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*********Apologies for cross-posting******* 6th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC10) "Participation & Practice: Growing the curation community through the data decade". 6 - 8 December 2010, Chicago, USA ************************************************************************ ** We are pleased to announce that the Paper Submission date for IDCC10 has been extended by 2 weeks. The Call will now close at 1700 BST (that's 1600 UTC, 1800 CEST, 12pm EDT, 9am PDT) on Monday 9 August 2010. Submissions can be in the form of an abstract (maximum of 1000 words) for practice based papers or a full paper (maximum 12 pages) for research based papers. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will provide limited travel awards for graduate students whose papers are accepted for the conference. Presenting at the conference offers you the chance to:- - Share good practice, skills and knowledge transfer - Influence and inform future digital curation policy & practice - Test out curation resources and toolkits - Explore collaborative possibilities and partnerships - Engage educators and trainers with regard to developing digital curation skills for the future Full details and a submission template can be found at http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/conferences/6th-international-digital-curati on-conference/papers The Call for Poster/Demos will close on 1 September 2010. Details of the draft programme can be found at:- http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/conferences/6th-international-digital-curati on-conference/programme Conference registration will open on 1 September 2010. Sent on behalf of IDCC10 Programme Committee Co-chaired by Kevin Ashley - Director of the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), Liz Lyon - Associate Director of the DCC, Allen Renear and Melissa Cragin - Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois, Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of CNI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Preservation Researcher (Incremental & Digital Curation Centre) Tel: +44(0)141 3303549 Skype: sarah.jones.ahds Web: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/hatii/staff/sarahjones/