1) Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2004. Global Reach and
Diverse Impact. June 7-11, 2004. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
2) Pan-European Portal Conference 2003. Geneva, April 24-25, 2003.
3) Workshop on Multimedia Contents in Digital Libraries. Chania, Crete,
Greece, June 2 and 3, 2003.
4) A 3D revolving trilobyte.
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1) Call for Papers: JCDL 2004
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Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2004
Global Reach and Diverse Impact
June 7-11, 2004
Tucson, Arizona, USA
http://www.jcdl2004.org/
Jointly sponsored by
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (SIGIR)
Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Web(ACM SIGWEB)
and
IEEE Computer Society
Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL)
In cooperation with
The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Coalition for Networked Information
DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries
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; digital preservation and archiving; and
theoretical models of information media, including document genres and
electronic publishing.
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;
performance evaluation; usability evaluation; 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, electrical
engineering, information science, information systems, librarianship,
archival science and practice, museum studies and practices, technology,
education, medicine, intelligence analysis, social sciences, and
humanities. All domains - academia, government, industry, and others -
are encouraged to participate as presenters or attendees.
CONFERENCE THEME: GLOBAL REACH AND DIVERSE IMPACT
In addition to the listed digital library research topics, JCDL 2004
encourages submission of papers that illustrate digital library's global
reach and diverse impact. Examples include (but are not limited to):
major national or cross-regional digital library projects; case studies
exemplifying successful international collaboration and impact;
innovative cultural preservation and dissemination projects aimed at
preserving unique and indigenous knowledge; the development and use of
digital library technologies for national (and international) security;
digital library research for intelligence and security informatics;
digital library techniques, content, and services based on
cyberinfrastructure; digital library research for enhancing e-learning
and education; and other novel and high-impact digital library projects.
IMPORTANT DATES
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January 15, 2004: Full papers, panel, and tutorial proposals due
February 10, 2004: Short papers, posters, proposals for workshops
and demonstrations due
March 31, 2004: Final submissions due
PAPER SUBMISSION
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Full and short papers will be included in the conference proceedings and
will be presented at the conference. Papers must be in English with a
limit of 10 pages (approximately 5000 words) for full papers and 2 pages
for short papers. All papers must be original contributions (i.e., not
have been previously published or currently under review for publication
elsewhere). All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via
the JCDL conference web site, following ACM format guidelines and using
the template provided
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Preferred
submission formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. The conference will award
the Vannevar Bush Award to the best full paper.
PANELS, POSTERS, AND DEMONSTRATIONS
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Panels and posters provide opportunities to present work-in-progress,
late-breaking results, or other efforts that would benefit from
discussion with the community. Successful panel proposals should involve
a controversial or emerging topic and articulate and entertaining
panelists. Panel proposals must consist of a title, a 1-page extended
abstract explaining the topic and goals of the session along with a list
of titles of individual presentations and/or viewpoints and contact
information for the organizer, moderator, and panelists. Posters permit
presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive
manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended
abstract, and contact information for the authors. Accepted posters will
be displayed at the conference and may include additional materials,
space permitting. Abstracts of panels and posters will appear in the
proceedings. Demonstrations will allow attendees to have first-hand
views of innovative digital libraries technology and applications and to
talk informally with system developers and researchers. Demonstration
proposals should consist of a title, a 1-page extended abstract, and
contact information for the authors. Abstracts of demonstrations will
appear in the proceedings. All contributions are to be submitted in
electronic form via the JCDL conference web site.
TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS
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Proposals for tutorials and workshops are also solicited. Tutorials are
intended to present a single topic in detail over either a half-day or a
full day. Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an
abstract (1-2 paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a
description or topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used
for evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of
participants; target audience, including level of experience
(introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief
biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for the
presenter(s). Tutorial proposals should be emailed directly to the
tutorial chair. For further information please contact the tutorial
chair.
Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest in a new
or emerging issue and provide a forum for discussion and exploration.
Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a
statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the
workshop; identification of the expected audience; a description of the
planned format, duration (half- or full-day), and expected number of
attendees; information about how the attendees will be identified,
notified of the workshop, and, if necessary, selected from among
applicants; as well as contact and biographical information about the
organizers. Finally, if a workshop has been held previously,
information about the earlier sessions should be provided -- dates,
locations, outcomes, attendance, etc. Workshop proposals should be
emailed directly to the workshop chair. For further information please
contact the workshop chair.
CONFERENCE LOCATION
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JCDL 2004 will be held in Tucson, Arizona on June 7-11, 2003. Warmed by
an abundance of desert sunshine, the meeting will be held in a
rejuvenating resort environment inspired by the beauty of its pristine
natural surroundings. Home to an amazing variety of birds, plants and
wildlife, Tucson is an ideal choice for nature lovers, families, or
those simply seeking a serene escape from daily pressures. It also is an
inspiring setting for productive professional meetings. Outdoor
enthusiasts may enjoy horseback riding, hiking, biking, birding and
swimming, plus golf nearby. Weather in early June in Tucson is warm, but
comfortable and pleasant. The Hilton El Conquistado will be the JCDL
2004 conference hotel. It is a 4-Star, 4-Diamond resort nested at the
base of the Catalina Mountains. It features 428 newly renovated guest
rooms with upscale southwestern dcor and private balconies with gorgeous
mountain views. There are additional 90 rooms (also Hilton) available
nearby for overflow guests. This hotel has a spacious, open lobby that
is perfect for networking. Many activities including horseback riding,
jeep tours, and bicycle rentals, are available on site.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Co-Chairs:
Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona, [log in to unmask] Howard
Wactlar, Carnegie Mellon University, [log in to unmask] Ching-chih Chen,
Simmons College, [log in to unmask]
Program Co-Chairs:
Mike Christel, Carnegie Mellon University, [log in to unmask] Ee-Peng
Lim, Nanyang Technological University, [log in to unmask]
Treasurer:
Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona, [log in to unmask]
Tutorial Chair:
Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University, [log in to unmask]
Workshop Chair:
Hsueh-hua Chen, National Taiwan University, [log in to unmask]
Panel Chair:
Lee Giles, Pennsylvania State University, [log in to unmask]
Poster and Demo Chair:
Christopher Yang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, [log in to unmask]
Publicity Co-Chairs:
Stuart Weibel, OCLC, [log in to unmask]
Su-shing Chen, University of Florida, [log in to unmask] Shalini Urs,
University of Mysore, [log in to unmask] Mohan Tanniru, University
of Arizona, [log in to unmask]
Sponsorship Co-Chairs:
Kurt Fenstermacher, University of Arizona, [log in to unmask]
Edward A. Fox, Virginia Institute of Technology, [log in to unmask]
Local Arrangement Co-Chairs:
Kathy Larson, University of Arizona, [log in to unmask]
Jeanett McCray, University of Arizona, [log in to unmask]
Student Volunteer Coordinator:
Byron Marshall, University of Arizona, [log in to unmask]
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Robert M. Akscyn, Knowledge Systems
Robert B. Allen, University of Maryland
William Arms, Cornell University
Thomas Baker, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany
Nicholas J. Belkin, Rutgers University
Ann Blandford, University College of London, UK
Jos Luis Borbinha, National Library of Portugal
Christine Borgman, University of California, Los Angeles Donatella
Castelli, Italian National Research Council, Italy Chao-chen Chen,
National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Zhaoneng Chen, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, China Key-Sun Choi, KAIST, Korea Gobinda Chowdhury,
University of Strathclyde, UK Beth Davis-Brown, Library of Congress
Susan Dumais, Microsoft Schubert Foo, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore Edward A. Fox, Virginia Tech Norbert Fuhr, University of
Dortmund, Germany Dave Fulker, University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University C. Lee Giles, Penn State
University Geneva Henry, Rice University William Hersh, Oregon Health &
Science University Sally Howe, National Coordination Office for
Information Technology R&D, USA Jieh Hsiang, National Taiwan University,
Taiwan Judith Klavans, Columbia University Traugott Koch, Netlab, Lund
University, Sweden Don Kraft, Louisiana State University Carl Lagoze,
Cornell University Ray Larson, University of California, Berkeley John
Leggett, Texas A&M University David Levy, University of Washington
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information Gary Marchionini,
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Cathy Marshall, Microsoft
