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Subject: DSpace Call for Presentations
From: "Joy Davidson" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:42:39 +0100
Apologies for cross-posting...
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
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2nd DSpace Federation User Group Meeting
University of Cambridge, UK
7-8 July 2005
www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/
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Submissions are invited from organizations using DSpace who wish to present
at the upcoming DSpace Federation User Group meeting.
The objective of the User Group meeting is to bring together the DSpace open
source community to share experiences and discuss the future developments of
the DSpace platform and Federation of adopters. Preliminary information
about registration is now available on the meeting website:
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/registration.htm.
Submissions are invited for the following categories:
Long presentations (20 - 30 minutes): organizations which are leading large
DSpace-related research projects or significant DSpace initiatives.
Short presentations (10 - 15 minutes): organizations/individuals who have
contributed new features, tools, or plug-ins or are addressing specific
technical issues.
DSpace Around the World: short presentations (10 - 15 minutes) from
organizations worldwide who are using DSpace. Submissions should highlight
innovative uses of DSpace or DSpace policy, implementation or other
activities that are influenced by or derived from local, regional or
national issues or culture.
Posters: forum for sharing project plans or results.
Presentation/poster proposals:
- must be sent via email to [log in to unmask];
- should specify whether the submission is for the long, short, Around the
World, or poster category;
- should take the form of a brief (1 page) description of the topic for
presentation or poster;
- should include 50 word biographical sketch of the primary author; and
- should include mailing address, phone, fax, email for the primary author.
Submissions are requested by 29 April 2005 and will be reviewed by members
of the Programme Committee
(http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/organisers.htm) for
acceptance notification by 20 May 2005. If the presentation is accepted,
final versions of the presentation must be submitted electronically by 1
July 2005. We will not be seeking text for publication, but will ask all
authors to post their presentations on the DSpace Federation website after
the meeting.
Further information can be obtained from the programme committee chair:
Julie Walker ([log in to unmask])
Many thanks,
The DSpace Federation User Group Meeting Programme Committee
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