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CALL FOR PAPERS: DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION FALL FORUM 2003 The Fall 2003 DLF Forum will take place at the Sheraton Old Town, Albuquerque, NM, November 17-19, 2003. Information about registration and the Forum will be available soon at the DLF web site: http://www.diglib.org/forums/fall2003/ 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 by dealing with any aspect of digital library development. Suggested areas of particular interest include the following: * Preservation: needs, progress, national policy * Production: challenges, workflow, scale, sustainability * Tools: creation and delivery of digital library content * Commerce: the digital library as entreprenurial activity * Services: aggregating the "data silos" * Teaching: courseware and the digital library in the classroom PRESENTATIONS Proposals for presentations should be brief (c.250 words) and supply a title and short abstract. 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. BOF "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 Forum Proposal" as the subject heading in your email. DEADLINES Deadline for proposals: Monday September 22, 2003 Selection made by: Wednesday October 1, 2003 The cutoff date for the conference rate ($109) at the Sheraton hotel is October 17th. The cutoff date for registration is October 31st, with a maximum capacity of 150 attendees. The conference will be declared full if we reach 150 prior to October 31. ************************************************