Corporation Alexa T. McCray, National Library of Medicine, USA Kathleen
McKeown, Columbia University Cliff McKnight, Loughborough University, UK
Reagan Moore, San Diego Supercomputing Center Sung Hyun Myaeng,
Information & Communications University (ICU), Korea Erich Neuhold,
Fraunhofer-IPSI, Germany Liddy Nevile, University of Melbourne,
Australia Craig Nevill-Manning, Google Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg
University, The Netherlands T.B. Rajashekar, Indian Institute of
Science, India Edie Rasmussen, University of Pittsburgh Andreas Rauber,
Vienna University of Technology, Austria Joyce Ray, Institute of Museum
and Library Services Alfredo Sanchez, Universidad de las
Americas-Puebla, Mexico Frank M. Shipman, Texas A&M University Ingeborg
Slvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Shigeo
Sugimoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan Costantino Thanos, CNR-ISTI,
Italy Shalini Urs, University of Mysore, India Nancy Van House,
University of California, Berkeley Stuart Weibel, OCLC Office of
Research Ian Witten, University of Waikato, New Zealand Jianzhong Wu,
Shanghai Library, China Jerome Yen, Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong SAR Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China
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2) Pan-European Portal Conference 2003
Geneva, April 24-25, 2003
The inaugural meeting of the Pan-European Portal Conference (PEPC) will
take place at the University of Geneva April 24-25. The purpose of this
conference is to provide a forum for IT professionals in the Education
and Library communities to meet, discuss, and share ideas on portals,
network identity, and web services. The conference is sponsored by Sun.
The conference webpage is at http://www.codex-se.org/pepc2003/ .
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3) Workshop on Multimedia Contents in Digital Libraries
Chania, Crete, Greece, June 2 and 3, 2003
Sponsored by DELOS and NSF
Distributed Digital Libraries throughout the world are beginning to
organize, store, and manage large amounts of human knowledge for
universal remote access any where any time. While traditional libraries
were normally built to house collections of print-based information
resources (such as books and journals), digital libraries can store
information resources in many other forms, including images, sound,
video, graphics, programs, etc. Thus, with the development of
appropriately sophisticated user interfaces and the deployment of
advanced technologies and techniques, users of digital libraries can
clearly obtain more complete and more comprehensive information than
traditional libraries provide.
How to acquire, organize, store, manage, and use these multimedia
contents effectively and efficiently are central questions for subject
specialists, end-users, library and information scientists and computer
scientists. For example, how can subject specialists harness IT to help
all levels of users gain meaningful access to content in poor physical
shape, in surrogate formats, and to enhance their abilities to
understand and learn the subjects under study? How can library and
information scientists develop effective ways to create metadata,
integrate annotations in these contents for indexing to facilitate
better access and retrieval, and to promote the easy use of these
resources? How can computer scientists help structure these contents
into semantic units (objects) which will be indexed and interconnected
with other objects in a variety of ways allowing flexible access,
browsing, semantic integration, presentation, and personalization
according to the application functionality and the user preferences and
goals.
Application areas of digital libraries with multimedia contents cover
all subject fields, ranging from art and culture, archaeology, and
history, to sciences, medicine, and engineering. In addition to
traditional texts, they come in a great variety of formats. For
example, in the cultural and heritage areas, the types of contents
consists of art objects, sculptures, paintings, manuscripts, to handmade
scripts on vellum, wood, stone, clay, etc. Users of digital libraries
include the general public, students of all levels, subject experts, and
knowledge managers. The use of these digital libraries may therefore
vary from simple curiosity and casual learning to high-level research
and development. The ways of interaction may be highly personalized and
may depend on the mode and location of access. Users may often access
and synthesize multimedia contents from heterogeneous distributed
digital libraries. The contents of digital libraries will naturally
evolve and new approaches may be able to adapt to other user communities
with new preferences and requirements.
This Workshop, organized under the joint sponsorship of DELOS and
US/NSF, is to bring together researchers, practitioners and subject
specialists interested in multimedia contents in digital libraries to
share their ideas and concerns, to present and discuss recent research
results, and to map future research directions.
