From rvanduinen at clir.org Tue Dec 6 12:06:22 2016 From: rvanduinen at clir.org (Rita Van Duinen) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 17:06:22 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] 2017-2019 CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowships Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, There are now at total of 12 postdoctoral fellowships available through the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Eight are Academic Library fellowships including one at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the other four are fellowships in data curation for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The application period is open through December 30. Please hep us spread the word about these amazing opportunities! Many thanks, Rita Van Duinen Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) 1707 L NW, Ste. 650 Washington, DC 20036 www.clir.org rvanduinen at clir.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vdressle at kent.edu Wed Dec 7 12:47:14 2016 From: vdressle at kent.edu (DRESSLER, Virginia) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 17:47:14 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] FW: NAL Position Posting: Director, Information Systems Division / Associate Director NAL In-Reply-To: References: <1e8fc998560b496c8251473bd594f3a3@DM2PR0202MB057.001f.mgd2.msft.net> Message-ID: Position may be of interest---- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear Colleagues, The National Agricultural Library is currently recruiting the position of director of the Information Systems Division / Associate Director of the National Agricultural Library. The Information Systems Division is responsible for the design and operation of information systems within the National Agricultural Library; the development of long-range plans for the dissemination of electronic information; and inter-agency and intra-agency coordination and planning activities involving information technology at USDA. The incumbent serves as head of the Information Systems Division with administrative and management responsibility for the division, including development and maintenance of computer and network systems, implementation of national standards in information technology, quality assurance for NAL databases, information security and privacy, and developing and managing NAL's web presence. The deadline for applications is Monday, December 12, 2016. Please consider applying for this position yourself ? or forwarding this announcement through your professional networks to candidates who might be interested in this position. You can see the full announcement, including how to apply, here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/458477000 Below is a short overview of the duties, and the grade and salary of the position: Major Duties may include, but are not limited to: * Responsible for maintaining full awareness of IT advances in libraries and the wider information management environment so as to perform strategic-level technology assessments and provide expert advice and leadership in successfully making major systems or fundamental work process changes. * Demonstrates knowledge of current, and tracks the emergence of new, programming languages and applications development approaches to improve NAL?s information management posture. * Participates in the development of plans and policies for national and international cooperation in the creation and distribution of agricultural information. * Participates with the Director, NAL, and other key NAL officials in establishing policies, programs, plans and budgets for NAL. Series and Grade, and Salary Range This is a supervisory information technology specialist position, GS-2210-15, with a pay range of $128,082 and $160,300 per year. Again, I hope you will consider applying for this important leadership position at the National Agricultural Library, or forwarding this announcement to candidates who might be interested in this position. Have a great day. Paul Paul M. Wester, Jr. Director, National Agricultural Library USDA, Agricultural Research Service 10301 Baltimore Ave, Beltsville, MD 20705 301-504-5248 This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. 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The Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit (https://www.asis.org/rdap/), to be held April 19-21, 2017, in Seattle, WA, invites applications from managers, users, and generators of digital data from all sectors, including industry, academia, government, and cultural heritage centers, for poster presentations, lightning talks, and "institutional snapshots" as described below. Also, new this year, we invite attendees to "bring your current data challenge" to RDAP and discuss with other attendees to address, or begin to address, your challenge! This is described in more detail in the form. Please submit proposals via https://goo.gl/forms/lf1kFcC2eIj6Ft4H2 by January 13th. All submissions will receive notification by January 27th. To view proposal submission form questions prior to submission go to https://goo.gl/7Lz1JH Questions can be directed to the RDAP Program Chairs, Brianna Marshall (brianna.marshall at wisc.edu) and Yasmeen Shorish (shorisyl at jmu.edu). 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URL: From vdressle at kent.edu Fri Dec 9 07:24:10 2016 From: vdressle at kent.edu (DRESSLER, Virginia) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 12:24:10 +0000 Subject: [Sigdl-l] =?windows-1252?q?Fw=3A_Call_for_Papers_-_IFLA_Satellite?= =?windows-1252?q?_Meeting_on_Data_Curator=92s_Roles_and_Responsibilities?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ________________________________ From: Krystyna Matusiak Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 11:39:22 PM To: diglib Subject: [DIGLIB] Call for Papers - IFLA Satellite Meeting on Data Curator?s Roles and Responsibilities Please excuse cross-postings The IFLA Library Theory and Research Section (LTR), IFLA- Preservation and Conservation, IFLA- Information Technology, Warsaw University - Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies are pleased to invite submissions for the IFLA Satellite Conference to be held in Warsaw, Poland 16 and 17 August 2017. Topic: Data Curator?s Roles and Responsibilities: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Dates: August 16-17, 2017 Location: Warsaw University - Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, Warsaw, Poland Deadline for submission of paper abstracts: February 18, 2017 Deadline for submission of poster abstracts: April 8, 2017 For more information about the conference theme and topics, please check: http://2017.ifla.org/cfp-calls/library-theory-joint-with-preservation-conservation-and-information-tech Krystyna K. Matusiak Conference co-chair Krystyna K. Matusiak | Assistant Professor Library and Information Science Program Research Methods and Information Science Department Morgridge College of Education | University of Denver 1999 East Evans Avenue | Denver, CO 80208-1700 303.871.6163 | krystyna.matusiak at du.edu https://portfolio.du.edu/kmatusia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Amanda Harlan Planning Committee, Chair Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management -------------------------------------------------- Metadata Librarian Metadata, Preservation and Digital Initiatives Department 509 Hale KSU Libraries 785-532-7220 aharlan at ksu.edu ________________________________ to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit diglib.org/announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yanglegd at gmail.com Tue Dec 13 12:30:14 2016 From: yanglegd at gmail.com (Le Yang) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:30:14 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] =?utf-8?q?Call_for_Papers_=E2=80=93_Information_=26_Lea?= =?utf-8?q?rning_Science?= Message-ID: *Call for Papers ? Information & Learning Science* The special issue titled *Innovation of Information Services in the Age of ?Internet Plus?* is calling for papers that theorize and model integration of Internet and mobile technologies with information service (Internet *plus* Information Services). The guest editor is calling for scholarly contributions including 1. Original Research Articles - Theoretical articles that construct the integration framework of library and information services and Internet and mobile technologies - Conceptual articles that introduce innovative development of library and information services - Quantitative and qualitative research that covers information seeking behaviors and user need assessments in the age of Internet - Modeling articles that explore potential paradigms and solutions that resolve the emerging information and service needs in traditional fields, e.g. education, scientific research, social construction, digital government, etc. 2. Case Studies - Case studies on the development of innovative technologies and services that utilize Internet and digital technologies - Best practices and evaluation of implementation of innovative technologies and services - Evaluation of developed and/or developing technologies of ?Internet + Information Services? on other traditional fields, e.g. education, scientific research, social construction, digital government, etc. *Deadline for manuscript submission is February 12, 2017.* For submission and other information about the special issue, please refer to the page of special issue: http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=6951 To discuss a potential research idea and proposal, please send email to Le Yang the Guest Editor yanglegd at gmail.com. About the Journal: *New Library World* is changing its name at year-end, to become *Information and Learning Science*. The journal embraces and explores all aspects of the creation, collection, discovery and use of all types of information, knowledge, learning and research resources. Also the interdisciplinary study of teaching and learning across key fields within information and learning sciences and beyond. Account will be taken of social, cultural, economic, ergonomic, ethical and sectoral issues. For more information about the journal, please refer to the journal website: http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=nlw -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yanglegd at gmail.com Fri Dec 16 18:30:24 2016 From: yanglegd at gmail.com (Le Yang) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:30:24 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Journal of Web Librarianship - Call for Papers Message-ID: *Journal of Web Librarianship - Call for Papers * The *Journal of Web Librarianship* is planning a special issue on Internet discovery on digital collections entitled: Digital Collection Metadata & Internet Discovery. See the full call for proposals: http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/bes/jwl-cfp16 *Subject Coverage* This special issue offers a platform for researchers to discuss topics relevant to the potential combination of best strategies regarding metadata, digital repositories, digital formats, search engine indexing, and Internet discovery. Subject coverage includes but is not limited to Digital Collection Metadata Evaluation, Digital Repository Systems Evaluation, Digital Collection Development, Indexing Evaluation of Digital Formats, Search Engine Indexing, Search Engine Algorithm Evaluation, and Internet Discovery on Digital Repositories. *Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:* 1. Original Research ? Evaluation of metadata of digital collections ? Evaluation of digital repository system pertaining to facilitating content discoverability ? Evaluation of search engine indexing on metadata