Subject: conference on research and advanced technology for digital libraries

second european conference on research and advanced technology for digital libraries european european ics-forth university of union research crete consortium for informatics and mathematics 19 - 23 september , 1998 heraklion , crete , greece web page http : / / www . csi . forth . gr / 2eurodl e - mail ecdl @ cc . uch . gr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - objectives this conference is the second of a series of european conferences on research and technology for digital libraries funded by the european commission 's tmr programme . its objectives are : to bring together researchers from multiple disciplines whose science relates to the development of digital libraries ; to provide an opportunity for these scientists to form a research community in europe specific to digital library development and to enable them to discuss issues and strategies specific to the european context ; to assist young researchers in establishing relationships with senior scientists in their areas of interest ; to enable review and discussion of research under way in europe , the us , japan and other countries on digital libraries ; to stimulate researchers , especially young scientists , to explore new areas of interest in digital library development ; to establish a forum for discussion of issues specific to europe such as interoperability , multilinguality , intellectual property policy , and information commerce ; to provide an opportunity for researchers in the relevant enabling technologies and information sciences , to discuss issues related to interoperability between world wide distributed digital libraries . > from a technical point of view , the european conferences series aims to contribute to the definition of those digital library parameters which especially influence issues of access , retrieval , and interaction with information ; to identify key problems which must be solved to make digital library services an effective reality ; to identify a general structure or framework for integrating research and solutions ; and to propose and encourage specific , high priority research directions within such a framework . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - topics the conference organisers solicit papers on topics related to digital libraries , including but not limited to the following list : o digital library models , frameworks , and system requirements o metadata o system integration and architecture issues o interoperability , scalability o networked information discovery , agent technologies o information retrieval , organisation , navigation - tools and paradigms o multilinguality o role of knowledge representation systems in digital library interactions o collecting , capturing , filtering , cataloging , indexing , o preserving o intellectual property rights , terms and conditions , rights management o authoring , electronic publishing , electronic commerce and information economies o economic and social implications and issues o user interfaces o handling of graphics , gis , medical data , multimedia information , experimental data and o scientific models _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - conference programme the conference will be held in heraklion , crete , greece . tutorials will be organised on the 19th and 20th of september 1998 . the opening session will take place at 9 . 00a . m . on monday the 21th of september 1998 and the final session will take place on wednesday afternoon , the 23th of september 1998 . full details on the scientific programme of the conference will be published on our web site by the 1st of july 1998 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - important dates 15 march 1998 proposals for tutorials , panels and demos due to the programme chair 15 april 1998 notification of tutorial , panel and demo acceptance 15 may 1998 papers and proposals for posters due to the programme chair 25 june 1998 notification of paper and poster acceptance 1 july 1998 scientific programme on the web 25 july 1998 final papers due 19 , 20 september 1998 tutorials 21-23 september 1998 conference _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - panels suggestions for the organisation of panel sessions on one of the proposed topics or on related topics are welcomed . proposals should include a short cv and position paper for each panelist . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - posters during the conference a space will be reserved for poster sessions . research projects of any scale are invited to illustrate innovative concepts and prototype systems . poster proposals should include title , names of presenters and outline ( max . 500 words ) . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - tutorials tutorial days will be held before the conference , on saturday the 19th and sunday the 20th of september 1998 . proposals for tutorials are solicited . tutorials would be either half day ( 3 hours ) or full day ( 6 hours ) . each proposal should include a title , a summary ( intentions , objectives , etc . ) , duration and a short cv of the instructor ( s ) . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - demos result demonstrations of on-going projects are strongly encouraged . those interested should submit a description of the intended demo to the programme chair . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - papers papers ( max 20 pages , double spaced ) should be submitted electronically in html format , either by e-mail to the conference secretariat , ecdl @ cc . uch . gr , or to our ftp site , ftp : / / ftp . ics . forth . gr / 2eurodl . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - proceedings the proceedings will be published by springer as a volume in their lecture notes in computer science series and will be distributed at the conference . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - fellowship for young researchers a limited number of fellowships for the conference and also for tutorials are available for young researchers who are citizens of european union countries or liechtenstein , norway and iceland . the fellowship offers free registration for the participants and , in special cases where necessary and appropriately justified , may pay for or reimburse travel and lodging expenses . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - programme chair christos nikolaou , university of crete & ics-forth leoforos knossou , gr-71110 heraklion , crete , greece tel : + 30 81 393199 , fax : + 30 81 210106 e - mail : nikolau @ cc . uch . gr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - programme committee serge abiteboul inria , france robert b . allen bellcore , usa thomas baker asian institute of technology , thailand william birmingham university of michigan , usa panos constantopoulos university of crete & ics-forth , greece bruce croft university of massachusetts , usa costis dallas hellenic ministry of foreign affairs , greece edward a . fox virginia technical university , usa norbert fuhr university of dortmund , germany hector garcia - molina stanford university , usa keith jeffery ral-clrc , uk martin kersten cwi , netherlands judith klavans columbia university , usa carl lagoze cornell university , usa clifford a . lynch coalition for networked information , usa jeff mackie - mason university of michigan , usa a . desai narasimhalu national university of singapore , singapore ann okerson yale university , usa olle olsson sics , sweden andreas paepcke stanford university , usa nicholas patrikalakis mit , usa carol peters iei-cnr , italy jakka sairamesh ibm - t . j . watson research center , usa peter schauble eth zurich , switzerland hans joerg schek eth zurich , switzerland eric simon inria , france ingeborg t . solvberg university of science and technology , norway constantine stephanidis ics-forth , greece shigeo sugimoto university of library and information science , japan costantino thanos iei-cnr , italy ulrich thiel gmd-ipsi , germany stuart weibel oclc , usa _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - local organising committee sarantos kapidakis ics-forth , greece penelope constanta ics-forth , greece spiros lalis university of crete , greece gioylh koraoy university of crete , greece stella vourou university of crete & ics-forth , greece mixalhs tzekakhs university of crete , greece maria stavrakaki university of crete , greece rena kalaitzaki university of crete , greece maria prevelianaki ics-forth , greece liana kefalaki ics-forth , greece dimitris papadakis university of crete , greece manolis marazakis university of crete , greece anastasia anastasiadi ics-forth , greece stavros papadakis university of crete , greece _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - contact info for more information regarding this conference contact the conference secretariat , rena kalaitzaki and maria stavrakaki university of crete , computer science department , tel : + 30 81 393504 fax : + 30 81 393501 e - mail : ecdl @ cc . uch . gr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you can subscribe to the announcement list of the " second european conference on research and advanced technology for digital libraries " by sending electronic mail to ' majordomo @ csi . forth . gr ' with body 's ubscribe ecdl2 - announce < your email address > '
