CFP - IPRES 2010 - 7th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects

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Submissions

iPRES2010 will adopt a two-track scheme, focussing on research papers reporting on novel, previously unpublished work, as well as case studies and best practice reports. The conference programme will be designed in such as way as to encourage interaction between these areas, rather than seeing them as seperated fields. Furthermore, iPRES2010 will offer a set of tutorials on the Sunday preceding the conference, as well as focussed workshops to be organized following the main conference.
A selection of the outstanding papers from the iPRES2010 conference will be invited for submission to the International Journal of Digital Curation, a leading peer-reviewed journal of digital curation and preservation.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

• Theoretical, Formal and Conceptual Models of Information and Preservation
• Trusted Repositories: Risk Analysis, Planning, Audit and Certification
• Scalability and Automation
• Metadata Issues for Preservation Processes
• Business Models and Cost Estimation
• Personal Archiving
• Innovation in Digital Preservation: Novel Approaches and Scenarios
• Training and Education
• Domain-specific Challenges: Web, GIS, Primary/Scientific/Sensor Data, Governmental & Medical Records
• Case Studies and Best Practice Reports: Systems, Workflows, Use Cases

Full Paper Track

iPRES2010 invites the submission of full research papers (no extended abstracts) reporting on novel, previously unpublished research work. In case of concurrent duplicate submissions, authors are requested to specify this fact in an addendum to the paper.
All papers will be reviewed by 3 members of the scientific programme committee, and will be evaluated with respect to the solidity of the research work presented and its novelty.
All papers accepted for inclusion in the iPRES programme will appear in the iPRES2010 proceedings in the section of the full paper track, and will be selected for oral or poster presentation according to the evaluation by the programme committe. (If authors prefer to give a poster rather than an oral presentation, or vice versa, or refuse one of the two presentations types, we encourage authors to specify this on a seperate page as an addendum to their submission.)

Submissions to iPRES 2010 will be handled in electronic format via the iPRES2010 electronic submission system. Templates for LaTeX and MS Word are available in the Information for Authors section of the iPRES2010 Homepage.

• All submissions must be formatted according to the guidelines and templates available on the Information for Authors web page and submitted via the electronic submission system.
• All submissions to the Full Paper Track of iPRES2010 will consist of full research paper submissions of up to 8 pages length for long papers and up to 6 pages length for short papers, addressing the main topics fo the conference.
• Papers should include a 150-200 word abstract.
• Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide camera-ready copies of their papers.
• For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the iPRES2010 conference prior to submission of the camera-ready version.
• All papers need to be submitted via the iPRES2010 conference management system by the submission deadline indicated.

Late-Breaking Results Track

In addition to the Full Paper track, iPRES 2010 also invites submissions of late-breaking results focussing on case studies, experience reports, as well as highlighting issues and challenges identified in the operation of digital preservation systems, or novel aspects of digital preservation in an earlier stage of research. Submissions to the Late-breaking Results track should consist of extended abstracts of 2-4 pages length to be evaluated by members of the programme committee.
Authors of accepted contributions will then be asked to provide final versions of their papers of up to 6 pages in length for long papers, 4 pages in length for short papers, and will be selected for oral or poster presentation according to the evaluation by the programme committe. (If authors prefer to give a poster rather than an oral presentation, or vice versa, or refuse one of the two presentations types, we encourage authors to specify this on a seperate page as an addendum to their submission.) All contributions will be included in the late-breaking results section of the iPRES2010 conference proceedings.

Submissions to iPRES 2010 will be handled in electronic format via the iPRES2010 electronic submission system. Templates for LaTeX and MS Word are available in the Information for Authors section of the iPRES2010 Homepage.

• All submissions must be formatted according to the guidelines and templates available on the Information for Authors web page and submitted via the electronic submission system.
• Submissions to the Late-breaking Results track should consist of extended abstracts of 2-4 pages length.
• The page limit for final versions of accepted contributions is 6 pages for long papers and 4 pages for short papers.
• The final versions of accepted contributions should include a 150-200 word abstract.
• Authors of accepted papers will be asked to provide camera-ready copies of their papers.
• For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the iPRES2010 conference prior to submission of the camera-ready version.
• All papers need to be submitted via the iPRES2010 conference management system by the submission deadline indicated.

Panels

iPRES2010 is planning to host a small number of highly focussed panel discussions. 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.

Submissions to iPRES 2010 will be handled in electronic format via the iPRES2010 electronic submission system and should consist of a 2-3 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

Tutorials

The first day of the conference will consist of a parallel session of half-day or full-day tutorials each concentrating on a single topic presented either at an introductory level or an in-depth expert level, lasting about 3 hours (including a break) per half-day.

Submissions to iPRES 2010 will be handled in electronic format via the iPRES2010 electronic submission system and should consist of a 2 page abstract including:

• An outline of the tutorial content
• The intended and expected audience
• The planned duration (half-day or full-day)
• Pointers to previous tutorials if this or similar content has already been presented elsewhere
• Short biography of the presenter(s)
• Any special requirements

Workshops

iPRES 2010 is pleased to offer the possibility to host focussed workshops after the main conference. In order to allow workshop organizers to launch their individual calls for papers, we will have an earlier acceptance notification deadline for workshops. Workshop proposals should include

• Workshop submissions must be sent via email to the Workshop Chair Perry Willett, indication "iPRES2010 Workshop Submission" as subject line.
• An outline of the workshop content
• In case of earlier workshops in this series, a short description of preceeding events
• The intended and expected audience
• Short biography of the organizer(s)
• Planned deadlines for call for papers, type of reviewing, participation by invitation and other organizatorial aspects
• Any special requirements

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