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Open Repositories 2016 Call for
Proposals
Here is the call for proposals for the 2016 Open Repositories
meeting. CNI is once again delighted to be a cooperating organization
for this important gathering
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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Call for Proposals for Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating
the World
The Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories,
OR2016, will be held on June 13th-16th, 2016in Dublin, Ireland. The
organizers are pleased to issue this call for contributions to the
program.
As previous Open Repositories have demonstrated, the use of
digital repositories to manage research, scholarly and cultural
information is well established and increasingly mature. Entering our
second decade, we have an opportunity to reflect on where we've been
and, more importantly, where we're heading. New development continues
apace, and we've reached the time when many organizations are
exploring expansive connections with larger processes both inside and
outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore
how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part
of contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to
touch many aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises.
The theme of OR2016 is "Illuminating the World." OR2016
will provide an opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories
and related infrastructure and processes:
- bring different disciplines, collections, and people to light;
- expose research, scholarship, and collections from developing
countries;
- increase openness of collections, software, data and workflows;
- highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and
- how we can organize to better support these - and other -
infrastructures.
We welcome proposals on these ideas, but also on the theoretical,
practical, technical, organizational or administrative topics related
to digital repositories. Submissions that demonstrate original
and repository-related work outside of these themes will be
considered, but preference will be given to submissions which address
them. We are particularly interested in the following themes.
1. Supporting Open Scholarship, Open Data, and Open
Science
Papers are invited to consider how repositories can best support
the needs of open science and open scholarship to make research as
accessible and useful as possible, including:
- Open access, open data and open educational resources
- Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific
knowledge
- Exposure of research and scholarship from developing countries and
under-resourced communities and disciplines
- Compliance with funder mandates
2. Repositories and Cultural Heritage
Papers are invited to consider how repositories and their
associated infrastructures best support the needs of cultural heritage
collections, organizations, and researchers. Areas of interest
include:
- Impact of aggregation on repository infrastructure and management
- Exposure of collections and cultural heritage from developing
countries and under-resourced communities and disciplines
- Special considerations in access and use of cultural heritage
collections
- Reuse and analysis of content.
3. Repositories of high volume and/or complex data and
collections
Papers are invited to consider how we can use tools and processes
to highlight data patterns and user pathways through large corporas
including:
- Data and text mining
- Entity recognition
- Linked data
- Standardized interfaces
- Interaction with large-scale computation and simulation processes
- Issues of scale and size beyond traditional repository contexts
4. Managing Research Data, Software, and Workflows
Papers are invited to consider how repositories can support the
needs of research data and related software and workflows. Areas of
interest are:
- Curation lifecycle management, including storage, software and
workflows
- Digital preservation tools and services
- Reuse and analysis of scientific content
- Scholarly workflows, publishing and communicating scientific
knowledge
5. Integrating with the Wider Web and External Systems
Papers are invited to explore, evaluate, or demonstrate
integration with external systems, including:
- CRIS and research management systems
- Notification and compliance tracking systems
- Identifier services
- Preservation services and repositories
- Publisher systems
- Collection management systems and workflows
6. Exploring Metrics, Assessment, and Impact
Papers are invited to present experiences on metrics and
assessment services for a range of content, including:
- Bibliometrics
- Downloads (e.g. COUNTER compliance)
- Altmetrics and other alternative methods of tracking and
presenting impact
7. Managing Rights
Papers are invited to examine the role of rights management in
the context of open repositories, including:
- Research and scholarly communication outputs
- Licenses (e.g. Creative Commons, Open Data Commons)
- Embargoes
- Requirements of funder mandates
8. Developing and Training Staff
Papers are invited to consider the evolving role of staff who
support and manage repositories across libraries, cultural heritage
organizations, research offices and computer centres,
especially:
- New roles and responsibilities
- Training needs and opportunities
- Career path and recruitment
- Community support
KEY DATES
- 01 February 2016: Deadline for submissions and Scholarship
Programme applications
- 01 February 2016: Registration opens
- 28 March 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to general
conference
- 11 April 2016: Submitters notified of acceptance to Interest
Groups
- 13-16 June 2016: OR2016 conference
SUBMISSION PROCESS
Conference Papers and Panels
We expect that proposals for papers or panels will be two to
four-pages (see below for optional Proposal Templates). Abstracts of
accepted papers and panels will be made available through the
conference's web site, and later they and associated materials will be
made available in an open repository. In general, sessions will have
three papers; panels may take an entire session or may be combined
with a paper. Relevant papers unsuccessful in the main track will be
considered for inclusion, as appropriate, as an Interest Group
presentation, poster or 24/7.
