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On behalf of Jane Humphreys From: Humphreys, Jane
[mailto:Jane.Humphreys@xxxxx] Call for Papers iPRES Conference 2008
Fifth International Conference on Digital Preservation London, England, September 29-30, 2008 Joined Up and Working: tools and methods for digital
preservation Call for Papers The value and
volume of digital information increases year on year. Our scientific, cultural,
and social heritage becomes digital and the need to ensure that it can be
effectively preserved becomes more urgent. This problem is not confined within
national boundaries and is not specific to any discipline. We must work
together to solve the challenges posed by this historic change. Whilst easily
envisaged, collaborative working across national boundaries requires
commitment, planning and co-ordination, and the theme of this year’s conference
is designed to focus minds on how that can be achieved. There are, in
addition, further areas where the community needs to consider the value of a
joined up approach. Stronger links can be forged between libraries and archives
or between those practising scientific data curation and those involved with
preserving arts and humanities information or learning materials. We need to
strengthen the ties between theory and practice in digital preservation. It
should be possible to show that preservation practice is underpinned by theory
and can deliver benefits to stakeholder communities. iPRES is a
series of international conferences that seek to address issues relating to
digital preservation by bringing together experts and practitioners across the
spectrum of digital preservation disciplines. We invite you to submit papers
and presentations that present substantial new results, contribute to the
conceptual foundations of digital preservation, or show novel applications of
existing work. Empirical evidence demonstrating what works – and what doesn’t –
is also welcome. Abstracts must be
submitted in AAAI style (pdf only). http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php Abstracts are limited
to 2 pages maximum including title and author information, but excluding
references. The evaluation of the submission will be based on the quality
of the submission. Submission will be
through http:papers@xxxxx/ipres08. Final versions of
papers may be considerably longer than the submissions: for each accepted paper
8 pages in AAAI.style will be allocated in the proceedings. Topics of interest
include: Practical Preservation Work ·
Identifying and preserving
specific classes of digital material ·
Repositories and preservation
service architectures ·
Automated routines ·
Linking publication with
primary data ·
Impact of Web 2.0 approaches ·
Case studies (particularly ones
involving work across communities) ·
Training and community
engagement ·
Dealing with personal archives Policy and Costs ·
Sustainability ·
Economic and business models ·
Articulating the benefits of
preservation ·
Implementing policy ·
Case studies ·
Digital lifecycle costing ·
Audit and certification ·
Scalable quality assurance ·
National and international
collaboration Conceptual and Theoretical Work ·
Conceptual frameworks and
models ·
Significant Properties and
Representation Information ·
Evaluating and selecting
systems Conference Chairs: General Chair: Adam
Farquhar Local Chair: Jane Humphreys Important Dates: Submission of title and
abstract: May 28, 2008 Notification of
acceptance: June 14, 2008 Camera-ready papers
due: August 15, 2008 Deadline for early-bird
registration: July 21, 2008 Registration deadline:
September 22, 2008 iPres08 Conference:
September, 29-30, 2008 |