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INVITATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS

ICDL 2004 - 24-27 February New Delhi http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl

International Conference on Digital Libraries: Knowledge creation, preservation, access and management

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TERI in partnership with the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India intends to organize a four-day International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL). CIEMCA/ COL is also an associate.

ICDL 2004 will facilitate interaction between experts and others, bridge knowledge gaps between developing and developed countries, and initiate capacity building activities in DLs (digital libraries). The deliberations of globally renowned experts - and subsequent discussions - during and after the conference, will help develop a road map for the digitization of archives, manuscripts, and libraries. ICDL 2004 will also provide directions on available technologies, digitization acts, DL policies, knowledge-sharing mechanisms, multilingual issues, etc.

Who should participate?
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ICDL 2004 will witness cross-disciplinary participation by policy-makers, information scientists, and professionals involved in DL research and practice across the world. It would particularly interest the following.

       Policy-makers
       Library and information science professionals
       IT professionals
       Archivists and museologists
       Content developers and knowledge managers
       IT service providers
       Information providers and vendors
       Professionals from electronic publishing and virtual electronic communities
       All stakeholders in the digitization and knowledge business.

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Tutorials: 24 February 2004
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Call for Tutorials:
The main aim of these tutorials will allow participants to become familiar with basic principles of the field, to receive technical training in the area of Digital Libraries and making them aware of the potential of digital libraries in the current scenario.

   Tutorial 1: Overview of Digital Libraries

   Tutorial 2: Build Digital Library Using Open Source Software

   Tutorial 3: Dublin Core Metadata

   Tutorial 4: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management Systems

   Tutorial 5: Development and Application of Knowledge Base Management Systems

   Tutorial 6: Thesauri and Ontologies in Digital Libraries

Conference 25-27 Feb 2004
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Call for papers:

Theme: Knowledge creation, preservation, access, and management

Topics:
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 Digital libraries: conceptual and theoretical aspects

 Planning, development, architecture, and management

 Archiving cultural heritage and history through digitization

 Content organization and knowledge management: discovery, organization, retrieval, and models

 System scalability and interoperability

 Mediation and user interaction

 Metadata issues

 Digital library policy and strategic planning

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Paper submission guidelines:
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Extended abstracts (500 words) in English are to be submitted in
MS Word format. The review committee will take the final decision regarding paper acceptance. Once accepted, the complete papers (5000 words) are to be submitted within the scheduled time frame. All papers must be original contributions and authors of the accepted papers are expected to transfer the copyright to TERI. Authors are requested to visit the ICDL web site for more details.

Dates to remember:
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Last date for submission of extended abstracts - 15 September 2003
   
Last date for communication of acceptance of papers - 30 October 2003
   
Last date for submission of full papers (soft copy) - 15 December 2003

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Registration:
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The registration fee covers the conference kit, conference proceedings, lunches, inaugural dinner, and tea. It does not include other meals and accommodation.

Registration fee*
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For registrations done on or before 30 November 2003

Indian Delegates:
 Tutorials Rs 2000;
 Conference Rs 5000;
 Conference and tutorials Rs 6000

Foreign Delegates:
 Tutorials US$ 75;
 Conference US$ 200;
 Conference and tutorials US$ 225

For registrations done after 30 November 2003

Indian Delegates:
 Tutorials Rs 2500;
 Conference Rs 5500;
 Conference and tutorials Rs 6500

Foreign Delegates:
 Tutorials US$ 100;
 ConferenceUS$ 225;
 Conference and tutorials US$ 250

* Additional registration from the same organization qualifies for a 10% discount .

* Students (Ph.D. and Masters) can avail of a 50% discount.

Registration options:
The registration form can also be downloaded from the conference web site. The completed form can be sent along with the registration fee through local cheque / bank draft favouring TERI and payable at New Delhi. Visit our web site for online registration.

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For paper submission and registration, please contact:

Debal C Kar
Conference Coordinator
ICDL 2004 Secretariat
TERI
Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India

Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211
Fax +91 11 2468 2133
E-mail ICDL2004_at_teri.res.in
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
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Programme structure:
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ICDL 2004 will have a mix of educative events and programmes spread over four days.

Tutorials: Day 1(24 February)
Leading researchers and practitioners will present the tutorials.

Conference sessions: Day 2, 3, and 4 (25-27 February)
Plenary, parallel, and poster sessions will engage the delegates in a wide range of presentations from leading national and international experts.

Panel discussions, Valedictory session: Day 4 (27 February)
Policy-makers, media-persons, academics, and techno-experts will discuss digitization initiatives in the developing world to frame a plan of action.

Business sessions: Day 2 and 3 (25-26 February)
ICDL 2004 opens up excellent opportunities for organizations involved in develo-ping and providing digital and knowledge management solutions to reach a global audience through product presentations.

