From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:45:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [173.79.61.55] (HELO new-host-3.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.13) with ESMTPS id 20758548 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:20:07 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-12-242252596 Subject: TPDL 2013 Call for Contributions - 17th Int. Conf. on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries X-Original-Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:20:07 -0500 References: X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition X-Original-Message-Id: <55A50E54-74A1-43C7-93E0-AED9E7DD6315@cni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-12-242252596 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CNI is pleased to be a supporting organization for TPDL again this year. ------------------------------------ Call for Contributions 17th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital = Libraries Valletta, Malta, September 22-26, 2013 http://www.tpdl2013.info The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries = (TPDL) constitutes a leading scientific forum on digital libraries that = brings together researchers, developers, content providers and users in = the field of digital libraries. TPDL 2013 will be organized by = University of Malta and it will be held in Valletta, Malta on September = 22-26, 2013. * Aims and scope * Valuable and rapidly increasing volumes of data are produced or = transformed into digital form by all fields of scientific, educational, = cultural, business and governmental activities. For this purpose the = digital libraries community has developed long-term and = interdisciplinary research agendas, providing significant results, such = as conceptual models, added value infrastructures, software tools, = standards and services. The advent of the technologies that enhance the exchange of information = with rich semantics is the epicenter of the discussions of the = community. Information providers inter-link their metadata with user = contributed data and offer new services outlooking to the development of = a web of data and addressing the interoperability and long-term = preservation challenges. TPDL 2013 under the general theme "Sharing meaningful information", = invites submissions for the proliferation of scientific and research = osmosis in the following categories: Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters = and Demonstrations, Workshops and Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral = Consortium. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, = originality, importance and clarity in a triple peer review process. The = TPDL 2013 proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the = Lecture Notes in Computer Science series = (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs). The authors of the best = research papers submitted to TPDL2013 will be invited to submit = substantially extended versions of their paper for publication in a = Focused Issue of the International Journal on Digital Libraries = (http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retr= ieval/journal/799). * Topics * General areas of interests include, but are not limited to, the = following topics, organized in four categories, according to a = conceptualization that coincides with the four arms of the Maltese = Cross: Foundations - Information models - Digital library conceptual models and formal issues - Digital library 2.0 - Digital library education curricula - Economic and legal aspects (e.g. rights management), landscape for = digital libraries - Theoretical models of information interaction and organization - Information policies - Studies of human factors in networked information - Scholarly primitives - Novel research tools and methods with emphasis on digital humanities - User behavior analysis and modeling - Social-technical perspectives of digital information Infrastructures - Digital library architectures - Cloud and grid deployments - Federation of repositories - Collaborative and participatory information environments - Data storage and indexing - Big data management - e-science, e-government, e-learning, cultural heritage infrastructures - Semi structured data - Semantic web issues in digital libraries - Ontologies and knowledge organization systems - Linked Data and its applications Content - Metadata schemas with emphasis to metadata for composite content = (Multimedia, geographical, statistical data and other special content = formats) - Interoperability and Information integration - Digital Curation and related workflows - Preservation, authenticity and provenance - Web archiving - Social media and dynamically generated content for particular = uses/communities (education, science, public, etc.) - Crowdsourcing - 3D models indexing and retrieval - Authority management issues Services - Information Retrieval and browsing - Multilingual and Multimedia Information Retrieval - Personalization in digital libraries - Context awareness in information access - Semantic aware services - Technologies for delivering/accessing digital libraries, e.g. mobile = devices - Visualization of large-scale information environments - Evaluation of online information environments - Quality metrics - Interfaces to digital libraries - Data mining/extraction of structure from networked information - Social networks analysis and virtual organizations - Traditional and alternative metrics of scholarly communication - Mashups of resources * Important Dates * - Full and Short papers, Posters and Demonstrations: March 23, 2013 - Panels, Workshops, Tutorials: March 4, 2013 - Notification of acceptance for Papers, Posters, and Demonstrations: = May 20, 2013 - Notification of acceptance for Panels, Workshops and Tutorials: April = 22, 2013 - Camera Ready Versions: June 9, 2013 - Doctoral Consortium Papers Submission Deadline: June 2, 2013 - Doctoral Consortium Acceptance Notification: July 2, 2013 - End of Early Registration: July 31, 2013 - Conference Dates: September 22-26, 2013 * Formatting Instructions * Full papers (12 pages), short-papers (6 pages), posters and = demonstrations (4 pages) must be written in English and submitted in PDF = format. The TPDL 2013 proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag = in Lecture Notes in Computer Science = (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs). Therefore all submissions = should conform to the formatting instructions described in the "For = Authors" webpage = (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=3D0-164-6-793341-0). For = Doctoral Consortium, papers are expected to have a maximum of 8-10 = pages, including references. Papers is recommended to be formatted = according to Springer LNCS guidelines. In case your paper includes = images or screenshots please ensure that you set image compression at = 600dpi when you produce your PDF file. * Submission * All papers, short-papers, posters and demonstrations must be submitted = in electronic format (PDF) via the conference's EasyChair submission = page (TBA). According to the Registration Regulation for TPDL 2013, = inclusion of papers in the Proceedings is conditional upon registration = of at least one author per paper. * Organization * General Chairs: Milena Dobreva, University of Malta, Malta Giannis Tsakonas, University of Patras, Greece Program Chairs: Christos Papatheodorou, Ionian University, Greece Trond Aalberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Organizing Chair: Charles J. Farrugia, National Archives, Malta --Apple-Mail-12-242252596 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
CNI = is pleased to be a supporting organization for TPDL again this = year.
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Cal= l for Contributions
17th International Conference on Theory and = Practice of Digital Libraries
Valletta, Malta, September 22-26, = 2013
http://www.tpdl2013.info

The= International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries = (TPDL) constitutes a leading scientific forum on digital libraries that = brings together researchers, developers, content providers and users in = the field of digital libraries. TPDL 2013 will be organized by = University of Malta and it will be held in Valletta, Malta on September = 22-26, 2013.

