From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:15:03 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [173.79.74.219] (account diane@cni.org HELO new-host-2.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 27933623 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:12:28 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-15-581114438 Subject: CFP: Theory & Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL2015) X-Original-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:12:25 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: <7AC3CC72-A68B-4EF7-BED7-E6F8A152A1A5@cni.org> X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-15-581114438 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 CNI is pleased to serve as a cooperating organization for TPDL again = this year. -------- Call for Contributions 19th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital = Libraries Pozna=C5=84, Poland, September 14-18, 2015 http://tpdl2015.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 2015 will be organized by Pozna=C5=84= Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) and it will be held in Pozna=C5=84, Poland on September 14-18, 2015. * Aims and scope * Valuable and rapidly increasing volumes of data are = created or transformed into digital form by all fields of scientific, = educational, cultural, governmental and industry activities. For this = purpose the digital libraries community has developed long-term and = interdisciplinary research agendas, providing significant results, such = as development of Digital Libraries, solving practical problems, = accommodating research data and satisfying the needs of specific user = communities. The advent of the technologies that enhance the exchange of information = with rich semantics is of particular interest in 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 2015 under the general theme "Connecting Digital Collections", = invites submissions for scientific and research work 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 2015 proceedings will = be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science = series (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs). Industry submissions are especially welcome, and a dedicated conference = track is planned for them if many quality submissions are received. * Topics * General areas of interests include, but are not limited to, the = following topics,=20 *Connecting digital libraries:* - exploring semantic web and linked data - data mining and extraction of structure from networked information - multilingual information retrieval - metadata aggregation models - interoperability and information integration - ontologies and knowledge organization systems, networked information - applications of digital libraries *Practice of digital libraries:* - quality assurance in digital libraries - scalability and high availability of digital libraries - infrastructures supporting content processing - user studies for and evaluation of digital library systems and = applications - large scale digital preservation infrastructures for cultural = heritage - digital curation - multimedia information management and retrieval - user interfaces and user experience *Digital libraries in science*: - digital humanities - scholarly primitives - research data and virtual organizations - visualisation in digital libraries - digital libraries as source of big data for humanities *Users, communities, personal data* - social networking, web 2.0 and collaborative interfaces in digital = libraries - social-technical perspectives of digital information - user mobility and context awareness in information access - personal information management and personal digital libraries - long term preservation in personal digital libraries - community-driven digital libraries *Special track*: Digital Libraries in the industry * Important Dates * - Full and Short papers, Posters and Demonstrations: March 20, 2015 - Panels, Workshops, Tutorials: February 28, 2015 - Notification of acceptance for Papers, Posters, and Demonstrations: = May 22, 2015 - Notification of acceptance for Panels, Workshops and Tutorials: April = 13, 2015 - Camera Ready Versions: June 12, 2015 - Doctoral Consortium Papers Submission Deadline: June 1, 2015 - Doctoral Consortium Acceptance Notification: June 22, 2015 - End of Early Registration: July 15, 2015 - Conference Dates: September 14-18, 2015 * 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 2015 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 2015, = inclusion of papers in the Proceedings is conditional upon registration = of at least one author per paper. * Organization * General Chairs: Cezary Mazurek, PSNC, Poland Marcin Werla, PSNC, Poland Program Chair: Sarantos Kapidakis, Ionian University, Greece Organizing Chair: Damian Niemir, PSNC, Poland --Apple-Mail-15-581114438 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Pozna=C5=84,= Poland, September 14-18, 2015

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 = 2015 will be organized by Pozna=C5=84 Supercomputing and = Networking Center (PSNC)
and it will be held in Pozna=C5=84,= Poland on September 14-18, 2015.

* Aims and = scope * Valuable and rapidly increasing volumes of data are created = or transformed into digital form by all fields of = scientific, educational, cultural, governmental and industry = activities. For this purpose the digital libraries community has = developed long-term and interdisciplinary research agendas, = providing significant results, such as development of Digital = Libraries, solving practical problems, accommodating research data = and satisfying the needs of specific = user communities.

The advent of the = technologies that enhance the exchange of information with rich = semantics is of particular interest in 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 2015 under the general theme = "Connecting Digital Collections", invites submissions for = scientific and research work 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 2015 proceedings = will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in = Computer Science series (http://www.springer.com/com= puter/lncs).

Industry submissions are = especially welcome, and a dedicated conference track is planned for = them if many quality submissions = are received.

* Topics *
General = areas of interests include, but are not limited to, the following = topics, 

*Connecting digital = libraries:*
 - exploring semantic web and linked = data
 - data mining and extraction of structure from = networked information
 - multilingual information = retrieval
 - metadata aggregation = models
 - interoperability and information = integration
 - ontologies and knowledge organization = systems, networked information
 - applications of digital = libraries

*Practice of digital = libraries:*
 - quality assurance in digital = libraries
 - scalability and high availability of digital = libraries
 - infrastructures supporting content = processing
 - user studies for and evaluation of digital = library systems and applications
 - large scale digital = preservation infrastructures for cultural heritage
 - = digital curation
 - multimedia information management and = retrieval
 - user interfaces and user = experience

*Digital libraries in = science*:
 - digital humanities
 - = scholarly primitives
 - research data and virtual = organizations
 - visualisation in digital = libraries
 - digital libraries as source of big data for = humanities

*Users, communities, personal = data*
 - social networking, web 2.0 and collaborative = interfaces in digital libraries
 - social-technical = perspectives of digital information
 - user mobility and = context awareness in information access
 - personal = information management and personal digital libraries
 - = long term preservation in personal digital libraries
 - = community-driven digital = libraries

 *Special track*: Digital = Libraries in the industry


* = Important Dates *
- Full and Short papers, Posters and = Demonstrations: March 20, 2015
- Panels, Workshops, Tutorials: = February 28, 2015
- Notification of acceptance for Papers, = Posters, and Demonstrations: May 22, 2015
- Notification of = acceptance for Panels, Workshops and Tutorials: April 13, = 2015
- Camera Ready Versions: June 12, 2015
- = Doctoral Consortium Papers Submission Deadline: June 1, 2015
- = Doctoral Consortium Acceptance Notification: June 22, 2015
- = End of Early Registration: July 15, 2015
- Conference Dates: = September 14-18, 2015

* 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 2015 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 2015, inclusion of papers in the Proceedings is conditional = upon registration of at least one author per = paper.

* Organization *
General = Chairs:
Cezary Mazurek, PSNC, Poland
Marcin Werla, = PSNC, Poland

Program Chair:
Sarantos = Kapidakis, Ionian University, Greece

Organizing = Chair:
Damian Niemir, PSNC, = Poland

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