Open Repositories 2010 in Madrid, Spain -- Call for Papers

From: Wolfram Horstmann <wolfram.horstmann_at_GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:39:14 +0100

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Open Repositories 2010 -- "The Grand Integration Challenge"
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Repositories have been successfully established -- within and across
institutions -- as a major source of digital information in a variety
of environments such as research, education and cultural heritage. In
a world of increasingly dispersed and modularized digital services and
content, it remains a grand challenge for the future to cross the
borders between diverse poles:

- the web and the repository,
- knowledge and technology,
- wild and curated content,
- linked and isolated data,
- disciplinary and institutional systems,
- scholars and service providers,
- ad-hoc and long-term access,
- ubiquitous and personalized environments,
- the cloud and the desktop.

The Open Repositories Conference (6 to 9-JUL-2010 in Madrid, Spain)
brings together individuals and organizations responsible for the
conception, development, implementation, and management of digital
repositories, as well as stakeholders who interact with them for
achieving the widest possible integration in theoretical, practical,
and strategic matters.

The program of papers, panel discussions, poster presentations, user
groups, workshops, and tutorials will reflect the whole community of
Open Repositories. Dedicated open source software community meetings
for the major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) will provide
opportunities to advance and coordinate the development of repository
installations across the world.


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Submission Process
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* Conference papers *
We welcome two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels
that deal with theoretical, practical, or administrative issues of
digital repositories. Abstracts of accepted papers will be made
available through the conference?s web site; all presentations and
related materials used in the program sessions will be deposited in
the upcoming virtual conference proceeding of Open Repositories 2010.

* User Group Presentations *
Two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that focus on
use of one of the major repository platforms (EPrints, DSpace and
Fedora) are invited from developers, researchers, repository managers,
administrators and practitioners describing novel experiences or
developments in the construction and use of repositories.

* Posters *
We invite developers, researchers, repository managers, administrators
and practitioners to submit one-page proposals for posters.

* Workshops and Tutorials *
Proposals for workshops require a submission as well and can be
accommodated before or after the main conference. For preparatory
inquiries about workshop facilities, please contact the local team at
<alopezm_at_pas.uned.es>.

PLEASE submit your paper through the conference system . The
conference system will be linked from the conference web site
<http://or2010.fecyt.es/> and will be available for submissions as of
January 15th, 2010.

The best-rated papers from the conference will be subsequently
published in the Journal of Digital Information
<http://journals.tdl.org/jodi>).


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Important Dates and Contact Info
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- 01-MAR-2010: Submission deadline (papers, user groups, posters,
workshops, tutorials)
- 15-APR-2010: Notification of acceptance for conference
presentations, workshops/tutorials
- 01-MAY-2010: Notification of acceptance for user group presentations
and posters
- 06-JUL-2010: Conference start

DSpace User Group Meeting Contact: Valorie Hollister <val_at_dspace.org>
Fedora User Group Meeting Contact: Thorny Staples <tstaples_at_duraspace.org>
EPrints User Group Meeting Chair: Les Carr <lac_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Program Committee Chair: Wolfram Horstmann <whorstmann_at_uni-bielefeld.de>
Host Organizing Committee: Alicia López Medina <alopezm_at_pas.uned.es>


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Conference Topics
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The committee will consider any submission of sufficient quality and
originality that relates to the field of Open Repositories. In the
general track, preference will be given to submissions that relate to
the theme of "The Grand Integration Challenge" as described in the
introduction.

Please regard the following list as a selection of topics that
indicates relevant fields.

- Data Curation / Data Archives
- Interoperability with Scholarly and Scientific Applications
- Interactions with Learning Environments
- Generic Workflows and Services
- Integrating Open Repositories with the Grid / Cloud
- Applications in Libraries/Archives
- Disciplinary Requirements

Do you have ideas that relate to different topics? Then please go
ahead and address them in your submission!

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Enjoy!

The Program Committee of Open Repositories 2010
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