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ARKnet 2003 Annual Conference
ARKnet 2003 Annual Conference
June 18-19, 2003

Conference Information
Registration Information
Hotel Information
ARKnet/HSTI Mixer
ARKnet Board of Directors Meeting
ARKnet Hospitality Room
ARKnet Internet Cafe
Conference Agenda
HSTI Conference Web Page

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(Last Update: June 25, 2003)

Conference Information

Greetings to All!

The ARKnet Board of Directors is pleased to announce the ARKnet 2003 Annual Membership Conference. This year's conference will be held at Hot Springs on June 18-19 in conjunction with the 10th annual Hot Springs Technology Institute. This terrific event has become the major gathering in our state for everyone connected with technology in education. This is the second year that we have joined with HSTI in producing the premier educational conference for the state.

In order to make your experience at the conference even more enjoyable, we have planned several things that are directed specifically toward the ARKnet members and their guests. First, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Arlington Hotel for ARKnet attendees for which we have been able to get an excellent rate of $65/single or $75/double for the conference dates. Please note that hotel rooms must be reserved by May 20 in order to get the conference rate. We are also joining with HSTI in sponsoring an fun evening at Clarion on the Lake where you can meet with your peers and educators from around the state in a relaxed setting.

We have developed and scheduled a full slate of conference presentations which we feel will be of specific interest to the membership of ARKnet. We will also hold our annual ARKnet business meeting during the conference itself. When all this is combined with the already rich variety of programs, large number of vendor displays, and the opportunity for us to associate with our colleagues in education throughout Arkansas, we are confident that the decision to join us will be popular and rewarding.

We believe that this year's annual conference will be an experience that you will not want to miss, and we are particularly encouraging everyone to bring their families and guests along to enjoy the many pleasant amenities of beautiful Hot Springs in June. Please look for the information regarding the conference and hotel registration procedures below. We would appredicate your comments at any time, registration procedures. We would appreciate your comments at any time, and we are looking forward to seeing you all in June at the conference!

Merrell Shoptaw
Arkansas Tech University
ARKnet Board Chair

Robert E. Zimmerman
University of Arkansas
ARKnet President

Registration Information

Conference Registration Fee:
Registration Deadline: 		$75
June 10, 2003

ARKnet members are requested to register for the conference through the ARKnet conference registration site. The registration fee for the conference covers the two full days of conference sessions on June 18 and 19, lunch and snacks both days, vendor exhibits, and the keynote addresses.

The Hot Springs Technology Institute waives the registration fees for presenters, but all to be eligible for the fee waiver all presenters must submit a Call for Proposal form available at the HSTI web site by May 2, 2003.

Like last year, the ARKnet Board of Directors has approved the underwriting of the cost of registration for one person per ARKnet member institution. All members will still need to register and pay, but ARKnet will reimburse the member institution for one registration. Anyone listed on the conference agenda as a speaker will also automatically receive a free registration as well, in which case the institution can receive two free registrations.

Conference Registration Site: arknetreg.astate.edu

Thanks to Arkansas State University for setting up and hosting the ARKnet registration web site.

Hotel Information

A block of rooms has been reserved for ARKnet attendees at the Arlington Hotel at the rate of $65/single (w/king bed) or $75/double (w/king or 2 double beds) for the conference dates. The block expires on May 20, 2003. Contact the hotel directly for reservations, and be sure to mention that you are part of the ARKNET group to receive the special rates.

ARKnet will host a hospitality suite at the hotel at which the ARKnet Board of Directors meeting will be held and which is available for other meetings or informal gatherings by attendees. Look for signs directing you to the suite upon arrival at the hotel.

Hotel Block Cutoff Date:
Hotel Group: 		May 20, 2003 (EXPIRED!)
ARKNET (Must specify to get special rate)

The Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa
239 Central Avenue
Hot Springs, AR 71901

Phone: (501) 623-7771
Fax: (501) 623-2243

ARKnet/HSTI Mixer

A new event to celebrate the 10th annual HSTI conference - "The Little Dog and Pony Roadshow" Dance - sponsored by PC-Onsite, is planned for Wednesday evening, June 18, 8:00 P.M., in the Ballroom at Clarion on the Lake. Entertainment includes a DJ, cool music, beverages, snacks, games, and door prizes. A limited number of tickets for the event will be sold at the conference on Wednesday: $2 per conference attendee at registration, $5 for guests, or $5 at the door for anyone with a conference badge. You must have your badge/ticket to attend. ARKnet members are invited to attend in this social setting where you will have an opportunity to meet and talk with your peers from across the state. Spouses are welcome. A map showing the location of Clarion on the Lake is available online. Directions will also be available at the conference.

ARKnet Board of Directors Meeting

The ARKnet Board of Directors is meeting in the ARKnet hospitality suite at the Arlington Hotel on Tuesday evening, June 17, at 5:30 p.m.

