Dear colleagues,


We would like to remind you that next Monday, Jan. 24th, is the deadline for submission of full-text papers and extended abstracts in all categories.

If you are planning a submission, please use the following link: http://openconf.elpub.net

The Conference web site is at http://www.elpub.net


We are looking forward to your contributions and participation at ELPUB2011.

Yasar Tonta, General Chair
Ana Alice Baptista, Programme Chair


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15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing
June 22-24, 2011, Kadir Has University , Istanbul, Turkey
Conference web site: www.elpub.net

Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies


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Smart phones and tablet computers such as iPhone and iPad have not only increased the pace of digital publishing but also fueled sharing digital information instantly in textual, audio and video formats through social networks.   It is projected that mobile data traffic will grow 40 times over the next five years and that more people will, by 2013, access the Web from their mobile devices than from their desktop computers.  Mobile technologies could “push digital publishing past tipping point by 2014,” as people are using digital magazines and journals much more often than their print equivalents.

“Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies” will be the main theme of the 15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB), to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 22-24, 2011. ELPUB2011 will bring together both researchers and practitioners to discuss digital publishing and mobile applications along with their implications for scholarly communication, information services, e-learning, e-businesses and digital cultural heritage sector.  Digital publishing software and applications for mobile devices will be highlighted along with the integration of their functional capabilities such as location awareness with digital resources.  Methods by which digital content can be repurposed for mobile devices and mobile users will also be discussed, as they have different browsing, reading and viewing habits.

We welcome research papers from members of the communities whose work are transforming the nature of digital publishing, scholarly communication, mobile technologies, and mobile information services.  We also welcome practical papers and case studies dealing with various aspects of the main theme of the conference. 


MAIN TOPICS INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) THE FOLLOWING:

·       Digital Publishing and Mobile Applications
·       Digital Publishing and Libraries, Archives and Museums
·       Scholarly Communication and Mobile Information Services
·       Social Networks and Mobile Technologies
·       Mobile Learning and Digital Cultural Heritage
·       Mobile Information Organization and Retrieval


CONTRIBUTIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

- Research papers (up to 10 pages; please use the template in the conference web site)
- Posters (up to 3 pages; please use the template in the conference web site)
- Extended abstracts (a minimum of 1,000 and maximum of 1,500 words; please specify it as “extended abstract” using the template)
- Tutorials (abstract min. of  500 and max. of 1,000 words)
- Workshops (abstract min. of  500 and max. of 1,000 words)
- Demonstration (abstract min. of  500 and max. of 1,000 words)


Student papers and posters are also welcome. 

All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review and acceptance by the international ELPUB Programme Committee.  Accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings book and indexed in A&I services.  Accepted abstracts will be extended to full papers and published online only.  Final versions of all the works will be available online and archived at:http://elpub.scix.net.

Please use the template available in the conference web site to prepare your contributions and proposals, and send them to us through the Conference Management System available in the conference web site.


IMPORTANT DATES

·       December 6, 2010: Opening of submissions of full-text papers and extended abstracts.
·       January 24, 2011: Deadline for submission of full-text papers and extended abstracts (in all categories).
·       February 21, 2011: Notification of acceptance of submitted papers and extended abstracts
·       March 28, 2011: Deadline for submissions of all final papers in camera ready form.



DATES AND LOCATION: June 22-24, 2011, Kadir Has University, Istanbul (European Capital of Culture 2010), Turkey

HOST: Department of Information Management, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

WEB SITE:  http://www.elpub.net

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=36376184362

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ELPUB2011

SUBMISSIONS: http://openconf.elpub.net


ORGANIZATION:

General Chair:  Yaşar Tonta, Hacettepe University, Department of Information Management, Ankara, Turkey, tonta at hacettepe.edu.tr
Programme Chair: Ana Alice Baptista, University of Minho, Portugal. analice at dsi.uminho.pt

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Ana Alice Baptista
http://www.dsi.uminho.pt/~analice
Odisseia Research Group
Information Systems Department
University of Minho
Portugal