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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. ************************************************ 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/