ARKnet Hospitality Room

ARKnet will have a hospitality room at the conference where members can gather for discussion and informal information exchange. Directions to the room will be available at the conference. We invite all ARKnet members to drop by.

ARKnet Internet Cafe

Gateway Computers is providing computers for an ARKnet Internet Cafe to be located in the ARKnet Hospitality Room where members can logon to check e-mail or surf the web.

Conference Agenda

There are two ARKnet-related tracks scheduled for the conference, one for general interest and one with specific topics of interest to librarians. There are also a large number of other sessions scheduled for the Hot Springs Technology Institute. Listed below are the ARKnet sessions, but attendees should feel free to attend any of the sessions offered at the conference. The HSTI conference web site has a complete conference agenda and schedule of events.

ARKnet Track

Harrassment, Stalking and Infringements: Liability for the Wrongs of Another?
[Room 1307 - Session 1 - Wednesday, June 18, 11:00am-12:00pm]
  • Presenter: Bryan McKinney, Ouachita Baptist University
  • Host: Bill Phelps, Ouachita Baptist University
  • Description: We are now in a time when most K-12 and higher education institutions have students accessing the Internet from their campuses. This has brought to the forefront new legal concerns for educational institutions over copyright and harassment issues. Bryan will explain the responsibilities and protection under the law for these institutions. He will also leave time for questions.
ARKnet Tech Free-for-All
[Room 1308 - Session 2 - Wednesday, June 18, 12:00pm-1:00pm]
  • Moderator: David Merrifield, University of Arkansas
  • Description: This is an open discussion session in which ARKnet members can gather to discuss problems, solutions, and topics of common interest on a technical level.
The Selection and Implementation of a Course Management Systems
[Room 1307 - Session 3 - Wednesday, June 18, 1:00pm-2:00pm]
  • Presenters: Patrick Houlihan, Ouachita Baptist University
                      Chuck Jordan, University of Arkansas Community College at Hope
  • Host: Bill Phelps, Ouachita Baptist University
  • Description: This session will describe some alternatives in online course delivery systems that are used at other colleges. These solutions are more cost effective than WebCT or Blackboard with the same functionality
BRIN - Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network
[Room 1308 - Session 4 - Wednesday, June 18, 2:00pm-3:00pm]
  • Presenters: Dr. Helen Beneš, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
                      Dr. Steve Jennings, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • Host: Tom Hart, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Session PowerPoint Slides: ARKnet-2003-AR-BRIN.ppt
  • Description: The Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network is being developed to expand biomedical research opportunities for undergraduate faculty and students through collaboration with Arkansas graduate research institutions, stimulate grant proposals from biomedical scientists, and advance statewide expertise in bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics, and digital microscopy. Dr. Beneš and Dr. Jennings will explain the origin and goals of the BRIN and will describe the particular programs, funding opportunities, and infrastructure components which support progress toward those goals. They will also provide information on the resources and technology of the collaborative infrastructure, including the Access Grid, as well as some of the technology used in the research itself.
Look Ma, No Wires! or The 10 Steps of Wireless Networking
[Room 1307 - Session 5 - Wednesday, June 18, 3:00pm-4:00pm]
  • Presenter: Larry Glover, William F. Laman Public Library
  • Host: Nina Boston, UA Cooperative Extension Services
  • Description: Installing a wireless LAN can be as easy as plugging a phone into a jack. You never have to pull wire or drill through a wall again!
Security Incident Handling in Academia
[Room 1308 - Session 5 - Wednesday, June 18, 3:00pm-4:00pm]
  • Presenters: Scott Fendley, University of Arkansas
                      David Merrifield, University of Arkansas
  • Host: Mark Barnhard, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services
  • Session PowerPoint Slides: ARKnet-2003-Incident-Handling-in-Academia.ppt (189KB)
  • Description: This session explores how to handle the daily attacks on your Internet infrastructure using a time-tested, step-by-step procedure. Additionally, this session explores the legal issues associated with responding to computer attacks,including employee monitoring, working with law enforcement, and handling evidence.
Featured Presentation                                                                                                
On-Line Predators
[Auditorium - Session 6 - Thursday, June 19, 9:00am-10:00am]
  • Presenter: Jill Hill, Special Agent, FBI Little Rock Office
                    Todd Hudson, Special Agent, FBI Little Rock Office
  • Host: Bob Zimmerman, University of Arkansas
  • Description: SA Todd Hudson and SA Jill Hill will provide a general overview of the sexual exploitation of children via the Internet, one of the fasting growing Internet crime problems. Internet safety tips will be discussed. Also, we will actually go online and enter a chat room live to demonstrate the dangers of the Internet.
Security Forensics
[Auditorium - Session 7 - Thursday, June 19, 10:00am-11:00am]
  • Presenter: Trey Whatley, Special Agent, FBI Little Rock Office
                    Brigham Bearfoot, Special Agent, FBI Little Rock Office
  • Host: Nina Boston, UA Cooperative Extension Services
  • Description: The FBI is charged with securing the internet infrastructure as a mission critical resource. The computer forensics presentation will address methods for prevention and management of security incidents on computer networks. Campuses are often called upon by law enforcement agencies to provide technical information and documentation about security incidents. This session will provide useful background information for schools and college personnel who provide that information.
SIS Conversion from POISE
[Room 1308 - Session 10 - Thursday, June 19, 1:00pm-2:00pm]
  • Presenter: Mark Barton, Rich Mountain Community College
  • Host: Rick Williams, North Arkansas College
  • Description: This session presents the issue faced in the convesion from POISE to a new SIS system, how the move was made and the tools used.
ARKnet General Membership Meeting
[Room 1307 - Session 11 - Thursday, June 19, 2:00pm-3:00pm]
  • Presenters: Bob Zimmerman, University of Arkansas
                      Merrell Shoptaw, Arkansas State University
  • Description: General business and informational meeting for the ARKnet organization regarding elections, announcements, etc.

