IMAGE PROCESSING TEAM
  • PERFORMANCE AND PARALLEL PROCESSING TEAM
• MANAGEMENT REPORT
  • UCSB Personnel
    • Professional Staff
    • Faculty Investigators
    • Graduate Students Associated with the Project
    • Visitors to the Project
  • Colorado Personnel
    • Faculty Investigators
    • Graduate Students Associated with the Project
  • Organizational Structure
    • Research and Development Team Structure
    • Project Retreats
  • Alexandria Advisory Board
    • The Composition of the Advisory Board
  • Alexandria Design Review Panel and Meetings
    • The Second Alexandria Design Review
    • The Third Alexandria Design Review
• EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND INTERACTIONS
  • Interactions with Old and New Partners
  • Visits and Demonstrations
• AUGMENTATION OF THE RESOURCES OF THE PROJECT
  • Funding Requests Under Consideration
  • Unsuccessful Funding Requests
  • Professional interactions with DL Community
    • Metadata Standards Activities
  • Publicity
• EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • Courses Concerning Digital Library at UCSB and U.Colorado
  • Educational Activities in Relation to Schools
  • Completed Dissertations
• PUBLICATIONS
  • References to Published Articles
  • Presentations
• FINANCIAL REPORT
• Certification
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ALEXANDRIA DIGITAL LIBRARY

ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT