[Asis-l] JCDL 2009 CFP -- Austin, Texas

[Mary Lynn Rice-Lively]

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2009)
June 15-19, 2009
Austin, TX, USA
http://www.jcdl2009.org

Sponsored by ACM SIGIR, ACM SIGWEB, and IEEE-CS TCDL

Extended Call for Papers

The ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) is the  
major international research forum focused on digital libraries and  
associated technical, practical, and social issues. JCDL encompasses  
the many meanings of the term "digital libraries", including (but not  
limited to) new forms of information institutions; operational  
information systems with all manner of digital content; new means of  
selecting, collecting, organizing, distributing, and evaluating  
digital content; and theoretical models of information media,  
including document genres and electronic publishing. Digital libraries  
are distinguished from information retrieval systems because they  
include more types of media, provide additional functionality and  
services, and include other stages of the information life cycle, from  
creation through use. Digital libraries also can be viewed as a new  
form of information institution or as an extension of the services  
libraries currently provide.

Representatives from academe, government, industry, and others are  
invited to participate in this annual conference. The conference draws  
from a broad array of disciplines including computer science,  
information science, librarianship, archival science and practice,  
museum studies and practice, technology, medicine, social sciences,  
and humanities.

Topics of the sessions and workshops will cover such aspects of  
digital libraries as infrastructure; institutions; metadata; content;  
services; digital preservation; system design; implementation;  
interface design; human-computer interaction; evaluation of  
performance; evaluation of usability; collection development;  
intellectual property; privacy; electronic publishing; document  
genres; multimedia; social, institutional, and policy issues; user  
communities; and associated theoretical topics.

JCDL 2009 will be held in Austin, Texas on the campus of the  
University of Texas. The program is organized by an international  
committee of scholars and leaders in the Digital Libraries field.   
Four hundred attendees are expected for the five days of events  
including a day of cutting edge tutorials; 2 1/2 days of papers,  
panels, and keynotes; and 1 1/2 days of research workshops.

JCDL 2009 invites submissions of papers and proposals for posters,  
demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops that will make the conference  
an exciting and creative event to attend. As always, the conference  
welcomes contributions from all the fields that intersect to enable  
Digital Libraries. Topics include, but are not limited to:

* Interfaces to information for novices and experts
* Information visualization
* Retrieval and browsing
* Data mining/extraction
* Enterprise-scale Information Architectures
* Distributed information systems
* Studies of information behavior and needs; user modeling
* Insightful analyses of existing systems
* Novel library content and use environments
* Deployment of digital collections in education
* Digital Library curriculum development
* Systems and algorithms for preservation
	        	
Paper Submissions
=================
Paper authors may choose between two formats: Full papers and short  
papers. Both formats will be included in the proceedings and will be  
presented at the conference. Both formats will be rigorously peer  
reviewed. Complete papers are required--abstracts and incomplete  
papers will not be reviewed.

Full papers report on mature work, or efforts that have reached an  
important milestone. Short papers will highlight efforts that might be  
in an early stage, but are important for the community to be made  
aware of. Short papers can also present theories or systems that can  
be described concisely in the limited space.

Full papers must not exceed 10 pages. Short papers are limited to at  
most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions. The material  
must therefore not have been previously published or be under review  
for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in  
English and must follow the conference's formatting guidelines.   
Papers are to be submitted at the conference's Web site.

All accepted papers will be published by ACM as conference proceedings  
and electronic versions will be included in both the ACM and IEEE  
Digital Libraries.

Poster and Demonstration Submissions
====================================
Posters permit presentation of late-breaking results in an informal,  
interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, 1-page  
extended abstract, and contact information for the authors.  Proposals  
must follow the conference's formatting guidelines and are to be  
submitted at the conference Web site. Accepted posters will be  
displayed at the conference and may include additional materials,  
space permitting. Abstracts of posters will appear in the proceedings.

Demonstrations showcase innovative digital libraries technology and  
applications, allowing you to share your work directly with your  
colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals  
should consist of a title, 1-page extended abstract, and contact  
information for the authors. Proposals must follow the conference's  
formatting guidelines and are to be submitted at the conference Web  
site.  Abstracts of demonstrations will appear in the proceedings.

Panels and Invited Briefings
============================
Panels will complement the refereed portions of the program with  
lively discussions of controversial and cutting-edge issues that are  
not addressed by other program elements.  Invited briefings will  
explain a topic of interest to those building digital libraries--they  
can be thought of as being mini-tutorials.  We are not soliciting  
formal proposals for panels or invited briefings, but if you have an  
idea for one that you'd like to hear, please send email directly to  
the panels/briefings chair.

