Monday, November 19, 2007

CFP: OPEN REPOSITORIES 2008

CFP: OPEN REPOSITORIES 2008
Southampton, UK
April 1-4, 2008

Deadline 9th Dec 2007 for Papers & Panels
(Calls for Posters and User Group Participation to follow later)
http://www.openrepositories.org/2008

CFP URL: http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cfp.html
(see link for all topics)

We invite developers, researchers and practitioners to submit papers describing novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of digital repositories. Submissions of UP TO 4 pages in length are requested for review. See the CFP page at the conference site for submission instructions. Submissions for panel discussions are also requested.

Repositories are being deployed in a variety of settings (research, scholarship, learning, science, cultural heritage) and across a range of scales (subject, national, regional, institutional, project, lab, personal). The aim of this conference is to address the technical, managerial, practical and
theoretical issues that arise from diverse applications of repositories in the increasingly pervasive information environment.

A programme of papers, panel discussions, poster presentations, workshops, tutorials and developer coding sessions will bring together all the key stakeholders in the field. Open source
software community meetings for the major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and Fedora) will also provide opportunities to advance and co-ordinate the development of repository installations across the world.

IMPORTANT DATES AND CONTACT INFO
Paper Submission Deadline: Friday 7th December 2007
Notification of Acceptance: Monday January 21st 2008
Submission of DSpace/EPrints/Fedora User Group Presentations: TBA
Submission of Posters: Monday 4th February 2008
Conference: April 1-4, 2008. University of Southampton, UK.

Enquiries to: Program Committee Chair (e.lyon AT ukoln.ac.uk) or General
Chair (lac AT ecs.soton.ac.uk)

CONFERENCE THEMES
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The themes of the conference include (but are not limited to) the following:

(NOTE: PLEASE SEE CFP (http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cfp.html) LINK FOR ALL TOPICS)

TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN THE KNOWLEDGE WORKPLACE

PROFESSIONALISM AND PRACTICE

SUSTAINABILITY

LEGAL ISSUES

SUCCESSFUL INTEROPERABILITY

MODELS, ARCHITECTURES AND FRAMEWORKS

VALUE CHAINS and SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS

SERVICES BUILT ON REPOSITORIES

USE CASES FOR REPOSITORIES