[Web4lib] FW: iPRES 2008 Call for Papers

[Roy Tennant]

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From: "Humphreys, Jane" <Jane.Humphreys at bl.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 13:42:24 +0100
To: <roy_tennant at oclc.org>
Subject: FW:  iPRES 2008 Call for Papers

 
The following may be of interest to you. The British Library is hosting The
Fifth International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES
2008) at Conference Centre in St Pancras on 29&20 September. The event is
one of the major conferences in the digital preservation calendar and
attracts around 250 delegates from around the world and 50 speakers.
Previous hosts include Cornell University, NY; Nestor in Germany and the
Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
 
We would now like to issue the Call for Papers to invite abstracts. The
iPRES Programme Committee has asked that I send this through to you. I am
attaching the Call for Papers and a summary web-notice / e-mail below.
Please could you issue to your member community? There is a link in the
e-mail to the event web-pages at www.bl.uk/ipres2008
<http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008> and the mailbox to submit papers. The website
is live. Registration will open on 12 May. If you need any other
information, please let me know.
 
Kind regards, 
 
Jane
 
Jane Humphreys

Communications Officer, Planets

 

Tel: 01937 546748

 

The British Library
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ

 
iPRES 2008 Call for Papers
The British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, London
29 & 30 September 2008
 
Submission of abstracts is invited to The Fifth International Conference for
Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2008), which will be hosted by The
British Library at its Conference Centre, in St Pancras, London, on 29&30
September.
 
The theme of this years¹ conference is: Joined up and Working: tools and
methods for digital preservation. Papers are invited which present
substantial new results, contribute to conceptual foundations of digital
preservation or show novel applications of work. Empirical evidence
demonstrating what works and what doesn¹t is also welcome
 
Details about the Call for Papers and iPRES 2008 can be found on The British
Library web-site at: www.bl.uk/ipres2008 <http://www.bl.uk/ipres2008> .
Abstracts should be submitted in AAAI Style and restricted to two pages
maximum including title, author but excluding references. Submissions should
be made through the mailbox: http:papers at bl.uk/ipres08 by 28 May 2008.
Speakers will be notified of acceptance on 14 June.
 
iPRES is a series of international conferences which seek to address issues
relating to digital preservation. The conference brings together experts and
practitioners across the spectrum of digital preservation disciplines.
Registration will open on 12 May 2008.


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