[CFP] First International Workshop on Digital Libraries Foundations

CALL FOR PAPERS

First International Workshop on "Digital Libraries Foundations"
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 23, 2007

In conjunction with ACM IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
(JCDL 2007)

Web Page: http://www.delos.info/DLF1



Workshop Objectives
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Research on "digital libraries" addresses many different areas. The
lack of any
agreement on the foundations for this broad research field has led to
a plethora
of models, systems, and results that are difficult to combine and
reuse to
produce enhanced outcomes. This workshop will bring together researchers
involved in laying the foundations for the digital library research
field. In
particular, it will make it possible for them to discuss and explore
their
solutions in the context of a Reference Model for Digital Libraries.

This workshop will help in laying the foundations for digital
libraries as a
whole. It will engage the international digital library community in
producing a
reference framework wherein new results can be integrated, compared, and
discussed - leveraging prior work on the definition of a Reference
Model for
Digital Libraries launched by the EU DELOS Network of Excellence on
Digital
Libraries (http://www.delos.info/ReferenceModel). That effort began
in Europe,
but has expanded with the invitation of international collaborators.
This
workshop will be the first open meeting to broaden the effort even
further. Our
aim is to draw upon the understanding acquired by a number of
research groups
active in the digital library field. This workshop intends to extend the
participation in this activity to all researchers interested in the
modeling
of digital library aspects, in order to contribute to the
understanding of key
concepts in this field. It will take a full day, on 23 June 2007, and
will
include not only short paper presentations, but also other modes of
communication, such as invited presentations, breakout groups, panels,
discussant commentaries, and posters.


Topics
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The workshop focuses on the modeling of three of the main aspects
characterizing
the Digital Library universe: Content, Architecture, and Quality. For
each of
these aspects the workshop participants will be asked to outline the
specific
and unique modeling and research challenges, and to identify some of
the most
promising candidate solutions to address those challenges.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- (Semi-)Formal Models for Digital Libraries
- Theoretical Foundations of Digital Libraries
- Information Object Models
- Metadata Models
- Resource Models
- Reference Architectures for Digital Library Systems
- Digital Library and Digital Library System Quality Models
- Cross-cutting issues, such as Policies or Users/Librarians/
Communities/Social Networks


Paper Submission and Publication
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Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers.
Submitted
manuscripts will be limited to 6 two-column pages, following ACM format
guidelines and using the ACM template (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/
proceed/template.html).
Preferred formats are PDF or Microsoft Word. Papers should be
submitted electronically
via email to dlf1@isti.cnr.it. Papers submitted to the workshop will
undergo a
peer-review process. Accepted papers will be published in the DELOS
workshop
proceedings that also will be made available in the DELOS digital
library. At
least one author is required to attend the conference and present the
paper.
Depending upon the quantity and quality of the submissions, efforts
to coordinate
follow-on publications may be made, involving extended versions of
some of the
accepted papers.


Important Dates
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Paper submission deadline: April 21, 2007
Acceptance notification: May 19, 2007
Camera ready: June 9, 2007
Workshop: June 23, 2007

Program Committee
Maristella Agosti, Univ. of Padua, Italy
Stavros Christodoulakis, Tech. Univ. of Crete, Greece
Geneva Henry, Rice Univ., USA
Carlo Meghini, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Heiko Schuldt, Univ. of Basel, Germany
Dagobert Soergel, Univ. of Maryland, USA


Organisers
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Donatella Castelli
ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy

Edward Fox
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

For any inquiries, please email the organisers via dlf1@isti.cnr.it