[Asis-l] ECDL 2010 Call for Workshops, Tutorials and Panels

[Andrew McHugh]

***APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING***

14th European Conference on Digital Libraries
September 6-10, 2010
Glasgow, UK
http://www.ecdl2010.org <http://www.ecdl2010.org/>

Call for Workshops, Tutorials, and Panels


Overview
The European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) is the leading 
European scientific forum on digital libraries and associated technical, 
practical, and social issues, bringing together researchers, developers, 
content providers and users in the field. ECDL 2010, the 14th conference 
in this series, will be organised by the University of Glasgow. The 
proceedings will be published as a volume of Springer’s Lecture Notes on 
Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Digital Libraries and Mobility
· Digital Library Architectures
· Digital Library Infrastructure
· Digital Preservation and Curation
· Information Mining in Digital Libraries
· Information Retrieval in Digital Libraries
· Interoperability of Digital Library Systems and Services
· Knowledge Organisation Systems
· Metadata Standards and Protocols in Digital Library Systems
· Multilinguality in Digital Libraries
· Multimedia Digital Libraries
· Personal Information Management and Personal Digital Libraries
· Personalisation in Digital Library Systems and Settings
· Policies for Digital Library systems
· Social Networking, Web 2.0 and Collaborative Interfaces in Digital 
Libraries
· User Interfaces for Digital Libraries
· User Studies for and Evaluation of Digital Library Systems and 
Applications
· Visualisation in Digital Libraries


Important dates
Workshops
Workshop Proposal Submission: January 31, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2010
Workshops to Take Place on Sept 9 (pm) and Sept 10, 2010

Panels
Panel Proposal Submission: January 31, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2010
Submission of Final Panel Abstract: May 24, 2010

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal Submission: January 31, 2010
Notification of Acceptance: March 15, 2010
Submission of Final Tutorial Abstract: May 24, 2010
Tutorials to Take Place on September 6, 2010


Call for Workshops
ECDL 2010 is pleased to offer the possibility to host focused workshops 
after the main conference, on Sept 9 (pm) and Sept 10, 2010. The purpose 
of the ECDL workshops will be to treat issues which do not have their 
place in the main conferences in the field, and which will benefit from 
being discussed in small and informal groups. The selection process will 
give priority to workshops with novelty, focus, and an explicitly 
formulated target outcome. Workshop proposals should include:

· A clearly stated issue for the workshop – a concrete question to be 
addressed and discussed
· A description of the targeted outcome of the workshop
· A motivation why a workshop would be of benefit for the issue in 
question – why do other venues not address this issue, how will the 
targeted outcome be useful for the field and for the participation?
· In case of earlier workshops in this series, a short description of 
previous events, and an explanation how this workshop will further the 
issue under consideration
· The expected audience
· Short biography of the organiser(s)
· Planned deadlines for call for papers, type of reviewing, and any 
organisation aspects
· Any special requirements

Workshop proposals in PDF or plain ASCII format should be sent via email 
by January 31, 2010 to the workshop chair, Jussi Karlgren at 
ecdl2010ws at sics.se.


Call for Panels
ECDL 2010 is planning to host a small number of highly focused panel 
discussions during the main conference. Panels should be lively, 
controversial, and provoke discussion on a specific topic of interest to 
the community. Panel sessions should not consist of paper presentations, 
but should have plenty of discussion engaging the audience. A 2- page 
abstract of the panel will be included in the proceedings. Proposals 
should consist of a 2-page abstract including:

· The topic, if possible formulated as a provocative question
· The issues to be discussed, including a short listing of pro and con 
arguments
· Short biographies of the moderator and prospective panelists
· Any special requirements

Panel proposals in PDF or plain ASCII format should be sent via email by 
January 31, 2010 to the workshop chair, Julio Gonzalo at julio at lsi.uned.es.


Call for Tutorials
The first day of the conference will consist of a parallel session of 
tutorials, each concentrating on a single topic, presented either at an 
introductory level or in depth, lasting about 3 hours (including a 
break). A 2-page abstract of the tutorial will be included in the 
proceedings. Proposals should consist of a 2-page abstract including:

· An outline of the tutorial content
· An indication of how the tutorial will be structured
· A description of the expected audience
· Short biography of the presenter(s)
· Any special requirements

Tutorial proposals in PDF or plain ASCII format should be sent via email 
by January 31, 2010 to the tutorial chair, Monica Landoni at 
monica.landoni at usi.ch.


Further information
For further information, please visit the conference web site at 
http://www.ecdl2010.org/ or email info at ecdl2010.org.


Conference organizers
Honorary Chair
Keith van Rijsbergen, University of Glasgow, UK

General Chairs
Joemon Jose, University of Glasgow, UK
Mounia Lalmas, University of Glasgow, UK

Local Chair
Ingo Frommholz, University of Glasgow, UK

Programme Chairs
Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Fabrizio Sebastiani, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

Panel Chair
Julio Gonzalo, UNED, Spain

Tutorial Chair
Monica Landoni, University of Lugano, Switzerland

Workshop Chair
Jussi Karlgren, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden