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A reminder -- the deadline for the call for papers for the Fall DLF Forum is the end of this week: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2005 CALL FOR PAPERS -- DLF Fall Forum 2005 -- Charlottesville, Virginia, November 7-9, 2005 Please find below (and at the following web address) the call for papers for our upcoming Fall Forum in Charlottesville, Virginia, from Monday, November 7th-Wednesday, November 9th, 2005. http://www.diglib.org/forums/fall2005/fall05call.htm David *********************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS -- DLF Fall Forum 2005 Charlottesville, Virginia, November 7-9, 2005 DEADLINE: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2005 Members of DLF institutions are invited to submit proposals for papers and panel discussions dealing with any aspect of digital library development. Presentations are taken on all topics but suggested areas of particular interest include the following: *User communities - partnerships with users to build content and context *Production - challenges, workflow, scale, sustainability *Tools - creation, delivery, and scholarly use of digital library content *Harvesting data and metadata for new services *Mass digitizing issues and our need to think and act strategically around them NOTE: We strongly encourage panels and presentations that pose problems for discussion, and that make plain what others can learn from the experience of the presenter(s). PRESENTATIONS Proposals for presentations should be brief (ca. 250 words) and supply a title and short abstract. There are 2 or 3 presentations in a 90 minute session, typically. PANELS Proposals for panel discussions should include a title for the panel, a brief outline of the panel's purpose, the panelists' names and titles, short descriptions of their respective contributions, and a statement of how the panelists' presentations fit together into a logical whole. Panels last 90 minutes. BOFs "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. BOFs are typically 60-90 minutes, but can be longer if needed. SUBMISSIONS Proposals for papers, panels, and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions should be submitted to [log in to unmask] Please include the phrase "DLF Fall Forum 2005 Proposal" as the first part of the subject heading in your email. David Seaman Executive Director, Digital Library Federation Council on Library and Information Resources 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/