Tutorial Submissions
====================
Tutorials provide an opportunity to offer in-depth education on a  
topic or solution relevant to research or practice in digital  
libraries. They should address a single topic in detail over either a  
half-day or a full day. They are not intended to be venues for  
commercial product training. Experts who are interested in engaging  
members of the community who may not be familiar with a relevant set  
of technologies or concepts should plan their tutorials to cover the  
topic or solution to a level that attendees will have sufficient  
knowledge to follow and further pursue the material beyond the  
tutorial. Leaders of tutorial sessions will be expected to take an  
active role in publicizing and recruiting attendees for their sessions.

Tutorial proposals should include: a tutorial title; an abstract (1-2  
paragraphs, to be used in conference programs); a description or  
topical outline of tutorial (1-2 paragraphs, to be used for  
evaluation); duration (half- or full-day); expected number of  
participants; target audience, including level of experience  
(introductory, intermediate, advanced); learning objectives; a brief  
biographical sketch of the presenter(s); and contact information for  
the presenter(s).

Tutorial proposals are to be submitted in electronic form via the  
conference's Web site.

Workshop Submissions
====================
Workshops are intended to draw together communities of interest--both  
those in established communities and also those interested in  
discussion and exploration of a new or emerging issue.  They can range  
in format from formal, perhaps centering on presentation of refereed  
papers, to informal, perhaps centering on an extended roundtable  
discussions among the selected participants.

Submissions should include: a workshop title and short description; a  
statement of objectives for the workshop; a topical outline for the  
workshop; identification of the expected audience and expected number  
of attendees; a description of the planned format and duration (half- 
day, full-day, or one and a half day); information about how the  
attendees will be identified, notified of the workshop, and, if  
necessary, selected from among applicants; as well as contact and  
biographical information about the organizers. Finally, if a workshop  
has been held previously, information about the earlier sessions  
should be provided -- dates, locations, outcomes, attendance, etc.

Proposals for workshops will be accepted and evaluated on an on-going  
basis until the deadline.  This is in order to allow the workshop  
organizers as much time as possible to carry out their own program  
events on acceptance of the proposal.  Workshop proposals are to be  
submitted at the conference's Web site.

Doctoral Consortium
===================
The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over  
the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work  
(i.e., the consortium is not intended for those who are finished or  
nearly finished with their dissertation). The goal of the Doctoral  
Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by  
providing feedback and general advice on using the research  
environment in a constructive and international atmosphere.

Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should  
submit an extended abstract describing their Digital Library research.  
Submissions relating to any aspect of Digital Library research,  
development, and evaluation are welcomed, including: technical  
advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and  
institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and  
design advances, and innovative applications in the sciences,  
humanities, and education.

Consult the conference's Web site for more details and to make a  
submission.

Important notes for all Submissions
===================================
All contributions are to be submitted in electronic form via the JCDL  
2009 submission Web page, following ACM format guidelines and using  
the ACM template. Please submit all papers in PDF format.

During the submission process you will be asked to identify conflicts  
of interest with any of the program committee members. A conflict of  
interest exists, for example, when any of a submitted paper's authors  
and a committee member:
* hold employment at the same institution or company
* are candidates for employment at the same institution or company
* co-authored a book or paper in the last 48 months
* are co-principal investigators on a grant or research project
* are actively working on a project together
* are in a family or close personal relationship
* are in a graduate advisee/advisor relationship
* hold personal animosity

Important Dates
===============
All papers are due Friday, January 23, 2009 at 5 PM CST.
Poster and demonstration submissions are due Saturday, January 31,  
2009 at 5 PM CST.
Tutorial and workshop proposals are due Saturday, January 31, 2009 at  
5 PM CST.
Notification of acceptance to authors by March 10, 2009.
Doctoral consortium abstracts are due Monday, March 23, 2009.

Conference Organizers (program elements)
========================================
Conference Chairs
         Mary Lynn Rice-Lively, University of Texas (marylynn at ischool.utexas.edu 
)
         Fred Heath, University of Texas
Program Co-Chairs
         Richard Furuta, Texas A&M University (furuta at cs.tamu.edu)
         Luis Francisco-Revilla, University of Texas
         Gary Geisler, University of Texas
Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs
         Michael Nelson, Old Dominion University
         Megan Winget, University of Texas
Panels and Briefings Chair
         Catherine C. Marshall, Microsoft (cathymar at microsoft.com)
Tutorials Chair
         Geneva Henry, Rice University
Workshops Chair
         Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
	J. Stephen Downie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign