CALL FOR PAPERS: DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION 
FALL FORUM 2004

October 25th-27th, 2004
Baltimore, MD

The Fall 2004 DLF Forum will take place at the Hyatt Regency, Baltimore
Harbor, Maryland, between Monday, October 25th-Wednesday, October 27th,
2004. 

Information about registration and the Forum will be available soon at
the DLF web site:  http://www.diglib.org/forums/fall2004/ 

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 dealing with any aspect of digital library
development.

Suggested areas of particular interest include the following:

* User communities: partnerships with users to build content and context
* Production: challenges, workflow, scale, sustainability
* Tools: creation, delivery, and scholarly use of digital library
content
* Harvesting data and metadata for new services

PRESENTATIONS

Proposals for presentations should be brief (c.250 words) and supply a
title and short abstract.  We strongly encourage presentations that pose
a problem for discussion, and that make plain what others can learn from
the experience of the presenter(s). 

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.  It is particularly
helpful to the program committee to be told how the panelists'
presentations fit together into a logical whole.

BOFs

"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 Fall Forum
2004 Proposal" as the first part of the subject heading in your email.

DEADLINES

Deadline for proposals (papers, panels, BOFs) is FRIDAY AUGUST 20, 2004:


Paper and Fellowship acceptances go out and program posted by FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 10, 2004.

The cutoff date for both registration and the conference rate at the
hotel is September 30th 2004.  The conference may be declared full if we
reach 160 participants prior to September 30th.

The DLF Forum Fellowships For Librarians New To The Profession will be
offered again -- details to follow in a separate mail.

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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/