The key trends and issues that emerged from the NSF-sponsored UCLA Wor
kshop on the Social Aspects of Digital Libraries in February 1996 are
presented in this session. Following the overview of the workshop on c
urrent developments in user-centered Digital Library research and the
information life cycle model the panelists discuss the interdisciplina
ry issues DL researchers are considering concerning (a) human-centered
, (b) artifact-centered and (c) technology-centered research issues.