[Web4lib] JCDL Workshop Call

[Giannis Tsakonas]

-- Apologies for Cross-Postings -- 

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS

"Lightweight User-Friendly Evaluation Knowledge for Digital Librarians"

Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL), Austin, Texas, USA, June
15-19, 2009

ORGANIZERS
Michael Khoo, the iSchool at Drexel University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
George Buchanan, Center for HCI Design, City University, London, U.K.
Sally Jo Cunningham, Computer Science Dept., University of Waikato,
Hamilton, New Zealand

For further information, and to submit abstracts, please contact:
michael.khoo at ischool.drexel.edu

The submission deadline for abstracts is Friday May 8th. Notification of
acceptance will be sent out by May 20th. Deadline for final position papers
is June 8th.

WORKSHOP GOALS
Real-life DL systems require evaluation for funding and to give feedback to
the digital librarians. However, academic evaluation techniques may be high
effort and seek higher levels of confidence and deeper claims than are
needed or appropriate. Lightweight evaluation methods can therefore play an
important role in digital library research. This workshop will bring
together communities that are seeking effective evaluation techniques that
can be applied with minimal expertise, specialist apparatus or financial
costs.

The workshop will appeal to digital librarians wanting to learn about
evaluation, evaluators interested in digital librarians' practices, funders,
and others. Identifying user-centered evaluation knowledge will boost
digital librarians' confidence in carrying out evaluation, and support them
to engage in relevant and useful evaluation, while at the same time
satisfying agencies' wider strategic demands for substantive program-based
evaluation data. The workshop also welcomes contributions from those who
have developed lightweight evaluation methods for others, and researchers
and systems developers who also need easy to use evaluation techniques

FORMAT AND SUBMISSIONS
Persons interested in presenting are invited to submit a short (250 word)
abstract describing their research by May 10th, for acceptance/rejection by
May 20th. The authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a
longer (600-1000+ word) position paper by June 8th. The description of
relevant case studies is encouraged. The workshop will consist of a series
of themed panels and presentations of accepted position papers.
Presentations will be discussed in a seminar format by presenters and
participants. All attendees will be encouraged to make significant
contributions, and to draw links between the presentations and their own
experiences.
Accepted position papers will be collated, printed, and distributed at the
workshop. Copies of accepted position papers and a summary of the workshop
will be made available as part of the JCDL Workshop report made to D-Lib
Magazine. After the workshop, opportunities for submitting expanded versions
of selected papers for a special journal issue on qualitative digital
library research will be explored.

LOGISTICS
The workshop is scheduled for June 19. A group dinner is planned for the
evening of June 18.

Work registration fees are as follows.
Advance:
ACM/SIG, IEEE, ASIS&T Members - $200
Non-ACM/SIG, IEEE, ASIS&T Members - $250
Student - $100
Late/On-Site:
ACM/SIG, IEEE, ASIS&T Members - $250
Non-ACM/SIG, IEEE, ASIS&T Members - $275
Student - $150
For further details please see the JCDL Registration page:
http://www.jcdl2009.org/registration

IMPORTANT WORKSHOP DATES
May 10:            Submission deadline for abstracts
May 20:            Notification of acceptance
June 8:               Submission deadline for completed position papers
June 18:             Evening: Group dinner
June 19:             Workshop

IMPORTANT JCDL INFORMATION
Web site:           http://www.jcdl2009.org/
April 1: JCDL advance registration opens online
May 15:            JCDL advance registration closes
June 15:             Conference: Tutorials
June 16-18:       Conference: Panels
June 19:             Conference: Workshops