Open Repositories 2010 in Madrid, Spain -- Call for Papers

[Wolfram Horstmann <wolfram.horstmann@gmail.com>]

* Apologies for cross-posting *


Open Repositories 2010 -- "The Grand Integration Challenge"

Repositories have been successfully established -- within and 
across institutions -- as a major source of digital information 
in a variety of environments such as research, education and 
cultural heritage. In a world of increasingly dispersed and 
modularized digital services and content, it remains a grand 
challenge for the future to cross the borders between diverse 
poles:

- the web and the repository,
- knowledge and technology,
- wild and curated content,
- linked and isolated data,
- disciplinary and institutional systems,
- scholars and service providers,
- ad-hoc and long-term access,
- ubiquitous and personalized environments,
- the cloud and the desktop.

The Open Repositories Conference (6 to 9-JUL-2010 in Madrid, 
Spain) brings together individuals and organizations responsible 
for the conception, development, implementation, and management 
of digital repositories, as well as stakeholders who interact 
with them for achieving the widest possible integration in 
theoretical, practical, and strategic matters.

The program of papers, panel discussions, poster presentations, 
user groups, workshops, and tutorials will reflect the whole 
community of Open Repositories. Dedicated open source software 
community meetings for the major platforms (EPrints, DSpace and 
Fedora) will provide opportunities to advance and coordinate the 
development of repository installations across the world.


Submission Process

* Conference papers *
We welcome two- to four-page proposals for presentations or 
panels that deal with theoretical, practical, or administrative 
issues of digital repositories. Abstracts of accepted papers will 
be made available through the conference's web site; all 
presentations and related materials used in the program sessions 
will be deposited in the upcoming virtual conference proceeding 
of Open Repositories 2010.

* User Group Presentations *
Two- to four-page proposals for presentations or panels that 
focus on use of one of the major repository platforms (EPrints, 
DSpace and Fedora) are invited from developers, researchers, 
repository managers, administrators and practitioners describing 
novel experiences or developments in the construction and use of 
repositories.

* Posters *
We invite developers, researchers, repository managers, 
administrators and practitioners to submit one-page proposals for 
posters.

* Workshops and Tutorials *
Proposals for workshops require a submission as well and can be 
accommodated before or after the main conference. For preparatory 
inquiries about workshop facilities, please contact the local 
team at <alopezm@pas.uned.es>.

PLEASE submit your paper through the conference system . The 
conference system will be linked from the conference web site 
<http://or2010.fecyt.es/> and will be available for submissions 
as of January 15th, 2010.

The best-rated papers from the conference will be subsequently 
published in the Journal of Digital Information 
<http://journals.tdl.org/jodi>).



Important Dates and Contact Info

- 01-MAR-2010: Submission deadline (papers, user groups, posters, 
workshops, tutorials)
- 15-APR-2010: Notification of acceptance for conference 
presentations, workshops/tutorials
- 01-MAY-2010: Notification of acceptance for user group 
presentations and posters
- 06-JUL-2010: Conference start

--DSpace User Group Meeting Contact:  Valorie Hollister 
<val@dspace.org>
--Fedora User Group Meeting Contact:  Thorny Staples 
<tstaples@duraspace.org>
--EPrints User Group Meeting Chair: Les Carr 
<lac@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
--Program Committee Chair: Wolfram Horstmann 
<whorstmann@uni-bielefeld.de>
--Host Organizing Committee: Alicia Lopez Medina 
<alopezm@pas.uned.es>


Conference Topics

The committee will consider any submission of sufficient quality 
and originality that relates to the field of Open Repositories. 
In the general track, preference will be given to submissions 
that relate to the theme of "The Grand Integration Challenge" as 
described in the introduction.

Please regard the following list as a selection of topics that 
indicates relevant fields.

- Data Curation / Data Archives
- Interoperability with Scholarly and Scientific Applications
- Interactions with Learning Environments
- Generic Workflows and Services
- Integrating Open Repositories with the Grid / Cloud
- Applications in Libraries/Archives
- Disciplinary Requirements

Do you have ideas that relate to different topics? Then please go 
ahead and address them in your submission!


Enjoy!

The Program Committee of Open Repositories 2010