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CALL FOR PAPERS: DIGITAL LIBRARY FEDERATION SPRING FORUM 2004 The SPRING 2004 DLF Forum will take place at the InterContinental Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 19-21, 2004. Information about registration and the Forum will be available soon at the DLF web site: http://www.diglib.org/forums/Spring2004/ 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: * Searching: federated and large-scale search and retrieval * Production: challenges, workflow, scale, sustainability * Tools: creation and delivery of digital library content * Commerce: the digital library as entrepreneurial activity * Services: aggregating the "data silos" * User communities: partnerships with users to build content and context 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 first part of the subject heading in your email. DEADLINES Deadline for proposals (papers, panels, BOFs): Monday February 9, 2004 Selection made by: Monday February 23, 2004 The cutoff date for the conference rate at the hotel is March 16. The cutoff date for registration is March 16, with a maximum capacity of 150 attendees. The conference will be declared full if we reach 150 prior to March 16. ************************************************ 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/ 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/