Research papers up to 5 pages are solicited in all the research issues
of multimedia contents in digital libraries including:
- advanced user interfaces to contents of digital libraries
- integration of low-level semantic objects (shape, color, texture) with
high-level semantic meanings of the contents
- content generation, transformation, security and preservation,
- content structuring and adaptation for efficient access and browsing,
- automatic and manual encoding for enhanced content addressability and
browsing,
- use and extensions of standards for encoding contents, and domain
specific ontologies for indexing, summarizing, and otherwise
specifically encoding contents
- intelligent search and retrieval agent,
- standard compatibility and mappings for contents,
- personalization of querying, reformulation, browsing, and interaction
with contents,
- collaborative access to contents of digital libraries,
- profiles, stereotypes, profile matching, profile adaptation, profile
extraction
- information access, dissemination, delivery, interaction using diverse
devices
- communities of users and digital libraries, and
- support for learning the content of digital libraries.
Location
The Workshop will be held in Chania, Crete, Greece, June 2 and 3, 2003.
Workshop Organization
The workshop, organized in the context of the EU Excellence Network on
Digital Libraries (DELOS), is sponsored by DELOS and the U.S. National
Science Foundation (NSF), with local sponsorship of the Technical
University of Crete.
Workshop General Chair:
Prof. Stavros Christodoulakis, Department of Electronic and Computer
Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece.
Workshop Program Committee Co-chairs:
Prof. Ching-chih Chen, Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA.
Prof Stavros Christodoulakis, Department of Electronic and Computer
Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Crete, Greece
Workshop Program Committee:
To be announced at a later date.
Paper Submission Guidelines
Original research papers up to 5 pages long should be submitted by April
30, 2003 in both Microsoft WORD and Acrobat PDF formats via email to
either one of the Program Co-Chairs email addresses:
Prof. Ching-chih Chen: [log in to unmask]
Prof. Stavros Christodoulakis: [log in to unmask]
4) Arius3D (www.arius3d.com www.pointstream.net). A 3D Digital
Archiving Solution.
Press release: We have a high resolution 3D color laser scanner (100
microns x,y and 10 microns z axis) and accompanying Pointstream
3DImagesuite software.
Quick Facts:
-Arius3D technology was developed by the National Research Council of
Canada over an 18 year period.
-We have been commercializing and enhancing the hardware for the past
three years.
-We capture exact digital copies of real world objects at near
microscopic levels (100 microns x,y/ 10 microns z axis)
-We are the only technology in the world that captures color and
geometry together.
-Once an object is captured at the highest level or 'archival data' our
Pointstream 3DImageSuite takes over.
-Having a huge file with a lot of detail is not much value if you can't
use it. Pointstream has several built-in toolkits: (1) Image Processing
(2) Scientific/Diagnostic (3) Creative and (4)Security
-Image Processing: Provides editing tools to assemble the 3D image
models. We then compress the archive files to 3 basic levels in UNDER 20
SECONDS: (1) Smaller Scientific file (2) Web (3)Thumbnail. You now have
(a) a complete archive file (millions of points) and (b) other models
that you can use for scientific or creative purposes as follows.....
Scientific/Diagnostic toolkit includes measurement, magnification,
lighting tools; Creative toolkit includes the ability to create a
webmodel in seconds, paintbrush tools, camera animation, movie files,
print capabilities (2D JPG, TIFF etc or 3D rotate & print). This
toolkit also includes the capability to insert a 3D rotatable image into
a Microsoft document.
How Does this apply to cultural heritage?
- For example with the attached trilobyte file
http://www.arius3d.com/demos/trilobyte_pointstream.html (this is a large
file and takes apx. 60 seconds to open - then you have a 3D object that
you can rotate & zoom with your mouse). New levels of sharing are now
possible with the addition of the Pointstream 3DImageSuite. For
example: A class assignment could be to measure the diameter of the
object or use the magnification tool to identify a crack, take
cross-sections measurements or compare this trilobyte to others etc.
David Seaman
Director, Digital Library Federation
1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
tel: 202-939-4750
fax: 202-939-4765
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: http://www.diglib.org/