or digital file formats ? Evaluation of search engine algorithm and/or search engine optimization 2. Case Studies ? Best strategies for facilitating Internet discovery of digital collections ? Best practices for developing and promoting digital collections on the Internet ? Workflows for optimizing digital collection and metadata development Manuscript preparation requirements can be found on the *Journal of Web Librarianship* Author Guidelines site. All submissions will be refereed by at least two reviewers. The *Journal of Web Librarianship* receives all manuscript submissions electronically via its ScholarOne Manuscripts site located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/JWebLib. If you have questions about the suitability of your idea or further follow up questions, feel free to ask the guest editors Le Yang yanglegd at yahoo.com and Joy M. Perrin joy.m.perrin at ttu.edu. *Important dates* Full paper submission: March 30, 2017 Notification of decision: June 30, 2017 Revised submission: July 31, 2017 Final acceptance notification: August 31, 2017 Final version of paper: September 30, 2017 Publication: December, 2017 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From conference at icdim.org Mon Dec 19 01:07:33 2016 From: conference at icdim.org (conference at icdim.org) Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:37:33 +0530 Subject: [Sigdl-l] Internet of Medical Things Message-ID: First International Workshop on the ?Application Areas of Internet of Medical Things? (IoMT) Co-located with the Eighth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2017) March 29-31, 2017 Universidad Aut?noma de Ciudad Juarez. Juarez City, Mexico http://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt/workshops/ The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) ensures the availability and processing of healthcare data through smart medical devices and web. The Internet based applications enable the processors to collect and integrate using various technologies. Cloud platforms, smart devices, high end processors and web servers contribute to the deployment and use of the Internet of Medical Things. The main feature is the monitoring on real time the signals coming from the body for preventing health anomalies as well as medical equipment variables that allow their feedback. The evolution of information and communications technology has led software architects not only to offer a solution to the problems posed, but also to the creation of multi-solutions based on massive accumulation of data in the cloud. It will enable the cloud to a virtual space controlled for the storage of data, which favors the interpretation and feedback. The IoMT will be more effective when it incorporates the hardware (sensors and medical equipment), software (apps, web based systems or desktop app) and communication infrastructure (Bluetooth, Wireless, Satellites, Mobile Systems, etc.). The proposed workshop will address the following themes, but not limited to- Devices and Mobile Apps for Healthcare Enhanced Healthcare systems Remote patient monitoring systems mHealth devices and data Data Analytics and Medical Internet of Things Medical data connectivity models Privacy for Healthcare Interoperability and Standards for Healthcare Important Dates Submission of papers January 15, 2017 Notification February 05, 2017 Camera ready February 28, 2017 Registration February 28, 2017 Conference Dates March 29-31, 2017 Organizing Committee Universidad Tecnol?gica de Corregidora Rub?n Antonio Garc?a Mendoza Universidad Tecnol?gica de Corregidora Calle Roble #171 Colonia Jardines de Irapuato, CP. 36660, Irapuato, Gto., Mexico. ruben.garcia at utcorregidora.edu.mx Jos? Alonso Fern?ndez L?pez alonso.fernandez at utcorregidora.edu.mx Gabriel Gonz?lez Molina gabriel.gonzalez at utcorregidora.edu.m Maribel Leyva Gaxiola maribel.leyva@ utcorregidora.edu.mx Lesly Abdet Mayorga Hern?ndez lesly.mayorga at utcorregidora.edu.mx Raymundo Vel?zquez L?pez raymundo.velazquez at utcorregidora.edu.mx Octavio Omar Granados Guerra octavio.granados at utcorregidora.edu.mx Tanya Mart?nez Baca Rivera tanys6 at hotmail.com Miguel Garc?a Moreno miguel.garcia at utcorregidora.edu.mx Submissions by email to ruben.garcia at utcorregidora.edu.mx ------------------------ From john at lis.upatras.gr Tue Dec 20 07:28:40 2016 From: john at lis.upatras.gr (Giannis Tsakonas) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:28:40 +0200 Subject: [Sigdl-l] TPDL2017 - Call for Papers Message-ID: # apologies for cross-postings # TPDL2017 Call for Papers International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 18-21 September 2017 Grand Hotel Palace, Thessaloniki, Greece http://www.tpdl.eu/tpdl2017 The 21st version of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries holds the general theme ?Part of the Machine: turning complex into scalable? and wants to create a dialogue that will address the challenge of creatively transforming these highly synthesised environments into solutions that can scale for the benefit of varied communities. Digital libraries are complex systems that respond to the needs of multiple communities with escalating requirements. Undoubtedly the effect of big data in research and development is immense and their collection, aggregation, analysis and interpretation is currently the main trend. However, smaller developments are equally interesting in giving the example of managing highly structured and organised information resources. In this series of conferences, the dialectic between theory and practice is intense, but always aims to produce a state of the art imagery of digital libraries, or else networked information systems that affect the life of academia, education, culture, society and industry. The components of this ?machinery? are interconnected and claim the skills and knowledge of multidisciplinary researchers. # Topics # Contributions are welcomed in the following eight tracks, some of which are addressed as Special Tracks. However, submissions are not limited to the topics included in these tracks, neither it is implied that one paper is associated with one topic. 