Call for Contributions: iPRES 2016, Bern, Switzerland
Posted December 17, 2015
The 13th International Conference on Digital Preservation
Bern, Switzerland, October 3-6, 2016
Workshop, Tutorial and Panel 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 acceptedfor 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 [email protected].
We look forward to your contributions.
Sincerely,
Barbara Signori, General Chair, and the Programme Committee Chairs
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:
- research in digital preservation
- 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/
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 CHF1,000.-
- The best poster will be awarded CHF 500.-
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRS
General Chair: Barbara Signori
Swiss National Library
Programme Chairs: Natasa Milic-Frayling,
University of Nottingham, UK
Steve Knight
National Library of New Zealand
Workshop and Tutorial Chairs: Barbara Sierman
Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag
Raivo Ruusalepp
National Library of Estonia
Poster and Panel Chairs: Andrea Goethals
Harvard Library
Martin Klein
Research Library, UCLA
IMPORTANT DATES
Papers & Posters
Full papers, short papers and posters due: 15 April, 2016
Notification of acceptance: 30 May, 2016
Camera ready (all): 15 July, 2016
Workshops, Tutorials & Panels
Workshop, tutorial and panel proposals due: 1 April, 2016
Notification of acceptance: 20 April, 2016
Final workshop, tutorial, panel descriptions: 15 May, 2016
Programme
Conference programme published online: 15 June, 2016
Registration
Early bird registration opens: 15 May, 2016
Early bird registration ends: 1 August, 2016