JCDL Workshop on Mobility and Digital Libraries
-- Call for Participation --
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This workshop will provide a forum to study and discuss the
implications of both human mobility and mobile devices for
digital
library research. The organizers represent different
research
communities, each of which would have a useful contribution
to the
workshop. The event itself will bring together an emerging
community
of interest and provide a springboard to encourage
innovative mobile DL
research.
As we become more mobile in our work and learning so does
our
technology. The increasing ubiquity of mobile devices has
been one of
the most visible developments of information technology in
recent
years. In many areas of library use this technology is
becoming
increasingly important: e.g. in South Africa mobile devices
are
commonplace whilst desktop computers are rare; emerging
reading devices
such as the paper display Sony Reader provide new reading
opportunities
for digital texts; and widespread wireless access means that
library
subscribers increasingly require access from off-site,
unpredictable
locations whilst roaming, creating challenges for
authentication and
rights management etc.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Papers and position papers are invited on the following
topics:
* Provision of existing DL facilities to mobile devices
* Impact of place and mobility on DL use
* New DL services that particularly exploit mobility
and/or mobile
devices
* Hosting DL content on mobile devices; distributed
storage, security
* Social issues of DL and Mobility; privacy, trust.
Submissions on similar, related topics are also welcomed.
WORKSHOP FORMAT
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Attendees wishing to give a full presentation will be
expected to
submit a four page paper in ACM conference format for
review. Those
with provisional and early work and wanting to give a short
presentation should submit a two page ACM format paper for
review.
Submissions should be emailed to George Buchanan
(g.r.buchanan swansea.ac.uk) on or before the 17th April
2006.
Full presentations and position papers will be reviewed for
inclusion
in the workshop proceedings. The committee will make a
selection of up
to 8 papers for presentation at the workshop. Position
papers are not
mandatory for attendance at the workshop, but are encouraged
by all
participants.
The workshop proceedings will be distributed in print during
the
workshop and electronically via the workshop website. A
journal
special edition based on the same theme is in preparation,
and
participants will be encouraged to submit extended versions
of their
contributions.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission deadline: 17th April 2006
Acceptance Notification: 7th May 2006
Final Versions: 21st May 2006
Workshop: 15th June 2006
LOCATION
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The workshop will be run at the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference -
held this
year at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. See
http://www.jcdl2006.org/
for details.
FURTHER INFORMATION
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For further information contact George Buchanan via email at
g.r.buchananswansea.ac.uk or visit the workshop website at
http://www.cs.swansea.ac.uk/~csgeorge/JCDLMobile.html
--
Dr. George Buchanan
Future Interaction Technology Laboratory
University of Wales, Swansea
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