Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2020 Organizing Committee has made the following changes:
• Delay the conference date to August 1-5, 2020, which is right after ACM SIGIR 2020 (July 25-30, 2020)
• Move the conference site to Xi’an China, which is at the same site as ACM SIGIR 2020
• Allow virtual attendance/presentation of papers
• Not enforce the "no show" policy
These changes allow JCDL 2020 and SIGIR 2020 to be two conferences that are back to back. Therefore, it is possible for attendees to attend two important and relevant conferences with just one trip. The Organizing Committee of JCDL 2020 are working with that of SIGIR 2020 to explore further collaboration between the two conferences.
JCDL 2020 continues to invite submissions to a newly created Practitioners Track.
Practitioners Track Proposals
The practitioners track emphasizes innovation, insight, and vision in the practice of digital libraries. It provides opportunities for libraries, archives, museums, publishers, and digital content industry partners to showcase their latest novel, speculative, and even provocative ideas, practices, case studies, technologies, productions, strategies, datasets, and/ or designs related to digital library practices and services. Topics include but are not limited to
• practice of emergency planning and response for libraries, archives, and museums
• digital repositories
• digital collections development and management
• metadata and discovery services
• open access and scholarly communication
• open educational resources
• teaching and learning support
• digital publishing
• big data and library cyberinfrastructure
• research data management, digital curation, and stewardship
• digital humanities
• digital preservation
• information service
• information/data literacy
• digital heritage/culture
Authors must label their submissions with at least one of the following four streams. Submissions will be evaluated using criteria set forth in the respective stream. There is no expectation that a submission must cover all four streams.
1. “I have a dream”. Submissions to this stream should focus on the vision, speculation, or prophetic prediction of trends on a) the future environment and/or ecosystem for libraries, museums, archives and related industry and b) how do we adapt and flourish. Proposals will be mainly evaluated on vision, novelty, and potential impact. We particularly encourage high-risk high-reward ideas, as long as the risks are clearly articulated and assessed.
2. “Told you so”. Submissions to this stream provide theoretical, experimental, computational, synthetic, or empirical proof or myth rebuttal related to popular and current digital library trends and practices. Proposals are expected to be well-referenced and balanced, and also offer nuance and
clearly laid-out limitations. The evaluation will be focused on the merits of the arguments, as well as their potential impacts on the practices.
3. “We can do it”. Submission to this steam showcase exemplary projects, products, or services that have already been launched. Proposals may be further broken down into substreams such as a) “We did it first”, where novelty and differentiation factors are highlighted; b) “We do it best”, which
focuses on the overall value gained by the patrons, communities, and the society; or c) “We can do better”, which highlights critical improvements. Proposals in this stream will be evaluated on the verifiable benefits these projects bring.
4. “Together we’ll go far”. Submissions to this stream emphasize broad collaborations, e.g., those beyond boundaries of departments, libraries, institutions, academic disciplines, communities, regions, or even countries. Authors should clearly articulate what, how, and why the collaboration works
and what values the collaboration brings to each partner.
Proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. As indicated in the JCDL 2020 Call for Submissions, Practitioners Track submissions should use the ACM Proceedings template
(http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) and are to be submitted
in electronic format via the conference’s EasyChair submission page
(https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=jcdl2020).
Accepted proposals to the Practitioners Track will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference in visual formats including but are not limited to posters, videos, or system and production demonstrations. At least one author of each accepted proposal is
expected to give a one-minute presentation.
All questions concerning the practitioners track proposals should be discussed with the track co-chairs prior to the submission deadline of April 6, 2020. Notification of acceptance is April 27, 2020 . This year’s practitioners track co-chairs are:
Zhiwu Xie, Virginia Tech Libraries, USA zhiwuxie@vt.edu
Long Xiao, Peking University Library, China, China lxiao@lib.pku.edu.cn
Wei Liu, Shanghai Library, China kevenlw@gmail.com
• Delay the conference date to August 1-5, 2020, which is right after ACM SIGIR 2020 (July 25-30, 2020)
• Move the conference site to Xi’an China, which is at the same site as ACM SIGIR 2020
• Allow virtual attendance/presentation of papers
• Not enforce the "no show" policy
These changes allow JCDL 2020 and SIGIR 2020 to be two conferences that are back to back. Therefore, it is possible for attendees to attend two important and relevant conferences with just one trip. The Organizing Committee of JCDL 2020 are working with that of SIGIR 2020 to explore further collaboration between the two conferences.
JCDL 2020 continues to invite submissions to a newly created Practitioners Track.
Practitioners Track Proposals
The practitioners track emphasizes innovation, insight, and vision in the practice of digital libraries. It provides opportunities for libraries, archives, museums, publishers, and digital content industry partners to showcase their latest novel, speculative, and even provocative ideas, practices, case studies, technologies, productions, strategies, datasets, and/ or designs related to digital library practices and services. Topics include but are not limited to
• practice of emergency planning and response for libraries, archives, and museums
• digital repositories
• digital collections development and management
• metadata and discovery services
• open access and scholarly communication
• open educational resources
• teaching and learning support
• digital publishing
• big data and library cyberinfrastructure
• research data management, digital curation, and stewardship
• digital humanities
• digital preservation
• information service
• information/data literacy
• digital heritage/culture
Authors must label their submissions with at least one of the following four streams. Submissions will be evaluated using criteria set forth in the respective stream. There is no expectation that a submission must cover all four streams.
1. “I have a dream”. Submissions to this stream should focus on the vision, speculation, or prophetic prediction of trends on a) the future environment and/or ecosystem for libraries, museums, archives and related industry and b) how do we adapt and flourish. Proposals will be mainly evaluated on vision, novelty, and potential impact. We particularly encourage high-risk high-reward ideas, as long as the risks are clearly articulated and assessed.
2. “Told you so”. Submissions to this stream provide theoretical, experimental, computational, synthetic, or empirical proof or myth rebuttal related to popular and current digital library trends and practices. Proposals are expected to be well-referenced and balanced, and also offer nuance and
clearly laid-out limitations. The evaluation will be focused on the merits of the arguments, as well as their potential impacts on the practices.
3. “We can do it”. Submission to this steam showcase exemplary projects, products, or services that have already been launched. Proposals may be further broken down into substreams such as a) “We did it first”, where novelty and differentiation factors are highlighted; b) “We do it best”, which
focuses on the overall value gained by the patrons, communities, and the society; or c) “We can do better”, which highlights critical improvements. Proposals in this stream will be evaluated on the verifiable benefits these projects bring.
4. “Together we’ll go far”. Submissions to this stream emphasize broad collaborations, e.g., those beyond boundaries of departments, libraries, institutions, academic disciplines, communities, regions, or even countries. Authors should clearly articulate what, how, and why the collaboration works
and what values the collaboration brings to each partner.
Proposals should consist of a title, extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. As indicated in the JCDL 2020 Call for Submissions, Practitioners Track submissions should use the ACM Proceedings template
(http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) and are to be submitted
in electronic format via the conference’s EasyChair submission page
(https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=jcdl2020).
Accepted proposals to the Practitioners Track will be included in the conference proceedings and will be presented at the conference in visual formats including but are not limited to posters, videos, or system and production demonstrations. At least one author of each accepted proposal is
expected to give a one-minute presentation.
All questions concerning the practitioners track proposals should be discussed with the track co-chairs prior to the submission deadline of April 6, 2020. Notification of acceptance is April 27, 2020 . This year’s practitioners track co-chairs are:
Zhiwu Xie, Virginia Tech Libraries, USA zhiwuxie@vt.edu
Long Xiao, Peking University Library, China, China lxiao@lib.pku.edu.cn
Wei Liu, Shanghai Library, China kevenlw@gmail.com
