[SCC_Active_Members] FW: [DIGLIB] First International Workshop on Digital LibrariesFoundations

[H.M. Gladney]

In connection with the e-mail discussion that started on 6th April, the
attached workshop invitation might be of interest.


Cheerio, Henry

-----Original Message-----
From: Leonardo Candela [mailto:leonardo.candela at isti.cnr.it] 
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 8:45 AM   To: diglib at infoserv.inist.fr
Subject: [DIGLIB] First International Workshop on Digital
LibrariesFoundations

                                 CALL FOR PAPERS

       First International Workshop on "Digital Libraries Foundations"
               Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 23, 2007

  In conjunction with ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL
2007)

                     Web Page: http://www.delos.info/DLF1



Workshop Objectives
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Research on "digital libraries" addresses many different areas. The lack of
any agreement on the foundations for this broad research field has led to a
plethora of models, systems, and results that are difficult to combine and
reuse to produce enhanced outcomes. This workshop will bring together
researchers involved in laying the foundations for the digital library
research field. In particular, it will make it possible for them to discuss
and explore their solutions in the context of a Reference Model for Digital
Libraries.

This workshop will help in laying the foundations for digital libraries as a
whole. It will engage the international digital library community in
producing a reference framework wherein new results can be integrated,
compared, and discussed - leveraging prior work on the definition of a
Reference Model for Digital Libraries launched by the EU DELOS Network of
Excellence on Digital Libraries (http://www.delos.info/ReferenceModel). That
effort began in Europe, but has expanded with the invitation of
international collaborators.  
This
workshop will be the first open meeting to broaden the effort even further.
Our aim is to draw upon the understanding acquired by a number of research
groups active in the digital library field. This workshop intends to extend
the participation in this activity to all researchers interested in the
modeling of digital library aspects, in order to contribute to the
understanding of key concepts in this field. It will take a full day, on 23
June 2007, and will include not only short paper presentations, but also
other modes of communication, such as invited presentations, breakout
groups, panels, discussant commentaries, and posters.


Topics
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The workshop focuses on the modeling of three of the main aspects
characterizing the Digital Library universe: Content, Architecture, and
Quality. For each of these aspects the workshop participants will be asked
to outline the specific and unique modeling and research challenges, and to
identify some of the most promising candidate solutions to address those
challenges.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- (Semi-)Formal Models for Digital Libraries
- Theoretical Foundations of Digital Libraries
- Information Object Models
- Metadata Models
- Resource Models
- Reference Architectures for Digital Library Systems
- Digital Library and Digital Library System Quality Models
- Cross-cutting issues, such as Policies or Users/Librarians/
Communities/Social Networks


Paper Submission and Publication
--------------------------------

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers.
Submitted manuscripts will be limited to 6 two-column pages, following ACM
format guidelines and using the ACM template (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/
proceed/template.html).  Preferred formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. Papers
should be submitted electronically via email to dlf1 at isti.cnr.it. Papers
submitted to the workshop will undergo a peer-review process. Accepted
papers will be published in the DELOS Workshop proceedings that also will be
made available in the DELOS digital library. At least one author is required
to attend the conference and present the paper.  Depending upon the quantity
and quality of the submissions, efforts to coordinate follow-on publications
may be made, involving extended versions of some of the accepted papers.


Important Dates
---------------

Paper submission deadline: May 4, 2007
Acceptance notification: May 19, 2007
Camera ready: June 9, 2007
Workshop: June 23, 2007

Program Committee
Maristella Agosti, Univ. of Padua, Italy
Stavros Christodoulakis, Tech. Univ. of Crete, Greece
Geneva Henry, Rice Univ., USA
Carlo Meghini, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Heiko Schuldt, Univ. of Basel, Germany
Dagobert Soergel, Univ. of Maryland, USA


Organisers
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Donatella Castelli
ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy

Edward Fox
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

For any inquiries, please email the organisers via dlf1 at isti.cnr.it