Exhibitors: Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 (24-27 February)
ICDL 2004 welcomes organizations to showcase their best products/technologies at the venue. Space is available for 25 exhibitors. Stalls of 2 × 2 metres and 2 × 3 metres will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Committees
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   International Programme Committee:
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Prof. José Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal

Dr Hsinchun Chen, McClelland Professor of MIS; Director, Artificial Intelligence Lab; Director, Hoffman eCommerce Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives Fédérales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland (invited)

Dr Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Braunchweig, Germany

Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit,
Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia

Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication Information and Library Science,
Southern Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA

Prof. Gary Marchioni, Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany

Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Dr Michael Seadle, Head, Digital and Multimedia Center, Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University, USA

Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, Department of Education and Skills, London, UK

Dr Stuart Weibel, Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, Dublin, USA

Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK

Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand
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Advisory Committee
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Conference Co-Chairs
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Mr Dhanendra Kumar, Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, New Delhi; Chairman,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva

Members
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Prof N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Division of Information Sciences, IISc, Bangalore; and Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi

Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi

Mr Yateendra Joshi, Fellow, TERI, New Delhi, India

Mr Kiran Karnik, President, NASSCOM, New Delhi, India (invited)

Dr Abhijit Lahiri, Adviser, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr S S Murthy, Former Director, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, Ahmedabad, India

Dr Usha Reddi, Director, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, The Commonwealth of Learning, New Delhi

Dr S Sadagopan, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India

Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi

Prof. M Tawfik, Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, New Delhi

Dr N Vijayaditya, Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr Om Vikas, Scientist 'G' and Head, Computer Development Division, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, New Delhi

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   Steering Committee:
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Co-Chairs
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Mr K Jayakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi
Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi

Conference Coordinator
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Mr Debal C Kar, Fellow and Area Convener, Library and Information Centre, TERI, New Delhi

Members
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Ms Martina Bartel, Head, Information Department and Library; Regional Coordinator, South Asia, Goethe Institut, Maxmuller Bhavan, New Delhi (invited)

Ms Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Mission Director, National Mission for Manuscripts, Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr P R Goswami, Director, National Social Science Documentation Centre, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

Mr P Jayarajan, Head, Library and Information Services (India), British Council Division, British High Commission, New Delhi

Dr H K Kaul, Director, DELNET, New Delhi

Dr S Majumdar, Director, Central Secretariat Library, Government of India, New Delhi

Ms Rebecca McDuff, Information Resources Officer (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka) and Public Affairs - US Embassy, American Centre, New Delhi

Mr M Moni, Deputy Director-General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr Usha Mujoo-Munshi, Librarian, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi

Mr V N Shukla, Director (Special Applications), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida, India

Mr H D Singh, Director-General, National Archives of India, Government of India, New Delhi

Dr Shalini Urs, Professor and Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Mysore University, Mysore, India

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   Invited speakers:
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Several globally renowned experts are expected to participate in and share their experiences at the conference. It will be an excellent opportunity for associated professionals to interact with these experts and enrich their knowledge base.

Dr Schubert Foo Shou Boon, Associate Professor, Head, Division of Information Studies, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. José Luis Borbinha, Director for Innovation and Development, National Library of Portugal, Portugal

Dr Gobinda Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

Dr Jean-Marc Comment, Integration Manager, Archives Fédérales Suisses, Archivstrasse, Switzerland

Prof. Dieter W Fellner, Professor of Computer Graphics, University of Technology, Germany

Dr Amarnath Gupta, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, USA
Mr Simon Huggard, Systems Manager, Systems Support Unit, Monash University Library, Australia

Prof. Leonid A Kalinichenko, Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Dr Arora, Jagdish Librarian and National Coordinator, INDEST, Consortium, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Dr Yan Quan Liu, Professor of Information and Library Science, School of Communication, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, USA

Dr Javed Mostafa, Victor H Yngve Associate Professor of Information Science, Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana University, USA

Dr T A V Murthy, Director, Information and Library Network Centre, India
Dr Erich Neuhold, Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries; Professor, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt, Germany

Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen, Head, Information and Documentation, University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

Dr Harsha Parekh, Librarian and Professor of Library Science, SNDT, Women's University, India

Mr John Paschoud, Project Manager, ANGEL, DELIVER, SECURE, Information Systems Engineer of the Library, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Dr Peter Schirmbacher, Director, Computing and Media Services, Humboldt-University,Berlin, Germany

Dr Michael Seadle Head, Digital and Multimedia Center; Copyright Librarian, Michigan State University Libraries; Editor, Library Hi Tech, USA

Dr Atul Sharda, E-learning Adviser, E-Learning Strategy Unit, Department of Education and Skills, UK

Dr Shigeo Sugimoto, Koichi Tabata, Tetsuo Sakaguchi, University of Library and Information Science, Japan

Dr Stuart Weibel , Executive Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, OCLC Office of Research, USA

Dr Norman Wiseman, JISC Head of Programmes, University of Nottingham, UK

Prof. Ian H Witten, Department of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Dr Takeo Yamamoto, Director and Professor, Multimedia Information Division, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

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Contacts:
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D C Kar
Conference Coordinator
ICDL 2004 Secretariat
TERI
Darbari Seth Block, Habitat Place,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 / India

Telephone +91 11 2465 1629, +91 11 2468 2100, or +91 11 2468 211
Fax +91 11 2468 2133
E-mail ICDL2004_at_teri.res.in
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
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