Early Registration Closes May 15!
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries: JCDL 2006
June 11-15, 2006 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
http://jcdl2006.org
The JCDL conference will take place June 11 - 15, 2006 at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This year's theme is "Opening Information
Horizons." The international event encompasses the many meanings of the
term "digital libraries," including new forms of information institutions;
operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new
means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital
content; digital preservation and archiving; and theoretical models of
information media, including document genres and electronic publishing.
The program includes peer-reviewed papers and posters as well as
demonstrations and two plenary sessions:
"Getting Books Online: Practices and Strategies." A plenary panel on
Monday, June 12.
Panelists are:
* Daniel Clancy
Engineer Director for Google Print
* David Ferriero
Andrew W. Mellon Director and Chief Executive of The Research
Libraries at The New York Public Library
* Daniel Greenstein
University Librarian, California Digital Library
On Tuesday, June 13, Jonathan Zittrain of the Berkman Center for Internet &
Society, Harvard Law School Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
will present "Open Information: Redaction, Restriction, and Removal."
"JCDL 06 will celebrate the progress of making digital information
accessible to people around the world, consider ways that digital libraries
can help individuals achieve their goals and assist people from around the
globe to understand one another," said Dr. Gary Marchionini, conference
chair. "We invite you to attend this premier research and development
conference in the friendly venue of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Join us!"
jlb
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Prof. José Borbinha ([log in to unmask])
http://www.dei.ist.utl.pt/~jlb
DEI/IST/UTL - Departamento de Engenharia Informática (Department of
Information Systems and Computer Engineering)
INESC-ID - Grupo de Sistemas de Informação (Information Systems Group)
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