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iPRES 2009: Call for Papers
http://www.cdlib.org/iPres/call_for_abstracts.html
Moving Into the Mainstream, Enabling Our Digital Future
Digital technology has become indispensible to modern
culture, commerce, science, education, and
entertainment. As our dependence on the digital
ecosystem increases, so does the need for effective and
sustainable digital preservation policies, strategies,
and practices so that the digital assets of our time
will remain viable and useful to future generations.
Digital preservation is considered broadly as a
continuum of intentions and activities leading to
long-lived digital assets that can be used, re-used, and
re-imagined in conventional and novel contexts now and
into the future. The theme of the iPRES 2009 conference
is "Moving into the mainstream, enabling our digital
future," which is intended to spark discussion of:
* Re-positioning preservation awareness and services
further upstream in the digital lifecycle so that
"born-archival" replaces "born-digital"
as the norm
* Re-emphasizing that digital preservation problems and
solutions encompass legal, economic, and social as well
as technological dimensions
* Re-asserting the need for comprehensive integration of
preservation analysis and activities into the
organizational planning and operations of institutions
that produce, manage, or exploit digital resources
* Bringing preservation issues to the attention of the
broader public in order to change minds, policies, and
expectations
* Stressing the importance of seeing digital
preservation as an outcome resulting in usability
iPRES is a series of international conferences that
seeks to address issues and further the art and science
of digital preservation by bringing together experts and
practitioners from across the spectrum of preservation
disciplines. We invite you to submit papers and posters
that present new research findings or novel applications
of digital preservation, particularly those that
demonstrate the mainstreaming of digital preservation
activities and practices.
A selection of the outstanding papers from the iPRES
2009 conference will be submitted for publication to the
International Journal of Digital Curation
<http://www.ijdc.net>, a leading peer-reviewed journal
of digital curation and preservation.
Important Dates
* June 5, 2009: Submission of paper and poster abstracts
* July 1, 2009: Notification of acceptance
* September 11, 2009: Submission of camera-ready papers
* October 5-6, 2009: iPRES 2009 conference
Format and Submission
Abstracts are due on June 5, 2009, and should be
submitted to [log in to unmask] in PDF format. Paper
abstracts should be between 300 and 1,000 words; poster
abstracts should be between 200 and 500 words. All
abstracts should include the names, titles,
affiliations, and contact information for all authors.
Final papers can be up to eight pages in length
(including references) in the AAAI style. See
http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php for
more information. Full papers, and poster and paper
abstracts, will be made available to conference
attendees in paper and electronic form.
Perry Willett
Digital Preservation Services Manager
Ph: 510-987-0078
Fax: 510-893-5212
Email: [log in to unmask]