Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 14:26:45 +0530
From: Subrata Deb
Apologies for cross postings
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INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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ICDL 2004 - 24-27 February New Delhi (http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl)
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International Conference on Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation,
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preservation, access and management
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We would appreciate disseminating this mail to your colleagues.
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TERI in partnership with the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism
and Culture, Government of India intends to organize a four-day
International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL). CIEMCA/ COL is
also an associte of this event.
ICDL 2004 will facilitate interaction between experts and others, bridge
knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries, and initiate
capacity building activities in DLs (digital libraries). The
deliberations of globally renowned experts - and subsequent discussions -
during and after the conference, will help develop a road map for the
digitization of archives, manuscripts, and libraries. ICDL 2004 will also
provide directions on available technologies, digitization acts, DL
policies, knowledge-sharing mechanisms, multilingual issues, etc.
Who should participate?
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ICDL 2004 will witness cross-disciplinary participation by policy-makers,
information scientists, and professionals involved in DL research and
practice across the world. It would particularly interest the following.
Policy-makers
Library and information science professionals
IT professionals
Archivists and museologists
Content developers and knowledge managers
IT service providers
Information providers and vendors
Professionals from electronic publishing and virtual electronic
communities
All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business.
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Tutorials: 24 February 2004
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Call for Tutorials:
The main aim of these tutorials will allow participants to become
familiar with basic principles of the field, to receive technical
training in the area of Digital Libraries and making them aware of the
potential of digital libraries in the current scenario.
Tutorial 1: Overview of Digital Libraries
Tutorial 2: Build Digital Library Using Open Source Software
Tutorial 3: Dublin Core Metadata
Tutorial 4: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management
Systems
Tutorial 5: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management
Systems
Tutorial 6: Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries
Conference 25-27 Feb 2004
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Call for papers:
Theme: Knowledge creation, preservation, access, and management
Topics:
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Digital libraries: conceptual and theoretical aspects
Planning, development, architecture, and management
Archiving cultural heritage and history through digitization
Content organization and knowledge management: discovery,
organization, retrieval, and models
System scalability and interoperability
Mediation and user interaction
Metadata issues
Digital library policy and strategic planning
Paper submission guidelines:
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Extended abstracts (500 words) in English are to be submitted in
MS Word format. The review committee will take the final decision
regarding paper acceptance. Once accepted, the complete papers (5000
words) are to be submitted within the scheduled time frame. All papers
must be original contributions and authors of the accepted papers are
expected to transfer the copyright to TERI. Authors are requested to
visit the ICDL web site for more details.
Dates to remember:
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Last date for submission of extended abstracts - 15 September 2003
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Last date for communication of acceptance of papers - 30 October 2003
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Last date for submission of full papers (soft copy) - 15 December 2003
Registration:
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The registration fee covers the conference kit, conference proceedings,
lunches, inaugural dinner, and tea. It does not include other meals and
accommodation.
Registration fee*
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For registrations done on or before 30 November
2003
Indian Delegates:
Tutorials Rs 2000;
Conference Rs 5000;
Conference and tutorials Rs 6000
Foreign Delegates:
Tutorials US$ 75;
Conference US$ 200;
Conference and tutorials US$ 225
For registrations done after 30 November 2003
Indian Delegates:
Tutorials Rs 2500;
Conference Rs 5500;
Conference and tutorials Rs 6500
Foreign Delegates:
Tutorials US$ 100;
ConferenceUS$ 225;
Conference and tutorials US$ 250
* Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for a 10%
discount .
* Students (Ph.D. and Masters) can avail of a 50% discount.
Registration options:
The registration form can also be downloaded from the conference web
site. The completed form can be sent along with the registration fee
through local cheque / bank draft favouring TERI and payable at New
Delhi. Visit our web site for online registration.
For paper submission and registration, please contact:
Debal C Kar
Conference Coordinator
ICDL 2004 Secretariat
TERI
Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India
Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211
Fax +91 11 2468 2133
E-mail ICDL2004@teri.res.in
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
Programme structure:
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ICDL 2004 will have a mix of educative events and programmes spread over
four days.
Tutorials: Day 1(24 February)
Leading researchers and practitioners will present the tutorials.
Conference sessions: Day 2, 3, and 4 (25-27 February)
Plenary, parallel, and poster sessions will engage the delegates in a
wide range of presentations from leading national and international
experts.
Panel discussions, Valedictory session: Day 4 (27 February)
Policy-makers, media-persons, academics, and techno-experts will discuss
digitization initiatives in the developing world to frame a plan of
action.
Business sessions: Day 2 and 3 (25-26 February)
ICDL 2004 opens up excellent opportunities for organizations involved in
develo-ping and providing digital and knowledge management solutions to
reach a global audience through product presentations.
