CALL FOR PAPERS: DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION SPRING FORUM 2004
The SPRING 2004 DLF Forum will take place at the InterContinental Hotel, New
Orleans, Louisiana, April 19-21, 2004.
Information about registration and the Forum will be available soon at the
DLF web site: http://www.diglib.org/forums/Spring2004/
Information about past Forums can be found at:
http://www.diglib.org/forums.htm
PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Members of DLF institutions are invited to submit proposals for papers and
panel discussions by dealing with any aspect of digital library development.
Suggested areas of particular interest include the following:
* Searching: federated and large-scale search and retrieval
* Production: challenges, workflow, scale, sustainability
* Tools: creation and delivery of digital library content
* Commerce: the digital library as entrepreneurial activity
* Services: aggregating the "data silos"
* User communities: partnerships with users to build content and context
PRESENTATIONS
Proposals for presentations should be brief (c.250 words) and supply a title
and short abstract.
PANELS
Proposals for panel discussions should supply a title, briefly outline its
purpose, and supply the panelists' names alongside titles and short
descriptions for their respective contributions.
BOF
"Birds-of-a-feather" sessions can be made available if demand dictates --
these provide for informal discussion between interested parties on a
specific topic. Anyone attending the Forum is eligible to propose and
organize a session.
SUBMISSIONS
Proposals for papers, panels, and Birds of a Feather sessions should be
submitted to [log in to unmask] Please include the phrase "DLF Forum
Proposal" as the first part of the subject heading in your email.
DEADLINES
Deadline for proposals (papers, panels, BOFs): Monday February 9, 2004
Selection made by: Monday February 23, 2004
The cutoff date for the conference rate at the hotel is March 16.
The cutoff date for registration is March 16, with a maximum capacity of 150
attendees. The conference will be declared full if we reach 150 prior to
March 16.
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David Seaman
Executive Director, Digital Library Federation
1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
tel: 202-939-4762
fax: 202-939-4765
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: http://www.diglib.org/
David Seaman
Executive Director, Digital Library Federation
1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
tel: 202-939-4762
fax: 202-939-4765
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: http://www.diglib.org/
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