FYI Best wishes, Henry H.M. Gladney, Ph.D. <a href="http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/">http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/</a> (408)867-5454 (business) (408)867-3933 (home) <div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Strathmann, Stefan <<a href="mailto:strathmann@sub.uni-goettingen.de" target="_blank">strathmann@sub.uni-goettingen.de</a>> Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 01:46 Subject: [nestor] FW: [Fwd: CfP ERCIM News: Special theme Digital Preservation] To: <a href="mailto:nestor@langzeitarchivierung.de" target="_blank">nestor@langzeitarchivierung.de</a> > Call for Contributions to ERCIM News No. 80 (January 2010) </div><div class="im"> > DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Monday 30 November 2009 </div><div><div></div><div class="h5"> > Special Theme: "*Digital Preservation*" > /Coordinated by: Ingeborg Sølvberg, Norwegian University of Technology Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology > > Digital Preservation, i.e. the effort to ensure long-term availability, accessibility and usability of digital information, has moved from a > niche topic for memory institutions to a pressing challenge for virtually all sectors, ranging from eGovernment via various industry > sectors, finance, to small office / home office and private user environments. Our most valuable assets - both financially as well as > emotionally - exist (solely) in digital form. As software programs needed to access these objects, as operating systems needed to run the > software, and as hardware platforms for these operating systems as well as media are being replaced in ever shorter innovation cycles, digital > objects turn out to be more fragile than anticipated. The need to maintain them usable in the near, mid-term or far away > future has led to the development of numerous solutions, addressing storage, system design, organizational principles and others. > > This ERCIM News Special Theme on "Digital Preservation" invites short articles (700-800 words) presenting approaches, frameworks and > applications that will help to ensure long-term accessibility of digital objects in all kind of application domains. > > Topics include but are not limited to: > > * Trusted Repositories: Content Management Systems & Digital > Preservation > * Scalability and Automation > * Institutional and Personal Archiving > * Long-term Storage Technologies > * Cloud and Grid Solutions in digital Preservation > * Audit, Certification and Compliance Initiatives > * Investment and Cost Models for Digital Preservation > * Legal implications, requirements and cases involving > Preservation > * Preservation Systems and Modules > * Modelling of preservation systems and object representations > * Case studies in different domains including > o Cultural heritage > o eGovernment > o Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, Manufacturing > o Banking, Finance > o Scientific Datasets, Sensor Data. > > *Reviewing:* > Articles submitted to the special theme are subject to a > review process. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > Guidelines for ERCIM News articles > > *Style:* ERCIM News is read by a large variety of people. Keeping this > in mind the article should be descriptive (emphasize more the 'what' > than the 'how') without too much technical detail together with an > illustration, if possible. > > Contributions in ERCIM News are normally presented without > formulas. One > can get a long way with careful phrasing, although it is not > always wise > to avoid formulas altogether. In cases where authors feel that the use > of formulas is necessary to clarify matters, this should be done in a > separate box (to be treated as an illustration). However, formulas and > symbols scattered through the text must be avoided as much as > possible. > > *Length:* Keep the article short, i.e. 700-800 words. > > *Format:* Submissions preferably in ASCII text or MS Word. > Pictures/Illustrations must be submitted as separate files > (not embedded > in a Word file) in a resolution/quality suitable for printing. > > *Structure of the article:* > The emphasis in ERCIM News is on 'NEWS'. This should be reflected in > both title and lead ('teaser'). > Also: NO REVIEW ARTICLES! > > * *Title* > * *Author *(full name, max. two or three authors) > * *Teaser:* > a few words about the project/topic. Printed in bold face, this > part is intended to raise interest. (keep it short) > * *Details describing*: > what the project/product is > who is involved > where it takes place > why the research is being done > when it was started/completed the aim of the project > the techniques employed the orientation of the project > future activities > other institutes involved in this project > co-operation with other ERCIM members in this field > * *Useful Link(s) (only URIs, no references!)* > * *Contact address* with: > - full name of the author > - phone number > - e-mail address > * *Photos, illustrations*: > ERCIM News is a full color print magazine. Each article should be > accompagnied by an illustration (photo, graphics), for example of > the product, applications mentioned in the article, people working > on the project, etc. (avoid as much as possible flow charts and > screen dumps). > Photos should be submitted in jpg or tiff format in a resolution > suitable for printing (pictures taken from the web are usually not > in a quality suitable for printing). Graphics preferably in a vector format (svg, eps, ps) > > Publishing in ERCIM News <<a href="http://ercim.news.ercim.org" target="_blank">http://ercim.news.ercim.org</a>> offers several advantages:* > * ERCIM News represents an excellent opportunity to present your research to a broad audience, also outside your own research > community > o the printed edition has a circulation of 9,000 copies > o the online edition has excellent visibility with a Google > ranking of PR8 > * ERCIM News is widely distributed in the European Commission > * ERCIM offers a free professional proof-reading service > * Authors can reuse their articles; the copyright of the articles remains with the authors. </div></div></div> </div>