Begin forwarded message: > From: "Fritze, Christiane" <[log in to unmask]> > > > CALL FOR PAPERS > 9th International Conference on > Preservation of Digital Objects (IPRES 2012) October 1-5, 2012 Toronto, > Ontario, Canada > > http://ipres.ischool.utoronto.ca > > > > The University of Toronto Faculty of Information is pleased to host the > International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES2012) in > Toronto, Canada in October 2012. iPRES2012 will be the ninth in the series of > annual international conferences that bring together researchers and > practitioners from around the world to explore the latest trends, > innovations, and practices in preserving our digital heritage. > > Digital Preservation and Curation continues to evolve from a niche activity > to an established practice and research field that involves many disciplines > and communities. iPRES2012 will re-emphasise that preserving our scientific > and cultural digital heritage requires integration of activities and research > across institutional and disciplinary boundaries to adequately address the > challenges in digital preservation. > iPRES2012 will continue the legacy of previous conferences by further > strengthening the link between digital preservation research and > practitioners in memory institutions and scientific data centres. > > > SUBMISSIONS > > iiPRES 2012 invites submissions of full and short papers reporting on novel > and previously unpublished work. Full papers report innovative research work, > while short papers present new relevant challenges and work in progress. All > papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the Program Committee. > The accepted papers will be published in the iPRES2012 proceedings. > > Submissions are encouraged for a special session for posters that report on > emerging issues or work in progress, and also for demonstrations of > innovative systems and solutions. > > All contributions will be peer-reviewed. Accepted short-papers, posters and > demos will also be published in the iPRES2012 proceedings. > > > More information, including instructions for submission, will available at > the iPRES2012 homepage. > (http://ipres.ischool.utoronto.ca) > > > Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: > > · Domain-specific Challenges (Cultural Heritage, Technical and Scientific > Processes and Data, > Engineering Models and Simulation, Medical Records, Corporate Processes and > Recordkeeping, Web > Archiving, Personal Archiving, e-Procurement) > · Systems Life-cycle (Requirements, Modeling, Design, Development, > Deployment and Maintenance) > · Trusted Repositories and Governance (Risk Analysis, Planning, Audit and > Certification, > Information/Data Quality, Business Models, Cost Estimation) > · Case Studies and Best Practices (Processes, Metadata, Systems, > Services, Infrastructures) > · Innovation in Digital Preservation (Novel Challenges and Scenarios, > Innovative Approaches, > Preservation at Scale) > · Added-value of Digital Preservation (Benefits Analysis, Emerging > Exploitation Scenarios, Long-Tail of > Digital Repositories and Archives, Designated Communities) > · Training and Education > · Theory of Digital Preservation (Interdisciplinary Modeling, > Representation Concepts, Incentive > Structures) > > > IMPORTANT DATES > > 15 May 2012 - Workshop Proposals and Full Papers due > 15 June 2012- Short papers, posters and demonstrations proposals due > 15 June 2012 - Tutorial and panel proposals due > 28 June 2012 - Acceptance notification for all proposals > 21 August 2012 - Camera-ready papers due > 1-5 October 2012 - iPRES 2012 Conference > > > CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION > > GENERAL CHAIRS: > - Seamus Ross, University of Toronto, Canada > - Kevin Ashley, Digital Curation Centre, UK > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR: > -Reagan Moore, University of North Carolina, USA > > DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIR: > - Ross Harvey, Simmons College, USA > > TUTORIAL CO-CHAIRS: > - Carolyn Hank, McGill University, Canada > - Raivo Ruusalepp, Estonian Business Archives, Estonia > > WORKSHOP CHAIRS: > -Angela Dappert, Digital Preservation Coalition, UK > -Christopher A. Lee, University of North Carolina, USA > > LOCAL ORGANIZING CHAIR: > - Andrew Drummond, University of Toronto, Canada > > > For further details please check http://ipres.ischool.utoronto.ca regularly. > > Best regards, > > Seamus Ross, General Chair > Andrew Drummond, Local Organizing Chair > > > > >