[Dspace-general] REMINDER: DSpace Call for Presentations - due Apr. 29

[Julie Harford Walker]

Apologies for cross-posting...


CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

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   2nd DSpace Federation User Group Meeting
   University of Cambridge, UK
   7-8 July 2005
   www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/
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Submissions are invited from organizations using DSpace who wish to present 
at the upcoming DSpace Federation User Group meeting.

The objective of the User Group meeting is to bring together the DSpace 
open source community to share experiences and discuss the future 
developments of the DSpace platform and Federation of 
adopters.  Preliminary information about registration is now available on 
the meeting 
website:  http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/registration.htm.

Submissions are invited for the following categories:

Long presentations (20 - 30 minutes):  organizations which are leading 
large DSpace-related research projects or significant DSpace initiatives.
Short presentations (10 - 15 minutes):  organizations/individuals who have 
contributed new features, tools, or plug-ins or are addressing specific 
technical issues.
DSpace Around the World:  short presentations (10 - 15 minutes) from 
organizations worldwide who are using DSpace.  Submissions should highlight 
innovative uses of DSpace or DSpace policy, implementation or other 
activities that are influenced by or derived from local, regional or 
national issues or culture.
Posters:  forum for sharing project plans or results.

Presentation/poster proposals:
-  must be sent via email to jhwalker at mit.edu;
-  should specify whether the submission is for the long, short, Around the 
World, or poster category;
-  should take the form of a brief (1 page) description of the topic for 
presentation or poster;
-  should include 50 word biographical sketch of the primary author; and
-  should include mailing address, phone, fax, email for the primary author.

Submissions are requested by 29 April 2005 and will be reviewed by members 
of the Programme Committee 
(http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dspace/usergroup2005/organisers.htm) for 
acceptance notification by 20 May 2005.  If the presentation is accepted, 
final versions of the presentation must be submitted electronically by 1 
July 2005.  We will not be seeking text for publication, but will ask all 
authors to post their presentations on the DSpace Federation website after 
the meeting.

Further information can be obtained from the programme committee 
chair:  Julie Walker (jhwalker at mit.edu)


Many thanks,

The DSpace Federation User Group Meeting Programme Committee
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