A number of very interesting, though mostly European cross-national initiatives have emerged from this event which may be of interest to some. Regards, Dan ECDL2000 - CALL FOR SHORT-PAPERS ECDL2000, the Fourth European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 18 to 20 September 2000 (http://www.bn.pt/org/agenda/ecdl2000/). As a result of the very successfull call for papers that was closed last May, 1st, the organization identified a strong interest and a very important potential for short-papers. In this sense, it was decided to extend until May 29 the call for posters, demonstrations and short-papers (especially if they are related with demonstrations or posters). Proposals for short papers must consist in a text of 2 to 4 pages, sent by email to [log in to unmask] The accepted proposals will be published with the proceedings, and will be presented in the conference in special panel sessions (related short-papers will be grouped in panels, where every author will have 10 minutes for presentation, followed by a general discussion with the audience). jlb _______________________________________ José Luis Borbinha <[log in to unmask]> Biblioteca Nacional (National Library of Portugal) Direcção de Serviços de Inovação e Desenvolvimento (Direction of Services for Innovation and Development) Campo Grande, 83 - 1749-081 Lisboa - PORTUGAL Tel./Fax: (+351) 217 982 083 / 217 982 123 _______________________________________________ Ecdl2000-announce mailing list [log in to unmask] http://listas.bn.pt/mailman/listinfo/ecdl2000-announce