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Highlights: - Due April 6 - Online participation available, travel not required - Accepted papers to this track will be included in the JCDL proceedings and included in the ACM Digital Library Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, JCDL 2020 Organizing Committee has > made the following changes: > > • Delay the conference date to August 1-5, 2020, which is right after ACM > SIGIR 2020 (July 25-30, 2020) > • Move the conference site to Xi’an China, which is at the same site as > ACM SIGIR 2020 > • Allow virtual attendance/presentation of papers > • Not enforce the "no show" policy > > These changes allow JCDL 2020 and SIGIR 2020 to be two conferences that > are back to back. Therefore, it is possible for attendees to attend two > important and relevant conferences with just one trip. The Organizing > Committee of JCDL 2020 are working with that of SIGIR 2020 to explore > further collaboration between the two conferences. > > JCDL 2020 continues to invite submissions to a newly created > Practitioners Track. > > Practitioners Track Proposals > > The practitioners track emphasizes innovation, insight, and vision in the > practice of digital libraries. It provides opportunities for libraries, > archives, museums, publishers, and digital content industry partners to > showcase their latest novel, speculative, and even provocative ideas, > practices, case studies, technologies, productions, strategies, datasets, > and/or designs related to digital library practices and services. Topics > include but are not limited to > > • practice of emergency planning and response for libraries, archives, and > museums > • digital repositories > • digital collections development and management > • metadata and discovery services > • open access and scholarly communication > • open educational resources > • teaching and learning support > • digital publishing > • big data and library cyberinfrastructure > • research data management, digital curation, and stewardship > • digital humanities > • digital preservation > • information service > • information/data literacy > • digital heritage/culture > > Authors must label their submissions with at least one of the following > four streams. Submissions will be evaluated using criteria set forth in the > respective stream. There is no expectation that a submission must cover all > four streams. > > 1. “I have a dream”. Submissions to this stream should focus on the > vision, speculation, or prophetic prediction of trends on a) the future > environment and/or ecosystem for libraries, museums, archives and related > industry and b) how do we adapt and flourish. Proposals will be mainly > evaluated on vision, novelty, and potential impact. We particularly > encourage high-risk high-reward ideas, as long as the risks are clearly > articulated and assessed. > > 2. “Told you so”. Submissions to this stream provide theoretical, > experimental, computational, synthetic, or empirical proof or myth rebuttal > related to popular and current digital library trends and practices. > Proposals are expected to be well-referenced and balanced, and also offer > nuance and clearly laid-out limitations. The evaluation will be focused on > the merits of the arguments, as well as their potential impacts on the > practices. > > 3. “We can do it”. Submission to this steam showcase exemplary projects, > products, or services that have already been launched. Proposals may be > further broken down into substreams such as a) “We did it first”, where > novelty and differentiation factors are highlighted; b) “We do it best”, > which focuses on the overall value gained by the patrons, communities, and > the society; or c) “We can do better”, which highlights critical > improvements. Proposals in this stream will be evaluated on the verifiable > benefits these projects bring. > > 4. “Together we’ll go far”. Submissions to this stream emphasize broad > collaborations, e.g., those beyond boundaries of departments, libraries, > institutions, academic disciplines, communities, regions, or even > countries. Authors should clearly articulate what, how, and why the > collaboration works and what values the collaboration brings to each > partner. > > Proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact > information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. As indicated in > the JCDL 2020 Call for Submissions, Practitioners Track submissions > should use the ACM Proceedings template ( > http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) and are to be > submitted in electronic format via the conference’s EasyChair submission > page (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=jcdl2020). > > Accepted proposals to the Practitioners Track will be included in the > conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference in visual > formats including but are not limited to posters, videos, or system and > production demonstrations. At least one author of each accepted proposal is > expected to give a one-minute presentation. > > All questions concerning the practitioners track proposals should be > discussed with the track co-chairs prior to the submission deadline of > April 6, 2020. Notification of acceptance is April 27, 2020 . This year’s > practitioners track co-chairs are: > > Zhiwu Xie, Virginia Tech Libraries, USA [log in to unmask] > Long Xiao, Peking University Library, China, China [log in to unmask] > Wei Liu, Shanghai Library, China [log in to unmask] >