1. Digital Humanities Corpora development Metadata & semantics for DH applications Text & data mining in DH Textual & visual information extraction Ontology engineering & use in DH Visualization in DH Annotations & critique in DH Impact of DH in society & academia 2. E-Infrastructures Digital library designs & architectures Ubiquitous computing & Mobile digital libraries Internet of Things with digital libraries Digital preservation Cloud technologies Security for digital libraries Digital forensics Business models for e-infrastructures 3. Information Retrieval Information retrieval & discovery Query analysis Indexing & compression Search engine architectures Recommendation systems & filtering IR evaluation Multimedia IR Multilingual IR Searching for sensitive information 4. Semantics Archival/Bibliographic Linked Data & applications Linked Data in disciplinary digital libraries Authenticity & provenance Authority management issues Interoperability & integration Metadata aggregation Metadata schemas with emphasis to composite content Quality metrics for metadata & information structures 5. Users and Societies Digital library interfaces Metrics, altmerics & scientometrics for & in digital libraries User centered evaluation of digital libraries Economic & legal issues for DLs Information behaviour studies Collaborative information seeking Sentiment analysis 6. Content Digital curation & related workflows Digitization Audio-Visual digital libraries Annotations & user generated content Records management, business archives & organizational archives 3D modeling & provision Legal issues for content in digital libraries 7. Data Big data Data science & data education Data mining Data representation Data sharing & reusability Data structures & quality Domain specific data, such as biomedical, chemical, astronomical, social Data provenance Data in Scholarly Communication 8. Services Publishing structured & unstructured information Visualization of information Network analysis in & for digital libraries Web archiving Annotations management in digital libraries Personal information management & personal digital libraries Individual researchers and research groups are invited to submit full papers, short papers, posters and demonstrations on the topics above, but on other relevant topics as well. Their research papers should describe original, unpublished research that is not (and will not be) simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere. Students on any of the abovementioned topics are encouraged to participate to the Doctoral Consortium. A four pages paper, which will appear in the Proceedings volume, is required to be submitted through the Doctoral Consortium track. # Important Dates # - Submission deadline for Workshops, Tutorials and Panels: March 03, 2017 - Notification on Workshops, Tutorials and Panels: March 31, 2017 - Submission deadline for Full and Short papers: April 7, 2017 - Submission deadline for Posters and Demonstrations: April 14, 2017 - Notification of acceptance for Papers, Posters, and Demonstrations: May 26, 2017 - Camera Ready Versions: June 23, 2017 - End of Early Registration: July 21, 2017 - Conference Dates: September 17-21, 2017 # Publication in Conference Proceedings # The TPDL2017 proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, ISSN 0302-9743). Therefore all submissions should conform to the formatting instructions described in the ?For Authors? webpage. In case your paper includes images or screenshots please ensure that you set image compression at 600dpi when you produce your PDF file. All full and short papers, posters and demonstrations must be submitted in electronic format (PDF) via the conference?s submission page. https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tpdl2017 According to the registration regulation for TPDL2017, inclusion of papers in the proceedings is conditional upon registration of at least one author per paper. # Post-conference Journal Publication # The TPDL2017 Program Committee will also nominate papers they consider highlight work of significance in the field. Authors of these papers are then invited to submit extended version (at least 30% new material) of their papers that expand upon the description of their work by providing more depth and detail on their technical approaches and results. These submissions then go through the International Journal of Digital Libraries (IJDL, ISSN 1432-5012) review process before acceptance in a focused issue of the journal. From brad.eden at valpo.edu Wed Dec 21 11:38:59 2016 From: brad.eden at valpo.edu (Brad Eden) Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 10:38:59 -0600 Subject: [Sigdl-l] CFP: Special journal issue on innovative strategies for staffing and funding of digital initiatives Message-ID: Please excuse duplication. Please forward to interested colleagues and other listservs. *Digital Library Perspectives* (*DLP*) is looking for articles for a special issue on innovative strategies for staffing and funding of digital initiatives in libraries, museums, archives, and other information organizations. Articles can be of any length, and figures and screen shots are encouraged. *DLP* is a peer-reviewed journal. Inquiries can be sent directly to the editor's email listed below (please do not reply to the list). Please send a title and short proposal, along with contact information, to the editor no later than January 15, 2017. Accepted proposals will be due by August 1, 2017, and can be submitted directly to the Emerald ScholarOne system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.co m/dlp. If you have any questions, please contact the editor