Digital Libraries '99
The Fourth ACM Conference on Digital Libraries
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D E A D L I N E H A S B E E N E X T E N D E D T O
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The program chair has recently extended the submission deadline
for DL'99 in response to requests from many authors. A revised
call for papers is attached below for your convenience.
Jim French, Publicity Chair
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Digital Libraries '99
The Fourth ACM Conference on
Digital Libraries
Sponsored by ACM SIGIR and SIGWEB
University of California, Berkeley
August 11-14, 1999
Call For Participation
http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99
Introduction
The Fourth ACM Digital Libraries Conference (DL '99) will be held in
Berkeley, California, USA on August 11-14, 1999. The conference hotel will
be the Radisson Hotel, Berkeley Marina. Conference sessions will be on the
campus of the University of California at Berkeley and at the conference
hotel. ACM SIGIR '99 follows immediately after at the same location, to
facilitate interchange between the DL and Information Retrieval communities.
ACM DL is the major international forum on digital libraries, with an
expanded program for the presentation of new research results, the
discussion of policy issues, and for the demonstration of new systems and
techniques. Computer scientists, librarians, information scientists,
archivists and others in academia, government, and industry - from around
the globe - who are leaders in the digital library area will present and
attend. The conference attracts a broad range of professionals including
theoreticians, collection developers, publishers, researchers, educators,
policy makers, practicioners, developers, and designers of systems,
interfaces, and related applications.
Topics
DL '99 seeks original contributions in the broad field of digital
libraries. Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to:
* Algorithms: categorization, clustering, filtering, learning, protocols
* Applications: data mining, education, visualization
* Architecture: agents, bus, distributed, federated
* Art, humanities, museums: collection, conversion, markup
* Economic, legal and social: authentication, authorization,
intellectual property rights, publishing
* HCI: design, devices, interfaces, logs, usability
* Hypertext/multimedia: authoring, linking, presenting
* Information science: information seeking, services
* Interoperability: multilingual/multicultural, standards, WWW
* Metadata: adaptations, supporting software/systems
* Policy: equity, funding, identifiers, international collaboration
* Sustainability: archiving, organizational issues, preservation
* Theory: formalisms, metrics, models, security
Submission Requirements
Submissions to DL'99 may be research papers, policy papers, system reports,
or may be proposals for posters, demonstrations, panels, tutorials, or
workshops. All paper, poster and demonstration submissions should be
formatted documents, including appropriate bibliographies. All submissions
will be reviewed and must be in English. Details specific to each type of
submission are given below.
Papers
Papers must be submitted electronically as explained in online Submission
Instructions (http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL99/submit.htm). They must be original
contributions (that is, not previously published, and not currently being
considered for publication elsewhere).
Full papers of at most 5,000 words should be submitted with an abstract of
not more than 150 words on the first page. Use Times Roman, 11 point,
2-column format just like that required for all three previous proceedings.
There will be three categories of full papers:
* Research papers: Submissions are invited for reports of significant
research results on all aspects of digital libraries. Such reports
should include a substantial evaluative or validation component.
* Policy papers: Submissions are invited for discussions of significant
policy issues related to the design, implementation, operation,
economics, use, and other issues regarding digital libraries.
* System papers: Submissions are invited for reports on the design,
implementation, operation, and evaluation of operational and
prototype digital library systems. The emphasis in such
submissions will be on reporting the experience of implementation
of the systems and of their use.
Posters
Poster proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submisssions are
invited that fit into any of the paper categories. Posters are especially
well suited to graphic and interactive presentation, or to report on work
still in progress after the deadline for regular papers.
Demonstrations
Demonstration proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair.
Submissions are invited for formal demonstrations of digital library
systems and components. Demonstrations may be live or on video, but must
include a written description of the system and its unique characteristics
and contributions. At the review stage, video submissions can be either
high quality MPEG files or NTSC VHS tapes.
Panels
Panel proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. Submissions are
invited for panel presentations dealing with significant, controversial and
timely issues. Panel sessions will either be 60 or
90 minutes in length, and must be chaired by an experienced moderator
Contact information about the moderator, names and affiliations of
panelists, a prose justification, and a detailed topical outline must be
supplied.
Tutorials
Tutorial proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. A biographical
sketch for the presenter(s), including details on relevant prior
experience, as well as a description of the target audience and suitable
learning objectives, must accompany a detailed topical outline. Both 1/2
and full-day tutorials, covering basic, intermediate, and advanced topics,
will be offered.
Workshops
Workshop proposals should be submitted to the Program Chair. The aim is to
bring together a small group of people involved in a specific problem area
of digital libraries, to advance the state-of-the-art and to encourage
collaboration in that area. Submissions must include contact and
biographical information on the organizers including prior experience,
expected audience, planned format, objectives, and a detailed topical outline.
Reviewing Process
At least 3 members of the Program Committee will be asked to review each
paper submission. Chairs for Posters, Demonstrations,
Panels, Tutorials, and Workshops will coordinate review of those
submissions. There will be one Program Committee meeting in Virginia to
make final selections.
Important Dates and Deadlines (all dates 1999)
February 8 Paper submissions due
February 15 Tutorial, demonstration, panel, and workshop proposals due
April 9 Notification of acceptance of papers
April 23 Poster submissions due
May 8 Final copy due for all contributions
August 11-14 DL Conference
Contact Information
General Chair:
Neil Rowe
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Department of Computer Science
Spanagel 514, Code CS/Rp
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943 USA
+1-831-656-2462
+1-831-656-2814 FAX
Program Chair:
Edward A. Fox
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Department of Computer Science
660 McBryde Hall
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106 USA
+1-540-231-5113
+1-540-231-6075 FAX
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