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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

 

iPRES 2016

 

The 13th International Conference on Digital Preservation

Bern, Switzerland, October 3-6, 2016

http://www.ipres2016.ch

 

Workshop, Tutorial and Panel proposal submissions - Deadline: April 1, 2016

Paper and Poster submissions - Deadline: April 15, 2016

 

iPRES is the premier international conference on the preservation and long term management of digital materials.

 

We invite contributions that present original work about research initiatives and innovative practices in digital preservation and expect that the contributions will be

- Leading edge

- Innovative

- Effective in informing and promoting the digital preservation debates.

 

All submissions will be subject to a peer review. Those that are accepted for inclusion in the conference programme will be published in the iPRES 2016 proceedings. See below for more information on topics, submission and important dates.

 

For any questions please contact ipres2016@nb.admin.ch.

 

We look forward to your contributions.

 

Sincerely,

 

Barbara Signori, General Chair, and the Programme Committee Chairs

 

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CONTRIBUTION TOPICS

 

We invite original contributions that cover research and practices related but not necessarily limited to the following topics:

 

Preservation strategies and workflows

Migration; emulation; preservation planning, acquisition and ingest; preservation action, characterization, and access provision; risk analysis; audit, trust and certification; authenticity, security, and information/data quality

 

Digital preservation frameworks

Digital preservation requirements and implications for the system lifecycle: modeling, design, development, deployment and maintenance; business models, sustainability and economic viability

 

Infrastructure, systems, and tools

Intelligent and secure storage; system architectures and requirements, software and hardware dependencies, distributed and cloud-based implementations; preservation resources; content management, characterization, and processing tools

 

Domain-specific challenges

Preservation of cultural heritage, technical and scientific processes and data, engineering models and simulation, medical records, corporate processes

 

Case studies, best practices and novel challenges

Implementations; lessons learnt, preservation at scale; preservation of distributed and cloud based systems; cross-platform access services

 

Training and education

Building capacity in novel technologies and practices; curricula effectiveness; career management, etc.

 

PROGRAMME STRANDS AND SUBMISSION

 

iPRES 2016 is structured around two key strands:

 

1.  research in digital preservation

2.  innovative practices in digital preservation.

 

Submissions are invited for both strands, with the goal to promote both the research initiatives and the preservation practices that are rooted in digital preservation activities. We expect that some submissions will encapsulate both strands and they are equally welcomed.

 

The conference submission site is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ipres2016

 

For detailed descriptions of the submission types and acceptance criteria please visit the conference site: http://www.ipres2016.ch.

 

PROCEEDINGS AND AWARDS

 

Submissions that are accepted for inclusion in the conference will appear in the iPRES 2016 proceedings (in digital form). The proceedings will include:

 

- Full text of the full papers and short papers

- Abstracts of the posters, workshops, tutorials and panels

 

iPRES 2016 will recognize these outstanding contributions:

 

- The best paper, a full or a short paper, will be awarded CHF 1,000.-

- The best poster will be awarded CHF 500.-

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRS

 

General Chair

Barbara Signori, Swiss National Library (barbara.signori@nb.admin.ch)

 

Programme Chairs

Natasa Milic-Frayling, University of Nottingham, UK (natasamf@acm.org)

Steve Knight, National Library of New Zealand (Steve.Knight@dia.govt.nz)

 

Workshop and Tutorial Chairs

Barbara Sierman, Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag (Barbara.Sierman@KB.nl)

Raivo Ruusalepp, National Library of Estonia (raivo.ruusalepp@nlib.ee)

 

Poster and Panel Chairs

Andrea Goethals, Harvard Library (andrea_goethals@harvard.edu)

Martin Klein, Research Library, UCLA (MartinKlein@library.ucla.edu)

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

Papers & Posters

Full papers, short papers and posters - Deadline: April 15, 2016

Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2016

Camera ready (all) - Deadline: July 15, 2016

 

Workshops, Tutorials & Panels

Workshop, tutorial and panel proposals - Deadline: April 1, 2016

Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2016

Final workshop, tutorial, panel descriptions - Deadline: May 15, 2016

 

Programme

Conference programme published online: June 15, 2016

 

Registration

Early bird registration opens: May 15, 2016

Early bird registration ends: August 1, 2016