directly. Thanks. Brad Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. Editor, *Digital Library Perspectives* Dean of Library Services Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 brad.eden at valpo.edu 219-464-5099 ___________________________________________________ *Digital Library Perspectives (DLP)* Journal history Previously published as *OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives* *Aims & Scope* *Digital Library Perspectives (DLP) *is a peer-reviewed journal concerned with digital content collections. It publishes research related to the curation and web-based delivery of digital objects collected for the advancement of scholarship, teaching and learning. And which advance the digital information environment as it relates to global knowledge, communication and world memory. The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends, initiatives, and developments. Including those in digital libraries and digital repositories, along with their standards and technologies. The editor invites contributions on the following, as well as other related topics: - ? Digitization - ? Data as information - ? Archives and manuscripts - ? Digital preservation and digital archiving - ? Digital cultural memory initiatives - ? Usability studies - ? K-12 and higher education uses of digital collections -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ireland Submission Deadlines: 28 April 2017 (long papers), 5 May 2017 (short papers) http://clef2017.clef-initiative.eu/ @clef_initiative #clef2017 ===================================================================================== The CLEF Conference addresses all aspects of Information Access in any modality and language. The CLEF conference includes presentation of research papers and a series of workshops presenting the results of lab-based comparative evaluation benchmarks. CLEF 2017 is the 8th year of the CLEF Conference series and the 18th year of the CLEF initiative as a forum for information retrieval (IR) evaluation. The CLEF conference has a clear focus on experimental IR as carried out within evaluation forums (CLEF Labs, TREC, NTCIR, FIRE, MediaEval, RomIP, SemEval, TAC, ...) with special attention to the challenges of multimodality, multilinguality, multilinguality, and interactive search. We invite paper submissions on significant new insights demonstrated on IR test collections, on analysis of IR test collections and evaluation measures, as well as on concrete proposals to push the boundaries of the Cranfield/TREC/CLEF evaluation paradigm. All submissions to the CLEF main conference will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance, and clarity. CLEF welcomes papers that describe rigorous hypothesis testing regardless of whether the results are positive or negative. Methods are expected to be written so that they are reproducible by others, and the logic of the research design is clearly described in the paper. The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). ====== Topics ====== Relevant topics for the CLEF 2017 Conference include but are not limited to: ? Information Access in any Language or Modality: information retrieval, image retrieval, question answering, search interfaces and design, infrastructures, etc. ? Analytics for Information Retrieval: theoretical and practical results in the analytics field that are specifically targeted for information access data analysis. ? Evaluation Initiatives: conclusions, lessons learned, impact and projection of any evaluation initiative after completing their cycle. ? Evaluation: methodologies, metrics, statistical and analytical tools, component based, user groups and use cases, ground-truth creation, impact of multilingual/multicultural/multimodal differences, etc. ? Technology Transfer: economic impact/sustainability of information access approaches, deployment and exploitation of systems, use cases, etc. ? Interactive Information Retrieval Evaluation: the interactive evaluation of information retrieval systems using user-centered methods, evaluation of novel search interfaces, novel interactive evaluation methods, simulation of interaction, etc. ? Specific Application Domains: Information access and its evaluation in application domains such as cultural heritage, digital libraries, social media, expert search, health information, legal documents, patents, news, books, plants, etc. ====== Format ====== Authors are invited to electronically submit original papers, which have not been published and are not under consideration elsewhere, using the LNCS proceedings format: http://www.springer.com/it/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines Two types of papers are solicited: ? Long papers: 12 pages max. Aimed to report complete research works. ? Short papers: 6 pages max. Position papers, new evaluation proposals, developments and applications, etc. Papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 members of the program committee. Selection will be based on originality, clarity, and technical quality. Papers should be submitted in PDF format to the following address: ? https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=clef2017 ===== Dates ===== ? Submission of Long Papers: 28 April 2017 ? Submission of Short Papers: 5 May 2017 ? Notification of Acceptance: 9 June 2017 ? Camera Ready Copy due: 23 June 2017 ? Conference: 11-14 September 2017 ============ Organisation ============ Conference Chairs ? Gareth J. F. Jones, Dublin City University, Ireland ? S?amus Lawless, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Program Chairs ? Julio Gonzalo, UNED, Spain ? Liadh Kelly, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Lab Chairs ? Lorraine Goeuriot, Universit? Joseph Fourier, France ? Thomad Mandl, University of Hildesheim, Germany Proceedings Chairs ? Linda Cappellato, University of Padua, Italy ? Nicola Ferro, University of Padua, Italy