[Asis-l] CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries: JCDL 2006

[wanda monroe]

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:  Joint Conference on Digital Libraries: JCDL 2006
June 11-15, 2006   Chapel Hill, North Carolina
http://jcdl2006.org

The JCDL conference will take place June 11 - 15, 2006 at the University of 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This year's theme is "Opening Information 
Horizons." The international event encompasses the many meanings of the 
term "digital libraries," including new forms of information institutions; 
operational information systems with all manner of digital content; new 
means of selecting, collecting, organizing, and distributing digital 
content; digital preservation and archiving; and theoretical models of 
information media, including document genres and electronic publishing.
The program includes peer-reviewed papers and posters as well as 
demonstrations and two plenary sessions:

"Getting Books Online: Practices and Strategies." A plenary panel on 
Monday, June 12.

Panelists are:
* Daniel Clancy
  Engineer Director for Google Print
* David Ferriero
  Andrew W. Mellon Director and Chief Executive of The Research
  Libraries at The New York Public Library
 *Daniel Greenstein
  University Librarian, California Digital Library

On Tuesday, June 13, Jonathan Zittrain of the Berkman Center for Internet & 
Society, Harvard Law School Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford 
will present "Open Information: Redaction, Restriction, and Removal."

"JCDL 06 will celebrate the progress of making digital information 
accessible to people around the world, consider ways that digital libraries 
can help individuals achieve their goals and assist people from around the 
globe to understand one another," said Dr. Gary Marchionini, conference 
chair. "We invite you to attend this premier research and development 
conference in the friendly venue of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Join us!"

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Wanda Monroe
Director of Communications
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Manning Hall
Campus Box 3360
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone: 919.843.8337
Web site: sils.unc.edu