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Open Repositories 2010 -- "The Grand Integration Challenge"
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Repositories have been successfully established -- within and across 
institutions -- as a major source of digital information in a variety of 
environments such as research, education and cultural heritage. In a world of 
increasingly dispersed and modularized digital services and content, it remains 
a grand challenge for the future to cross the borders between diverse poles:

- the web and the repository,
- knowledge and technology,
- wild and curated content,
- linked and isolated data,
- disciplinary and institutional systems,
- scholars and service providers,
- ad-hoc and long-term access,
- ubiquitous and personalized environments,
- the cloud and the desktop.

The Open Repositories Conference (6 to 9-JUL-2010 in Madrid, Spain) brings 
together individuals and organizations responsible for the conception, 
development, implementation, and management of digital repositories, as well 
as stakeholders who interact with them for achieving the widest possible 
integration in theoretical, practical, and strategic matters.

The program of papers, panel discussions, poster presentations, user groups, 
workshops, and tutorials will reflect the whole community of Open 
Repositories. Dedicated open source software community meetings for the 
major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) will provide opportunities to 
advance and coordinate the development of repository installations across the 
world.


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Submission Process
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* Conference papers *
We welcome two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that deal 
with theoretical, practical, or administrative issues of digital repositories. 
Abstracts of accepted papers will be made available through the conference’s 
web site; all presentations and related materials used in the program sessions 
will be deposited in the upcoming virtual conference proceeding of Open 
Repositories 2010.

* User Group Presentations *
Two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that focus on use of 
one of the major repository platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) are invited 
from developers, researchers, repository managers, administrators and 
practitioners describing novel experiences or developments in the construction 
and use of repositories.

* Posters *
We invite developers, researchers, repository managers, administrators and 
practitioners to submit one-page proposals for posters.

* Workshops and Tutorials *
Proposals for workshops require a submission as well and can be 
accommodated before or after the main conference. For preparatory inquiries 
about workshop facilities, please contact the local team at 
<[log in to unmask]>.

PLEASE submit your paper through the conference system . The conference 
system will be linked from the conference web site <http://or2010.fecyt.es/> 
and will be available for submissions as of January 15th, 2010.
 
The best-rated papers from the conference will be subsequently published in 
the Journal of Digital Information <http://journals.tdl.org/jodi>).


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Important Dates and Contact Info
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- 01-MAR-2010: Submission deadline (papers, user groups, posters, 
workshops, tutorials)
- 15-APR-2010: Notification of acceptance for conference presentations, 
workshops/tutorials
- 01-MAY-2010: Notification of acceptance for user group presentations and 
posters
- 06-JUL-2010: Conference start

DSpace User Group Meeting Contact:  Valorie Hollister <[log in to unmask]> 
Fedora User Group Meeting Contact:  Thorny Staples 
<[log in to unmask]> EPrints User Group Meeting Chair: Les Carr 
<[log in to unmask]> Program Committee Chair: Wolfram Horstmann 
<[log in to unmask]> Host Organizing Committee: Alicia López 
Medina <[log in to unmask]>


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Conference Topics
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The committee will consider any submission of sufficient quality and originality 
that relates to the field of Open Repositories. In the general track, preference 
will be given to submissions that relate to the theme of "The Grand Integration 
Challenge" as described in the introduction.

Please regard the following list as a selection of topics that indicates relevant 
fields.

- Data Curation / Data Archives
- Interoperability with Scholarly and Scientific Applications
- Interactions with Learning Environments
- Generic Workflows and Services
- Integrating Open Repositories with the Grid / Cloud
- Applications in Libraries/Archives
- Disciplinary Requirements

Do you have ideas that relate to different topics? Then please go ahead and 
address them in your submission!

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Enjoy!

The Program Committee of Open Repositories 2010 
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