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I've been asked by the organizing committee to circulate this call for proposals. JCDL has the potential to become an important venue for cross-fertilization amongst digital library professionals in both academic and operational service environments. Kind regards, Dan ******************************************8 Call for Papers: JCDL 2002 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries July 14-18, 2002 Portland, Oregon, USA http://www.jcdl2002.org/ Jointly sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Web (ACM SIGWEB) and Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE Computer Society) Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL) In cooperation with The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) The Joint Conference on Digital Libraries is a major international forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses the many meanings of the term "digital libraries", including (but not limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital content; and theoretical models of information media, including document genres and electronic publishing. Digital libraries are distinguished from information retrieval systems because they include more types of media, provide additional functionality and services, and include other stages of the information life cycle, from creation through use. Digital libraries can be viewed as a new form of information institution or as an extension of the services libraries currently provide. The intended community for this conference includes those interested in aspects of digital libraries such as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content; services; digital preservation; system design; implementation; interface design; human-computer interaction; evaluation of performance; evaluation of usability; collection development; intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user communities; and associated theoretical topics. Participation is sought from all parts of the world and from the full range of disciplines and professions involved in digital library research and practice, including computer science, information science, librarianship, archival science and practice, museum studies and practice, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. All domains---academe, government, industry, and others---are encouraged to participate as presenters or attendees. IMPORTANT DATES January 14, 2002: Full papers, panel and tutorial proposals due February 11, 2002: Short papers, posters, proposals for workshops and demonstrations due April 8, 2002: Final submissions due Formats for submission: All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL web site, following ACM format guidelines and using the templates provided. Templates are available in Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, and LaTeX. Submissions should be in PDF (preferably) or Postscript (with all required fonts embedded in the document.) If these format requirements are a hardship, please contact the program chair. Content and Length: Submissions will be judged on significance, originality, relevance, correctness, clarity, and ability to be understood by an audience with varied expertise. Papers and proposals that exceed the length requirement will be rejected. Papers should clearly identify what has been accomplished, why it is significant, and how it compares with previous work. Full papers are restricted to 10 pages and short papers to 2 pages. Panels and posters are means to present work-in-progress, late-breaking results, or other efforts that would benefit from discussion with the community. Successful panel proposals involve a controversial topic and articulate and entertaining panelists. Panel proposals consist of a title, 1-page extended abstract explaining the topic and goals of the session and a list of titles of individual presentations/viewpoints, and contact information for the organizer, moderator, and presenters. Posters provide an opportunity to present late-breaking res! ults in an informal manner. We are also encouraging submissions that describe results from newly-funded projects (e.g., DLI-2). Poster proposals consist of a title, 1-page extended abstract, contact information for the authors, and an indication whether or not a slot for an oral presentation is desired. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials, space permitting. Demonstrations offer hands-on experience with digital library systems, whether advanced operational systems or research prototypes. The 1-page proposal should indicate how the demonstration illustrates new ideas. Proposals are also solicited for tutorials, covering a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a full day. Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest on a new or emerging issue and provide a forum for discussion and exploration. Details about the requirements and format for conference submissions are posted on the conference web site (http://www.jcdl2002.org). Conference location: Portland is a beautiful venue with superb access to aqua and terra attractions and events. The conference hotel will be the Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel, which is a short ride on the light rail across the river to downtown Portland as well as the eclectic eateries and galleries of NW 23rd St.. July is an excellent month to visit the Pacific Northwest, as temperatures are moderate and humidity is low. Within 1-2 hours driving distance are the Oregon coast, the myriad of recreational activities in the Cascade Mountains, and Mt. St. Helens. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Chair: William Hersh, Oregon Health & Science University, [log in to unmask] Program Chair: Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina, [log in to unmask] Posters Chair: Lois Delcambre, Oregon Health & Science University, [log in to unmask] Panels Chair: Sally Howe, National Coordination Office for Information Technology, [log in to unmask] Workshops Chair: Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University, [log in to unmask] Tutorials Chair: Paul Gorman, Oregon Health & Science University, [log in to unmask] Demonstrations Chair: Jon Herlocker, Oregon State University, [log in to unmask] Sponsoring and Exhibitions Chair: Michael Nelson, NASA Langley Research Center, [log in to unmask] PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ghaleb Abdulla, Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. Bob Allen, University of Maryland William Arms, Cornell University Nick Belkin, Rutgers University José Borbinha, National Library of Portugal Christine Borgman, Univ. of California, Los Angeles Ching-chih Chen, Simmons College Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona Su-Shing Chen, University of Missouri Mike Christel, Carnegie Mellon University Sayeed Choudhury, Johns Hopkins Univ. Panos Constantopoulos, Found. for Res. & Tech. Gregory Crane, Tufts University Beth Davis-Brown, Library of Congress Cathryn Dippo, Bureau of Labor Statistics Philip Doty, University of Texas at Austin Sue Dumais, Microsoft Sue Feldman, International Data Corporation Ed Fox, Virginia Institute of Technology Dave Fulker, University Consortium for Atmospheric Research Rick Furuta, Texas A&M University Gene Golovchinsky, FX Palo Alto Laboratory Linda Hill, University of California, Santa Barbara Hui-I Hsiao, IBM Almaden Research Center Judith Klavans, Columbia University Carl Lagoze, Cornell University Ray Larson, University of California, Berkeley John Leggett, Texas A&M University David Levy, University of Washington Ee-Peng Lim, Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Info. Cathy Marshall, Microsoft Alexa McCray, National Library of Medicine Cliff McKnight, Loughborough Univ., UK Michael Nelson, NASA Erich Neuhold, Inst. for Int. Pub. and Inf. Sys. Craig Nevill-Manning, Rutgers University Christos Nikolaou, University of Crete, Greece Carol Peters, Inst. di Elaborazione della Info. Edie Rasmussen, University of Pittsburgh Joyce Ray , Inst. of Museum and Library Services Berthier Ribeiro-Neto, Fed. Univ. of Minas Gerais Neil Rowe, Naval Postgraduate School Alfredo Sanchez, Univ. de las Américas-Puebla Peter Schäuble, Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology Dagobert Soergel, University of Maryland Ingeborg Sølvberg, Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Tech. Shigeo Sugimoto, Univ. of Library and Info. Science Costantino Thanos, Inst. di Elaborazione della Info. Helen Tibbo, University of North Carolina Jennifer Trant , Archives & Museum Informatics Shalini Urs, Mysore University Stuart Weibel, OCLC Rebecca Wesley, Stanford University Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand