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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS *********************************************************** DigCCurr2007: An International Symposium on Digital Curation Focus: "What Digital Curators Do and What They Need to Know?" April 18-20, 2007 Chapel Hill, North Carolina ************************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES: 750 word abstract: January 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2007 Full papers: March 15, 2007 Symposium: April 18-20, 2007 http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr <http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr> ***************************************** INTRODUCTION: The School of Information and Library Science <http://sils.unc.edu <http://sils.unc.edu> > (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host DigCCurr2007, an international symposium on Digital Curation, April 19 - 20, 2007. This two-day event is part of the "Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building an International Digital Curation" project funded by the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS). The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is a partner in this effort. DigCCurr2007 will focus on what digital curators do and what they need to know to carry out this work and each speaker is asked to address these issues in their presentation. ***************************************** AUDIENCE: Anyone interested in digital preservation and curation, especially those who are building staff capacity in these areas. ***************************************** TOPICS OF INTEREST: While paper submissions on any aspect of digital curation are welcome, we are particularly interested in the following areas and topics: Designing Repositories - Where to Begin? Repository Architecture Ingest Services User Services Metadata Standards and Standard Development Policy Development Programs for Working with Content/Data Providers Intellectual Property Rights Issues Information Industry Perspectives Social Science Data Curation Science Data Curation Funding and Sustainability We request that each paper include discussion of the skills, knowledge, and perspectives individuals working in these functional areas and environments or addressing these issues will find valuable. ***************************************** PAPER FORMAT & SUBMISSION: Abstract and full papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files. Full papers should be 6-8 pages in length and use a double column format such as the ACM layout. Detailed formatting and submission instructions will be available in the author instructions section of the conference Web site soon. At this time electronic publication of the proceedings is planned but may be followed with a print version. Please submit abstracts to John Schaefer at: [log in to unmask] by January 1, 2007. ***************************************** CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS Helen R. Tibbo, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill Christopher A. Lee, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill John Schaefer, School of Information and Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill ***************************************** ADVISORY BOARD: Advisory Board members include: Stephen Chapman, Harvard University; Adrian Cunningham, National Archives of Australia; Robin Dale, RLG/OCLC; Wendy Duff, University of Toronto; Philip Eppard, SUNY-Albany; Anne Gilliland, UCLA; Maria Guercio, University of Urbino; Hans Hofman, Nationaal Archief (National Archives) of the Netherlands and ERPANET; Anne Kenney, Cornell University Library; Steve Knight, National Library of New Zealand; Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information; Richard Marciano, San Diego Super Computer Center; Seamus Ross, University of Glasgow; Don Sawyer, NASA; Kenneth Thibodeau, National Archives and Records Administration; Raymond van Diessen, IBM, The Netherlands; Elizabeth Yakel, University of Michigan. ***************************************** CONFERENCE SOCIAL EVENTS: All-conference opening reception, 6:00 - 7:30 PM, Wednesday, April 18th Working lunch, 12:15 - 1:45, Thursday, April 19th All-conference reception, 5:00 - 7:00 PM, Thursday, April 19th Working lunch, 12:15 - 1:45, Friday, April 20h ***************************************** CONFERENCE LOCATION: The opening reception will be held in The Wilson Library on UNC's main campus. All sessions, lunches, and the Thursday evening reception will be held at The William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, located on Route 54 in Chapel Hill, NC. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Please see: http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr <http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr> . Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Professor School of Information and Library Science 201 Manning Hall University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 [log in to unmask] Tel: 919.962.8063 Fax: 919.962.8071