I wanted to share this initial announcement and call for papers for the 5th International Digital Curation Conference, which is scheduled for London December 2-4, 2009. Once again, CNI is delighted to be a co-sponsor of this very important event, and I'll be serving personally as a co-chair this year.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Digital Curation Centre in partnership with the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is pleased to announce:
5th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC)
Moving to Multi-Scale Science: Managing Complexity and Diversity.
2 - 4 December 2009 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London, UK.

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Now entering its fifth year of operation the IDCC is an established annual event with a unique place in the digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data for e-science and e-research.

Presenting a paper 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

All papers accepted for the conference will be published in the International Journal of Digital Curation (http://www.ijdc.net/index.php/ijdc)

The IDCC invites submission of full papers, posters, workshops and demonstrations. Full details of the Call for Papers can be found at: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dcc-2009/call-for-papers/

Sent on behalf of the IDCC09 Programme Committee:
co-chaired by Chris Rusbridge, Director of the Digital Curation Centre, Liz Lyon, Director of UKOLN and Clifford Lynch, Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information.