Library Track

What's New with Traveler?
[B Lab - Session 2 - Wednesday, June 18, 12:00pm-1:00pm]
  • Presenter: Sally Hawkes, Coordinator, Library Network Services, Arkansas State Library
  • Description: The Traveler Databases are citation and full text databases made available through the Arkansas State Library through funds from the Library Services and Technology Act. These databases are available in all school, public, and academic libraries in Arkansas. Come hear what theses databases can offer to your faculty and students.
Computer-Supported Health Science Education
[Room 1307 - Session 2 - Wednesday, June 18, 12:00pm-1:00pm]
  • Presenter: Jan Hart, Head, Learning Resources Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Description: Computers are extraordinary tools to support the visual, auditory, and case-based learning methods that are key elements in health science education. How computers and the Web are used in medical education, computer-based testing, clinical skills evaluation, and case presentation will be demonstrated. The use of PDAs and tablet technologies will be discussed as well.
What's New with Traveler?
[B Lab - Session 3 - Wednesday, June 18, 1:00pm-2:00pm]
  • Repeat Session: See session description above
Encyclopedia of Arkansas and Arkansas Black History Online
[Room 1308 - Session 3 - Wednesday, June 18, 1:00pm-2:00pm]
  • Presenter: Tom Dillard, Director, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System
  • Host: Jan Hart, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Description: The Butler Center has undertaken these two ambitious online projects to offer unique Arkansas resources to all students of Arkansas history and the history of the region. The Encyclopedia will have entries on every county, town, city, region, and historic site in the state, biographies of hundreds of prominent Arkansans, and essays analyzing important issues for the state. It will be generously illustrated with photographs, maps, and other images, as well as with audio and video clips. Arkansas Black History Online provides the largest online collection of materials relating to the history of Afro-Americans in Arkansas. It contains biographies, periodical and newspaper articles, legal documents, slave narratives photographs and a wealth of other information on the daily lives of black Arkansans. Both resources will be important teaching tools to all the schools and colleges of the state.
Government Information Under the USA Patriot Act
[Room 1305 - Session 4 - Wednesday, June 18, 2:00pm-3:00pm]
  • Presenter: Sarah Santos, Head, Government Documents, University of Arkansas
  • Description: For more than a decade, the federal government has been making most of its information, such as Congressional actions, census data, business and economic statistics, and legal decisions, available electronically, both on CD and over the Internet. The more restricted environment that has followed the arracks on the World Trade center and the Pentagon has changed many of those e-government initiatives. Sarah Santos will describe the current availability of government information and discuss some of the trends in information distribution.
Government Information Under the USA Patriot Act
[Room 1305 - Session 5 - Wednesday, June 18, 3:00pm-4:00pm]
  • Repeat Session: See session description above
Digital Libraries: Models in Progress
[Room 1307 - Session 8 - Thursday, June 19, 11:00am-12:00pm]
  • Presenter: Lynette Jack, Systems Librarian, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • Description: Digital libraries offer access to library materials to all citizens of a state. The oldest digital library thrives in Ohio, but newer endeavors have become common, even in the South. Prominent among these efforts are Galileo in Georgia, Viva in Virginia, TexShare in Texas, Moebius in Missouri, KYDL in Kentucky, and Magnolia in Mississippi. Lynette will discuss these varying efforts and demonstrate how they work for users.
Managing P2P Traffic, Or Where Did My Internet Bandwidth Go?
[Room 1308 - Session 9 - Thursday, June 19, 12:00pm-1:00pm]
  • Presenter: David Merrifield, University of Arkansas
  • Session PowerPoint Slides: ARKnet-2003-Managing-P2P-Applications.ppt (841KB)
  • Description: Napster started it, and now there are dozens of file sharing applications that users can use to download music, video, and other files. Unless these applications are managed, all of your Internet bandwidth can be eaten up. We will discuss methods of regulating and managing this traffic.
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