Indo-US Workshop on Open Digital Libraries and Interoperability Holiday Inn, Arlington at Ballston, VA, USA June 22-25, 2003 Welcome and Introduction Edward A. Fox Shalini Urs Monday 8:30-9:00 am

Acknowlegements Debra Dudley (Virginia Tech, Computer Science) Kris Peter (Virginia Tech, University Outreach) Indo-US Science & Technology Forum Internet Technology Innovation Center (funded by Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology) Organizers N Balakrishnan Edward Fox Shalini Urs Mohammad Zubair

Food Dinner Monday night, 6:30pm, at Gaffney’s On your own Tue night dinner Wed, starting at noon Hotel service Continental breakfast Mon, Tue, Wed Lunch Mon, Tue at 11:45am Breaks Morning and afternoon on Mon and Tue Morning on Wed

Position Papers Presentation for 15 minutes Load onto Fox computer before. Timer rings at 15 minutes – MUST STOP Discussion for 15 minutes Ask questions! Probe deeply, to understand. If time remains, suggest who in either country (including people not here) might collaborate.

Breakout Sessions – 1 of 4 Session 1 –Toward a Research Agenda Tue 4-5pm, with report Wed 8-8:30am Why, what Problems, approach Session 2 – Toward an Action Plan Wed 9:45-11:15am, with report 11:15am-noon Who, when, how Funding, collaboration, sustainability

Breakout Sessions – 2 of 4 Be sure to cover what you consider most important, possibly considering the following aspects: Collection Content Quality Policy Copyright, intellectual property rights, legislation Funding, sustainability Technology Scalability, distributed replicas, … Beyond Google?

Tue Breakout Sessions – 3 of 4 Group 1 – Fairfax/Glebe Rooms - front India Co-Chair: Sadagopan S US Co-Chair: Thom Hickey Reporter: Jagadish Arora Group 2 – Fairfax/Glebe Rooms - hall India Co-Chair: Srinivasan Ramani US Co-Chair: Michael Nelson Reporter: Johan Bollen Group 3 – Fairfax/Glebe Rooms - back India Co-Chair: V N Rajashekharan Pillai US Co-Chair: Ching-chih Chen Reporter: Shri Sunder Singh B G

Wed Breakout Sessions – 4 of 4 Group 1 – Fairfax/Glebe Rooms - front India Co-Chair: Sadagopan S US Co-Chair: Thom Hickey Reporter: Jagadish Arora Group 2 – Fairfax/Glebe Rooms - back India Co-Chair: Srinivasan Ramani US Co-Chair: Michael Nelson Reporter: Johan Bollen Group 3 – Arlington Room India Co-Chair: V N Rajashekharan Pillai US Co-Chair: Ching-chih Chen Reporter: Shri Sunder Singh B G

Wed Schedule - Revised Group Presentations, each for 15 minutes Including questions Presentation by Shalini Urs Presentation by Robert Allen Break Breakout groups (3 locations) Breakout group reports Closing

Expected Outcomes Advance / share knowledge Develop approaches, standards, frameworks to build open multilingual digital libraries Identify specific proposals for future collaboration (during discussion of position papers, and informally at other times): Proposal areas Plans for pursuing research of mutual interest Address issues specific to building and deploying digital libraries together (NSDL?) Prepare a workshop report for the Indo-US S&T Forum highlighting outcome of workshop