CNI is pleased to be serving as a cooperating organization for this conference again this year.
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IS&T is pleased to announce the Archiving 2011 Call for Papers.
The deadline for submitting presentation abstracts for Archiving 2011 to be held May 16-19, 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah, is October 17, 2010. A PDF of the Call for Papers can be found at www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving
The IS&T Archiving Conference brings together a unique community of imaging novices and experts from libraries, archives, records management, and information technology institutions to discuss and explore the expanding field of digital archiving and preservation. Attendees from around the world represent industry, academia, governments, and cultural heritage institutions. The conference presents the latest research results on archiving, provides a forum to explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field. Archiving 2011 is a blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral and interactive display presentations. Prospective authors are invited to submit oral and interactive presentations by the October 17th deadline.
Proposed program topics include:
· Preservation of and Access to Digital Assets
Strategies and tools for dealing with file format obsolescence
Metadata for preservation and discovery
Collaboration and cooperatives in digital preservation
Digital curation micro-services and modularity
Design, development, audio and certification of trusted repositories
· Technical Processes: Imaging, Metadata Creation, Workflow
Effective imaging methodologies & processes
Indexing items for specialized audiences
Crowd-sourcing metadata creation
Archival file formats and compression
Color management in capture and display
· Digital Curation
Prioritizing collections for digital archiving
Intellectual property rights management
Models for funding and sustaining digital collections
Digital curation education and training
Content authentication of digital assets
Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We hope to see you there.
Best regards,
Diana Gonzalez
IS&T Conference Program Manager
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703/642-9090 x 106