Interest Group Presentations
The opportunity to engage with and learn more about the work of
relevant communities of interest is a key element of Open
Repositories. One to two page proposals are invited for presentations
or panels that focus on the work of such communities, traditionally
DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, and Invenio, describing novel experiences or
developments in the construction and use of repositories involving
issues specific to these technical platforms. Further information
about applications for additional Interest Groups and guidance on
submissions will be forthcoming.
24x7 Presentations
24x7 presentations are 7 minute presentations comprising no more
than 24 slides. Proposals for 24x7 presentations should be one to
two-pages. Similar to Pecha Kuchas or Lightning Talks, these 24x7
presentations will be grouped into blocks based on conference themes,
with each block followed by a moderated discussion / question and
answer session involving the audience and whole block of presenters.
This format will provide conference goers with a fast-paced survey of
like work across many institutions, and presenters the chance to
disseminate their work in more depth and context than a traditional
poster.
"Repository RANTS" 24x7 Block
One block of 24x7's will revolve around "repository
rants": brief exposés that challenge the conventional wisdom or
practice, and highlight what the repository community is doing that is
misguided, or perhaps just missing altogether. The top proposals will
be incorporated into a track meant to provoke unconventional
approaches to repository services.
"Repository RAVES" 24x7 Block
One block of 24x7's at OR2016 will revolve around
"repository raves": brief exposés that celebrate
particular practice and processes, and highlight what the repository
community is doing that is right. The top proposals will be
incorporated into a track meant to celebrate successful approaches to
repository services.
Posters
We invite one-page proposals for posters that showcase current
work. Attendees will view and discuss your work during the poster
reception.
2016 Developer Track: Top Tips, Cunning Code and Illuminating
Insights
Each year a significant proportion of the delegates at Open
Repositories are software developers who work on repository software
or related services. OR2016 will feature a Developer Track and Ideas
Challenge that will provide a focus for showcasing work and exchanging
ideas.
Building on the success of last year's Developer Track, where we
encouraged live hacking and audience participation, we invite members
of the technical community to share the features, systems, tools and
best practices that are important to you. Presentations can be
as informal as you like, but once again we encourage live
demonstrations, tours of code repositories, examples of cool features
and the unique viewpoints that so many members of our community
possess. Submissions should take the form of a title and a brief
outline of what will be shared with the community.
Further details and guidance on the Ideas Challenge will be
forthcoming.
Developers are also encouraged to contribute to the other tracks
as papers, posters, 24x7 presentations, repository raves and rants
24x7 blocks.
Workshops and Tutorials
One to two-page proposals for workshops and tutorials addressing
theoretical or practical issues around digital repositories are
welcomed. Please address the following in your proposal:
- The subject of the event and what knowledge you intend to convey
- Length of session (e.g., 1-hour, 2-hour, half a day or a whole
day)
- A brief statement on the learning outcomes from the session
- How many attendees you plan to accommodate
- Technology and facility requirements
- Any other supplies or support required
- Anything else you believe is pertinent to carrying out the session
Proposal Templates
The OR2016 proposal templates are a guideline to help you prepare
an effective submission. They will be provided in both the Word
document and plain-text Markdown formats and provide details around
the requirements for conference papers and panels and 24/7's and
posters. These will be available from the conference website
shortly.
Submission system
The conference system will be open for submissions by 15 December
2015. PDF format is preferred.
CODE OF CONDUCT
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
OR2016 will again run a Scholarship Programme which will enable
us to provide support for a small number of full registered places
(including the poster reception and banquet) for the conference in
Dublin. The programme is open to librarians, repository managers,
developers and researchers in digital libraries and related fields.
Applicants submitting a paper for the conference will be given
priority consideration for funding. Please note that the programme
does not cover costs such as accommodation, travel and subsistence. It
is anticipated that the applicant's home institution will provide
financial support to supplement the OR Scholarship Award. Full details
and an application form will shortly be available on the conference
website.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Program Co-Chairs
- David Minor, University of California, San Diego
- Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe
- Sarah Shreeves, University of Miami
Local Hosts
Conference Website and Social Media
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