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> From: "Fritze, Christiane" <[log in to unmask]>
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> 
> CALL FOR PAPERS
> 9th International Conference on
> Preservation of Digital Objects (IPRES 2012) October 1-5, 2012 Toronto,
> Ontario, Canada
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> http://ipres.ischool.utoronto.ca
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> 
> 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 and previously unpublished work.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
> 
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