* Aims and scope *
Valuable and rapidly = increasing volumes of data are produced or transformed into digital form = by all fields of scientific, educational, cultural, business and = governmental activities. For this purpose the digital libraries = community has developed long-term and interdisciplinary research = agendas, providing significant results, such as conceptual models, added = value infrastructures, software tools, standards and = services.

The advent of the technologies that enhance the = exchange of information with rich semantics is the epicenter of the = discussions of the community. Information providers inter-link their = metadata with user contributed data and offer new services outlooking to = the development of a web of data and addressing the interoperability and = long-term preservation challenges.

TPDL 2013 under the general = theme "Sharing meaningful information", invites submissions for the = proliferation of scientific and research osmosis in the following = categories: Full Papers, Short Papers, Posters and Demonstrations, = Workshops and Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions = will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and = clarity in a triple peer review process. The TPDL 2013 proceedings will = be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science = series (http://www.springer.com/com= puter/lncs). The authors of the best research papers submitted to = TPDL2013 will be invited to submit substantially extended versions of = their paper for publication in a Focused Issue of the International = Journal on Digital Libraries (http://www.springer.com/computer/da= tabase+management+%26+information+retrieval/journal/799).=

* Topics *
General areas of interests include, but are not = limited to, the following topics, organized in four categories, = according to a conceptualization that coincides with the four arms of = the Maltese Cross:

Foundations
- Information models
- = Digital library conceptual models and formal issues
- Digital library = 2.0
- Digital library education curricula
- Economic and legal = aspects (e.g. rights management), landscape for digital = libraries
- Theoretical models of information interaction and = organization
- Information policies
- Studies of human factors in = networked information
- Scholarly primitives
- Novel research = tools and methods with emphasis on digital humanities
- User behavior = analysis and modeling
- Social-technical perspectives of digital = information

Infrastructures
- Digital library = architectures
- Cloud and grid deployments
- Federation of = repositories
- Collaborative and participatory information = environments
- Data storage and indexing
- Big data = management
- e-science, e-government, e-learning, cultural heritage = infrastructures
- Semi structured data
- Semantic web issues in = digital libraries
- Ontologies and knowledge organization = systems
- Linked Data and its applications

Content
- = Metadata schemas with emphasis to metadata for composite content = (Multimedia, geographical, statistical data and other special content = formats)
- Interoperability and Information integration
- Digital = Curation and related workflows
- Preservation, authenticity and = provenance
- Web archiving
- Social media and dynamically = generated content for particular uses/communities (education, science, = public, etc.)
- Crowdsourcing
- 3D models indexing and = retrieval
- Authority management issues

Services
- = Information Retrieval and browsing
- Multilingual and Multimedia = Information Retrieval
- Personalization in digital libraries
- = Context awareness in information access
- Semantic aware = services
- Technologies for delivering/accessing digital libraries, = e.g. mobile devices
- Visualization of large-scale information = environments
- Evaluation of online information environments
- = Quality metrics
- Interfaces to digital libraries
- Data = mining/extraction of structure from networked information
- Social = networks analysis and virtual organizations
- Traditional and = alternative metrics of scholarly communication
- Mashups of = resources

* Important Dates *
- Full and Short papers, Posters = and Demonstrations: March 23, 2013
- Panels, Workshops, Tutorials: = March 4, 2013
- Notification of acceptance for Papers, Posters, and = Demonstrations: May 20, 2013
- Notification of acceptance for Panels, = Workshops and Tutorials: April 22, 2013
- Camera Ready Versions: June = 9, 2013
- Doctoral Consortium Papers Submission Deadline: June 2, = 2013
- Doctoral Consortium Acceptance Notification: July 2, 2013
- = End of Early Registration: July 31, 2013
- Conference Dates: = September 22-26, 2013

* Formatting Instructions *
Full papers = (12 pages), short-papers (6 pages), posters and demonstrations (4 pages) = must be written in English and submitted in PDF format. The TPDL 2013 = proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in = Computer Science (http://www.springer.com/com= puter/lncs). Therefore all submissions should conform to the = formatting instructions described in the "For Authors" webpage (ht= tp://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=3D0-164-6-793341-0). For = Doctoral Consortium, papers are expected to have a maximum of 8-10 = pages, including references. Papers is recommended to be formatted = according to Springer LNCS guidelines. In case your paper includes = images or screenshots please ensure that you set image compression at = 600dpi when you produce your PDF file.

* Submission *
All = papers, short-papers, posters and demonstrations must be submitted in = electronic format (PDF) via the conference's EasyChair submission page = (TBA). According to the Registration Regulation for TPDL 2013, inclusion = of papers in the Proceedings is conditional upon registration of at = least one author per paper.

* Organization *
General = Chairs:
Milena Dobreva, University of Malta, Malta
Giannis = Tsakonas, University of Patras, Greece

Program = Chairs:
Christos Papatheodorou, Ionian University, Greece
Trond = Aalberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, = Norway

Organizing Chair:
Charles J. Farrugia, National = Archives, Malta



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