[Dspace-general] CALL: Open Repositories 2010 in Madrid

[Carol Minton Morris]

==Apologies for cross-posting==

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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 conferenceís 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 LÛpez 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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