JCDL 2008 Doctoral Consortium Abstracts due date extended to March 31
Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
June 16-20, 2008 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
http://www.jcdl2008.org/doctoral.html
Doctoral Consortium
The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from
all over the world who are in the early phases of their
dissertation work (i.e., the consortium is not intended for
those who are finished or nearly finished with their
dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help
students with their thesis and research plans by providing
feedback and general advice on using the research environment
in a constructive and international atmosphere. Students will
present and discuss their thesis in the context of a well-known
and established international conference outside of their usual
university atmosphere. The workshop will take place on a single
full day. Up to 15 students will have the opportunity to
participate. Funding is available to partially offset travel
and registration costs; the exact amount will depend on the
number of students accepted.
Several prominent professors and experienced practitioners in
the field of digital library research in organizations from
different countries and continents will conduct the workshop.
They will review all the submissions and comment on the content
of the thesis as well as on the presentation. Students will
have 20 minutes to present their research, focusing on the main
theme of their thesis, what they have achieved so far and how
they plan to continue their work. Another 20 minutes is
reserved for discussion and feedback from both the professors
and other participants. In the course of the workshop, students
will also get advice on more general questions, e.g. the
differences between Ph.D. studies in different countries.
Call for Papers and Topics
Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium
should submit an extended abstract (see details below)
describing their Digital Library research. Submissions relating
to any aspect of Digital Library research, development, and
evaluation are welcomed, including: technical advances, usage
and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional
implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design
advances, and innovative applications in the sciences,
humanities, and education.
To apply for participation at the Doctoral Consortium, please
provide an extended abstract of your doctoral work. All
contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the
JCDL 2008 submission Web page, following ACM format guidelines
and using the ACM template. Please submit all papers in PDF
format. The extended abstract is restricted to 4000 words
(approx. 8 pages). The abstracts should
* clearly formulate the research question,
* identify the significant problems in the field of research,
* summarize the current knowledge of the problem domain, as
well as the state of the art for solutions,
* clearly present any preliminary research plans and ideas,
and the results achieved so far,
* sketch the research methodology that is to be applied,
* describe the expected contributions of the applicant to the
research area, and
* (for technical research) describes how the research is
innovative, novel or extends existing approaches to a
problem.
Submissions will be judged on originality, significance,
correctness, and clarity. Workshop participation is limited to
15 Ph.D. students.
Proceedings
Accepted abstracts will be distributed to participants as the
workshop proceedings and made available to participants via the
JCDL Doctoral Consortium Digital.
Important Dates
* Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 31, 2008
* Notification of acceptance: April 7, 2008
* Camera-ready papers due: May 5, 2008
* JCDL 2008: June 16-20, 2008
* Doctoral Consortium: June 16, 2008
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Geneva Henry
Executive Director, Digital Library Initiative
Rice University
Fondren Library -- MS-44
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
(overnight delivery address: 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005)
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