>
> From:
> Leonardo Candela <leonardo.candela_at_isti.cnr.it>
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>
>
> ** Apologies for Cross Postings **
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> 3rd Workshop on "Foundations of Digital Libraries"
> Aarhus, Denmark, September 18, 2008
> http://www.delos.info/DLFoundations2008
>
> Sponsored by the DELOS Association
> In conjunction with the 12th ECDL Conference
>
>
> Workshop Objectives
> -------------------
> Since its conception, the Digital Library field has been a very broad
> and heterogeneous research arena, attracting practitioners and
> researchers from a large number of disciplines. Despite the plethora
> of diversely motivated models, systems, and results that have been
> developed, no agreement exists yet on the foundations characterizing
> and governing Digital Libraries. Nowadays the community is well aware
> of the problems generated by such lack of a universally accepted
> unifying framework; it is urgent that the current situation is
> reversed so that progress in the field can be accelerated.
>
> The recent release of the Reference Model for Digital Libraries
> (http://www.delos.info/ReferenceModel) by the DELOS Network of
> Excellence on Digital Libraries (http://www.delos.info) represents a
> first step towards establishing such a unified framework. In
> particular, the "DELOS Reference Model" identifies the basic concepts
> and relationships characterizing the area and allows for further
> additions, expansions, and specializations as the field evolves.
>
> After JCDL'07 and ECDL'07, this third edition of the Workshop on
> "Foundations of Digital Libraries" intends to serve as a vehicle for
> consolidating and expanding the DELOS Reference Model as well for
> exploring other fundamental aspects of Digital Libraries through
> contributions brought by the participants in the workshop. Its
> ultimate goal is to stimulate a process that can lead to a
> comprehensive and universally accepted model, influencing future
> activities and development of Digital Library systems.
>
> To achieve its goals, the workshop will focus on modeling the main
> concepts characterizing the Digital Library universe: Content, User,
> Functionality, Policy, Quality and Architecture. For each one of these
> aspects, papers are solicited that outline modeling challenges and
> propose appropriate solutions.
>
> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
> - (Semi-)Formal Models for Digital Libraries
> - Theoretical Foundations of Digital Libraries
> - Models for Content, User, Functionality, Policy and Quality
> - Reference Architectures for Digital Library Systems
> - Digital Library Management Systems
> - Evaluation of current approaches in modeling Digital Libraries
> - Digital Library Interoperability Models and Methodologies
> - Preservation Models and Methodologies
> - Concrete exploitations and implementations of Digital Library models
>
> Paper Submission and Publication
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> Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers.
> Submitted manuscripts will be limited to 8 pages, following the
> guidelines for the LNCS format provided by Springer
> (http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0&teaserId=45515&CENTER_ID=73062).
> Preferred formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. Papers should be
> submitted via email to DLFoundations2008_at_isti.cnr.it. Papers submitted
> to the workshop will undergo a peer-review process. Accepted papers
> will be published as a volume in the DELOS workshop proceedings
> series, which will also be made available in the DELOS digital
> library. For every accepted paper, at least one author is required to
> attend the workshop and present the paper. Depending upon the number
> and quality of the submissions, efforts to coordinate follow-on
> publications may be made, involving journal publication of extended
> versions of some of the accepted papers.
>
> Important Dates
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> Paper submission deadline: July 1, 2008
> Decision notification: July 25, 2008
> Camera ready version: September 3, 2008
> Workshop: September 18, 2008
>
> Program Committee
> -----------------
> Maristella Agosti, University of Padua, Italy
> Stavros Christodoulakis, Technical University of Crete, Hellas (Greece)
> Geneva Henry, Rice University, USA
> Georgia Koutrika, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, USA
> Carlo Meghini, ISTI-CNR, Italy
> Seamus Ross, HATII, University of Glasgow, UK
> Dagobert Soergel, University of Maryland - College Park, USA
>
> Organisers
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> Leonardo Candela, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
> Donatella Castelli, ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy
> Yannis Ioannidis, University of Athens, Hellas (Greece)
>
> Inquiries
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> Please contact the organizers at DLFoundations2008 AT isti DOT cnr DOT it
>
Received on Wed May 07 2008 - 01:39:23 EDT