[Asis-l] JCDL 2009 Early Registration Deadline Extended

[Mary Lynn Rice-Lively]

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Registration Deadline Extended to May 31, 2009 12 midnight CDT
2009 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, June 15-19, 2009 in  
Austin, Texas
http://www.jcdl2009.org

Are you still trying to decide whether to attend this year's JCDL in  
Austin, Texas? There is still time for registrants to receive the  
early registration rates for JCDL 2009 (June 15 - June 19, 2009).   
Please see https://www.regonline.com/63371_713164M. Register now to  
guarantee the lowest registration fee and to assure your place in one  
of the pre-conference tutorials or post-conference workshops. Early  
registration now open until May 31, 2009 midnight CDT.

JCDL is an important international 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, and distributing  
digital content; and theoretical models of information media,  
including document genres and electronic publishing.

Plan on staying at the luxurious, new University of Texas AT&T  
Executive Education and Conference Center where the conference will be  
held (http://meetattexas.com). The conference planning committee has  
selected an interesting array of papers to be presented and arranged  
for keynote speakers and panel discussions to provide a lively  
exploration of the "state of the art" of digital library discourse and  
scholarly work. The block of rooms reserved for JCDL (now only $159/ 
night) will be held until May 31, 2009 midnight CDT.

Conference presenters represent 15 different countries and 19 states  
in the United States who will present 29 full papers and 18 short  
papers.
A complete program schedule can be viewed at http://www.jcdl2009.org.  
If you come a day early, you can attend an all day-tutorial on topics  
including:

=> Deploying and Customizing DSpace. (Full day; Level Introductory).
       Scott Phillips and Philip Mattingly, Texas Digital Library.

=>  Introduction to Teaching / Learning about Digital Libraries. (Full  
day; Level Introductory to Intermediate).
       Ed Fox, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech  
University, Blacksburg, VA.

=> Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) in Digital Libraries.  (Full  
day; Level Introductory to Intermediate).
       Dagobert Soergel, College of Information Sciences, University  
of Maryland.

=>  Lightweight User Studies for Digital Libraries. (Full day; Level  
Introductory). George Buchanan and Sally Jo Cunningham, Computer  
Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ.

=> Preservation Planning: Planning for Optimal Long-term Digital  
Preservation Solutions. (Full day; Level Introductory). Hannes  
Kulovits and Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Or half-day tutorials.

=>  Building Digital Library Collections with Greenstone. (Morning 9  
am - 12 pm; Level Introductory)
       David Bainbridge, Computer Science, University of Waikato,  
Hamilton, NZ.

=> Advanced Uses of Greenstone. (Afternoon 1 pm - 5 pm; Level  
Intermediate to Advanced).
       David BainbridgeComputer Science, University of Waikato,  
Hamilton, NZ.

JCDL 2009 will be held in Austin, Texas and is hosted by the School of  
Information at the University of Texas. It has been organized by an  
international committee of scholars and leaders in the Digital  
Libraries field. The five days of events include a day of cutting edge  
tutorials; 3 days of papers, panels, and keynotes; and a day of  
research workshops.


Mary Lynn Rice-Lively
Associate Dean
UT-School of Information
JCDL 2009 Conference Chair
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