Exhibitors: Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 (24-27 February)
ICDL 2004 welcomes organizations to showcase their best
products/technologies at the venue. Space is available for 25 exhibitors.
Stalls of 2 x 2 metres and 2 x 3 metres will be allotted on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Committees
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International Programme Committee:
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Prof. Jose Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development,
National Library of Portugal, Portugal
Dr Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of MIS; Director, Artificial
Intelligence Lab; Director, Hoffman eCommerce Lab, University of Arizona,
Tucson, USA
Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and
Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives Federales Suisses,
Archivstrasse, Switzerland (invited)
Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of
Technology, Braunchweig, Germany
Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit,
Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia
Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of
Communication Information and Library Science,
Southern Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA
Prof. Gary Marchioni, Distinguished Professor, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital
Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University
Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information
Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political
Science, London, UK
Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center, Copyright
Librarian, Michigan State University, USA
Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, Department of Education and Skills,
London, UK
Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative,
OCLC Office of Research, Dublin, USA
Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK
Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of
Waikato, New Zealand
Advisory Committee
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Conference Co-Chairs
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Mr Dhanendra Kumar, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism
and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi; Chairman,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva
Members
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Prof N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc,
Bangalore; and
Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, USA
Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for
Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture,
Government of India, New Delhi
Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of
Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
Mr Yateendra Joshi, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi, India
Mr Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM, New Delhi, India (invited)
Dr Abhijit Lahiri, Adviser, Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research, Government of India, New Delhi
Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of
India, New Delhi
Dr S S Murthy, Former Director, Defence Scientific Information and
Documentation Centre, Government of India, New Delhi
Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre,
Ahmedabad, India
Dr Usha Reddi, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia,
The Commonwealth of Learning, New Delhi
Dr S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology,
Bangalore, India
Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of
India, New Delhi
Prof. M Tawfik, Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India,
Maldives, and Sri Lanka, New Delhi
Dr N Vijayaditya, Director-General, National Informatics Centre,
Government of India, New Delhi
Dr Om Vikas, Scientist 'G' and Head, Computer Development Division,
Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi
Steering Committee:
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Co-Chairs
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Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of
Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi
Conference Coordinator
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Mr Debal C Kar, Fellow and Area Convener, Library and Information Centre,
TERI, New Delhi
Members
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Ms Martina Bartel, Head, Information Department and Library; Regional
Coordinator, South Asia, Goethe Institut, Maxmuller Bhavan, New Delhi
(invited)
Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for
Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture,
Government of India, New Delhi
Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre,
Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India, New Delhi
Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium,
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
Mr P Jayarajan, Head, Library and Information Services (India), British
Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi
Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, New Delhi
Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of
India, New Delhi
Ms Rebecca McDuff, Information Resources Officer (Bangladesh, India,
Nepal, Sri Lanka) and Public Affairs - US Embassy, American Centre, New
Delhi
Mr M Moni, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre,
Government of India, New Delhi
Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian National Science Academy, New
Delhi
Mr V N Shukla, Director (Special Applications), Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing, Noida, India
Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of
India, New Delhi
Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information
Science, Mysore University, Mysore, India
Invited speakers:
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Several globally renowned experts are expected to participate in and
share their experiences at the conference. It will be an excellent
opportunity for associated professionals to interact with these experts
and enrich their knowledge base.
Dr Schubert Foo Shou Boon, Associate Professor, Head, Division of
Information Studies, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Jose Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development,
National Library of Portugal, Portugal
Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and
Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives Federales Suisses,
Archivstrasse, Switzerland
Prof. Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of
Technology, Germany
Dr Amarnath Gupta, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, USA
Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash
University Library, Australia
Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Russia
Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST, Consortium,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of
Communication, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut
State University, USA
Dr Javed Mostafa, Victor H Yngve Associate Professor of Information
Science, Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana University, USA
Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, India
Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital
Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University
Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Dr Harsha Parekh, Librarian and Professor of Library Science, SNDT,
Women’s University, India
Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information
Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political
Science, UK
Dr Peter Schirmbacher, Director, Computing and Media Services,
Humboldt-University,Berlin, Germany
Dr Michael Seadle Head, Digital and Multimedia Center; Copyright
Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries; Editor, Library Hi Tech,
USA
Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department
of Education and Skills, UK
Dr Shigeo Sugimoto, Koichi Tabata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, University of
Library and Information Science, Japan
Dr Stuart Weibel , Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative,
OCLC Office of Research, USA
Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK
Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of
Waikato, New Zealand
Dr Takeo Yamamoto, Director and Professor, Multimedia Information
Division, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
ontacts:
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Conference Coordinator
ICDL 2004 Secretariat
TERI
Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India
Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211
Fax +91 11 2468 2133
E-mail ICDL2004@teri.res.in
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
